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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-11-04 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Hyderabad, India

Tabu

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.

Known For

Acting

2026

2025

2024

Crew as Geeta Sethi
Dune: Prophecy as Sister Francesca

2023

Khufiya as Krishna "KM" Mehra
Bholaa as IPS Diana Joseph
Kuttey as Pammi/Poonam Sandhu

2022

Drishyam 2 as IG Meera Deshmukh
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 as Manjulika/Anjulika

2020

A Suitable Boy as Saeeda Bai

2019

De De Pyaar De as Manjana "Manju" Rao
Bharat as Meher

2018

Missing as Aparna Dubey a.k.a. Mrs. Dubey
Andhadhun as Simi Sinha
Sanju as Herself (Cameo) (uncredited)

2017

Golmaal Again as Anna Mathew
Rising Star as Self

2016

Fitoor as Begum Hazrat Jaan

2015

Drishyam as IG Meera Deshmukh
Talvar as Reema Kumar

2014

Jai Ho as Geeta Agnihotri
Haider as Ghazala Meer

2013

David as Frenny
David as Frenny

2012

Life of Pi as Gita Patel

2011

Urumi as Dancing woman (cameo)

2010

Toh Baat Pakki! as Rajeshwari
Khuda Kasam as Neetu Singh

2008

Idhi Sangathi as Swarajyalakshmi
Pandurangadu as Amrita

2007

Cheeni Kum as Nina Verma
Om Shanti Om as Self

2006

Fanaa as Nafisa Ali Begum
The Namesake as Ashima Ganguli
Shock as Geeta
Phir Hera Pheri as Anuradaha (archive footage)
Sarhad Paar as Pammi

2005

Andarivaadu as Shanthi
Silsiilay as Rehana

2004

Main Hoon Na as Special Appearance
Indian Idol as Self

2003

Maqbool as Nimmi
Hawa as Sanjana
Jaal: The Trap as Neha Pandit/Nusrat Rabbani

2002

Saathiya as Savitri Rao
Maa Tujhhe Salaam as Captain Sonia Khanna

2001

Chandni Bar as Mumtaz P. Sawant
Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya as Roshni Batra

2000

Hera Pheri as Anuradha Shivshankar Panikar
Astitva as Aditi Pandit
Ghaath as Kavita Chaudhary
Snegithiye as ACP Gayathri

1999

Hum Saath Saath Hain as Sadhna Sharma Chaturvedi
Thakshak as Suman Dev
Biwi No.1 as Lovely Khuranna
Hu Tu Tu as Panna Barve
Kohram as Insp. Kiran Patekar

1998

Hanuman as Anja
Meri Zindagi Ek Agneepath as Special Appearance

1997

Border as Kuldip Singh's wife
Chachi 420 as Janki Paswan
Virasat as Gehna
Iruvar as Senthamarai

1996

Kadhal Desam as Divya
Jeet as Tulsibai
Ninne Pelladatha as Mahalakshmi/Pandu
Kaalapani as Parvathi
Maachis as Virender Kaur a.k.a. Veeran
Tu Chor Main Sipahi as Kajal Singh

1995

Haqeeqat as Sudha Ravi Malhotra
Sisindri as Tabu
Prem as Lachi / Sonya Jaitley

1994

Vijaypath as Mohini "Mona"

1991

Coolie No. 1 as Ranjani

1985

Hum Naujawan as Priya

1982

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