Taapsee Pannu photographed in Mumbai
Highlights
- The film will be directed by Shivam Nair
- Taapsee's co-stars in the film are unconfirmed
- She is currently awaiting the release of her film, Pink
Actress Taapsee Pannu is all geared up for
her forthcoming action film
Naam Shabana and is undergoing workshops to prepare for her role.
The film, earlier titled
Meera, will be a part of the Akshay Kumar starrer
Baby franchise. "It is now called
Naam Shabana. It is a part of the
Baby franchise. You will see me doing
a lot of action. I've started workshops. It has been close to three weeks now," Taapsee said in an interview.
Baby also starred the 29-year-old actress.
Naam Shabana is titled after the undercover name of Taapsee's character in
Baby, 'Shabana Kaif.'
"I'll keep on doing workshops for the film till the time I start doing action sequences. I start shooting for it right after
Pink," Taapsee said.
The film will reportedly be helmed by filmmaker Shivam Nair and is being produced by Neeraj Pandey, who directed
Baby.
Taapsee is currently
awaiting the release of
Pink, also starring Amitabh Bachchan.
The drama-thriler is directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury and produced by Rashmi Sharma and Shoojit Sircar. It is scheduled to release on September 16.
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