Facts about Tapsee Pannu

We all know Taapsee Pannu, the beautiful actress who made a bold statement on patriarchy and feminism with her very first major movie Pink. She shared the silver screen with megastar Amitabh Bachchan. Everyone loves Taapsee for her acting, strength, and feminist attitude. Before her debut in the Bollywood industry, Taapsee acted in South Indian Film Industry where she proved her mettle as a talented actress. Now, she has established herself as one of the most versatile actresses in the industry.

Her work in Bollywood movies like Haseen Dillruba, Annabelle Sethupathi, Naam Shabana, Manmarziyaan, etc has been praiseworthy. Taapsee Pannu new movie Shabaash Mithu did well at the box office.

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1. Taapsee was born on August 1, 1987, and is Punjabi by descent

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2. She was born in New Delhi

Her father, Dilmohan Singh is a businessman, and her mother Niramjeet Pannu is a housewife. She has a sister, Shagun Pannu, who is also an actress.

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3. She was nicknamed ‘Maggie’ by her parents

She had mesmerizing and beautiful curly hair and it’s the reason why she got that name.

4. Her schooling was done at Mata Jai Kaur Public School which is at Ashok Vihar, in New Delhi

She then continued her education, pursuing Computer Science Engineering at Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology which is in New Delhi. She also happened to be one of the brightest students at her school, scoring 90% in her XII. Later, she appeared for CAT and scored 88 percentile.

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5. She also worked as a software engineer

She left it all behind to start modeling after she was selected for Get Gorgeous a talent show organized by Channel V. That led her to acting.

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6. Taapsee, since then, has been appearing in multiple print and TV commercials

She also took home many titles when she was modeling. Some of them include Safi Miss Femina Miss Beautiful Skin and Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face. She also participated in the Miss India beauty pageant in 2008.

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7. She made her debut in the movie industry in 2010

Her debut film ‘Jhummandi Naadam’ which was a romantic musical by K. Raghavendra Rao. In the movie, she played the role of a daughter of a US-based billionaire who comes to research Telugu music in India.

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8. She does stunts on her own

Taapsee doesn’t need any stunt woman to do thrilling scenes in movies like other actors and actresses. She likes to do maximum stunts in her movies by herself.

9. Taapsee is a professional dancer

She started learning Bharatnatyam and Kathak when she was studying in fourth grade. Her dancing skills were so on point that she had also won several inter-college competitions.

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10. Taapsee is well versed in 3 different languages other than Hindi and English.

11. She loves to play sports, especially Squash

Taapsee loves the sport of squash. She makes sure that she at least indulges in the game for at least half an hour each day as she finds it the best game to keep one fit.

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12. Won six National Film Awards for Aadukalam 2011 which became her debut film in the Tamil cinema

In 2011, she came back to the Telugu industry with her movie Vastadu Naa Raju starring Vishnu Manchu The same year, she also did a Malayalam cinema, called Doubles starring Mammooty and Nadiya Moidu.

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13. Goddess of flop heroes

Taapsee is sometimes referred to as the Goddess of flop heroes because she had worked with many flop south-Indian heroes during the rough patches in their careers.

14. Taapsee love life

Taapsee says that she has dated a South Indian in the past. If rumours are to be believed, the actress was dating a badminton player Mathias Boe.

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Also read: Love Life Of Tapsee Pannu And All You Need To Know About Her Boyfriends

15. Taapsee is an entrepreneur as well

She runs an event company called “The Wedding Factory” that organizes events and weddings in partnership with her sister Shagun Pannu and a friend Farah Parvaresh.

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16. Taapsee movie career

Taapsee was a part of some great movies like Daruvu (2012), Gundello Godari (2013), Chashme Baddoor (2013), Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam (2014), Baby (2015), Pink (2016), Running Shaadi (2017), The Ghazi Attack (2017, Judwaa 2 (2017), Mulk (2018), Manmarziyaan (2018), Badla (2019), etc.

Taapsee became a part of another movie on feminism and the toxic patriarchal system, called Thappad (2020). We are waiting for Taapsee Pannu upcoming movie, Dobaaraa.

17. Taapsee’s awards and nominations

She won 2 awards – the Filmfare Award for Critics Best Actor In Leading Role (Female) in 2020 and the IIFA Award For Woman Of The Year in 2017. She was nominated for the Zee Cine Award for Best Actress for her courtroom drama movie Pink.

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Also read: 25 Taapsee Pannu Hot Photos That’ll Make Your Heart Skip A Beat

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