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Taapsee Pannu is a South Indian film actress, who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She is an ethnic Punjabi from the city of Ludhiana, Punjab and was a software engineer before turning as an actor. She has appeared in several commercials and also won Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face and Safi Femina Miss Beautiful Skin, during her modelling days. Recently, she was seen in the superhit movie Baby alongwith Akshay Kumar in the lead. Now she will soon be seen in upcoming Bollywood movie Agra Ka Daabra.
Biography
Taapsee Pannu, the Indian model turned actress was born on the 1 August 1987 into a Punjabi Sikh family. She has appeared in various Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. She pursued her education from the well known Mata Jai Kaur Public School situated in Delhi. Following this, she graduated in the field of computer science from the prestigious Guru TeghBahadur Institute of Technology in the capital city, New Delhi. Later she has started working in the domain of software development. One of her contributions in the field of software development was an application made for iPhone by the name of ‘fontswap’. She has recently gifted herself a brand new BMW.
Family
Taapsee Pannu is the daughter of Dilmohan Singh Pannu and Nirmaljeet Pannu. She has one sister Shagun pannu. The actress wanted to launch her sister too in the acting field.
Taapsee Pannu
Personal Profile
Name : Taapsee Pannu
Nickname : Taapsee, Tapsee & Tapsi
Date of birth :August 1, 1987
Birth Place : Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Age : 27 years
Zodiac : Leo
Height : 5’7″
Weight : 56 Kgs
Hair : Black
Eyes : Dark Brown
Hobbies : Dancing,Music
Marital Status : Unmarried
Education : Graduation
Latest News
Taapsee Pannu has ventured into wedding planing along with her sister Shagun Pannu. She has lent a helping hand to one of the NGOs in Delhi for a community wedding. She said,”From setting up mandaps to all arrangements, we managed the entire set up. We were glad on the project getting successful but the feeling of euphoria was from the blessing we received.”
Interesting Facts
First Major Screen Credit : Mr.Perfect
Claim to Fame : Jhummandi Naadam
Magazine Covers : Navya Magazine, JFW
Hobbies : Dancing, Chatting with friends
Favorite Food : Punjabi food
Favorite Music Director : Saleem
Career
Actress Taapsee has first started modelling as her career. She got the opportunity to showcase her modelling skills in the talent show hosted by Channel called ‘Get Gorgeous’. During the time she had been modelling and has appeared in various television advertisements and also won Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face and Safi Femina Miss Beautiful Skin, during her modelling days.
She made her acting debut in 2010 with K. Raghavendra Rao’s romantic-musical Jhummandi Naadam. Later, she made her Tamil debut with multiple national award winning Aadukalam. She made her foray into Malayalam cinema with Doubles, starring opposite Mammootty. Soon later she has signed half-a-dozen films in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam and has rose to high.
Boyfriend/Dating
Taapsee was previously in relationship with actor Mahat Raghavendra but was later broken up. As per the sources she is currently dating Danish badminton player Mathias Boe, who has won a men’s doubles match at the India Open. They both met during the inaugural of Indian Badminton League in 2013 where Boe was part of the Lucknow-based team Awadhe Warriors while Taapsee was the brand ambassador of champions Hyderabad Hotshots.
Taapsee Pannu will be seen playing the role of a shy Muslim girl from Agra in Shoojit Sircar’s upcoming venture Agra Ka Daabra. She has started learning Urdu and to pursue this, Taapsee has signed on for a personal tutor and is now finding time in between her schedules to learn Urdu. She has been advised by her friends to watch Urdu plays to understand the flow of the language and have a better sense of diction.
In Baby
Baby was an espionage action thriller film directed by Neeraj Pandey. Neeraj Pandey approached Taapsee for a role in his film Baby because of her talent. She said, “All Neeraj asked me to do was to read a few lines which had quite a few Urdu words and phrases. Being a Punjabi girl, people expect me to have a north Indian influence in my speech, but to his surprise I managed decently well I guess.” Taapsee has given a power-packed performance in the movie and is recieving many praises for the same.
Awards
Pantaloons Fresh Face (2008)
Safi Femina Miss Beautiful Skin (2008)
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