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Tabu (born Tabassum Hashmi) is an Indian film actress. She has mainly acted in Hindi films, though she has also starred in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali language films, as well as one American film. She has won the National Film Award for Best Actress twice, and she holds the record for the most wins of Filmfare’s Critics Award for Best Female Performer, with four.
Despite a few exceptions, Tabu is best-known for acting in artistic, low-budget films that go on to garner more critical appreciation than substantial box office figures. Her appearances in commercially successful films were few, and her parts in these films were small, such as Border (1997), Saajan Chale Sasural (1996), Biwi No.1 and Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United (1999). Her most notable performances include Maachis (1996), Virasat (1997), Hu Tu Tu (1999), Astitva (2000), Chandni Bar (2001), Maqbool (2003) and Cheeni Kum (2007). Her leading role in Mira Nair’s American film The Namesake also drew major praise.
Regarded as one of the most talented Indian female actors of her generation, Tabu is known to be selective about her film roles and has once said, “I do films which move me and most of all, the unit and the director should appeal to me.” She is the recipient of the 2011 Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award.
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Tabu Biography / Wiki
| Name | Tabu |
| Also Know | तबà¥, तबà¥à¤¬à¥‚, Tabu Hashmi, Tabassum Hashmi, 타부, Tabassum Fatima Hashmi, Tabbu, தபூ, தபஷà¯à®·à¯à®®à¯ ஃபாதிமா ஹஷà¯à®®à®¿, தப௠|
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Hyderabad, India |
| Date of Birth | 1970-11-04 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 51 |
| Deathday |
Tabu Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Chandni Bar | Mumtaz P. Sawant | 2001-09-28 | The gritty life of the Mumbai underworld, including prostitution, dance bars and gun crime…. |
| Thakshak | Suman Dev | 1999-12-02 | Nahar Singh’s (Amrish Puri) fore-fathers and he have sworn to protect the family and heirs of powerful underworld don, Jodhabhai and his heirs for gen… |
| Toh Baat Pakki! | Rajeshwari | 2010-02-18 | A pushy busybody invites a young man to be her tenant, in hopes of arranging a marriage for her younger sister; but then has to get rid off him when s… |
| Astitva | Aditi Pandit | 2000-10-06 | Astitva is a bold film with adultery. An ambitious male chauvinist and his loving wife are happily married but the guy is not able to give time to the… |
| Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities | 2004-04-01 | Delving into the limitless world of creative endeavors, and vicissitudes in the way of such endeavors, this tale of an artist and his muse, like a pai… | |
| Khuda Kasam | Neetu Singh | 2010-10-26 | Delhi-based CBI Captain Neetu Singh is instructed by Chief Sawant to investigate the assassination of Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Satyaprakash. Her i… |
| Hawa | Sanjana | 2003-07-04 | Sanjana lives in a big city along with her husband and two daughters. But things are not quite rosy as the couple faces a disastrous situation in thei… |
| Fitoor | Begum Hazrat Jaan | 2016-02-12 | A young artist tries to win the heart of his muse, while her mother hatches a scheme to end his quest for true love…. |
| Ghaath | Kavita Chaudhary | 2000-12-01 | Krishna Patil is a poor, unemployed, unsuccessful and short tempered youth who stays in a chawl with his father Ramakant and elder sister Mansi. He tr… |
| Pehla Pehla Pyar | Sapna | 1994-05-06 | Sapna runs away from her aristocratic home, fed-up of the hatred and family politics. She meets with Raj, who she is attracted to. Raj, at first wants… |
| Khufiya | Inspired by true events and based on the popular espionage novel Escape to Nowhere by Amar Bhushan, Khufiya is the story about Krishna Mehra, an R&AW … | ||
| Khanjar (The Knife) | Shilpa | 2003-06-27 | Friday the 13th is the night when the dead come back to earth. On one such night, Chander Sharma’s son gets a call informing him of the murder of eac… |
| Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!! | Kamya Lal | 2000-09-29 | Takes a slightly different look at various layers of life in a city like Mumbai through the eyes of Ram Saran (Manoj Bajpai), a garage mechanic who ha… |
| Maqbool | Nimmi | 2003-01-01 | The Scottish tragedy ‘Macbeth’ set in the contemporary underworld of India’s commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles… |
