From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tabu (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movie | Sanju | Herself (Cameo) (uncredited) | 2018-06-29 |
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Movie | Drishyam | IG Meera Deshmukh | 2015-07-30 |
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Movie | David | Frenny | 2013-02-01 |
Movie | Life of Pi | Gita Patel | 2012-11-20 |
Movie | Urumi | Dancing woman (cameo) | 2011-03-31 |
Movie | Khuda Kasam | Neetu Singh | 2010-10-26 |
Movie | Toh Baat Pakki! | Rajeshwari | 2010-02-18 |
Movie | Idhi Sangathi | Swarajyalakshmi | 2008-02-22 |
Movie | Pandurangadu | Amrita | 2008-05-30 |
Movie | Om Shanti Om | Self | 2007-11-07 |
Movie | Cheeni Kum | Nina Verma | 2007-05-25 |
Movie | Shock | Geeta | 2006-02-09 |
Movie | Fanaa | Nafisa Ali Begum | 2006-05-26 |
Movie | The Namesake | Ashima Ganguli | 2006-09-02 |
Movie | Sarhad Paar | Pammi | 2006-11-23 |
Movie | Phir Hera Pheri | Anuradaha (archive footage) | 2006-06-09 |
Movie | Andarivaadu | Shanthi | 2005-06-04 |
Movie | Silsiilay | Rehana | 2005-06-17 |
Movie | Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities | 2004-04-01 | |
Series | Koffee with Karan | Unknown | 2004-11-19 |
Movie | Main Hoon Na | Special Appearance | 2004-04-30 |
Movie | Maqbool | Nimmi | 2003-01-30 |
Movie | In the Forest... Again | 2003-05-03 | |
Movie | Jaal: The Trap | Neha Pandit/Nusrat Rabbani | 2003-07-18 |
Movie | Khanjar (The Knife) | Shilpa | 2003-06-27 |
Movie | Hawa | Sanjana | 2003-07-04 |
Movie | Maa Tujhhe Salaam | Captain Sonia Khanna | 2002-01-25 |
Movie | Saathiya | Savitri Rao | 2002-12-20 |
Movie | Filhaal... | 2002-02-01 | |
Movie | Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya | Meena | 2001-12-21 |
Movie | Chandni Bar | Mumtaz P. Sawant | 2001-09-28 |
Movie | Kandukondain Kandukondain | Sowmya | 2000-05-05 |
Movie | Tarkieb | 2000-06-23 | |
Movie | Hera Pheri | Anuradha Shivshankar Panikar | 2000-03-31 |
Movie | Shikari | 2000-10-06 | |
Movie | Snegithiye | ACP Gayathri | 2000-11-24 |
Movie | Ghaath | Kavita Chaudhary | 2000-12-01 |
Movie | Astitva | Aditi Pandit | 2000-10-06 |
Movie | Hu Tu Tu | Panna Barve | 1999-01-22 |
Movie | Biwi No.1 | Lovely | 1999-05-28 |
Movie | Kohram | Insp. Kiran Patekar | 1999-08-13 |
Movie | Thakshak | Suman Dev | 1999-12-02 |
Movie | Hum Saath Saath Hain | Sadhna Sharma Chaturvedi | 1999-11-05 |
Movie | Aavida Maa Aavide | Actress | 1998-01-14 |
Movie | Thaayin Manikodi | 1998-08-29 | |
Movie | Hanuman | Anja | 1998-10-28 |
Movie | Chachi 420 | Janki Paswan | 1997-12-19 |
Movie | Iruvar | Senthamarai | 1997-01-14 |
Movie | Border | Kuldip Singh's wife | 1997-06-13 |
Movie | Virasat | Gehna | 1997-05-30 |
Movie | Kaalapani | Parvathi | 1996-04-06 |
Movie | Himmat | 1996-01-05 | |
Movie | Tu Chor Main Sipahi | Kajal Singh | 1996-05-10 |
Movie | Saajan Chale Sasural | Divya | 1996-04-11 |
Movie | Maachis | Virender Kaur a.k.a. Veeran | 1996-10-25 |
Movie | Ninne Pelladatha | Mahalakshmi/Pandu | 1996-10-04 |
Movie | Jeet | Tulsibai | 1996-08-23 |
Movie | Kadhal Desam | Divya | 1996-08-23 |
Movie | Saajan Ki Baahon Mein | Kavita | 1995-07-28 |
Movie | Haqeeqat | Sudha Ravi Malhotra | 1995-12-29 |
Movie | Sisindri | Tabu | 1995-09-14 |
Movie | Pehla Pehla Pyar | Sapna | 1994-05-06 |
Movie | Vijaypath | Mohini "Mona" | 1994-07-01 |
Movie | Coolie No. 1 | Ranjani | 1991-07-12 |
Movie | Bazaar | 1982-03-11 |