Name: Tabu
Birth Name: Tabassum Hashmi
Birth Date: November 4, 1970
Birth Place: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Sex: F
Height: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Nationality: Indian
Profession: Actress
Father:Jamal Hashmi
Mother: Rizwana
Sister: Farha {Actress}
Aunt: Shabana Azmi
Biography:
Tabu (born Tabassum Hashmi on November 4, 1970) is an Indian actress. Largely considered one of the Indian film industry's best actresses working today, Tabu "Tabassum Hashmi" (born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) has won the coveted National Film Award for Best Actress twice - once for Maachis (1996) and most recently for Chandni Bar (2002). She has also won three statuettes in the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance category for Virasat (1997), Hu Tu Tu (1999), and Astitva (2000) respectively and in 1995 she was awarded with the Filmfare Best Debut Award
Despite a few exceptions, Tabu is known best for her willingness to play characters in artistic, low-budget films that go on to garner more critical appreciation than they do substantial box office figures (such as in Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities or Maqbool). She has acted in a number of Telugu movies, many of them very successful, such as Coolie No. 1, Ninne Pelladatha etc. She is the niece of Shabana Azmi and the younger sister of actress Farha. In 2006 she starred alongside Kajol and Aamir Khan in Kunal Kohli's latest film, Fanaa. She is the life member of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy Of Film & Television,Noida.
Tabu Awards and Achievements :
Awards of the International Indian Film Academy
2002: Won Popular Award for Actress in a Leading Role for: Chandni Bar (2001)
Zee Cine Awards
2002: Won Popular Award for Best Actress for: Chandni Bar (2001)
National Film Awards, India
2002: Won Silver Lotus Award for Best Actress for: Chandni Bar (2001)
1997 Won Silver Lotus Award for Best Actress for: Maachis (1996)
Screen Weekly Awards
2001: Won Screen Award for Best Actress for: Astitva (2000)
Filmfare Awards
2001: Won Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Critics for: Astitva (2000)
2000: Won Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Critics for: Hu Tu Tu (1999)
1998: Won Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Critics for: Virasat (1997)
1995: Won Filmfare Award for Best Newcomer
Filmography:
Chandralekha
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Tabu and Mahima Chaudhry
Director: Priyadarshan
Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai
Director: Ravi Chopra
Cast: Tabu, Govinda, Lara Dutta, Rajpal Yadav, Boman Irani, Satish Shah
Cheeni Kum
Director: R. Balki
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Zohra Sehgal
Dilruba
Cast: Irfan Khan, Tabu, Vivek Oberoi and Waheeda Rehman
Director:
Sarhad Paar
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Tabu and Mahima Chaudhry
Director: Raman Kumar
The Namesake
Cast: Tabu, Irfan Khan, Kal Penn and Zuleikha Robinson
Director: Mira Nair
Phir Hera Pheri
Cast: Paresh Rawal, Diya Mirza and Tabu
Director: Neeraj Vora
Fanaa
Cast: Aamir Khan, Kajol and Tabu
Director: Kunal Kohli
Shock [Telugu]
Cast: Jyothika, Srinivasa Rao Kota, Tabu and Ravi Teja
Director: Harish Shankar
Bhagmati
Cast: Tabu, Milind Soman and Hema Malini
Director: Ashok Kaul
Silsiilay
Cast: Tabu, Bhoomika Chawla and Shahrukh Khan
Director: Khalid Mohamed
Main Hoon Na
Cast: Shahrukh Khan, Sunil Shetty, Sushmita Sen and Tabu
Director: Farah Khan
Meenaxi Tale of 3 Cities
Cast: Tabu, Kunal Kapoor, Raghuvir Yadav and Sharat Saxena
Director: M.F. Hussain
Maqbool
Cast: Irfan Khan, Om Puri, Tabu and Naseeruddin Shah
Director: Vishal Bharadwaj
Jaal The Trap
Cast: Sunny Deol, Tabu and Anupam Kher
Director: Guddu Dhanoa
Hawa
Cast: Tabu, Shahbaaz Khan and Mukesh Tiwari
Director: Guddu Dhanoa
Khanjar - The Knife
Cast: Sunil Shetty, Tabu, Pankaj Dheer and Gulshan Grover
Director: Chander Sharma
Abar Aranye
Cast: Samit Bhanja, Soumitra Chatterjee and Tabu
Director: Goutam Ghose
Saathiya
Cast: Rani Mukherjee, Vivek Oberoi, Tanuja and Satish Shah
Director: Shaad Ali
Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai
Cast: Gurdas Mann, Tabu and Ashish Vidyarthi
Director: Manoj Punj
Filhaal...
