Nobody forced me to apologise: Taapsee Pannu

Much ado has been made about actress Taapsee Pannu’s public apology to Telugu director Raghavendra Rao on the ongoing controversy between them. And the actress now tells us that what she discussed with the filmmaker is personal — “Nobody forced me to apologise. At first, people were complaining that I should apologise. When I did so, they say that I am being forced! I realise people have a problem anyway. The reason I apologised was that I wanted peace. I knew I didn’t mean anything like it was being interpreted. In my apology video, I even explained the actuality of it and how, playing just an edited version of the video, has led to the misunderstanding. I made it clear that if someone was offended, I am sorry, but I was making fun of only myself! Apologising doesn’t make a person big or small, and so I decided to say it anyway.”

She adds, “If people have accepted it, I want them to watch the complete video and understand the context of my statements, and the agenda behind it. I felt bad that people are judging me based on something that was taken totally out of context. I even spoke to Raghavendra Rao about what had happened, but about what we discussed, I’d like to keep it personal.