Kanika Dhillon up on why grey characters fascinate her

Screenwriter Kanika Dhillon, whose new film "Haseen Dillruba" is out, has opened up about what draws her towards complex and grey characters. She says she does not understand straightlaced people in real or in reel life.

"We are all grey and complex in real life, and eccentric and funny, sometimes ridiculous. This is what spices up our lives. I wanted to capture that on screen in my characters because straightlaced people in real life or in reel life, I don't understand them. There is nothing to unravel or understand to begin with. They are beautiful and complete, and when something is beautiful and complete there is nothing more that is left to do. You can just gaze at it from a distance," she told IANS.

Talking about the character of Rani, played by actress Taapsee Pannu in "Haseen Dillruba", Kanika said: "Rani was a woman trying to negotiate an arranged marriage set-up and face the hiccups that a regular girl can come across, but her resolution for those at times are erratic and deviate from the good girl frame we are used to celebrating. She is open about her sexuality, which offends many people even today."

The writer says she wanted to deliberately create a woman that could bring a different definition of feminism.