Southern
actress
Tapasee
Pannu
may
have
featured
in
Tamil,
Telugu
and
Malayalam
films
but
she
is
a
Delhi-based
Sikh
girl
and
David
Dhawan
is
introducing
her
in
Bollywood
with
the
Chashme
Baddoor
remake.
The
director
has
coined
a
nickname
for
her
-
Sikhni
from
South.
In
fact,
Dhawan
confused
Rishi
Kapoor
when
he
introduced
Tapasee
to
him
as
'Sikhni
from
South'
while
shooting
in
Goa.
"Rishi
looked
a
little
puzzled
and
asked
Tapasee
why
such
an
unusual
name,
which
does
not
sound
like
a
Sikh
name,
she
replied,
'My
aunt
kept
it'," said
a
source.
From
then
every
one
on
the
sets
started
calling
her
'Sikhni
from
South'.
When
asked
about
it,
Tapasee
laughed
and
said,
"Both
Davidji
and
Rishi
uncle
are
Punjabis
and
maybe
that
is
why
he
introduced
me
like
this,
but
now
it
is
a
habit
for
him.
He
always
introduces
me
like
this
only.
Davidji
is
very
sweet
and
I
had
a
blast
shooting
for
Chashme
Baddoor
and
this
is
the
perfect
launch
pad
any
one
could
have
asked
for."
A
remake
of
the
1981
film
of
the
same
name,
the
new
version
of
Chashme
Baddoor
also
stars
actors
Ali
Zafar,
Siddharth
and
Divyendu
Sharma.
Produced
by
Viacom
18
Motion
Pictures,
the
film
also
features
Juhi
Chawla
and
Anupam
Kher.
The
film
hits
theatres
April
5.
Tapasee
Apart
from
this
project,
Tapasee
is
busy
with
multiple
projects
in
different
industries.
Tapasee
The
actress
is
also
gearing
up
for
the
release
of
her
Telugu
movie
Gundello
Godavari.
Tapasee
When
it
comes
to
Tamil
films,
she
is
working
with
Ajith
Kumar
starrer
movie,
which
is
tentatively
titled
as
Valai.
Tapasee
The
actress
is
also
taking
part
in
the
shoots
of
Telugu
movie
Shadow
starring
Victory
Venkatesh.
Tapasee
Meanwhile,
she
has
signed
Raghava
Lawrence
directorial
Muni
3:
Ganga.