Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil language films. She is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards. After a brief modelling career, Pannu made her acting debut with the 2010 Telugu film Jhummandi Naadam and went on to act in the 2011 Tamil film Aadukalam. She made her Hindi film debut with David Dhawan’s comedy Chashme Baddoor (2013). After playing the leading lady in several Telugu and Tamil films, Pannu gained notice for her performances in the Hindi spy film Baby (2015) and the courtroom drama Pink (2016), both of which were critical and commercial successes.

Pannu gained prominence in Hindi cinema with the war drama The Ghazi Attack (2017), the social drama Mulk (2018), the romantic drama Manmarziyaan (2018), the thriller Badla (2019), and the space drama Mission Mangal (2019). For portraying the septuagenarian sharpshooter Prakashi Tomar in the biopic Saand Ki Aankh (2019), she won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress, and for playing a homemaker going through a divorce in Anubhav Sinha’s drama Thappad (2020), she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Apart from acting, Pannu runs an event management company called The Wedding Factory. She is also the owner of the badminton franchise Pune 7 Aces, which plays in the Premier Badminton League.

EARLY LIFE

Taapsee Pannu was born on 1 August 1987 in New Delhi to Dilmohan Singh Pannu and Nirmaljeet. She is of Punjabi descent. Her father is a retired real estate agent while her mother is a homemaker. She also has a younger sister, Shagun. She did her schooling at the Mata Jai Kaur Public School in Ashok Vihar and did her graduation in Computer Science Engineering from the Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology.After completing her graduation, Pannu worked as a software engineer. She became a full-time model after she auditioned and was selected for Channel V’s 2008 talent show Get Gorgeous, which eventually led her to acting.

Pannu has been appearing 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.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. After a few years, she lost interest in modeling as she thought that she could never gain proper recognition through modelling, but only through films, and finally decided to act.

Taapsee Pannu Short Wiki

Real Name	Tapsee Pannu
Nick Name	Glam-Doll, Maggie
Profession	Film Actress
Popular for	For her role in Pink
Date of Birth	1 August 1987
Day	Saturday
Gender	Female
Age (as of 2023)	35 years
Birthplace	Ashok Vihar, Delhi, India
Hometown	Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Current Address	Mumbai, Maharashtra
High School	Mata Jai Kaur Public School, Delhi, India
Educational Qualification	B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)
College Name	H.R. College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai
Nationality	Indian
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Not Known
Zodiac Sign/Star Sign	Leo
Debut in Film	Bollywood: Chashme Baddoor (2013) Telugu: Jhummandi Naadam (2010) Tamil: Aadukalam (2011) Malayalam: Doubles (2011)

Taapsee Pannu Family and Relatives

Father	Silmohan Singh Pannu
Mother	Nirmaljeet Pannu
Brothers	Not Known
Sisters	Shagun Pannu
Marital Status	Unmarried
Husband	N/A
Daughters	N/A
Sons	N/A
Boyfriends/ Affairs	Mahat Raghavendra (Tamil Film Director), Mathias Boe (Player)

Taapsee Pannu Height, Weight & Physical Stats

Body Measurements	34-27-36 inches
Bodytype	Slim
Height	5 feet 7 inches (1.71 m)
Weight	55 kg (121 lbs)
Waist	27 inches
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Shoe Size	7 (US)
Dress Size	4 (US)

Taapsee Pannu CAREER

Further information: Taapsee Pannu filmography After completing her graduation, Pannu worked as a software engineer. She became a full-time model after she auditioned and was selected for Channel V’s 2008 talent show Get Gorgeous, which eventually led her to acting. Pannu has been appearing 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.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. She has also been featured on the cover of magazines Just For Women and MaaStars. 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.

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2010–2015: EARLY WORK

Pannu made her cinematic debut in 2010 with K. Raghavendra Rao’s romantic musical Jhummandi Naadam. She played the role of the daughter of a USA–based millionaire who comes to India to research traditional Telugu music. Pannu got three more offers in Telugu prior to the film’s release. 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. 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. 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.” She returned to the Telugu film industry with Vastadu Naa Raju (2011), opposite Vishnu Manchu.