| Cheeni Kum | Nina Verma | 2007-05-25 | Buddhadev Gupta, a 64-year-old chef, falls in love with a 34-year-old software engineer, Nina. However, their future becomes uncertain when he discove… |
| The Namesake | Ashima Ganguli | 2006-09-02 | After moving from Calcutta to New York, members of the Ganguli family maintain a delicate balancing act between honoring the traditions of their nativ… |
| Hanuman | Anja | 1998-10-28 | Hanuman is the most lovable baby monkey one can imagine. He meets Tom who comes to visit the temple in the Valley of Monkeys and tries to protect it f… |
| Vijaypath | Mohini “Mona” | 1994-07-01 | The family of Justice Saxena is extremely happy until his younger brother Inspector Rajesh Saxena (Suresh Oberoi) arrests a notorious gangster, Bhawan… |
| Aavida Maa Aavide | Actress | 1998-01-14 | Aavida Maa Aavide is a 1998 Telugu film directed by E.V.V. Satyanarayana. The film stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Tabu, and Heera Rajagopal in important ro… |
| Virasat | Gehna | 1997-05-30 | After completing his studies in London, England, Shakti Thakur returns home to India in a small town where his family resides…. |
| Jai Ho | Geeta Agnihotri | 2014-01-24 | An upright ex-army man, Jai fights a solitary war against corruption and injustice. With a simple mantra to pay forward, he starts off by helping one … |
| Coolie No. 1 | Ranjani | 1991-07-12 | Coolie No.1 is action romance based movie in which, Ranjani (Tabu), is a rich, spoilt and arrogant girl who has a I dont Care attitude towards life. R… |
| Haider | Ghazala Meer | 2014-10-02 | A young man returns to Kashmir after his father’s disappearance to confront his uncle – the man he suspects to have a role in his father’s fate…. |
| Haqeeqat | Sudha Ravi Malhotra | 1995-12-20 | After her husband, Ravi Malhotra, is killed, Sudha lives the life of a widow with her brother, Mahesh, and Bhabhi, Kamini. A new tenant, Ajay, comes t… |
| Thaayin Manikodi | 1998-08-29 | Arjun is a sincere CBI officer. He rescues a kidnapped lady (Tabu) from the clutches terrorists. But in the process Rani loses her parents. Arjun take… | |
| Maachis | Virender Kaur a.k.a. Veeran | 1996-10-25 | A realistic, hard-hitting portrayal of terrorism and youth in the Punjab after the 1984 riots…. |
| Hu Tu Tu | Panna Barve | 1999-01-22 | Panna is the only daughter of politician Maltidevi. Panna is very critical of her mother, when she decides to separate from her dad, and asked Chief M… |
| Ninne Pelladatha | Mahalakshmi/Pandu | 1996-10-04 | Ninne Pelladata is family romance based movie in which Mahalakshmi (Tabu) comes to Hyderabad for job training and falls in love with Seenu (Nagarjuna)… |
| Drishyam | Inspector General Meera Deshmukh | 2015-07-30 | A simple, street-smart man tries to protect his family from a tough cop looking for his missing son…. |
| Filhaal… | 2002-02-01 | Rewa Singh (Tabu) and Sia Sheth (Sushmita Sen) are best friends. Having grown up together, the pair are inseparable and are always there for each othe… | |
| Shikari | 2000-10-06 | Virendra (Nirmal Pandey) is a business tycoon in Cape Town, South Africa. His sister Rajeshwari (Karishma Kapoor), wife Suman (Tabu) and his mother a… | |
| Snegithiye | ACP Gayathri | 2000-11-24 | Vasu and Radhika try to avoid Radhika’s arranged marriage by saying that she loves Ramesh, a fictional man. However, they get into trouble when a man … |
| Missing | Aparna Dubey a.k.a. Mrs. Dubey | 2018-04-06 | A couple checks into a beach resort in Mauritius late night with their three-year-old daughter Titli who in the next morning goes missing…. |
| Maa Tujhhe Salaam | Captain Sonia Khanna | 2002-01-01 | Bollywood superstar Sunny Deol plays Maj. Pratap Singh, who’s in command of an Indian battalion guarding his country’s border with Pakistan in this ac… |
| Sarhad Paar | Pammi | 2006-11-23 | Years after he’s declared missing in action, Indian soldier Ranjeet Singh (Sanjay Dutt) returns home a broken man. Severe mistreatment and torture hav… |
| De De Pyaar De | Manjana “Manju” Rao | 2019-05-17 | A 50-year-old single father faces disapproval from his family and his ex-wife when he falls in love with a 26-year-old woman…. |
| Tarkieb | 2000-06-23 | A CID inspector tries to crack the murder case of a young woman…. | |
| Himmat | 1996-01-05 | Film starring Sunny Deol, Tabu and Shilpa Shetty… | |
| Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai | Shalu | 2002-10-04 | Murad Hussein and Gul Baloch have been enemies for years. Murad would like to propose a truce so that the two families become friends again, and for t… |
