Taapsee Pannu

Taapsee Pannu was first discovered by South Indian Cinema Taapsee Pannu was first introduced on the silver screen by South film legend K. Raghavendra Rao in 2010 with his musical romantic Telugu film Jhummandi Naadam. But before the film was released she had signed three more South films viz. Aadukalam, Vastadu Naa Raju and Mr. Perfect. Thus she was simultaneously shooting for Jhummandi Naadam (Telugu) and Aadukalam (Tamil) opposite south superstar Dhanush and fortunately, both the films were super hits. In fact Aadukalam (Tamil) won six National Film Awards at the 58th National Film Awards ceremony and brought her more glory. Later she entered Malayalam cinema opposite superstar Mammootty in the film Doubles (2011). In short from 2010 to 2014 she did 16 films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Taapsee Pannu believes her uncanny resemblance to Preity Zinta fetched her ticket to Bollywood Taapsee Pannu feels that she got her first break in Bollywood due to her uncanny resemblance to Preity Zinta. In an interview, she confessed the filmmaker David Dhawan was making a remake of 80’ hit film Chashme Baddoor. Like the original film, he too was experimenting with newcomers and the film was being made on a shoestring budget. David Dhawan wanted an actress who looked like Preity Zinta and had mischievous vibes like her. David Dhawan rejected several newcomers but when he saw Taapsee’s photographs he was convinced and offered her the role. Chashme Baddoor was released in 2013 and was a bitter flop. Taapsee Pannu faced tough times before getting 'Baby' After Chashme Baddoor was a failure Taapsee Pannu had a tough time making her place in Bollywood. She was asked to reduce the market price that she was charging down South. Many film producers signed her but threw her out of the project at the last movement when they got other big stars. Many top Bollywood stars declined to work opposite her as she was not an A-grade actress. However, after Baby things changed but to get a role in Baby was very difficult. When she heard about the casting of 'Baby' she pumped all her energies to acquire the role. She confessed that 'Baby' was the only film in her career where she ran around the filmmaker Neeraj Pande and convinced him that she could do the role forcefully. But Neeraj Pandey felt that she was a coy girl as depicted in Chashme Baddoor. Instead, Taapsee claims she had been a Tom-boy since her childhood days. She said, “After a lot of cajoling I was able to persuade Neerajji (Neeraj Pande) that I am fit for the role of Shabana Khan, the valiant undercover agent in Baby.” Taapsee Pannu won applause for her upcoming film Naam Shabana After Baby’s huge success actress Taapsee Pannu is back as the undercover spy Shabana in the prequel of Baby called 'Naam Shabana’. The film traces the past life of Shabana and is ready for release on March 31, 2017. The trailer of the film is already a hit and dawning huge applause to Taapsee Pannu.