Actor Taapsee Pannu, who has worked in almost three dozen films in three languages in just eight years, reveals that she didn’t even want to be an actor, initially, when she signed her first film.
“I didn’t even plan Bollywood! I did my first film just to experience something new, and not start a career!” says Taapsee. “I was filming Jhummandi Naadam (2010, Telugu), my debut film, and Aadukalam (2011, Tamil) at the same time. After both released, and when I saw the audience reaction to the first one, which I felt I was really bad in, I thought that if it can turn out like this even without really aiming or planning for it, what if I work on it like a proper career? That’s where it started,” she says Taapsee.
While established in the south Indian film industries, she got noticed in Bollywood only in 2015, as an undercover agent in the Akshay Kumar-starrer Baby. Then, 2016 saw her in Pink, and Taapsee was instantly a big Bollywood star – and also an acclaimed actor. She’ll be seen next in Manmarziyan with Abhishek Bachchan and Vicky Kaushal.
“I didn’t even plan Bollywood! I did my first film just to experience something new, and not start a career!” says Taapsee. “I was filming Jhummandi Naadam (2010, Telugu), my debut film, and Aadukalam (2011, Tamil) at the same time. After both released, and when I saw the audience reaction to the first one, which I felt I was really bad in, I thought that if it can turn out like this even without really aiming or planning for it, what if I work on it like a proper career? That’s where it started,” she says Taapsee.
While established in the south Indian film industries, she got noticed in Bollywood only in 2015, as an undercover agent in the Akshay Kumar-starrer Baby. Then, 2016 saw her in Pink, and Taapsee was instantly a big Bollywood star – and also an acclaimed actor. She’ll be seen next in Manmarziyan with Abhishek Bachchan and Vicky Kaushal.
