Get to know... Taapsee Pannu

Actor Taapsee Pannu (@Taapsee) is saving up for a house in Denmark, craving chole bhature and wishing she’d been less hard on herself

Get to know... Taapsee Pannu

• A quality I’d like to borrow from Gandhari

  Relentlessness.

• High point in life

  When I bought my own apartment and car in Mumbai.

• Low point in life

  The Covid lockdowns.

• On my speed dial

  My sister, Shagun.

• Today I’m craving

  Chole bhature.

• Next big splurge

  An apartment in Copenhagen.

• Last thing I ordered online

  Rakhis for my brothers.

• Advice I’d give my 18-year-old self

  It’s going to be tough. So, enjoy each obstacle and stressful moment, knowing it too shall pass.

• A secret skill I have

  I can disconnect easily.

• My favourite Sunday memory while growing up

  The whole family would be home all day and we’d just spend time together.

• My most star-struck moment so far

  Meeting cricketer Brett Lee.

• My favourite bad habit

  I can’t stop biting my nails!

• If I could travel back or forward in time, I’d…

  Maybe go back into my own timeline and be less harsh on myself.

• A trait I despise in people

  When they overcommit and underdeliver.

• The best thing about fame

  People feel they know you and you are a part of their lives so they care for you like their own.

• The worst thing about fame

  People sometimes forget the difference between a public figure and public property.