Hello people !! today we are going to share some interesting facts of one of the bold and upfront actor Taapsee Pannu . She is the one , who doesn’t hesitate to put her view and giving back to her haters.
Let’s see some of the points in the list:
1. Taapsee was born on August 1, 1987, and is Punjabi by descent.
2. She was born in New Delhi
Taapsee was born to a businessman, Dilmohan Singh and mother Niramjeet Pannu, who is a housewife. She has a sister, Shagun Pannu, who is also an actress.
3. She was nicknamed ‘Maggie’ by her parents
Her nick name is no doubts based on her curly hair . So her parents used to call her Maggi.
4. Her schooling was done at Mata Jai Kaur Public School which is at Ashok Vihar, in New Delhi
Taapsee was very bright student in her school days. Later she continued her education, pursuing Computer Science Engineering from ‘Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology‘ which is in New Delhi. She scored 90% in her XII. Later, she appeared for CAT and scored 88 percentile.
5. She also worked as a software engineer
Taapsee also worked as a software engineer . Later she started modeling and was selected for ‘getting Gorgeous ‘, a talent show was organized by Channel V that led her to act.
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.
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.
8. She does stunts by 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 since she was studying in fourth grade. Her dancing skills were so on point that she had also won several inter-college competitions.
10. Taapsee is well versed in 3 different languages other than Hindi and English.
Apart from Hindi and English , Taapsee knows other languages as well, as she worked in various South Indian movies and her native language is Punjabi .
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.
12. Won six National Film Awards for Aadukalam 2011 that 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.
9. Goddess of flop heroes
Taapsee is sometimes referred to as Goddess of flop heroes because she had worked with many flop south-Indian heroes during the rough patches in their career.
13. Taapsee love life
Taapsee says that she has dated a South Indian in the past. If rumours are to be believed, the actress is dating a badminton player Mathias Boe.
14. Taapsee is an entrepreneur as well
Taapsee runs an event company called ‘The Event Factory‘ that organizes events and weddings in partnership with her sister Shagun Pannu and a friend Farah Parvaresh.
15. 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 toxic patriarchy system, called Thappad (2020). She is all set to star in the upcoming murder mystery Haseen Dilruba alongside Vikrant Massey.
16. Taapsee’s awards and nominations
She won 2 awards – Filmfare Award for Critics Best Actor In Leading Role (Female) in 2020 and 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.
So I guess, now Taapsee’s fans know some interesting facts about her which earlier they didn’t know.