| Kuttey | 2022-11-04 | … | |
| Bholaa | 2023-03-30 | An ex-convict endeavours to meet his daughter for the first time after leaving prison. However, his attempts are interrupted due to a drug raid planne… | |
| Idhi Sangathi | Swarajyalakshmi | 2008-02-22 | Idi Sangathi is a 2008 Telugu drama-thriller movie starring Tabu and Abbas in the lead. The story revolves around Satyamurthy, a crime reporter, who r… |
| Kadhal Desam | Divya | 1996-08-23 | Two boys from rival colleges, one rich and the other poor, become good friends after an incident. A new girl in college makes both their hearts melt b… |
| Kandukondain Kandukondain | Sowmya | 2000-05-05 | Two young women with differing views on love find themselves with three suitors…. |
| Saajan Chale Sasural | Divya | 1996-04-11 | A village-based singer attempts to find love and fame in the big city…. |
| Pandurangadu | Amrita | 2008-05-30 | Pandurangadu is a 2008 Telugu film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. The film stars Balakrishna, Sneha Prasanna, Tabu and Suhasini Mani Ratnam in lead r… |
| Jaal: The Trap | Neha Pandit/Nusrat Rabbani | 2003-07-18 | Sunny Deol battles terrorists from Kashmir; from director Guddu Dhanoa…. |
| Sisindri | Tabu | 1995-09-14 | Although Sisindri’s kidnapping comes as a shocker to his parents, they try to search for him. However, he returns home after escaping from the kidnapp… |
| Kohram | Insp. Kiran Patekar | 1999-08-13 | Major Balbir Singh Sodhi (Amitabh Bachchan) attempts to kill the Indian Home Minister Veer Bhadra Singh (Danny Denzongpa) but is unsuccessful. He has … |
| Tu Chor Main Sipahi | Kajal Singh | 1996-05-10 | Thakur Gajendra Singh runs a criminal empire from a small town. The Thakur rules this town, including the police, who only cater to his interests. His… |
| Golmaal Again | Anna Mathew | 2017-10-20 | Gopal and his best friends are back again, and this time they move back to their old neighborhood in a new palatial house where they learn that it is … |
| Andhadhun | Simi Sinha | 2018-10-05 | A series of mysterious events changes the life of a blind pianist who now must report a crime that was actually never witnessed by him…. |
| Cover Story | 2000-01-01 | A retired judge is brutally shot and with his murderer still at large, his visually impaired neighbor becomes a prime suspect…. | |
| 2001: Do Hazaar Ek | Billu | 1998-02-20 | Following the brutal slaying of a call-girl named Julie in Bombay city, two police inspectors, namely Anil Sharma and Rajat Bedi, are assigned to inve… |
| Darmiyaan: In Between | Chitra | 1997-01-01 | The saga of Mazhuddin Khan alias Immi, born in 1939 in Bombay, British India, as a eunuch, whose mother, Zeenat, in denial that she has sired him, ref… |
| Jawaani Jaaneman | Ananya | 2020-01-31 | The carefree life of a 40-year-old playboy comes to a standstill when he comes to know that he has a 20 something-year-old daughter…. |
| Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 | Manjulika/Anjulika | 2022-05-20 | When strangers Reet and Ruhan cross paths, their journey leads to an abandoned mansion and a dreaded spirit who has been trapped for 18 years…. |
| Chennakesava Reddy | Seeta | 2002-09-22 | Chennakesva Reddy (Telugu: చెనà±à°¨à°•à±‡à°¶à°µ రెడà±à°¡à°¿) is a 2002 Tollywood Faction Film, directed by V.V. Vinayak, released on 25 … |
| Hum Naujawan | Priya | 1985-01-01 | Hum Naujawan (transl. We are youngsters) is a 1985 Indian drama film directed by Dev Anand. He himself played the central character in the film dedi… |
| Hera Pheri | Anuradha Shivshankar Panikar | 2000-03-31 | Three unemployed men find the answer to all their money problems when they receive a call from a kidnapper. However, things do not go as planned…. |
| Jeet | Tulsibai | 1996-08-23 | The story of a hitman who kills for the mob, but on one job he falls madly in love with a girl, who happens to be the beautiful daughter of an associa… |
| Andarivaadu | Actress | 2005-06-04 | Andarivaadu (Telugu: అందరివాడà±) is a 2005 Tollywood comedy film directed by Srinu Vytla. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Rimi Sen, Tabu … |
| Kaalapani | Parvathi | 1996-04-06 | Govardhan, a doctor by profession, is wrongly accused of bombing a train and is jailed by the British in Cellular Jail, also known as Kala Pani in And… |
| Shock | Geeta | 2006-02-09 | A man who leads a happy and harmonious life with his beloved wife is mistakenly shot at by encounter specialists. Thereafter, he is framed as a Maoist… |
| Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya | 2001-12-21 | Jhoomri and her husband, Bhimsha, move into a new neighbourhood. Their immediate neighbours are three squabbling couples, namely Vijay and Anjali who … | |
| David | Frenny | 2013-02-01 | The story is about two Davids living in different parts of India whose lives eventually come together in a twist of events., who are about to take a s… |
| David | Frenny | 2013-02-01 | The story is about two Davids living in different parts of India whose lives eventually come together in a twist of events., who are about to take a s… |
| Saajan Ki Baahon Mein | Kavita | 1995-07-28 | Sagar is a popular singer, and since he is a bachelor, he is always mobbed by young women wherever he stages his shows. On one such show in Srinagar, … |
| Biwi No.1 | Lovely | 1999-05-28 | A woman tries to win back her husband when she discovers he’s keeping a model for a mistress…. |
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| Meri Zindagi Ek Agneepath | Special Appearance | 1998-01-01 | Film Meri Zindagi Ek Agneepath 2005 directed by featuring Anjala Jhaveri Chiranjeevi Prakash Raj Soundarya, Brahmanandam Monica Bedi… |
| Hum Saath Saath Hain | Sadhna Sharma / Sadhna Chaturvedi | 1999-11-05 | Ramkishen and his wife Mamta have three sons. Prem and Vinod have sweethearts in Preeti and Vivek marries Sangeeta. Since Vivek is Mamta’s step-son, s… |
| Life of Pi | Gita Patel | 2012-11-20 | The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper’s son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipw… |
| In the Forest… Again | 2003-05-03 | The film features the characters from Satyajit Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri, returning to the forest over thirty years later. Ashim, Sanjoy, Harinath and A… | |
| Iruvar | Senthamarai | 1997-01-14 | A fictionalized account of the lives of 1980s Tamil Nadu political icons M. G. Ramachandran and M. Karunanidhi, continuing the tryst between Tamil cin… |
| Talvar | Reema Kumar | 2015-09-14 | A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the paren… |
| Saathiya | Savitri Rao | 2002-12-20 | A couple elopes to get married and set up home hoping that just love will do the trick – but that’s just the beginning of their story…. |
| Fanaa | Nafisa Ali Begum | 2006-05-26 | Zooni Ali Beg is a blind Kashmiri girl who travels without her parents for the first time with a dance troupe to Delhi to perform in a ceremony for in… |
| Border | Kuldip Singh’s wife | 1997-06-13 | It’s 1971, and 2000 members of the Pakistani Army—armed with tanks—are at war with just 120 men in a battalion of Indian soldiers based in the Lon… |
| Chachi 420 | Janki Paswan | 1997-12-19 | In order to see his little girl more often, a divorcee disguises himself as an old lady and gets a job as his own daughter’s caretaker…. |
| Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo | Yasu | 2020-01-12 | Fate plays a vital role in connecting the life of Bantu, a son who seeks validation from his cold-hearted father with the life of Raj, whose millionai… |
| Silsiilay | Rehana | 2005-06-17 | An account of the lives of three women who are not connected to each other…. |
| Urumi | Dancing woman (cameo) | 2011-03-31 | Kelu is a warrior in 16th century Kerala whose father was killed by Vasco da Gama and his troops. Kelu vows to avenge his father’s death with the assi… |
| Bazaar | 1982-03-11 | Najma is in platonic love with Salim Akhtar but cannot marry him until he is financially stable. An elderly Shakir promises to help Akhtar set up his … | |
| Bharat | Meher (Spl. Appearance) | 2019-06-05 | At the cusp of India’s birth as an Independent nation, a family makes an arduous journey to freedom at a cost. A young boy Bharat, makes a promise to … |
| Main Hoon Na | Special Appearance | 2004-04-30 | An army major goes undercover as a college student. His mission is both professional and personal: to protect his general’s daughter from a radical mi… |
| Sanju | Herself (Cameo) (uncredited) | 2018-06-29 | Sanju explores some of the most crucial chapters from movie star Sanjay Dutt’s dramatic and controversial real life. It gives a lowdown on his tryst… |
| Phir Hera Pheri | Anuradaha (archive footage) | 2006-06-09 | Babu Rao, Raju and Shyam, are living happily after having risen from rags to riches. Still, money brings the joy of riches and with it the greed to ma… |
| Om Shanti Om | Self | 2007-11-07 | Reincarnated 30 years after being killed in a suspicious on-set fire, a small-time actor is determined to punish the person who ignited the blaze…. |
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