Taapsee Pannu learns Martial arts for Prithviraj’s Bollywood movie Naam Shabana

Actress Taapsee Pannu is learning martial arts for her new movie Naam Shabana directed by Shivam Nair. Naam Shabana is reportedly the prequel of super hit Bollywood movie Baby (2015) directed by Neeraj Pandey.

Baby had Akshay Kumar playing the lead role along wth Anupam Kher and Rana Daggubati. Taapsee Pannu also played an extended cameo in the movie.

Mollywood’s hot and happening star Prithviraj Sukumaran is said to be playing an important role in Naam Shabana. Prithviraj has earlier acted in 2 Bollywood movies.

His debut in Bollywood was Aiyaa opposite Rani Mukherjee and his second movie was Aurangazeb alongside Arjun Kapoor. His performance in the latter earned him critical acclaim.

Prithviraj will join in the second schedule of the movie and his portions will be shot in Malaysia. Manoj Bajpai is also playing an important role in the movie. There are unconfirmed reports about Akshay Kumar playing a brief cameo in Naam Shabana.

Taapsee meanwhile is learning mixed martial arts and a bit of Japanese martial art Aikido, apart from self-defense system Krav Maga for the movie.

Neeraj Pandey will be producing this action thriller under his banner Friday Film Works.