India, Dec. 18 -- Actor Taapsee Pannu, who has never shied away from speaking her mind, has now come forward to open up about facing a difficult phase at the start of her film career due to her curly hair, revealing it often led to stereotyping. She revealed that she was frequently asked to straighten her hair, as filmmakers believed glamour and sex appeal were synonymous with straight hair.

In an interview with Hindustan Times, Taapsee admitted that she had a tough time initially in her film career because of her curly hair, with directors stereotyping her as rebellious or asking her to straighten it.

"For the longest time every director wanted me to straighten my hair because they believed the idea of glam sexy hair is only straight h...