to say that taapsee pannu is bold and boisterous is an understatement but shes going to be portraying mithali raj indias celebrated cricketing legend in shabaash mithuand its going to have shades of poise and elegance that admittedly are a little alien to taapsee in conversation with etimes she talks about discovering mithalis unconventional journey and bringing it all in a film that is unlike the usual biopics and underdog storiesread alsoa cricket loving nation should love womens team equally says taapsee pannuwith a common goal of equal recognition for women in their career much like her current onscreen avatar as mithali raj actor taapsee pannu says she plunged into her hardest role of the former indian womens cricket team captain in the biopic shabaash mithutaapsee also engages in conversations about breaking through the proverbial glass ceiling and women bringing about a change read ontaapsee pannu on working with shah rukh khan i never thought id reach there shabaash mithuwhile youve played cricket which has been your favourite part batting bowling or fieldingi did not get much into the other two aspects it was only batting that i learned and i learnt a lot of it along with a little bit of fielding i didnt get into bowling at all only for a little fun weve not shot full cricket matches weve only shot parts of them the film chronicles mithalis 20 year career from when she was 16 to 36 while weve shown her playing international cricket we have only focussed on highlights because otherwise you cant really finish the film in a timespan so youll see me only batting in shabaash mithuhow did mithali contribute to your prep for the rolei was very nervous about speaking to her when i was shooting and training mithali was in a bubble to go into different tournaments because at the time she was still an active player and she was training for the world cup she was in those training camps which required her to be in a bubble it being covid time so they were not really allowed to meet a lot of people i did not have access to her as such the way i got to know about her inputs was through nooshin al khadeer whos my trainer and coach shes also an ex indian player and currently she is a coach for the railways team as well nooshin is a very close friend of mithali and has known her for decades that was my window to mithalidid you ever have a sit down conversation with mithali and did the two of you get to explore each others personalitieswe did once before we started off i went to bangalore to meet her but that was only once after that weve met many times but thats been for the promotions after i had shot for the film the one solitary meeting was important for me to know her why and what kind of a person she was