Taapsee Pannu Reflects on Her Career and Success of Gandhari

Taapsee Pannu has won the Woman of the Year 2026 honour at the Harper’s Bazaar India Women of the Year Awards 2026. The award comes as her latest film, Gandhari, continues a strong run on Netflix with 18.9 million views in its first three weeks.

While accepting the award, Taapsee spoke about her unplanned journey as an actor and credited her colleagues for pushing her to raise her bar. She stated, “So, as an actor, all I can say is my journey has been quite unplanned. So the credit, every year if I win something, I give a major share to my colleagues.”

She also dedicated her presence in the industry to the women in the audience and her background, stating, “My entire journey as an actor is about representing the women I have grown up amidst, I have played with, I have gone to school with, college with, women in my family and today they are the reason why I have found my presence in this big industry which was definitely not a part of my planning.”