Haseen Dillruba director says he didn't want to 'titillate', wanted to stay true to 'sensuality' of Taapsee's character

Haseen Dillruba director Vinil Mathew has spoken about not wanting to titillate the audience with the film, but wanting to stay true to the sensuality of Taapsee Pannu's character, Rani.

Haseen Dillruba director Vinil Mathew spoke about the 'thin line' between sensuality and vulgarity, and whether or not it was a challenge to not cross it while making the film. Haseen Dillruba, starring Taapsee Pannu, Vikrant Massey, and Harshvardhan Rane, is due out on Netflix today.

Taapsee Pannu in a still from Haseen Dillruba.

In an interview, Vinil Mathew was asked if he was ever tempted to step into 'Bhatt' territory while making the film, which has been designed as a homage to Hindi pulp thrillers.

He told Bollywood Spy in Hindi, "To be honest, that was never our perspective. The film has been written by a woman, Kanika Dhillon, and there's a strong female imprint on the script. Our intention was always to show her sensuality, because that is part of the character. I wanted to be true to the character. We never thought of making it vulgar to attract an audience. We only wanted to do what was right for the character."

He continued, "If you watch the film, it's made in a very organic manner. If we'd inserted something artificial in the film, it would've stuck out. Whatever sensuality there is in the film, depends on the character's requirement. The objective was never to titillate the audience, it was to be true to the character."

Taapsee in an earlier interview had said that Vikrant and Harshvardhan were intimidated by the intimate scenes in the film, and that she took it upon herself to make them comfortable.