Cast: Tabu, Sushmita Sen, Sanjay Suri and Akash Khurana
Director: Meghna Gulzar
Maa Tujhhe Salaam
Cast: Sunny Deol, Tabu, Arbaaz Khan and Tinnu Verma
Director: Tinnu Verma
Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya
Cast: Govinda, Juhi Chawla, Tabu and Chandrachur Singh
Director: K. Raghavendra Rao
Chandni Bar
Cast: Tabu, Atul Kulkarni and Vinay Apte
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar
Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya
Cast: Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Tabu, Govinda and Pooja Batra
Director: Rajat Rawail
Ghaath
Cast: Manoj Bajpai, Tabu and Om Puri
Director: Akashdeep
Astitva
Cast: Tabu, Sachin Khedekar and Mohnish Bahl
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar
Shikari
Cast: Govinda, Tabu and Karisma Kapoor
Director: N. Chandra
Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!
Cast: Manoj Bajpai and Tabu
Director: Hansal Mehta
Tarkieb
Cast: Nana Patekar, Tabu and Shilpa Shetty
Director: Esmayeel Shroff
Kandukondain Kandukondain
Cast: Mammootty, Ajith, Aishwarya Rai and tabu
Director: Rajiv Menon
Andarivaadu [Telugu]
Cast: Chiranjeevi, Tabu and Rimi Sen
Director: Srinu Vytla
Hera Pheri
Cast: Paresh Rawal, Sunil Shetty, Akshay Kumar and Tabu
Director: Priyadarshan
Biwi No. 2 [Telugu]
Cast: Nagarjuna Akkineni, and Tabu
Director: Satyanarayana
Cover Story [Malayalam]
Cast: Suresh Gopi, Biju Menon and Tabu
Director: G.S. Vijayan
Snegithiye Tamil
Cast: Jyothika, Sharbani Mukherji and Tabu
Director: Priyadarshan
Thakshak
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Tabu and Amrish Puri
Director: Govind Nihalani
Kohram
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Nana Patekar and Tabu
Director: Mehul Kumar
Biwi No. 1
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Tabu
Director: David Dhawan
Hu Tu Tu
Cast: Nana Patekar, Sunil Shetty and Tabu
Director: Sampooran Singh Gulzar
Hum Saath-Saath Hain-We Stand United
Cast: Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Tabu
Director: Sooraj R. Barjatya
Hanuman
Cast: Robert Cavanah and Tabu
Director: Fred Fougea
Do Hazaar Ek
Cast: Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia and Tabu
Director: Raj N. Sippy
Aavida Maa Aavide [Telugu]
Cast: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Tabu and Heera Rajgopal
Director: Satyanarayana E.V.V.
