Indian actress Tabu appears primarily in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil films. Her first credited role came as a teenager in Dev Anand's Hum Naujawan (1985), and her first major role was in the Telugu film Coolie No. 1 (1991). [1] [2] In 1994, Tabu received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for the Hindi action drama Vijaypath , which marked her first of many collaborations with co-star Ajay Devgn. [3] The year 1996 was key for Tabu. [4] Her performance as a young woman affected by the Punjab insurgency in Gulzar's Maachis proved to be a breakthrough, winning her the National Film Award for Best Actress. [4] [5] Also that year, Tabu won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for the romance Ninne Pelladata , and featured alongside Govinda in the comedy film Saajan Chale Sasural . [6] [7]
Tabu had a brief role in the war film Border , the highest-grossing Hindi film of 1997, and portrayed a village girl opposite Anil Kapoor in the Priyadarshan-directed drama Virasat . [8] [9] Among her 1999 releases were two of the top-grossing Bollywood films of the year—the comedy Biwi No.1 , and the family drama Hum Saath-Saath Hain . [10] She also starred as the rebellious daughter of a corrupt politician in Gulzar's critically praised drama Hu Tu Tu (1999). [11] [12] The following year, she starred in Kandukondain Kandukondain , a Tamil adaptation of Sense and Sensibility , and played a submissive homemaker in the bilingual drama Astitva . [13] [14] Tabu garnered a second National Film Award for Best Actress for portraying a bar dancer in Madhur Bhandarkar's crime drama Chandni Bar (2001). [15] [16] In 2003, she starred in the Bengali film Abar Aranye , and portrayed a character based on Lady Macbeth, in Maqbool —an adaptation of Macbeth from Vishal Bhardwaj. [17] [18] Following a few commercial failures, [19] Tabu played triple roles in M. F. Husain's musical drama Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities . [20] Tabu's first international project came with Mira Nair's adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's novel The Namesake . [14] [21] In R. Balki's Cheeni Kum (2007), Tabu starred alongside Amitabh Bachchan as a woman romantically involved with a much older man; [15] the role earned her a record fourth Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress. [lower-alpha 1] [23] [24]
Following a brief role in Ang Lee's adventure film Life of Pi (2012), [25] [26] Tabu starred alongside Salman Khan in Jai Ho , and garnered critical acclaim for playing the Gertrude character in Bhardwaj's Haider . [27] [28] She won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter. [29] Tabu's career continued to expand with starring roles opposite Devgn in the thriller Drishyam (2015), the horror comedy Golmaal Again (2017), and the romantic comedy De De Pyaar De (2019). [30] She gained acclaim for playing a murderess in Andhadhun (2018), which ranks as one of the highest-grossing Indian films. [31] [32] In 2020, she featured in the top-grossing Telugu film Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo , winning the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu, and starred in the British miniseries A Suitable Boy . [33] [34] [35] Further commercial successes came in 2022 with the sequels Drishyam 2 and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 . [36] The latter won her another Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress. [37]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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1982 | Bazaar | Unnamed | Hindi | Uncredited appearance in song "Chale Aao Saiyan" | [1] |
1985 | Hum Naujawan | Priya | [38] | ||
1991 | Coolie No. 1 | Ranjani | Telugu | [39] [40] | |
1994 | Pehla Pehla Pyar | Sapna | Hindi | [41] | |
Vijaypath | Mohini | Hindi | [3] [42] | ||
1995 | Prem | Laachi/Sonia [lower-alpha 2] | Hindi | [44] | |
Saajan Ki Baahon Mein | Kavita Verma | Hindi | [45] | ||
Sisindri | Herself | Telugu | Cameo | [46] | |
Haqeeqat | Sudha Singh | Hindi | [47] | ||
1996 | Himmat | Anjali Pathak | Hindi | [48] | |
Kadhal Desam | Divya | Tamil | [49] | ||
Tu Chor Main Sipahi | Kajal | Hindi | [50] | ||
Jeet | Tulsibai | Hindi | [51] [52] | ||
Kaalapani | Parvathi | Malayalam | [4] | ||
Maachis | Veerandar | Hindi | [53] [54] | ||
Saajan Chale Sasural | Divya Khurana | Hindi | [55] | ||
Ninne Pelladata | Mahalakshmi | Telugu | [6] [56] | ||
1997 | Darmiyaan: In Between | Chitra | Hindi | [57] | |
