Anurag Kashyap’s romantic drama, Manmarziyaan is all set to release on September 14. Starring Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal, and Abhishek Bachchan in the lead, the film’s trailer showed Taapsee’s character Rumi as a fun loving and carefree girl. And it seems the actress has inspired Kashyap a great deal.

Apparently, Anurag cast the two leading men Vicky Kaushal and Abhishek Bachchan in the film after he saw Rumi in the flesh. He wanted Taapsee’s co-stars to compliment her as the story is centered around her character. Now that’s a first!

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“The film focuses on the dynamics of Rumi’s relationship with her on-screen love interests, Vicky and Robbie. So it was important for Anurag to cast his male leads that complimented her. Also, Anurag has always portrayed his women as strong independent characters so it was a very exciting approach to casting, considering he wanted his male leads to match up to Taapsee’s character,” a source said.

Do we hear the winds of change? Yes, we do!