Taapsee Pannu looks lovely at the Naam Shabana presscon

Taapsee Pannu's much awaited movie opposite Akshay Kumar - Naam Shabana - is all set to release this wekeend. The pretty actress is therefore all excited and spoke to the media about her movie recently. She is seen here wearing a pretty white outfit.

Baby, with an ensemble cast of such reputed actors as Akshay Kumar, Danny Denzongpa, Rana Daggubati, Kay Kay Menon and Sushant Singh, and a dash of girl power with Taapsee Pannu's presence, told a compelling tale of a counter-intelligence unit out to disrupt a terrorist mastermind ready to strike India.

Taking a leaf out of the film, Naam Shabana looks into the back story of Taapsee's Shabana. And if the trailer is anything to go by, the actress -- who has come into her own with "Pink" -- has upped the ante as far as heroines playing the hero on screen in Hindi films is concerned.

"She is really good in the movie," said director Neeraj Pandey, who rarely blows his own trumpet despite having a repertoire of films like A Wednesday,  Special 26, Baby and  MS. Dhoni: The Untold Story".

Taapsee started her career in 2010 with Telugu film Jhummandi Naadam, and then acted in various south Indian films. She made her debut in Bollywood with Chashme Baddoor in 2013. However, she was noticed for her action-packed performance in Baby, directed by Neeraj Pandey.