1. Taapsee Pannu made her Hindi film debut with David Dhawan's comedy Chashme Baddoor.
50 Facts About Taapsee Pannu
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Taapsee Pannu gained prominence in Hindi cinema with the war drama The Ghazi Attack, the social drama Mulk, the romantic drama Manmarziyaan, the psychological thriller Badla, and the space drama Mission Mangal.
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Taapsee Pannu is the owner of the badminton franchise Pune 7 Aces, which plays in the Premier Badminton League.
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Taapsee Pannu was born on 1 August 1987 in New Delhi to a Jat Sikh family.
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Taapsee Pannu's father, Dilmohan Singh Pannu, is a retired real estate agent while her mother, Nirmaljeet Kaur Pannu, is a homemaker.
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Taapsee Pannu did her schooling at the Mata Jai Kaur Public School in Ashok Vihar and studied Computer Science and Engineering at the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Hari Nagar.
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Taapsee Pannu 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.
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Taapsee 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.
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Taapsee Pannu received three more offers in Telugu prior to the film's release.
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Taapsee Pannu played the role of an Anglo-Indian girl falling in love with a rural man played by Dhanush.
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Taapsee Pannu returned to the Telugu film industry with Vastadu Naa Raju, opposite Vishnu Manchu.
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Taapsee Pannu made a foray into Malayalam cinema later that year, with Doubles, opposite Mammootty and Nadiya Moidu.
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Taapsee Pannu played a short role in her next release Mr Perfect alongside Prabhas and Kajal Aggarwal.
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Taapsee Pannu starred in a high-budget film titled Veera, opposite Ravi Teja and Kajal Aggarwal, which received mixed reviews.
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Taapsee Pannu was next seen in her second Tamil film Vandhaan Vendraan, that received mixed reviews from critics and did not fare well commercially.
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Taapsee Pannu worked on several Telugu films at this time including Gundello Godari, Daruvu, and Shadow.
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In subsequent years, Taapsee Pannu discussed being labelled an "unlucky charm" due to all of her films failing commercially.
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In 2013, Taapsee Pannu made her Hindi film debut with David Dhawan's comedy Chashme Baddoor, co-starring Siddharth, Rishi Kapoor, Divyendu Sharma and Ali Zafar.
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Taapsee Pannu was "curious and excited" about the subject as it had not "been dealt with head-on yet in mainstream cinema".
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Taapsee Pannu later said that the film proved to be a turning point in her career, and earned her the IIFA Woman of the Year award, in addition to her first nomination for the IIFA Award for Best Actress.
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The film received mixed critical reception but Taapsee Pannu received unanimous praise for her performance.
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Taapsee Pannu reprised her role in a spin-off to her film Baby, titled Naam Shabana.
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Taapsee Pannu's followup was Shaad Ali's sports drama Soorma which was based on the life of field hockey player Sandeep Singh.
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Taapsee Pannu then depicted a lawyer in Anubhav Sinha's legal drama Mulk.
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Taapsee Pannu said that the film presents true patriotism and nationalism without taking sides.
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Taapsee Pannu had a string of releases in 2019, with the first being Sujoy Ghosh's psychological thriller, Badla, an official remake of the 2016 Spanish film The Invisible Guest.
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Taapsee Pannu 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 to and offered her the role.
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Taapsee 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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Taapsee Pannu next played an ISRO scientist in the space drama Mission Mangal which was about India's first interplanetary expedition, Mars Orbiter Mission.
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Taapsee Pannu accepted a role in the film due to her appreciation of the idea of a space film with, "several leading ladies in it".
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Taapsee Pannu portrayed the role of Prakashi Tomar, one of the world's oldest sharpshooters for which she underwent three months of training in pistol shooting.
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Taapsee Pannu said that the character's "righteousness, her maturity to handle every situation" made her suffocate.
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The film and Taapsee Pannu's performance met with widespread critical acclaim.
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Taapsee Pannu was awarded with the Filmfare Award for Best Actress and received her third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.
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Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express criticised her role in the film stating, "Taapsee Pannu's delivery is exactly the same in her films: only the costumes change".
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Taapsee Pannu received her second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.
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The film, and Taapsee Pannu's performance, received critical acclaim, earning her the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actress in a Web Original Film.
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Taapsee Pannu next starred in the film directed by Srijit Mukherji, based on the life of former Test and ODI captain of the India women's national cricket team, Mithali Raj, titled Shabaash Mithu.
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Taapsee Pannu then starred in the sci-fi mystery film Dobaaraa, which was a remake of 2018 Spanish thriller Mirage, her second collaboration with director Anurag Kashyap.
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The film and Taapsee Pannu's performance received positive reviews; however, it emerged as a commercial failure at the box-office.
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Taapsee Pannu then starred in the romantic comedy Tadka alongside Nana Patekar, Shriya Saran and Ali Fazal.
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In 2023, Taapsee Pannu appeared in Rajkumar Hirani's comedy-drama Dunki opposite Shah Rukh Khan as Manu, a Punjabi woman with aspirations of travelling to England.
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Taapsee Pannu expressed feeling a sense of ease in knowing that the character had already been well received by audiences.
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Raghuvendra Singh of Filmfare says Taapsee Pannu is "one of the most versatile actresses in the industry".
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Aditi Bhimjyani of Vogue noted, "Taapsee Pannu has been busy making her unforgettable mark via her filmography of strong leading roles".
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In 2017, Taapsee Pannu featured in Forbes India's 30 Under 30 list.
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Taapsee Pannu was featured for a second time in 2019, ranking 68th.
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Taapsee Pannu has frequently featured in Times' 50 Most Desirable Women list, she ranked 36th in 2019, and 23rd in 2020.
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Taapsee Pannu is an active celebrity endorser for Uber, Garnier, Nivea, Kurkure and Women's Horlicks.
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Taapsee Pannu was in an eleven year relationship with Danish badminton player Mathias Boe and was engaged to him for nine years before getting married.