Taapsee Pannu age (31 year as of 2018), was born to a Jat Sikh family, on 1 August 1987 in New Delhi, India to Dilmohan Singh Pannu and her mother Nirmlajeet Pannu. Shagun Pannu is her younger sister.
Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian actress known for her work in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. Taapsee worked as a software professional and pursued a career in modelling before becoming an actress. During her modelling career, she appeared in a number of commercials. Taapsee made her acting debut with the 2010 Telugu film Jhummandi Naadam, directed by the legendary director K.Raghavendra Rao. Since then, she has appeared in a number of critically acclaimed films such as Aadukalam, Vastadu Naa Raju and Mr. Perfect. Her Tamil film Aadukalam won six National Film Awards at the 58th National Film Awards. She has also worked in a Malayalam film and has been signed on for three Telugu films and several Hindi films. She was awarded Most Enthusiastic Performer-Female Award at the 2014 Edison Awards for her performance in the Tamil film Arrambam (2013). In 2015, she starred in the critically and commercially successful film Baby. She went on to star in the drama Pink (2016), the war filmThe Ghazi Attack (2017), the comedy Judwaa 2 (2017), the courtroom drama Mulk (2018), and the thriller Badla (2019). ![]()
Career[edit]Early life and modelling[edit]Taapsee was born on 1 August 1987[3] in New Delhi.[4][5][6] She has a younger sister named Shagun Pannu and plans to launch her into films as well and a younger brother Rajat pannu. She is of Punjabi Descent.[7] She did her schooling at the Mata Jai Kaur Public School in Ashok Vihar, Delhi. After completing her graduation in Computer Science Engineering from the Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology in New Delhi,[8] she worked as a software engineer.[9][10] She became a full-time model after she auditioned and was selected for Channel V's talent show Get Gorgeous, which eventually led her to acting.[11] Taapsee has appeared in numerous print and television commercials and won several titles during her modelling days, including 'Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face' and 'Safi Femina Miss Beautiful Skin' at the 2008 Femina Miss India contest.[9][12] As a model, she endorsed brands such as Reliance Trends, Red FM 93.5, UniStyle Image, Coca-Cola, Motorola, Pantaloon, PVR Cinemas, Standard Chartered Bank, Dabur, Airtel, Tata Docomo, World Gold Council, Havells and Vardhman.[13] She has also been featured on the cover of magazines Just For Women and MaaStars.[14][15] After a few years, she lost interest in modelling as she thought that she could never gain proper recognition through modelling, but only through films, and finally decided to act.[16] 2010–2015: Debut and recognition[edit]
Taapsee at the launch of Malabar's New Jewellery Range, 2011
Taapsee made her cinematic debut in 2010 with K. Raghavendra Rao's romantic musical Jhummandi Naadam.[17] She played the role of the daughter of a US–based millionaire who comes to India to research traditional Telugu music.[18] Taapsee got three more offers in Telugu prior to the film's release.[18] Her next film Aadukalam (2011), marked her debut in Tamil cinema. She played the role of an Anglo-Indian girl falling in love with a rural man played by Dhanush.[19] The film, set in the backdrop of Madurai, revolves around cockfights. It was critically acclaimed and proceeded to win six National Film Awards at the 58th National Film Awards ceremony. Speaking about her role, a reviewer from Sify said: 'Debutant Taapsee is a promising find and she suits the character of an Anglo-Indian girl to the T.'[20] She returned to the Telugu film industry with Vastadu Naa Raju (2011), opposite Vishnu Manchu.[21] She made a foray into Malayalam cinema later that year, with Doubles (2011), opposite Mammootty and Nadiya Moidu.[22] Paresh C Palicha of Rediff commented: 'Taapsee Pannu as Saira Banu, whose entry into the scene becomes the bone of contention between the siblings, has nothing noteworthy to do'.[23]
'Initially, I wanted to be a full-time model and never thought I could act. As time went by, modelling became not that exciting or enjoyable as posing in front of the camera became monotonous. Also, I felt my name was not being highlighted. The name gets highlighted only in films. So I wanted to act.'