Chachi 420
Cast: Kamal Hassan, Amrish Puri and Tabu
Director: Kamal Hassan
Iruvar
Cast: Mohanlal, Tabu, Prakash Raj and Aishwarya Rai
Director: Mani Ratnam
Border
Cast: Rakhee Gulzar, Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty, Tabu and Pooja Bhatt
Director: J.P. Dutta
Darmiyan
Cast: Kiron Kher, Tabu and Shahbaaz Khan
Director: Kalpana Lazmi
Virasat
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Tabu and Pooja Batra
Director: Priyadarshan
Maachis
Cast: Om Puri, Tabu and Chandrachur Singh
Director: Sampooran Singh Gulzar
Ninne Pelladatha [Telugu]
Cast: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Giribabu, Tabu and Chandramohan
Director: Krishna Vamshi
Jeet
Cast: Sunny Deol, Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Tabu
Director: Raj Kanwar
Tu Chor Main Sipahi
Cast: Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan and Tabu
Director: Guddu Dhanoa
Himmat
Cast: Sudesh Berry, Sunny Deol and Gulshan Grover
Director: Sunil Sharma
Kadhal Desam [Tamil]
Cast: Abbas, Balasubramaniam S.P., Vineeth and Tabu
Director: Kathir
Kala Pani
Cast: Mohanlal, Prabhu and Tabu
Director: Priyadarshan
Saajan Chale Sasural
Cast: Govinda, Karisma Kapoor and Tabu
Director: David Dhawan
Haqeeqat
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Tabu and Mohan Joshi
Director: Sandesh Kohli
Sisindri [Telugu]
Cast: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Tabu, Sarathbabu and Giribabu
Director: Siva Nageshwara Rao
Saajan Ki Baahon Mein
Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Raveena Tandon and Tabu
Director: Jay Prakash
Prem
Cast: Sanjay Kapoor, Tabu and Amrish Puri
Director: Satish Kaushik
Vijaypath
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Tabu and Suresh Oberoi
Director: Farogh Siddique
Pehla Pehla Pyaar
Cast: Gulshan Grover, Rishi Kapoor, Kader Khan and Tabu
Director: Manmohan Singh
Mashooq
Cast: Ayub Khan, Ayesha Jhulka and Tabu
Director: Humayun Mirza
Coolie No. 1[Telugu]
Cast: Tabu and Venkatesh
Director: K. Raghavendra Rao
Hum Naujawan
Cast: Dev Anand, Tabu, Bunty Behl and Richa Sharma
Director: 1984
Music Department:
1. Ghaath (2000) (playback singer)
Self:
1. The 17th Annual Gotham Awards (2007) (TV) .... Herself
2. Om Shanti Om (2007) .... Herself
3. 49th Manikchand Filmfare Awards 2003 (2004) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
4. Bollywood Bound (2001) (uncredited) .... Herself
5. Bongo Beat (1996) .... Hotel Receptionist
Archive Footage:
1. New délire (2007) .... Paula
2. "Koffee with Karan"
Awards: Film fare Best Actress award - 2003
Laila, the 'chubby cheeks dimple chin Goan girl' based in Mumbai, started her career as a model. This lovely lass is a trained ballerina from the Royal Academy of Dancing, London; plays the violin and loves music. Her entry into the film industry was accidental. She was into modeling when popular comedian, Mehmood spotted her and she got an offer as the heroine in a Hindi film 'Dushman Duniya Ka' (1996). But the film didn't do well at the box-office. Then she made her debut in the south with the Tamil movie 'Kallazhagar'. Later she starred in movies such as 'Dhil' (2001), 'Nandha'(2001), 'Unnai Ninaithu' etc
n 2003, she fetched the Film fare Best Actress award for her performance in the Tamil film 'Pithamagan', opposite Vikram. After the success of 'Pithamagan', she took a break and went back to Mumbai. But she returned to the silver screen with 'Ullam Ketkume'(2005), in which she did an innocent, tomboy kind of character. Another noted film was 'Kanda Naal Mudhal' (2005), a Prakashraj production, in which she delivered a matured performance.
Her first Telugu film was 'Egire Pavuramma' with Srikanth and JD Chakravarthy. Her career failed to take off in the Telugu Film Industry. Films like 'Subhalekhalu' and 'Ugadi' only added to her woes. This bubbly girl has also done films in Kannada. She did the female lead in the Upendra starrer 'Thande thakka Makka', remake of the Tamil original 'Thevar Magan'. Her Malayalam films lists include 'Itha Oru Snehagatha', 'War and Love' (2003), 'Swapnakoodu' (2003-Guest role), 'Mahasamudram' (2006) etc.
She got married to Mehdi, an Iranian businessman based in Mumbai, on January 6th 2006 and has decided to continue acting in films. Laila has captivated the hearts of movie goers with her natural beauty, dimpled smile, chirpy presence and effervescent acting style. This down to earth gorgeous girl believes that the glitter of the film world does not last forever.
Hobbies : I am into a lot of things and of recent it is digital photography, it is exciting. I also like playing the violin and enjoy fiddling with computers
Trivia:
Tamil
Telugu
Kannada
Dushman Duniya Ka
Itha Oru Snegatha
