Tabu - Hot Bollywood Actress

Tabu is a Bollywood star who has also won many Filmfare as well as critics awards. She has not only acted in Hindi movies, but she has also been seen many a times in regional films. She has also bagged the National Film Award for Best Actress, two times. Tabu is best known for her role in a number of films. Find out more about Tabu's biography, profile and career, here in this article.

Tabu or Tabassum Hashmi Khan was born on November 4, 1970, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Her parents divorced soon after she was born. Tabu's mother was a school teacher while her maternal grandparents were retired professors who ran a school. Her grandfather was a Mathematics professor while her grandmother was an English Literature professor. Tabu moved to Mumbai, in the year 1983 and studied at the St.Xavier's College.


Career
Tabu started her career in the Indian film industry with the movie called 'Hum Naujawan' which released in the year 1985. She was just 15 years of age when her first film released. She played Dev Anand's daughter in the film. However, her first role as an actress was in the Telugu movie 'Coolie No.1'. Her first Hindi release was 'Pehla Pehla Pyar', which went almost unnoticed by the public.
It was in the year 1994 that she came in the limelight with the movie 'Vijaypath', in which she starred opposite Ajay Devgan. She even went on to receive the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for the same. This movie was followed by many others but those did not fare at the box office quite as well as Vijaypath. The year 1996 was almost like a record for Tabu as she had eight releases this year. Two out of those eight, namely, 'Saajan Chale Sasural' and 'Jeet' went on to become major hits. Her other important film 'Maachis', though not a super-hit, was critically acclaimed nonetheless. Maachis also bagged her first National Film Award for Best Actress.





In the year 1997, Tabu's first release was 'Border' - a movie about the real life happenings surrounding the Battle of Longewala, during the 1971 Indo-Pak war. Although her role was not significant, but the movie went on to become one of the biggest hits of 1997. In the same year, she also starred in the critically acclaimed film 'Virasat', which won her the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance.

Next year, in 1999, she again starred in two successful films - 'Biwi No.1' and 'Hum Saath Saath Hain'. Both these movies went on to become huge hits. Then, in the year 2000 she starred in 'Hera Pheri' and 'Astitva', out of which the former was a box office success while the latter was critically acclaimed. She also received her third Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Astitva.

It was in the year 2001 that her next film 'Chandni Bar' was released. In this movie, she portrayed the role of a bar dancer which won her praises from both the general public as well as the critics. Chandni Bar also gave Tabu her second National Film Award for Best Actress. Apart from working in Bollywood movies, Tabu has also worked in Telugu films as well, out of which a couple, namely - Coolie No.1 and Ninne Pelladatha were huge hits.

The year 2007 saw Tabu starring in her first ever Hollywood movie, 'The Namesake'. Directed by Mira Nair, this film was a huge success overseas. Tabu is best known for her roles in artistic,

Actress Tabu made me feel comfortable in the love scene

Irrfan Khan simply loves challenging roles. The internationally acclaimed Bollywood actor has chosen to play a gay character in Mira Nair’s AIDS film The Migration.

In fact, Irrfan refused a staid role in the film in order to play a homosexual. "She offered me the part of the sweet, simple and straight farmer that Shiney Ahuja finally did. I saw no challenge in that. Give me roles that aren’t fake," Irrfan, who plays an unhappily married man in a secret anguished affair with another in the film, said.

Another challenging role Irrfan loved playing was of a Bengali in Mira Nair’s The Namesake. "Ashok Ganguly in The Namesake gave me a chance to embrace a beautiful new vision. I could never be this person. Ashok gave me a chance to live a unique life," he added.

After Vishal Bharadwaj’s Maqbool Irrfan shared stunning chemistry with Tabu in the The Namesake. Their lovemaking scene in the film had audiences gasping in disbelief.

"I can’t say Tabu and I meet after hours, but I must say Tabu is a very special person and actress. It takes a lot for her to open up. She never lies in her performances. I remember during Maqbool we’d instinctively understand each other. She knew exactly when to put her hand out, or when to touch my elbow. the little things that make the chemistry between co-stars."

"During the making of The Namesake I was more concerned about getting my Bengali accent right than anything else. I spent hours getting it right."

Irrfan’s wife is Bengali. "But that didn’t help me much. We don’t speak Bengali at home. Ashok Ganguly was a mystery to me. I had to get both, his external and internal life, right."

About the love scene, he said: "Yes, at first I was startled. It was a little more explicit and longer than love scenes generally are. I was worried about her reaction. If Tabu had been even slightly awkward, I’d have been worried. But she made me comfortable by being completely into the scene. After that there was no awkwardness. We were very professional about it."

Irrfan says he didn’t expect an overwhelming response for The Namesake.

"I never imagined such a response. People in the US were watching it repeatedly. It suddenly made me feel worthwhile as an actor. I was fascinated by the silences of my character. It was not expressed even in Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel. Mira added a lot to the original material. That’s the fun of a movie adaptation. The movie is over, but I’m still discovering facets to my character."

Bollywood ACTRESS Tabu's loss Vidya's gain!!

A bold theme and sugar free romance CHEENI KUM was well received by the audience. It met with a critical goodwill. No one would forget about Big B and Tabu's delightful chemistry in CHEENI KUM which added spice to this sugar free romance.

After an overwhelming response for CHEENI KUM director R Balki is ready with yet another script. This new project is titled PAA
After a splendid performance in CHEENI KUM, Big B is roped in for this new project. Though Tabu and Big B's chemistry was well commended but Tabu will not be a part of this venture. Along with Big B it will also star son Abhishek Bachchan and beautiful Vidya Balan instead, according to sources.

The movie will go on floors this September and it will be a joint production between Big B's ABCL which is heard to be revived and MAD films which produced CHEENI KUM last year.