TAAPSEE PANNU , MODEL / FILM ACTRESS BORN 1987 AUGUST 1

TAAPSEE PANNU , MODEL / FILM ACTRESS

BORN 1987 AUGUST 1

டாப்சி பன்னு (பிறப்பு: 1987 ஆகத்து 1) இந்தியத் திரைப்பட நடிகை, வடிவழகியாக இருந்து பின்னர் நடிகையானவர். தமிழ், தெலுங்கு, மலையாளம், இந்தித் திரைத்துறையில் தற்போது பணியாற்றி வருகிறார். பஞ்சாபிய சீக்கியக் குடும்பத்தில் பிறந்தவர், வடிவழகுத்துறையில் நுழையும் முன்னர் மென்பொருள் நிபுணராக பணியாற்றினார். 2010 இல் சும்மாண்டி நாதம் எனும் தெலுங்குத் திரைப்படம் மூலம் திரைத்துறையுள் நுழைந்தார். இவர் ஆடுகளம், வந்தான் வென்றான் போன்ற தமிழ்த் திரைப்படங்களில் நடித்திருக்கிறார்.

Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian actress and model known for her work in South Indian cinema and Bollywood. Taapsee worked as a software professional and also pursued a career in modelling before becoming an actress. During her modelling career, she appeared in a number of commercials and won titles such as "Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face" and "Safi Femina Miss Beautiful Skin" in 2008.

After a short stint with modelling, Taapsee made her acting debut with the 2010 Telugu film Jhummandi Naadam directed by 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 a Hindi film. She was awarded Most Enthusiastic Performer-Female Award at the 2014 Edison Awards for her performance in Tamil film Arrambam (2013). In 2015, she starred in the critically and commercially successful film Baby. In 2016, she played a lead role in Pink. In 2017, she played a lead role in Naam Shabana, a prequel of Baby.

Early life and modeling[edit]
Taapsee was born on 1 August 1987[2] in New Delhi into a Jat Sikh family.[3][4][5] She has a sister named Shagun Pannu and plans to launch her into films as well.[6] 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,[7] she worked as a software engineer.[8][9] 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.[10]

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.[8][11] As a model, she endorsed brands like 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.[12] She has also been featured on the cover of magazines Just For Women and MaaStars.[13][14] 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.[15]

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.[16] She played the role of the daughter of a US-based millionaire who comes to India to research traditional Telugu music.[17] Taapsee got three more offers in Telugu prior to the film's release.[17] 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.[18] 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."[19] She returned to the Telugu film industry with Vastadu Naa Raju (2011) opposite Vishnu Manchu.[20] She made a foray into Malayalam cinema later that year, with Doubles (2011) opposite Mammootty and Nadiya Moidu.[21] 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".[22]

"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[15]
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.[23] She starred in a high budget film titled Veera (2011) opposite Ravi Teja and Kajal Aggarwal, which received moderate reviews.[24] She was next seen in her second Tamil film Vandhaan Vendraan that fetched mixed reviews and did not fare well at the box office.[25] 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—[26] apart from Daruvu and Shadow.[27][28][29] 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.[8][30][31] 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.[32][33] In later 2013, she was seen in the big budget action thriller Arrambam co-starring Ajith Kumar and Arya.[34] She was awarded Most Enthusiastic Performer-Female Award at the 2014 Edison Awards for her performance in the film.[35]

After a year without releases, she starred opposite Akshay Kumar in Neeraj Pandey's film Baby (2015), as an undercover agent.[36] 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 special appearance.[37] Her upcoming films include the Hindi films Running Shaadi.com alongside Amit Sadh,[38][39] and Agra Ka Daabraa by Amit Roy[40] and a Tamil film to be directed by Selvaraghavan.[41]

2016–present[edit]
After finishing Baby,[42] Taapsee joined Shoojit Sircar's next film, titled Pink,[43] and the bilingual submarine film Ghazi, to be directed by debutant Sankalp.[44] She is also working on Prakash Raj’s Hindi directorial debut Tadka.[45]She next appeared in the film Naam Shabana prequel of Baby

