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ss behaviour. In an interview, Taapsee Pannu recalled that it was the first time somebody had complained against her. Though she was quite young it hurt her so much that from that day she had made up her mind to be studious and take care of her belongings. Tapsee Pannu, who was a happy-go-lucky girl and who fared badly in her studies transformed herself so much that she scored 90% in the class XII examination. She further went on to graduate in Computer Science Engineering from the Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology in New Delhi and worked as a software engineer. Taapsee Pannu’s passion for dance and films Taapsee Pannu as a child had a passion for dance and drama. When she was a kid she had trained herself in Kathak and Bharatanatyam. She loved watching Indian films but her father was strict. He believed that Tapsee should first acquire a sound education and then do whatever she desired. It was her father who developed little Tapsee’s interest in Maths by being stern. At times, he even beat her on her knuckles until she understood the Maths sums properly. But her father’s sternness paid off and she went on to score 88 in CAT for her MBA entrance exams. She repents that had she scored 90 marks, life would have been different. From Engineering to Glamour World Nevertheless, with a degree in Computer Science Engineering, she was happily working as a software engineer in a private firm. But one day when she was surfing the internet she saw an advertisement for the Channel V Get Gorgeous pageant and she could not resist the temptation of the glamour world. She filled the form with her recent pictures which weren’t shot by professional photographers but to her pleasant surprise, she was selected from thousands of contestants across India. Channel V opened a floodgate of offers and from a software engineer, Tapsee turned to modeling. She did modelling for popular brands like Reliance Trends, Red FM 93.5, Coca-Cola, Motorola, Pantaloon, PVR Cinemas, Standard Chartered Bank, Dabur, Airtel, Tata Docomo etc. She even won the prestigious Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face and Safi Femina Miss Beautiful Skin at the 2008 Femina Miss India contest. All this led to her entry into films.

ukalam, Vastadu Naa Raju and Mr. Perfect. Thus she was simultaneously shooting for Jhummandi Naadam (Telugu) and Aadukalam (Tamil) opposite south superstar Dhanush and fortunately, both the films were super hits. In fact Aadukalam (Tamil) won six National Film Awards at the 58th National Film Awards ceremony and brought her more glory. Later she entered Malayalam cinema opposite superstar Mammootty in the film Doubles (2011). In short from 2010 to 2014 she did 16 films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Taapsee Pannu believes her uncanny resemblance to Preity Zinta fetched her ticket to Bollywood Taapsee Pannu feels that she got her first break in Bollywood due to her uncanny resemblance to Preity Zinta. In an interview, she confessed the filmmaker David Dhawan was making a remake of 80’ hit film Chashme Baddoor. Like the original film, he too was experimenting with newcomers and the film was being made on a shoestring budget. David Dhawan wanted an actress who looked like Preity Zinta and had mischievous vibes like her. David Dhawan rejected several newcomers but when he saw Taapsee’s photographs he was convinced and offered her the role. Chashme Baddoor was released in 2013 and was a bitter flop. Taapsee Pannu faced tough times before getting 'Baby' After Chashme Baddoor was a failure Taapsee Pannu had a tough time making her place in Bollywood. She was asked to reduce the market price that she was charging down South. Many film producers signed her but threw her out of the project at the last movement when they got other big stars. Many top Bollywood stars declined to work opposite her as she was not an A-grade actress. However, after Baby things changed but to get a role in Baby was very difficult. When she heard about the casting of 'Baby' she pumped all her energies to acquire the role. She confessed that 'Baby' was the only film in her career where she ran around the filmmaker Neeraj Pande and convinced him that she could do the role forcefully. But Neeraj Pandey felt that she was a coy girl as depicted in Chashme Baddoor. Instead, Taapsee claims she had been a Tom-boy since her childhood days. She said, “After a lot of cajoling I was able to persuade Neerajji (Neeraj Pande) that I am fit for the role of Shabana Khan, the valiant undercover agent in Baby.” Taapsee Pannu won applause for her upcoming film Naam Shabana After Baby’s huge success actress Taapsee Pannu is back as the undercover spy Shabana in the prequel of Baby called 'Naam Shabana’. The film traces the past life of Shabana and is ready for release on March 31, 2017. The trailer of the film is already a hit and dawning huge applause to Taapsee Pannu.