Virasat | Gehna Rane | Hindi | [58] [59] | ||
Border | Yamora Kaur | Hindi | [22] [60] | ||
Iruvar | Senthamarai | Tamil | [61] | ||
Chachi 420 | Janki Paswan | Hindi | [62] | ||
1998 | Aavida Maa Aavide | Archana | Telugu | [63] | |
2001: Do Hazaar Ek | Billu | Hindi | [64] | ||
Thaayin Manikodi | Anjali | Tamil | [65] | ||
Hanuman | Anja | English | French-Indian film | [66] | |
1999 | Hu Tu Tu | Parveen "Panna" | Hindi | [11] [67] [68] | |
Biwi No.1 | Lovely Khurana | Hindi | [69] | ||
Kohram | ACP Kiran Patkar | Hindi | [70] | ||
Hum Saath-Saath Hain | Sadhna Sharma Chaturvedi | Hindi | [71] | ||
Thakshak | Suman Dev | Hindi | [72] | ||
2000 | Hera Pheri | Anuradha Panikar | Hindi | [73] | |
Kandukondain Kandukondain | Sowmya | Tamil | [74] | ||
Tarkieb | Roshni Choubey | Hindi | [75] | ||
Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar | Kamya Lal | Hindi | [76] | ||
Shikari | Suman | Hindi | [77] | ||
Astitva | Aditi Pandit | Hindi | [79] [80] [81] | ||
Ghaath | Kavita Choudhary | Hindi | [82] | ||
Snegithiye | ACP Gayatri | Tamil | [83] | ||
Cover Story | Jasmine Khan | Malayalam | [84] | ||
2001 | Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya | Roshni Batra | Hindi | [85] | |
Chandni Bar | Mumtaz | Hindi | [3] [16] [86] | ||
Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa | Meena | Hindi | [87] | ||
2002 | Maa Tujhhe Salaam | Captain Sonia Khanna | Hindi | [88] | |
Filhaal... | Rewa Singh | Hindi | [89] | ||
Chennakesava Reddy | Devi | Telugu | [90] | ||
Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai | Shalu | Hindi | [91] | ||
Saathiya | Savitri Rao | Hindi | Cameo | [92] [93] | |
2003 | Abar Aranye | Amrita | Bengali | [94] | |
Khanjar | Shilpa | Hindi | [95] | ||
Hawa | Sanjana | Hindi | [96] | ||
Jaal | Neha Pandit | Hindi | [97] | ||
Maqbool | Nimmi | Hindi | [98] | ||
2004 | Main Hoon Na | Aparna | Hindi | Cameo | [99] |
Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities | Meenaxi / Maria / Zarkova [lower-alpha 4] | Hindi | [20] | ||
2005 | Bhagmati | Shivranjani/Bhagmati | Hindi | [100] [101] | |
Andarivaadu | Shanthi | Telugu | [102] | ||
Silsiilay | Rehana | Hindi | [103] | ||
2006 | Shock | Gita | Telugu | [104] | |
Fanaa | Malini Tyagi | Hindi | [105] | ||
The Namesake | Ashima | English | [106] | ||
2007 | Sarhad Paar | Pammi | Hindi | [107] | |
Rakkilippattu | ACP Gayatri Varma | Malayalam | [108] | ||
Cheeni Kum | Nina Verma | Hindi | [23] [109] | ||
Om Shanti Om | Herself | Hindi | Special appearance in song "Deewangi Deewangi" | [110] [111] | |
2008 | Idi Sangathi | Swarajyalakshmi | Telugu | [112] | |
Pandurangadu | Amrutha | Telugu | [113] [114] | ||
2010 | Toh Baat Pakki! | Rajeshwari Saxena | Hindi | [115] | |
Khuda Kasam | Neetu Singh | Hindi | [116] | ||
2011 | Urumi | Herself | Malayalam | Cameo | [26] [117] |
2012 | Life of Pi | Gita Patel | English | [118] | |
2013 | David | Frenny | Hindi [lower-alpha 5] | [120] | |
2014 | Jai Ho | Geeta Agnihotri Khanna | Hindi | [121] | |
Haider | Ghazala Meer | Hindi | Also playback singer for song "Roshe Valle" | [29] [122] [123] | |
2015 | Drishyam | IG Meera Deshmukh | Hindi | [124] [125] | |
Talvar | Reema Kumar | Hindi | Cameo | [126] [127] | |
2016 | Fitoor | Begum Hazrat Jaan | Hindi | [128] | |
2017 | Golmaal Again | Anna Matthew | Hindi | [129] | |
2018 | Missing | Aparna Dubey | Hindi | Also playback singer for song "Soja Re" | [130] [131] |
Sanju | Herself | Hindi | Cameo | [132] | |
Andhadhun | Simi Sinha | Hindi | [133] [134] | ||
2019 | De De Pyaar De | Manjana "Manju" Rao Mehra | Hindi | [135] | |
Bharat | Meher/Gudiya Kumar [lower-alpha 6] | Hindi | Cameo | [136] | |
2020 | Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo | Yasoda "Yasu" | Telugu | [137] | |
Jawaani Jaaneman | Ananya | Hindi | [138] | ||
2022 | Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 | Manjulika/Anjulika | Hindi | [139] | |
Drishyam 2 | Meera Deshmukh | Hindi | [140] | ||
2023 | Kuttey | Poonam "Pammi" Sandhu | Hindi | [141] | |
Bholaa | Diana Joseph | Hindi | [142] | ||
Khufiya | Krishna Mehra | Hindi | [143] | ||
2024 | Crew | Geeta Sethi | Hindi | [144] | |
2024 | Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha † | Mohini Sharma Chaudhary | Hindi | Post-production | [145] |
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2020 | A Suitable Boy | Saaeda Bai | English | Miniseries | [146] |
2024 | Dune: Prophecy | Sister Francesca | English | TV series | [147] |
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