—Taapsee talking about how she got into films[16] Taapsee played a short role in her next release Mr. Perfect (2011). In it, she acted alongside Prabhas and Kajal Aggarwal and the film was a moderate success.[24] She starred in a high budget film titled Veera (2011), opposite Ravi Teja and Kajal Aggarwal, which received moderate reviews.[25] She was next seen in her second Tamil film Vandhaan Vendraan, that fetched mixed reviews and did not fare well at the box office.[26] Her next film was Krishna Vamsi's Mogudu where she acted as a traditional Telugu girl opposite Gopichand and garnered critical acclaim for her performance. She worked on the Tamil–Telugu bilingual Gundello Godari—titled Maranthen Mannithen in Tamil--[27] apart from Daruvu and Shadow.[28][29][30] She also made her Bollywood debut through Chashme Baddoor where she shares the screen with Siddharth, Rishi Kapoor, Divyendu Sharma and Ali Zafar. The film is a remake of the 1981 film with the same title.[9][31][32] Taapsee was also approached to dub the voice of Hollywood actress Katee Sackhoff in the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi versions of the science fiction film Riddick, but declined the offer due to her prior commitments.[33][34] In later 2013, she was seen in the big budget action thriller Arrambam co-starring Ajith Kumar and Arya.[35] She was awarded Most Enthusiastic Performer–Female Award at the 2014 Edison Awards for her performance in the film.[36] After a year without releases, she starred with Akshay Kumar in Neeraj Pandey's film Baby (2015), as an undercover agent.[37] Later, she had two Tamil releases, the horror comedy Muni 3, opposite Raghava Lawrence and Aishwarya R. Dhanush's Vai Raja Vai, which featured her in a special appearance.[38] Her upcoming films include the Hindi films Running Shaadi.com, alongside Amit Sadh,[39][40] and Agra Ka Daabraa, by Amit Roy[41] and a Tamil film to be directed by Selvaraghavan.[42] 2016–present[edit]
Taapsee walks for Divya Reddy at Lakme Fashion Week, 2017
After finishing Baby,[43] Taapsee joined Shoojit Sircar's next film, titled Pink,[44] and the bilingual submarine filmGhazi, directed by debutant Sankalp.[45] She is also working on Prakash Raj’s Hindi directorial debut Tadka.[46] She next played the title role in the film Naam Shabana, a spin-off from Baby. Later, Taapsee worked in David Dhawan–directed Judwaa 2.[47][48] In 2019, she starred with Amitabh Bachchan in Sujoy Ghosh's Badla, a remake of the Spanish film Contratiempo in pivotal roles.[49] She also starred in Soorma as hockey player Harpreet opposite Diljit Dosanjh.[50] She played a lawyer in Mulk and received praise from the critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama called her as Fantastic.[51] She played a leading role in Anurag Kashyap 's Manmarziyaan and received critical acclaim for her performance in the film. Times of India called her performance as the best in her career.[52] Personal life[edit]When asked in January 2015 about her personal relationships, Taapsee said: 'I have dated a South Indian. Also I have never dated a star and will never date one and that I can write and give you on a stamp paper. I am clear that there can be only one star in the relationship and that's me. I personally don't think it can work out between an actor and an actress.'[53] Taapsee believes in the philosophy of 'If you got it, you flaunt it'.[54] Filmography[edit]
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Actors Swara Bhaskar and Taapsee Pannu came together to ask a very pertinent question about women's modesty in the India of today.So they put their heads together and came up with different ways to make sure your cleavage is controlled in various situations.And they covered all bases.Basically, any and all situations require women to be modest, and not tempt the men in their immediate vicinity.After imparting their guide to being the perfect Indian woman, they also decided to leave you with a little truth bomb:And urged every woman to celebrate themselves, not only today, but everyday.You can check out the video here:Andre Borges is a social news reporter for BuzzFeed and is based in Mumbai. Contact Andre Borges at [email protected]. Got a confidential tip? Submit it here.
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