She worked on several Telugu films at this time including Gundello Godari, Daruvu, and Shadow. 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 was next seen in her second Tamil film Vandhaan Vendraan, that fetched mixed reviews and did not fare well at the box office. She starred in a high-budget film titled Veera (2011), opposite Ravi Teja and Kajal Aggarwal, which received moderate reviews.
In it, she acted alongside Prabhas and Kajal Aggarwal. Pannu played a short role in her next release Mr. Pannu at the audio launch of Chashme Baddoor, 2013.
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". She made a foray into Malayalam cinema later that year, with Doubles (2011), opposite Mammootty and Nadiya Moidu. 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. It was critically acclaimed and proceeded to win six National Film Awards at the 58th National Film Awards. The film, set in the backdrop of Madurai, revolves around cockfights. She played the role of an Anglo-Indian girl falling in love with a rural man played by Dhanush. Her next film Aadukalam (2011), marked her debut in Tamil cinema. Pannu got three more offers in Telugu prior to the film's release. She played the role of the daughter of a USA–based millionaire who comes to India to research traditional Telugu music. Raghavendra Rao's romantic musical Jhummandi Naadam.
Pannu made her cinematic debut in 2010 with K. Career įurther information: Taapsee Pannu filmography 2010–2015: Early work 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. Īs 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. 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. 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. Īfter graduating, Pannu worked as a software engineer. She did her schooling at the Mata Jai Kaur Public School in Ashok Vihar and studied Computer Science Engineering at the Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology. Her father is a retired real estate agent while her mother is a homemaker. Taapsee Pannu was born on 1 August 1987 in New Delhi to Dilmohan Singh Pannu and Nirmaljeet. 2.2 2016–2019: Breakthrough in Hindi films.She is also the owner of the badminton franchise Pune 7 Aces, which plays in the Premier Badminton League. 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.Īpart from acting, Pannu runs an event management company called The Wedding Factory.
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). 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. She made her Hindi film debut with David Dhawan's comedy Chashme Baddoor (2013). 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 is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards. Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil language films.