Taapsee Pannu is one of the most talented and hardworking actresses in the cinema industry. She has acted in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films.
Taapsee Pannu made her Bollywood debut with ‘Chasme Badoor’ before receiving critical acclaim with Pink in 2016. Taapsee Pannu has given us some terrific performances in movies like Pink, Naam Shabana, and Soorma.
The Indian actress was born on August 1, 1987, in the national capital. Not many know that she is Punjabi by descent. If you didn’t know, her parents nicknamed her ‘maggie’. Taapsee won as many as 6 national film awards for Aadukalam 2011, her debut movie in the Tamil cinema. She received several awards for her performances in movies.
Apart from being a versatile actress, she is a professional dancer. She also learnt Bharatnatyam and Kathak while she was studying in fourth grade. Much to her stellar dancing performances, she won several inter-college competitions.
Taapsee has been pretty good in terms of her linguistic ability. Apart from Hindi and English, she speaks well in three different languages where she worked in several South Indian movies. But her native language is Punjabi.
When Taapsee gave a Befitting reply to Trolls for Boycotting her movie ‘Thappad’
When Thappad movie was released, it drew plaudits from critics and audience even after the netizens said they would boycot her film. Twitterati has been trending #BoycottThappad on the internet, asking for a ban over Taapsee’s film, Thappad.
Taapsee who is known for his bold and outspoken personality had been vocal during the Citizenship Amendment Act protests. We all know that she joined a peaceful protest in Mumbai and supported the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University. The students were thrashed by masked mobs at JNU and the incident took the entire nation by shock.
Besides that, Taapsee’s co-stars Pavail Gulati, Dia Mirza and her director Anubhav Sinha was also seen taking part in the protest. This annoyed the netizens and they started trending #BoycottThappad as these events are not for promoting their movie.
During an interview, Taapsee said that the personal opinions of actors should not affect their profession to this extent. “It takes about 1000-2000 tweets to trend a certain hashtag. Does that really affect a film? I don’t think so.
“I might have different social and political views from a lot of people but that does not mean people will not go and watch the film.”