She made a foray into Malayalam cinema later that year, with Doubles (2011), opposite Mammootty and Nadiya Moidu. 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”. Pannu played a short role in her next release Mr. Perfect (2011). In it, she acted alongside Prabhas and Kajal Aggarwal. She starred in a high-budget film titled Veera (2011), opposite Ravi Teja and Kajal Aggarwal, which received moderate reviews. She was next seen in her second Tamil film Vandhaan Vendraan, that fetched mixed reviews and did not fare well at the box office. 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 several Telugu films at this time including Gundello Godari, Daruvu, and Shadow.In 2013, Pannu made her Hindi film debut with David Dhawan’s Chashme Baddoor, co-starring Siddharth, Rishi Kapoor, Divyendu Sharma and Ali Zafar. A remake of the eponymous 1981 film, it met with unanimous negative reviews but became a box-office success. Later, she was seen in the big budget action thriller Arrambam co-starring Ajith Kumar and Arya.

She was awarded Most Enthusiastic Performer–Female Award at the 2014 Edison Awards for her performance in the film.After a year without releases, she was noted for her supporting role in Akshay Kumar in Neeraj Pandey’s film Baby (2015), as undercover agent Shabana Khan. 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.

2016–2019: BREAKTHROUGH IN HINDI FILMS

While filming for Running Shaadi, Pannu was approached by Shoojit Sircar for the courtroom drama Pink. She was “curious and excited” about the subject as it had not “been dealt with head-on yet in mainstream cinema.” The film, which also starred Amitabh Bachchan, Kirti Kulhari and Andrea Tariang, followed three girls who fight a case against a politician’s nephew for molestation. The film and Pannu’s performance received positive reviews. Rajeev Masand noted that Pannu, along with other two ladies, “deliver natural performances as strong but emotionally vulnerable women, without a hint of affectation.” With worldwide revenue of ₹1.08 billion (US$14 million), Pink emerged as a commercial success.

Pannu later said that the film proved to be a turning point in her career. Pannu’s first release of 2017 was the romantic comedy Running Shaadi, where she played a Punjabi girl who helps couples in eloping to get married. The film received mixed critical reception but praised her acting. It was followed by the naval war drama The Ghazi Attack, based on the mysterious sinking of PNS Ghazi during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The film was shot simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi and performed modestly at the box-office. Pandey noticed that Pannu’s seven-eight minute sequence in the role of special agent Shabana Khan in Baby was well received after which he “decided to give the story an arc.” Pannu reprised her role in its spin-off titled, Naam Shabana. For the role, she trained in different forms of mixed martial arts like Kūdō and Krav Maga. Both the film and Pannu’s performance met with mixed response with Sarita A. Tanwar of Daily News and Analysis noting that she is “fantastic in every scene” and Udita Jhunjhunwala of Mint felt that she is “hardly likable” in the film.

Pannu subsequent roles were of a ghost in Telugu horror comedy film Anando Brahma and the protagonist’s girlfriend in the action-comedy Judwaa 2. The latter, which was a reboot of the 1997 namesake film, proved to be commercial success, earning over ₹2 billion (US$26 million).Dil Juunglee (2018), co-starring Saqib Saleem, was Pannu’s first release of the year. It failed to create an impact among the critics and the audience. Her followup was Shaad Ali’s sports drama Soorma which was based on the life of field hockey player Sandeep Singh (played by Diljit Dosanjh). Despite mixed reviews, Soorma became a financial success. Pannu then depicted a lawyer in Anubhav Sinha’s Mulk. Pannu said that the film presents true patriotism and nationalism without taking sides. Pannu’s performance was praised with Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.

in calling her one of the “strong turns” of the film; it earned her a Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) nomination.After playing the role of an antagonist in the Telugu action thriller Neevevaro, Pannu played the central role of Rumi Bagga, a free-spirited girl caught in a love triangle, in Anurag Kashyap’s romantic drama Manmarziyaan alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Vicky Kaushal. The film premiered at 2018 Toronto International Film Festival to a positive critical reception, including for Pannu’s performance. Anupama Chopra called her performance “mercurial and mysterious and maddening”: “With her cloud of red hair enveloping her, Rumi seems, continually to be a woman on a warpath.” The same year, she also acted in two short films: Baarish aur Chowmein and Nitishastra.

