'But it's not something I am interested in.'

'It got boring after a point.'

'We have actually made the film for children and intellectual people.'

'People will be entertained by the Singhams and the Simmbas but they will still not respect cops. Batla House is an opportunity for us to show the true side of policemen and their sacrifices.'

Mrunal Thakur is just three films old in Bollywood and each one has been radically different from the other.

'If I look in a certain way, have an innocent face, I will only get offers for the girl-next-door roles. As an actor and creative person, you want to explore and experiment more but you don't get the opportunity. That gets frustrating at times.'

'For the past year, people have been asking me about my wife, Sonali, who suffered from cancer. It was a tough year but I have seen worse in my life.'

'My main concern was that a proper Sardar would not fit in the acting world, but things are changed now.'

'Comedy comes naturally to me.'

'As a society, why are we not talking about the one thing because of which we are born today?'

'I would like to play dark characters, like Khilji in Padmaavat.' 'But I have a problem, as the rapper inside me is a badass and I go deep into the character.' 'So even after the film ends, that character remains inside me for some time, which is really bad, because I start behaving like that.'

'If I had become father at a younger age, I would probably have been casual about it.'

'The very fact that a girl from Haryana is now living life on her own terms... that's the biggest achievement in my life.'

'There's another side, where men have become victims of some women's evil plans.'

'It broke my heart when Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein did not work at the box office but little did I know that one day, it would become a cult film.'

'I have a goal that one day, before audiences walk into a theatre, they will think that it's a Taapsee Pannu film and so, it will be worth their time and money.'

'I can do slice-of-life kind of films anytime; But playing a cop is different. It's difficult to maintain that intensity on screen. That's where the real acting comes in place.'