Taapsee Pannu will be seen in an out-an-out action thriller as she takes on the mantle of playing the leading lady for a prequel to 2015 release ‘Baby’, titled ‘Naam Shabana’. Being a woman-centric film, while Akshay Kumar has little to do in this Bollywood movie, Taapsee Pannu shares her experience working with an action ace and a celeb star, “Akshay Kumar is the best when it comes to martial arts. So if at all I have to look up to someone in terms of doing action then I look up to him. It is very intimidating to do so much of action in a film in which Akshay is there,” says the actress. Taapsee used to train in-between the shots, just to give that perfect take. “I had never done martial arts before ‘Baby’ happened. During that time I trained for three weeks. But for ‘Naam Shabana’, I trained for one-and-a-half month before the shoot started. I was also trained in aikido because there is a special sequence for that and some basic mixed martial arts techniques,” says the celebrity and Hindi cinema actress. Taapsee is in no mood to set a benchmark for female actresses doing action, rather she is enjoying her new journey.
