Taapsee Pannu overwhelmed with audience love she got for 'Haseen Dilruba'

The recently released Netflix film Haseen Dillruba has been loved and appreciated by audiences garnering accolades not only in India but also from across the world. Fans and Netflix viewers in over 22 countries are falling in love with the old-school Hindi pulp-fiction-inspired murder mystery film starring fan favorites Taapsee Pannu, Vikrant Massey and Harshvardhan Rane. The film directed by Vinil Mathew, of Hasee Toh Phasee fame, and written by Kanika Dhillon, known for Guilty and Manmarziyaan, takes audiences down the Indian pop-culture history route inspired by Hindi mystery novels with its writing and setting. Taapsee, Vikrant and Harshvardhan’s performances have garnered praise for playing the roles of a big city girl settling in a small sleepy town married to the ideal devoted husband and having a passionate affair with the dreamy boyfriend, respectively. And the chaos that follows! 

Basking in the global success of the film, Director Vinil Mathew said, “I’m overwhelmed by the love that Haseen Dillruba is getting, not just in India where it has been No 1 since its release but across the globe. From the UK, Canada to Brazil and Argentina, the film has been in the top 10 in over 22 countries which has truly surpassed all expectations. It’s testimony to the fact that a well-told human story connects at a universal level crossing borders. Despite the film being culturally rooted in Indian pulp, people across countries and diverse cultures have not only connected to the emotions and relished the humour but have picked up nuances, layers and motifs in the film.”

Talking about how the film resonated with people, actor Taapsee Pannu said, “It’s a very new feeling for me to see Haseen Dillruba reaching an audience around the world the way it has because I have never had a straight to OTT release before this, so I was excited for the debut and it has been fabulous. I think I have been very lucky with my debuts, my struggle only begins after that. Thanks to Netflix this film reached places that I never knew Hindi films could reach. The film was trending across 22 countries for over a week, as far out as South America, which is amazing. I am still trying to wrap my head around how exactly one feels when their film reaches so far and wide, getting so many messages from people in different parts of the world, in so many different languages. Many times I’ve had to translate to understand what they are saying. But success always feels so sweet. And I am thankful to audiences for the love they have poured on this film and me.”