The Piku director Shoojit Sircar has come up with a new script that will have Amitabh Bachchan in the protagonist role. The new addition to the cast is Taapsee Pannu as the female lead. She is touted to play an independant woman in Delhi.

The entire film will be set in the backdrop of Delhi and will run around a social cause. Yet the lady has not heard the entire script but given a nod to be a part of it. She will also be seen in another Hindi film Runningshaadi.com produced by Shoojit Sircar.

The shooting will roll out from February 2016 and will be directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury. He is a Bengali film maker known for National Award winning movies like Antaheen.

Taapsee Pannu is an Indian model and actress, who has worked in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi film industries. Taapsee worked as a software professional and also pursued a career in modelling before becoming an actress. During her modelling career, she appeared in a number of commercials and won titles such as "Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face" and "Safi Femina Miss Beautiful Skin" in 2008.

After a short stint with modelling, Taapsee made her acting debut with the 2010 Telugu film Jhummandi Naadam directed by Raghavendra Rao. Since then, she has appeared in a number of critically acclaimed films such as Aadukalam, Vastadu Naa Raju and Mr. Perfect. Her Tamil film Aadukalam won six National Film Awards at the 58th National Film Awards. She has also worked in a Malayalam film and has been signed on for three Telugu films and a Hindi film. She was awarded Most Enthusiastic Performer-Female Award at the 2014 Edison Awards for her performance in Tamil film Arrambam (2013). In 2015, she starred in critically and commercially successful film Baby(2015).

Taapsee Pannu

Taapsee Pannu

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