Birthday Special: Looking back at Taapsee Pannu’s successful transition from South Cinema to Bollywood
Taapsee Pannu made her debut in the Hindi film industry with the David Dhawan directorial Chashme Baddoor that was released in 2013. On several occasions, Taapsee has revealed that she was treated like an outsider or newcomer in Bollywood in her initial years. However, by then Taapsee had done around 10 films in the South film industry and had made a mark for herself down south. But, today having completed 10 years in the entertainment industry she makes for a good case on having a successful transition from south cinema to the Hindi film industry at a time when the divide between the two was considerably wide. Taapsee Pannu made her acting debut with the Telugu film Jhummandi Naadam in 2010. What many are not aware of is that ahead of the release of her debut film, she was offered three more films. In the year 2011, she had as many as seven releases across Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam industry. Her second film was the critically acclaimed Aadukalam which went on to win six Natio