2019–PRESENT: ESTABLISHED ACTRESS

Pannu had a string of releases in 2019 with the first one being Sujoy Ghosh’s mystery thriller Badla, an official remake of the 2016 Spanish film The Invisible Guest. It also marked her second collaboration with Amitabh Bachchan. She was initially offered a supporting role and the film had a male lead. Pannu convinced the producer to have the lead role played by a female which he agreed on and offered her the role. Badla met with positive reviews, as did Pannu’s performance as Naina Sethi, a shrewd businesswoman. In her review of the film, film critic Namrata Joshi mentioned that Pannu is “in fine form”; the film met with strong box-office results.Pannu then essayed the role of a game designer who uses a wheelchair and battles a home invasion in the psychological thriller Game Over, directed by Ashwin Saravanan.

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The film was shot simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu language. During the duration of the filming, Pannu had to be in a wheelchair for 12 hours for 25 days. The film and her performance were praised; Saibal Chatterjee said that Pannu “is never less than convincing” and “may be the primary reason why you must go out a watch this film.”She next played an ISRO scientist in the space drama Mission Mangal which was about India’s first interplanetary expedition, Mars Orbiter Mission. Pannu liked the idea of a space film with several leading ladies in it. With a global collection of over ₹2.9 billion (US$38 million), Mission Mangal proved Pannu’s biggest financial success. Her final film of the year was Tushar Hiranandani’s biographical film Saand Ki Aankh, co-starring Bhumi Pednekar.

Pannu portrayed the role of Prakashi Tomar who is one of the world’s oldest sharpshooters for which she underwent three months of training in pistol shooting. Her role was well received with Anna M. M. Vetticad writing that both Pannu and Pednekar succeed in “delivering equally finely tuned, sensitive performances.” Pannu and Pednekar received the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress. Pannu’s sole release of 2020 was Anubhav Sinha’s social drama Thappad, where she played the role of Amrita, a home-maker who files for divorce after her husband slaps her. She said that the character’s “righteousness, her maturity to handle every situation” made her suffocate. The film and Pannu’s performance met with critical acclaim. Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express noted that she “drives the film, but the effort she puts into her performance shows.” Pannu was awarded with the Filmfare Award for Best Actress and received a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress nomination.

Pannu’s first releasee of 2021 was the romantic murder mystery Haseen Dillruba opposite Vikrant Massey. The film premiered on 2 July 2021 on Netflix and emerged as the most-watched Hindi film on the platform that year. Both the film and Pannu’s performance were however poorly received by critics, with Rohan Naahar from Hindustan Times calling it a “hot mess” and describing it as “illogical” and “ill-conceived” while adding that “Pannu’s performance as a bored housewife named Rani is all over the place”. She then appeared in the Tamil-language horror comedy Annabelle Sethupathi opposite Vijay Sethupathi. Her final film of the year was Rashmi Rocket, a sports drama that tells a story of an Indian track and field athlete who was subject to gender testing due to being diagnosed with hyperandrogenism. Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India commented, “Pannu once again proves her mettle.

Her effort to celebrate Rashmi’s victory and endure her pain, is as real as it gets and the actress doesn’t miss the beat when it comes to making us root for her character.”The following year, Pannu starred in Looop Lapeta, an official remake of the 1998 German film Run Lola Run that premiered on 4 February 2022 on Netflix.In July 2021, she signed Telugu film Mishan Impossible directed by Swaroop RSJ. It is her comeback film in Telugu film industry after Anando Brahma in 2017. The film is slated to release on 1 April 2022.She has completed working on Dobaaraa, her second collaboration with director Anurag Kashyap and a film based on the life of current Test and ODI captain of the India women’s national cricket team, Mithali Raj titled Shabaash Mithu.

Taapsee Pannu Boyfriend, Affairs and More

• Affairs/Boyfriends – Mahat Raghavendra (Tamil film actor), Mathias Boe (Badminton player, Denmark)
• Marital Status – Unmarried
• Husband Name – N/A
• Children- N/A

Taapsee Pannu Educational Qualifications

• School – Mata Jai Kaur Public School, Ashok Vihar, Delhi
• College – Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute Of Technology, New Delhi
• Qualifications – B.Tech in Computer Science

Awards:

Taapsee Pannu’s first award was for a Telugu film ‘Gundello Godari.’

In 2013, Taapsee Pannu made her debut in the movie ‘Gundello Godari ‘and won an award in the Best Actress category in ‘Santosham Film Awards and an award in the ‘South African Film and Television Awards’ as the Debut Actor of the year- Female.

