Taapsee signed Anando Brahma on profit-sharing basis

Chennai Aug 27 (IANS) Actress Taapsee Pannu worked on her latest Telugu outing "Anando Brahma" free of cost and instead struck a profit-sharing deal with its makers -- something very unlikely in the southern film industry.

When Taapsee heard the script and found that there was no scope for a leading hero in the film which is the major force for the film s budget and feasibility she decided that she did not want to burden the film with her remuneration.

She genuinely believed in the script.

"I am today in a position where I have been saying that I don t want to repeat things and want to do something different. And if this is a chance for me to do something different I can t step back just because I won t get paid that much " Taapsee told IANS.

"I genuinely believed in the script and so thought to take this risk which is a biggest gamble of my career " she said.

Taapsee s gamble paid off quite handsomely. Made on a shoestring budget the film ended up as a sleeper hit in India and US.

Directed by Mahi Raghav "Anando Brahma" is a horror-comedy where the ghosts are afraid of humans.

--IANS
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