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Tabu

Tabu (born Tabassum Hashmi) is an Indian film actress. She has mainly acted in Hindi films, she has also starred in Telugu through Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali language films, as well as one American film. She won the National Film Award for best actress has been 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. All appearances in commercially successful films were few, and all parts in these films were small, such as Border (1997), Sajan Chale Sasural (1996), Biwi No. 1 and Hum Saath-Saath Traitor: we stand United (1999). Each most notable performances include Maachis (1996), Viasat (1997), Hu Tu Tu (1999), Astitva (2000), Chandni Bar (2001), Maqbool (2003) and the sand Chee (2007). Leading role in Mira Nair's American film The Namesake also drew major praise every.

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Movies Starring Tabu (95)

Drishyam: The Conclusion (2026)

Years after outsmarting the police, Vijay Salgaonkar's past resurfaces when a new evidence threatens to expose his secret. As the investigation reopens, he must outwit the system once again to save his family. ...

Bhooth Bangla (2026)

A man inherits a palace in rural Mangalpur and plans his sister's wedding there, but strange supernatural events and panicked locals force him to investigate the property's mysterious past. ...

Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha (2024)

After 20 years in prison, a man reunites with his lost love and the truth behind his crimes is revealed. ...

Crew (2024)

Three ordinary air hostesses from Mumbai embark on a journey to pursue their dreams but find themselves caught up in unexpected misfortunes. ...

Khufiya (2023)

When a mole in an intelligence unit leads to the murder of an undercover spy, a hardened agent relentlessly pursues him to avenge the death. ...

Bholaa (2023)

An ex-convict must undertake a perilous, violent journey in order to meet his daughter after ten years of imprisonment. ...

Kuttey (2023)

A van carrying crores of cash. One rainy night in the outskirts of Mumbai. Unaware of each other, three stray gangs cross paths on the hunt. Unfortunately, all of them have the same plan. Bullets... Blood... Betrayal... It's every man for himself... All th ...

Biwi No. 1 (2022)

Biwi No. 1 (2022)

Official remake of film Biwi No 1 (1999). ...

Drishyam 2 (2022)

7 years after the case related to Vijay Salgaonkar and his family was closed, a series of unexpected events bring truth to light that threatens to change everything for the Salgaonkars. Can Vijay save his family this time? ...

Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (2022)

When strangers Reet and Ruhan cross paths, their journey leads to an abandoned mansion and a dreaded spirit who has been trapped for eighteen years. ...

Jawaani Jaaneman (2020)

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. ...

Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020)

After growing up enduring criticism from his father, a young man finds his world shaken upon learning he was switched at birth with a millionaire's son. ...

Bharat (2019)

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 his Father that he will keep his family together no matter what. ...

De De Pyaar De (2019)

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. ...

Andhadhun (2018)

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. ...

Sanju (2018)

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 with drugs and his trials and tribulations in the Arms Acts case and the 1993 Mumbai blasts. ...

Missing (2018)

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. ...

Golmaal Again (2017)

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 being haunted by a ghost. ...

Fitoor (2016)

A young artist tries to win the heart of his muse, while her mother hatches a scheme to end his quest for true love. ...

Talvar (2015)

A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the parents who supposedly killed their teenage daughter. ...

Drishyam (2015)

When his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot. ...

Haider (2014)

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. ...

Jai Ho (2014)

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 person and forms an ever growing circle of people helping each other. ...

David (2013)

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 step which is going to change their lives forever. ...

Life of Pi (2012)

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 shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean. ...

Urumi (2011)

A young man who discovers his ancestral connection to a 16th century warrior who sought revenge against Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. Blending history and legend, the story traces a rebellion fueled by betrayal, courage, and the fight against colonial ...

Khuda Kasam (2010)

Delhi-based CBI Captain Neetu Singh is instructed by Chief Sawant to investigate the assassination of Maharashtra's Chief Minister Satyaprakash. Her investigations will lead her to conclude that the killing was planned and carried out by Home Minister Bhav ...

Toh Baat Pakki! (2010)

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 she believes she has found an even better match. ...

Raja Leelai (2010)

Raja Leelai story tells about a divorcee who gets fancied by a spirit in the new bungalow of her. What happens next lies the climax. ...

Pandurangadu (2008)

At the request of Lord Krishna, a dedicated devotee, Lakshmi, attempts to marry a selfish playboy, Pundarika. ...

Idhi Sangathi (2008)

Satyamurthy, a crime reporter, robs a box of diamonds while reporting a train accident. Soon after the news of the missing gems breaks out, a thief, a retired judge, and a team of policemen join the operation of searching for the lost jewels. ...

Om Shanti Om (2007)

In the early 70s, aspiring actor Om Prakash Makhija, and a famous starlet Shantipriya, are murdered. Thirty years later, his reincarnation Om Kapoor sets out to discover the mystery of their demise. ...

Cheeni Kum (2007)

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 discovers that her father is six years his junior. ...