Personal life

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."[50] Taapsee believes in the philosophy of "If you got it, you flaunt it".[51] Since late 2013, she has been in a relationship with Danish badminton player Mathias Boe. [

Filmography[edit]

Main article: Taapsee Pannu filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2010	Jhummandi Naadam	Sravya	Telugu
2011	Aadukalam	Irene Claude	Tamil	Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
	Vastadu Naa Raju	Pooja	Telugu
	Mr. Perfect	Maggie	Telugu	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
	Veera	Aiki	Telugu
	Vandhaan Vendraan	Anjana	Tamil
	Mogudu	Raja Rajeshwari	Telugu
	Doubles	Saira Banu	Malayalam
2012	Daruvu	Swetha	Telugu
2013	Gundello Godari	Sarala	Telugu	Simultaneously made and released in Tamil as Maranthen Mannithen
	Chashme Baddoor	Seema	Hindi	Bollywood debut, Nominated- Filmfare Award Best Female Debut
	Shadow	Madhubala	Telugu
	Sahasam	Sreenidhi	Telugu
	Arrambam	Anitha	Tamil	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil
2014	Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam		Tamil	Cameo appearance
2015	Baby	Shabana Khan	Hindi	.
	Kanchana 2	Nandhini	Tamil
	Vai Raja Vai	Shreya	Tamil
	Dongaata	Herself	Telugu	Special appearance
2016	Pink	Meenal Arora	Hindi	Golden Rose Awards Rising Star IIFA Awards Women Of The Year
2017	Running Shaadi	Nimmi	Hindi
	The Ghazi Attack	Ananya	Hindi
			Telugu
	Naam Shabana	Shabana Khan	Hindi
	Anando Brahma	Unnamed ghost	Telugu
	Judwaa 2	Samaara	Hindi
2018	Dil Juunglee	Koroli Nair	Hindi
	Nitishastra	Malty	Hindi	Short Film
	Soorma	Harpreet	Hindi
	Neevevaro	TBA	Telugu	Post-production
	Mulk	Aarti Mohammed	Hindi	Post-production
	Manmarziyaan	TBA	Hindi	Filming[53]
	Tadka	Nicole	Hindi	Post-production[54]
2019	Badla	TBA	Hindi	Pre-production[55]

Awards and nominations[edit]

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Year	Film	Award	Category	Result
2011	Aadukalam	South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Female Debutant	Nominated
2012		Vijay Award	Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine	Nominated
			Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress	Nominated
	Mr. Perfect	Filmfare Awards	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu	Nominated
		Santosham Film Awards	Best Actress (Jury)	Won[56]
2013	Chashme Baddoor	BIG Star Entertainment Awards	BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor (Film) Debut – Female	Nominated
		South Africa India Film And Television Awards	Debut Actor of the Year – Female	Won[57]
		Filmfare Awards	Filmfare Award Best Female Debut	Nominated
2014	Arrambam	Edison Awards	Most Enthusiastic Performer-Female Award	Won
		Filmfare Awards	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil	Nominated
		South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Nominated
2017	Pink	Lux Golden Rose Awards	Rising Star Of The Year	Won
		Stardust Awards	Best Actor(Female)	Nominated
		Screen Awards	Best Actress	Nominated
		BIG Zee Entertainment Awards	Most Entertaining Actor in a Social Film – Female	Nominated[58]
		Jagran Film Festival	Best Actor Female - Jury Special Award	Won[59]
		Zee Cine Awards	Best Actress	Nominated
		FiIms of India Online Awards	Special Jury Awards	Won[60]
		International Indian Film Academy Awards	Best Actress	Nominated
		Lux Golden Rose Awards	Power Packed Performer Of The Year Award	Nominated[61]
2018	Naam Shabana	Lux Golden Rose Awards	Break Through Performer Of The Year Award	Won [61]
		Zee Cine Awards	Best Actress (Jury Choices)	Nominated
			Extraordinary Impact Award – Female	Won[62]
		Hindustan Times (HT) Most Stylish Awards	HT Most Stylish Breakthrough Performer (Female)	Won[63]
		GeoSpa AsiaSpa Awards	Best Actress Critics	Won[64]
	Nitishastra	Streaming Awards	Best Actress	Won[65]

See also