As Taapsee Pannu turned a year older on Sunday, many fans and members of the film business took to social media to extend their birthday greetings to the Badla actor. Among them was Harshvardhan Rane, who shared screen space with Taapsee in her most recent film HaseenDillruba – but Harshvardhan’s birthday post for his co-star had an unexpected twist. The 37-year-old actor referred to Taapsee as “Elon Musk” in his birthday message, a great deal to the bemusement of fans who have been left scratching their heads at this unlikely nickname.
“Happy birthday dear Elon Musk,” wrote Harshvardhan Rane, tagging Taapsee Pannu and adding a rocket emoji to his tweet. He shared a image from HaseenDillruba which had turn into a viral meme quickly just after the film’s release on July 2.
Taapsee Pannu responded to the birthday message, saying that it was a lot of “pressure” to be compared to the SpaceX and Tesla founder. “Ufff bada pressure hai! (it’s a lot of pressure) Elon should also appreciate it someday,” she wrote.
Ufff bada stress hai ! Elon need to also appreciate it someday ????
Thank you ☺️— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) August 2, 2021
Her response, shared a handful of hours ago, has racked up hundreds of ‘likes’ and many comments on the microblogging platform – with some persons tagging the SpaceX founder and other people saying that Elon Musk need to be “proud” of his association with Taapsee Pannu.
It is unclear how Taapsee came to be nicknamed just after the billionaire, but the earliest mention we can come across of it on social media is when she referred to herself as “Chota Elon Musk (Little Elon Musk)” last month.
On July 3, Harshvardhan Rane shared an “appreciation post” for Taapsee Pannu, retweeting a collage of the actress’s stills from nine current films. The last one in these incorporates a nevertheless from her 2019 hit Mission Mangal, based on the story of scientists at Indian Space Research Organisation who contributed to the Mars Orbiter Mission, which marked India’s very first interplanetary expedition. It is intriguing to note the Mars connection in between the actress and the company tycoon – Elon Musk has famously stated he desires to make a city on Mars and make humanity a “multiplanetary species”.
In her tweet, Taapsee thanked Harshvardhan for the appreciation post but added, “Unfortunately my costume stylist deserves more recognition than me for all these apparently ! I’m gonna continue being the ‘chota Elon Musk’.”
Thanks Harsh. Unfortunately my costume stylist deserves more recognition than me for all these apparently ! I’m gonna continue being the ‘chota Elon Musk’ ???????????? https://t.co/wpcZM7Hxw8
— taapsee pannu (@taapsee) July 3, 2021
On July 17, the two actors once more applied nicknames to refer to every single other on Twitter. “Thank you so much my Neel / Harsh (desi Pamela),” Taapsee wrote for Harshvardhan.
“Most welcome humari Elon Musk (most welcome, our Elon Musk),” he wrote.
Most welcome humari Elon Musk ???? https://t.co/T61hgAvGNL
— Harshvardhan Rane (@harsha_actor) July 17, 2021
Taapsee Pannu is at present shooting for her maiden production film Blurr. Co-written by Pawan Sony and Ajay Bahl, the film is becoming helmed by Bahl who has directed films like Section 375 and BA Pass.