Sarhad Paar (2006)

Years after he's declared missing in action, Indian soldier Ranjeet Singh (Sanjay Dutt) returns home a broken man. Severe mistreatment and torture have left Singh suffering amnesia; he only remembers the face of his tormentor. Though his wife, Pammi (Tabu) ...

The Namesake (2006)

The American-born son of Indian immigrants strives to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways. ...

Phir Hera Pheri (2006)

Raju, Shyam and Baburao are living happily after having risen from rags to riches. However, they lose it all after falling victim to a chit fund scam due to their greed for more money. Soon, they find themselves in new mess and encounter eccentric and dan ...

Fanaa (2006)

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 independence day. On her journey, she meets Rehan Khan, a casanova and tour guide who flirts with her. Altho ...

Shock (2006)

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 and imprisoned. Can he and his wife find a way to prove his innocence and avenge the injustice committed ...

Silsiilay (2005)

An account of the lives of three women who are not connected to each other. ...

Andarivaadu (2005)

Andarivaadu (Telugu: అందరివాడు) is a 2005 Tollywood comedy film directed by Srinu Vytla. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Rimi Sen, Tabu and Prakash Raj. This movie was a hit. Govinda Rajulu (Chiranjeevi) is a 'mesthri' who drinks a lot and l ...

Main Hoon Na (2004)

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 militant, and to find his estranged half-brother. ...

Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities (2004)

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 painting, leaves itself open to interpretations and readings by every viewer... ...

Jaal: The Trap (2003)

Sunny Deol battles terrorists from Kashmir; from director Guddu Dhanoa. ...

Hawa (2003)

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 their life which leads to divorce. Sanjana along with her brother, Vicky, her two daughters and a dog relocate ...

Khanjar (The Knife) (2003)

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 each of his father's four associates on the 13th of every month. Chander Sharma's son is in love with Shilpa ...

In the Forest... Again (2003)

The film features the characters from Satyajit Ray's Aranyer Din Ratri, returning to the forest over thirty years later. Ashim, Sanjoy, Harinath and Aparna have grown old in this film; Shekhar has died. They set out on a journey to break off every link wit ...

Maqbool (2003)

The Scottish tragedy 'Macbeth' set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is Abbaji, the head of a crime family. ...

Saathiya (2002)

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. ...

Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai (2002)

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 this occasion he has chosen to marry his brother to Gul's sister. The wedding is arranged and Gul and his f ...

Chennakesava Reddy (2002)

After two decades in prison, legendary factionist Chennakesava Reddy (Balakrishna) returns to Rayalaseema, seeking revenge. Standing in his way, is his son Bharath (also Balakrishna), a law-abiding police officer. ...

Filhaal... (2002)

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 other. They are very different when it comes to marriage and commitment. ...

Maa Tujhhe Salaam (2002)

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 action-packed thriller from director Tinnu Verma. When Singh's girlfriend -- intelligence agent Sonia Khanna ...

Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya (2001)

Jhoomri and her husband, Bhimsha, move into a new neighbourhood. Their immediate neighbours are three squabbling couples, namely Vijay and Anjali who are newly married; Appu Khote and Vimla, who are married and have 4 children; and Ravi and Meena, who are ...

Chandni Bar (2001)

The gritty life of the Mumbai underworld, including prostitution, dance bars and gun crime. ...

Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya (2001)

Rahul Khanna (Vinay Anand) and Sonia Chopra (Pooja Batra) are in love, they seek the blessings of their elders, Mahendra Pratap Khanna (Kiran Kumar), Mr. Chopra (Sadashiv Amrapurkar) and Mrs. Chopra (Kunika), and get married. During their honeymoon, Sonia, ...

Cover Story (2001)

A retired judge is brutally shot and with his murderer still at large, his visually impaired neighbor becomes a prime suspect. ...

Ghaath (2000)

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 tries to secure a job in the police department but fails. One day he happens to meet Kavita Choudhary, a you ...

Snegithiye (2000)

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 named Ramesh really walks into their life. ...

Astitva (2000)

When Aditi finds out she has been named the sole heir to the estate of an old acquaintance, her husband is puzzled and suspicious. However, the secret she is hiding could destroy their family. ...

Shikari (2000)

Om Srivastav escapes from jail, with the help of a mask assumes the identity of a man called Mahendra Pratap Singh and travels to South Africa in Cape Town where Virendra Rawal is located with his wife Suman and a sister Rajeshwari. Om first kills Virendra ...

Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!! (2000)

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 hails from a small town. The film is also about his interaction with the different layers of society that is ...

Tarkieb (2000)

A CID inspector tries to crack the murder case of a young woman. ...

Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000)

Two young women with differing views on love find themselves with three suitors in this modern take on Jane Austen's 'Sense and Sensibility' set in Tamil Nadu. ...

Hera Pheri (2000)

Two tenants and a landlord, in desperate need of money, chance upon a ransom call via a cross connection. They hatch a plan to claim the ransom for themselves. ...

Thakshak (1999)

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 generations. Nahar would like his son, Ishaan (Ajay Devgan) to continue this tradition, to which he is willin ...

Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999)

A wealthy businessman's traditional family celebrate their togetherness when his three sons get married, but slowly find themselves growing apart after a misunderstanding. ...

Kohram (1999)

Major Balbir Singh Sodhi (Amitabh Bachchan) attempts to kill the Indian Home Minister Veer Bhadra Singh (Danny Denzongpa) but is unsuccessful. He has been identified, and the army is on the look-out for him to court-martial him. They suspect that he has as ...

Biwi No.1 (1999)

Two adorable kids, a quirky mother-in-law and a happy-go-lucky friend help a heartbroken wife bring a straying husband back from the other woman's tangled embrace. ...

Hu Tu Tu (1999)

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 Minister Sawantrao Gadre to move in with them, for political reasons. Sawantrao has been using Maltidevi to ...

Hanuman (1998)

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 from the robbers. A warm relationship develops between the two. ...

Thaayin Manikodi (1998)

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 takes Rani to his house. With the help of Rani, he makes a sketch of the kingpin and publishes it in major ne ...

2001: Do Hazaar Ek (1998)

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 investigate and bring the culprit(s) to book. ...

Aavida Maa Aavide (1998)

Vikrant and Archana fall in love and get married. Eventually their marriage begins to crumble and Vikrant regrets his act. When he falls in love with another woman, Archana asks him to make a choice. ...

Meri Zindagi Ek Agneepath (1998)

Meri Zindagi Ek Agneepath (1998)

Film Meri Zindagi Ek Agneepath 2005 directed by featuring Anjala Jhaveri Chiranjeevi Prakash Raj Soundarya, Brahmanandam Monica Bedi ...

Chachi 420 (1997)

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. A Hindi remake of the 1996 Tamil film "Avvai Shanmugi," which is itself a remake of the Hollywood film "Mrs. Doubtfire. ...

Border (1997)

Amidst the 1971 Indo-Pak war, a company of 120 Indian soldiers stationed at the border region of Longewala in Rajasthan must defend their post through the night against two thousand Pakistani troops armed with tanks. Based on the true events of the Battle ...

Virasat (1997)

After completing his studies in London, England, Shakti Thakur returns home to India in a small town where his family resides. ...

Iruvar (1997)

A fictionalized account of the lives of 1980s Tamil Nadu political icons M. G. Ramachandran and M. Karunanidhi, continuing the tryst between Tamil cinema and Dravidian politics. ...

Darmiyaan: In Between (1997)

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, refers to him as her younger brother. She attains fame, has an affair with Inder Kumar Bhalla, only to lose h ...

Maachis (1996)

A realistic, hard-hitting portrayal of terrorism and youth in the Punjab after the 1984 riots. ...

Ninne Pelladatha (1996)

When Mahalakshmi comes to the city, she falls in love with Seenu, whose family approves of her. But when her parents arrive, they forcibly take her away. Will the history of their families separate Mahalakshmi and Seenu? ...

Kadhal Desam (1996)

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 but neither realises that they love the same girl. ...

Jeet (1996)

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 associate. ...

Tu Chor Main Sipahi (1996)

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 town has been known to be the grave-yard of police officers who have dared to oppose him. Inspector Amar ...

Saajan Chale Sasural (1996)

Naive villager Shyamsunder, who sings, comes to Bombay to try his luck with Bollywood and wealth. He ends up on the streets, playing for small alms. He meets with another musician, Muthu Swami, and both attempt to meet the owner of Tips Cassettes, Mr. Khur ...

Kaalapani (1996)

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 Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He witnesses sufferings of hundreds of Indian prisoners there. ...

Himmat (1996)

Two Indian secret agents, Ajay and Abdul, share a brotherly bond. However, when Abdul is killed in the line of duty, the mission is handed over to Ajay, who decides to avenge his friend's death. ...

Haqeeqat (1995)

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 to her rescue when she is molested by Bhavani's brother, both fall in love and decide to get married. Kamin ...

Sisindri (1995)

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 kidnappers. ...

Saajan Ki Baahon Mein (1995)

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, he meets with beautiful Sapna Narang, and after a few misunderstandings, both fall in love with each other ...

Prem (1995)

Sanjay Verma has been having hallucinations of a past life as Shantanu. He meets Sonia Verma, and recognizes her as the girl named Lachi in his past life. He attempts to impress this upon Sonia, who is engaged, and is to be married to Vikram Malocha. ...

Vijaypath (1994)

The family of Justice Saxena is extremely happy until his younger brother Inspector Rajesh Saxena (Suresh Oberoi) arrests a notorious gangster, Bhawani Singh. Justice Saxena sentences Bhawani Singh to death. Bhawani Singh's brother, Dilawar Singh (Danny De ...

Pehla Pehla Pyar (1994)

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 to get rid of her, then eventually falls in love with her. Then the two of them have to be on the run as ...

Coolie No. 1 (1991)

Raju, a hardworking coolie who seeks revenge on an arrogant heiress, Ranjani, after she wrongly accuses him of rape and sends him to jail, leading to a clash between them. ...

Hum Naujawan (1985)

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 dedicated to young students. ...

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