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cosmo interview
T
he first thing Taapsee does
as she opens the door of her
hotel room, is unfurl her
sinewy arms for a hug.
Then, after being pulled
into the room by her 24-
karat smile and fresh-from-an-event hair,
she immediately picks up the phone and
describes—in tedious detail to room service
on the other end—this cake that’s been
haunting her dreams the last few days. “It’s
this coffee-chocolate thing—the one that
looks really good? Could you bring me that,
please?” she explains, that exultant grin
firmly harnessed onto her lips, and then
silently mouths, “You have to share it with
me!” All the signs point to the fact that
won’t need our pre-prepared dossier of
questions to prod her with, because this is
going to be less an interview, and more an
easy chat. We don’t have to launch an
inquest into how she keeps fit or how her
average day pans out, because she’s quite
the volcano of self-volunteered info. “Cake
is my Kryptonite,” she smiles, telling us, “I
don’t even eat gluten—but cake gets by. I
let myself eat a piece a week. Two, if I’ve
been good,” she laughs, sheepishly. While
she’s got a strong antipathy to the gym,
exercise is pretty high on her priority list.
“I’m a squash girl, baby! Why, this very
morning I drove all the way out to Gurgaon
to play,” she laughs, calling herself a bit of a
squash evangelist because, “I’m always
selling it to people. I play every single day at
2pm”. She breaks down her day pre and
post squash—her mornings, always languid
and filled with “tea, almonds, and walnuts,”
and post it there’s her 2pm game, “lunch,
meetings and work. I’d start work much
earlier, but people think even 11am is too
early to meet!” Just as we’re about to segue
into work, the doorbell rings, and that
almost apocryphally delicious cake is at the
threshold. With uncontained glee, she signs
for it, and slices it into impartial halves,
benevolently holding one out. We let her
savour a spoonful (and make a face à la Meg
Ryan’s at the restaurant in When Harry Met
Sally) before we dive in where we left off—
her work. “It’s interesting,” she muses, “how
I’m touted as this up-and-coming star
because I’ve finally made a mark in
Bollywood. It doesn’t count if you have a
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COSMOPOLITAN jAnuARy 2017
Tiered midi-
dress, Salvatore
Ferragamo;
embellished
bralet, Varun
Bahl; faux fur
jacket, H&M;
earrings,
Outhouse
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