The beautiful refreshing face, unmeasurable talent and 5 feet 6 inches tall babe’s real name is Aka Tabassum born on 4th November. Mother and fathers names are “Rizwana ” and “Jamal Hashmi”.Her Sister “Farha” is a well known bollywood actress. Tabu started her film career as a child artiste for Dev Anand’s Hum Naujawan and since she wasn’t the lead actress, Tabu gained little mileage from it. The first film she signed on as lead actress was ‘Prem’, but finally, ‘Pehla Pehla Pyar’ released first and launched her as leading lady.

Tabu had another round of hits with Virasat and Border in 1997. In Priyadarshan’s Virasat, which was a remake of Thevar Magan, she played a village girl Gehna. It won her the Filmfare Critic’s Award for Best Performance.

1998 to 2003 She was seen in a comedy Chachi 420 (1998) with Kamal Hasan. She proved herself yet again with her act as Panna in Gulzar’s Hu Tu Tu (1999) which won her the Filmfare Critic’s Award for Best Performance.

Her next role was lighter, as Lovely in the comedy Biwi No.1 (1999). She was seen in another comedy Hera Pheri (2000). She was seen as Soumiya in the Tamil movie Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), which was based on Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility and had Aishwarya Rai playing her younger sister.

In Mahesh Manjrekar’s Astitva (2000) she again delivered a powerful performance as Aditi, a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage that leads to an extra marital affair. She won the Filmfare Critic’s Award for Best Performance.

Madhur Bhandarkar’s Chandni Bar (2001) saw her as Mumtaz, a bar girl, which won her another National Film Award for Best Actress. She was seen as Nimmi, Lady Macbeth’s counterpart in Bollywood, in Maqbool (2003).

2004 to 2009 Tabu became artist M.F.Hussain’muse after Madhuri Dixit and appeared in Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities (2004). Mira Nair’s The Namesake (2007), an adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel, received international acclaim. She was cast as the Bengali bride Ashima who moves to the U.S after getting married and the life she creates with her husband there and their son Gogol’s struggle with his identity. Cheeni Kum (2007) saw her hold her own opposite Amitabh Bachchan as his much younger lover and won her the Filmfare Critic’s Award for Best Performance.

In 2009, Tabu has several Hindi and Tamil movies awaiting release like Anurag Singh’s Next, Season’s Greetings, Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai and Thalaivan Irukirran.

Films Done By Tabu

1982 Bazaar Unknown Hindi Uncredited
1985 Hum Naujawan Priya Hindi
1991 Coolie No. 1 Ranjani Telugu
1992 Mashooq Unknown Hindi
1994 Pehla Pehla Pyar Sapna Hindi
1994 Vijaypath Mohini Hindi Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut
1995 Prem Lachi / Sonya Jetley Hindi
1995 Saajan Ki Baahon Mein Kavita Hindi
1995 Sisindri Herself Telugu Special appearance
1995 Haqeeqat Sudha Hindi
1996 Himmat Anju Hindi
1996 Kadhal Desam Divya Tamil
1996 Tu Chor Main Sipahi Kajal Hindi
1996 Jeet Tulsi Hindi Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
1996 Kaalapani Parvathi Malayalam
1996 Maachis Veerandra Hindi National Film Award for Best Actress
1996 Saajan Chale Sasural Divya Khurana Hindi
1996 Ninne Pelladata Mahalakshmi Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress
1997 Darmiyaan: In Between Chitra Hindi
1997 Virasat Gehna Hindi Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress
1997 Border Yamora Kaur Chandpuri Hindi
1997 Iruvar Senthamarai Tami
1997 Chachi 420 Janki Paswan Hindi
1998 Aavida Maa Aavide Archana Telugu
1998 2001: Do Hazaar Ek Billu Hindi
1998 Thaayin Manikodi Anjali Tamil
1998 Hanuman Anja English French-Indian film
1999 Hu Tu Tu Panna Hindi Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress
1999 Biwi No.1 Lovely Hindi
1999 Kohram Inspector Kiran Patkar Hindi
1999 Hum Saath-Saath Hain Sadhana Hindi
1999 Thakshak Suman Dev Hindi
2000 Hera Pheri Anuradha Shivshankar Panikar Hindi
2000 Kandukondain Kandukondain Sowmya Tamil Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
2000 Tarkieb Roshni Choubey Hindi
2000 Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar Kamya Lal Hindi
2000 Shikari Suman Hindi
2000 Astitva Aditi Pandit Hindi
2000 Ghaath Kavita Choudhary Hindi
2000 Snegithiye ACP Gayatri Tamil
2000 Cover Story Jasmine Khan Malayalam
2001 Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya Roshni Batra Hindi
2001 Chandni Bar Mumtaz Hindi National Film Award for Best Actress
2001 Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa Meena Hindi
2002 Maa Tujhhe Salaam Captain Sonia Khanna Hindi
2002 Filhaal… Rewa Singh Hindi
2002 Chennakesava Reddy Devi Telugu
2002 Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai Shalu Hindi
2002 Saathiya Savithri Rao Hindi Special appearanc
2003 Abar Aranye Amrita Bengali
2003 Khanjar: The Knife Shilpa Hindi
2003 Hawa Sanjana Hindi
2003 Jaal: The Trap Neha Pandit Hindi
2003 Maqbool Nimmi Hindi
2004 Main Hoon Na Aparna Hindi Uncredited cameo
2004 Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities Meenaxi / Maria Zarkova Hindi
2005 Bhagmati Bhagmati Hindi
2005 Andarivaadu Shanthi Telugu
2005 Silsiilay Rehana Hindi
2006 Shock Gita Telugu
2006 Fanaa Malini Tyagi Hindi
2006 The Namesake Ashima English Indian-American film
2007 Sarhad Paar Pammi Hindi
2007 Rakkilippattu ACP Gayatri Varma Malayalam
2007 Cheeni Kum Nina Verma Hindi Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress
2007 Om Shanti Om Herself Hindi Cameo appearance in song “Deewangi Deewangi”
2008 Idi Sangathi Swarajyalakshmi Telugu
2008 Pandurangadu Amrutha Telugu Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
2010 Toh Baat Pakki! Rajeshwari Saxena Hindi
2010 Khuda Kasam Neetu Singh Hindi
2011 Urumi Herself Malayalam Special appearance
2012 Life of Pi Gita Patel English American film
2013 David Frenny Hindi
2013 David Frenny Tamil
2014 Jai Ho Geeta Agnihotri Hindi
2014 Haider Ghazala Meer Hindi Also playback singer for song “Roshe Valle”
2015 Drishyam IG Meera Deshmukh Hindi Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
2015 Talvar Reema Kumar Hindi Guest appearance
2016 Fitoor Begum Hazrat Jaan Hindi
2017 Golmaal Again Anna Matthew Hindi
2018 Missing Aparna Dubey Hindi Also playback singer for song “Soja Re”
2018 Sanju Herself Hindi Cameo appearance
2018 Andhadhun Simi Hindi Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress Nominated—Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress
2019 De De Pyaar De Manjana “Manju” Rao Hindi
2019 Bharat Gudiya (Meher) Hindi Special appearance
2020 Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Yasoda “Yasu” Radhakrishna Telugu
2020 Jawaani Jaaneman Ananya Hindi
2020 Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Films that have not yet been released TBA Hindi Filming

Television Done By Tabu

2020 A Suitable Boy Saaeda Bai BBC One series