Taapsee Pannu, to play a desi sardarni

In a career span of just three-and-a-half years, Taapsee Pannu already has 15 films — in three different languages — to her credit. After playing a funky Goan girl in David Dhawan’s 'Chasme Baddoor', Taapsee will be seen as a rough and tough sardarni in the upcoming 'Runningshadi.com'.

“If debuting with David Dhawan’s 'Chashme Baddoor' was a perfect entry in Bollywood industry then 'Runningshadi.com', produced by Shoojit Sircar will be an ideal second film project since it is a kind of a film where I will be able to show off my potential as an actress,” says Taapsee, who doesn’t shy away from confessing that she has an advantage over other south Indian actresses, who were born and brought up in the south as well, in Bollywood.
“Since I am a north Indian, I have a better command over language. I started with Tollywood cinema since I was getting better offers from down south than Bollywood,” says the actress. 

It’s been more than 50 days since the actress has been shooting for more than 12 hours at a stretch in a day in Punjab. “Still I feel so energetic and excited about the film that I can go on shooting non-stop. It has been a great learning experience and my co-star Amit Sadh is also fun to work with,” says the chirpy actress. When the film director Amit Roy approached her for the project, he gave her just 15 minutes to decide whether she wanted to be a part of the film or not.

“It didn’t even take me 15 minutes. I totally loved the script and my loud and nosy character. Even down South, a good script used to be my main criteria to sign a film,” says Taapsee.

Talking about her role in 'Runningshadi.com', she adds, “Though I am a sardarni since I am born and brought up in Delhi I would say I am a refined sardarni. However, in the film I had to play a rough sardarni, so I had to work on my body language and accent.”

Since her debut in Bollywood, Taapsee hasn’t signed even a single South Indian film. So is Bollywood her only focus now? “About three years ago, my answer to this would have been — yes. But now, since I am so comfortable with both Tamil and Telugu I won’t say I am keen on Hindi films. Now I would like to balance the two and if I ever reach a juncture where I have to choose one I would go for a good script irrespective of the language,” she says.
Next year Taapsee has a Tamil, a Telugu and a Hindi film hitting the screens. “So I believe I have been able to balance all three so far,” she smiles.