Having majored in Applied Art from College of Art, New Delhi, Tarannum moved to Mumbai to work in the advertising film industry. Here, she assisted notable directors such as Navdeep Singh, Ashim Ahluwalia, Abhinay Deo and Nagesh Kukunoor. She also studied filmmaking at the University of Southern California for a summer.Recently she wrote and directed a Short Film named Imprint aka ‘Ek Lakdi Thi’.