She also won the Best Actress category in TSR-Tv9 National Film Awards for the film ‘Mogudu’ in Telugu in 2013.

In 2014, she acted in the film ‘Arrambam’ released in multiple languages. The film helped her bag 3 nominations. She won the ‘Most Enthusiastic performer – Female’ award in the ‘Edison Awards’. She got nominations for the ‘Best Supporting Actress role (Tamil)’ in the ‘South Indian International Movie Awards’ and ‘Filmfare Awards- South.

Later in 2017, she had a good comeback at the box office with the film ‘Pink’. She was nominated for 6 awards in different events. Taapsee Pannu won 2 awards as ‘Woman of the Year’ by the International Indian film academy and won an award as the ‘Best Actor (Female) – Jury Special Award at the Jagran Film Festival.

She was also nominated as ‘Best Actress’ for the Zee Cine Awards, Stardust Awards, International Indian Film Academy Awards, and ‘Most Entertaining Actor in a Social Film (Female)’ for Big Zee Entertainment Awards for the film ‘Pink’

Taapsee Pannu Net worth

million. She has assets worth ₹44 crores. Taapsee earns more than ₹30 lakhs in a month. Her income in a year is said to be more than ₹4 crores. Not only this, but She is also very fond of expensive and royal vehicles. Pannu has vehicles like BMW 5 series, Mercedes SUV and Renault Captura.

She also has several real estate properties in Mumbai. Apart from this, she runs an event management company, The Wedding Factory, along with her sister Shagun. In the year 2018, Taapsee bought the badminton franchise Pune 7 Aces which plays in the Premier Badminton League. In 2018, Taapsee was featured in Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 where she was ranked 67th.

She was featured for the second time in the year 2019 when she was ranked 68th. Let us tell you that Taapsee Pannu charges ₹1 crore to ₹2 crores for a film (Pannu Fees). She earns around ₹2 crores in a year from just brand endorsements. Apart from this, she is the brand ambassador of Uber, Garnier, Nivea, Kurkure, and Women’s Horlicks. Taapsee, who has given many hits, lives a royal lifestyle today.

Salary	She takes charges around ₹1 crore to ₹2 crores per film
Car Collection	BMW 5 series, Mercedes SUV and Renault Captura
Total Net Worth	₹44 Crores (Approx, as of 2023)

Some Interesting Facts About Taapsee Pannu:

• Taapsee Pannu was born on 1 August 1987 in New Delhi, India.
• She is an animal lover and has owned a pet dog.
• Taapsee takes alcohol occasionally.
• She has done many tv commercial ads.
• In the year 2010, she makes her debut for the first time in cinema and also Telugu Industry with the film Jhummandi Naadam.
• In 2011, she made her debut in Tamil cinema with the film Aadukalam along with Dhanush.
• She is also a trained Kathak and Bharatnatyam Dancer and she got training for 8 years from the Pandit Birju Maharaj Disciples.
• She has also features on the cover pages of various magazines like Vogue India, Just for Woman, and maaStars.
• In 2013, she make her debut in the Bollywood Industry with the David Dhavan movie Chashme Baddoor.
• Pannu also got 2 Filmfare awards in consecutive years for her tremendous acting in her films.
• She is the top-level actress in Bollywood Industry and also charges approx ₹2 crores for each film.

Taapsee Pannu FAQ,s

Que. Which is Taapsee Pannu’s first Hindi movie?

Ans. David Dhavan directed Chashme Baddoor is the first Hindi movie of Taapsee which was released in 2013.

Que. Is Taapsee Pannu age?

Ans. Taapsee’s age is 34 years old in 2021 as she was born on 1 August 1987.

Que. Does Taapsee Pannu know Tamil?

Ans. Taapsee reveals in an interview that can she speak 5 languages i.e Hindi, English, Punjabi, Tamil & Telugu.

Que. Who is Taapsee Pannu’s boyfriend?

Ans. Taapsee’s first boyfriend was Tamil actor Manat Raghavendra and recently, she was seen with Denmark Badminton Player Mathias Boe.

Que. Who is the father of Taapsee Pannu?

Ans. Dilmohan Singh Pannu is the father of Taapsee Pannu who is a retired real estate agent.

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