Taapsee Pannu has no qualms admitting that she wasn’t the first choice for 'Haseen Dillruba'. If anything, she believes the Vinil Mathew-directed film was destined for her, and rightly found her after a few hiccups. The actor relished the dark murder mystery so much that by the end of the narration, she was game to portray the character of Rani. 

“I don’t know why others did not want to do this part. Certain roles are not author-backed, but they are what I call ‘an actor’s candy’. This is one such character. There was no emotion that the character didn’t have the scope to show. So, I was shocked that I was given this role on a platter. I can only thank the ones who turned it down for whatever reasons,” she quips, confident that she has an ace up her sleeve in the Netflix film.