Portrait of Tabu

Tabu

Acting

Biography

Tabassum Fatima Hashmi (born November 4, 1971), known professionally as Tabu, is an Indian actress known for playing troubled women in both mainstream and independent films of Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, and English languages, although she primarily works in the former. Renowned as one of Hindi cinema's most accomplished actresses, her accolades include two National Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards, two Filmfare Awards South, and the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour.

Born: November 4, 1971

Place of Birth: Hyderabad, India

Filmography

2024
Dune: Prophecy

as Sister Francesca

2024
Crew

as Geeta Sethi

2023
Khufiya

as Krishna "KM" Mehra

2023
Bholaa

as IPS Diana Joseph

2023
Kuttey

as Pammi/Poonam Sandhu

2022
Drishyam 2

as IG Meera Deshmukh

2022
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2

as Manjulika/Anjulika

2020
A Suitable Boy

as Saeeda Bai

2020
2019
Bharat

as Meher

2019
De De Pyaar De

as Manjana "Manju" Rao

2018
Andhadhun

as Simi Sinha

2018
Sanju

as Herself (Cameo) (uncredited)

2018
Missing

as Aparna Dubey a.k.a. Mrs. Dubey

2017
Golmaal Again

as Anna Mathew

2017
2016
2016
Fitoor

as Begum Hazrat Jaan

2016
2015
Talvar

as Reema Kumar

2015
Drishyam

as IG Meera Deshmukh

2014
Haider

as Ghazala Meer

2014
2014
Jai Ho

as Geeta Agnihotri

2013
David

as Frenny

2012
Life of Pi

as Gita Patel

2011
Urumi

as Special appearance in the song "Aaranne Aarane"

2010
Khuda Kasam

as Neetu Singh

2010
Toh Baat Pakki!

as Rajeshwari

2008
2008
Pandurangadu

as Amrita

2008
Idhi Sangathi

as Swarajyalakshmi

2007
2007
Cheeni Kum

as Nina Verma

2006
Sarhad Paar

as Pammi

2006
The Namesake

as Ashima Ganguli

2006
Phir Hera Pheri

as Anuradaha (archive footage)

2006
Fanaa

as Nafisa Ali Begum

2006
Shock

as Geeta

2005
Silsiilay

as Rehana

2005
Andarivaadu

as Shanthi

2004
2004
Main Hoon Na

as Special Appearance

2003
Jaal: The Trap

as Neha Pandit/Nusrat Rabbani

2003
Hawa

as Sanjana

2003
2003
Maqbool

as Nimmi

2002
Saathiya

as Savitri Rao

2002
2002
Maa Tujhhe Salaam

as Captain Sonia Khanna

2001
Chandni Bar

as Mumtaz P. Sawant

2001
Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya

as Roshni Batra

2001
Cover Story

as Jasmine Khan

2000
Ghaath

as Kavita Chaudhary

2000
Snegithiye

as ACP Gayathri

2000
Astitva

as Aditi Pandit

2000
2000
Hera Pheri

as Anuradha Shivshankar Panikar

1999
Thakshak

as Suman Dev

1999
Hum Saath Saath Hain

as Sadhna Sharma Chaturvedi

1999
Kohram

as Insp. Kiran Patekar

1999
Biwi No.1

as Lovely Khuranna

1999
Hu Tu Tu

as Panna Barve

1998
Hanuman

as Anja

1998
1998
1997
Chachi 420

as Janki Paswan

1997
Border

as Kuldip Singh's wife

1997
Virasat

as Gehna

1997
Iruvar

as Senthamarai

1996
Maachis

as Virender Kaur a.k.a. Veeran

1996
Ninne Pelladatha

as Mahalakshmi/Pandu

1996
Kadhal Desam

as Divya

1996
Jeet

as Tulsibai

1996
Tu Chor Main Sipahi

as Kajal Singh

1996
Kaalapani

as Parvathi

1996
1995
Haqeeqat

as Sudha Ravi Malhotra

1995
Sisindri

as Tabu

1995
Prem

as Lachi / Sonya Jaitley

1994
Vijaypath

as Mohini "Mona"

1994
1991
Coolie No. 1

as Ranjani

1985
Hum Naujawan

as Priya

1982