Tabu
Biography
Tabassum Fatima Hashmi, known professionally as Tabu, is an Indian actress born on November 4, 1971, in Hyderabad, India. She is known for acting and has one hundred ten known credits on The Movie Database. Recognized for playing troubled women in both mainstream and independent films, she primarily works in Hindi language cinema, alongside Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, and English language films. Her professional accolades include two National Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards, two Filmfare Awards South, and the Padma Shri, which is India's fourth-highest civilian honour. Tabu is widely renowned as one of Hindi cinema's most accomplished actresses.
Career overview
Tabassum Fatima Hashmi, known professionally as Tabu, is an Indian actress born in Hyderabad, India on November 4, 1971. She is known for playing troubled women in both mainstream and independent films, and primarily works in Hindi cinema, although she has also acted in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, and English languages. Known for her work in acting, she has accrued 110 known credits on the platform.
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, which is India's fourth-highest civilian honour.
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- Bhooth Bangla (2026) as Yashoda
- Drishyam 3 (2026) as Meera Deshmukh
- Dune: Prophecy (2024) as Sister Francesca
- Crew (2024) as Geeta Sethi
- Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha (2024) as Vasudha
- Khufiya (2023) as Krishna "KM" Mehra
- Bholaa (2023) as IPS Diana Joseph
- Kuttey (2023) as Pammi/Poonam Sandhu
- Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (2022) as Manjulika/Anjulika
- Drishyam 2 (2022) as Meera Deshmukh
- Jawaani Jaaneman (2020) as Ananya
- A Suitable Boy (2020) as Saeeda Bai
- Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020) as Yasu
- Bharat (2019) as Meher
- De De Pyaar De (2019) as Manjana "Manju" Rao
- Sanju (2018) as Herself (Cameo) (uncredited)
- Andhadhun (2018) as Simi Sinha
- Missing (2018) as Aparna Dubey a.k.a. Mrs. Dubey
- The Drama Company (2017) as Self
- Rising Star (2017) as Self
- Golmaal Again (2017) as Anna Mathew
- The Kapil Sharma Show (2016) as Self
- Comedy Nights Live (2016) as Herself
- Fitoor (2016) as Begum Hazrat Jaan
- Talvar (2015) as Reema Kumar
- Drishyam (2015) as IG Meera Deshmukh
- The Anupam Kher Show (2014) as Herself
- Haider (2014) as Ghazala Meer
- Jai Ho (2014) as Geeta Agnihotri
- Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013) as Self
- David (2013) as Frenny
- Life of Pi (2012) as Gita Patel
- Urumi (2011) as Special appearance in the song "Aaranne Aarane"
- Raja Leelai (2010)
- Toh Baat Pakki! (2010) as Rajeshwari
- Khuda Kasam (2010) as Neetu Singh
- Khatron Ke Khiladi (2008) as Herself
- Pandurangadu (2008) as Amrita
- Idhi Sangathi (2008) as Swarajyalakshmi
- Om Shanti Om (2007) as Self
- Cheeni Kum (2007) as Nina Verma
- The Namesake (2006) as Ashima Ganguli
- Phir Hera Pheri (2006) as Anuradaha (archive footage)
- Fanaa (2006) as Dr. Malini Tyagi
- Shock (2006) as Geeta
- Sarhad Paar (2006) as Pammi
- Bhagmati – The Queen of Fortunes (2005) as Shivaranjani/Bhagmati
- Andarivaadu (2005) as Shanthi
- Silsiilay (2005) as Rehana
- Indian Idol (2004) as Self
- Koffee with Karan (2004) as Self
- Main Hoon Na (2004) as Special Appearance
- Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities (2004) as Meenaxi / Tanu / Maria Zarkova
- In the Forest... Again (2003)
- Maqbool (2003) as Nimmi
- Hawa (2003) as Sanjana
- Jaal: The Trap (2003) as Neha Pandit/Nusrat Rabbani
- Khanjar (The Knife) (2003) as Shilpa
- Chennakesava Reddy (2002) as Seeta
- Saathiya (2002) as Savitri Rao
- Filhaal... (2002)
- Maa Tujhhe Salaam (2002) as Captain Sonia Khanna
- Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai (2002) as Shalu
- Chandni Bar (2001) as Mumtaz P. Sawant
- Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya (2001) as Meena
- Cover Story (2001) as Jasmine Khan
- Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya (2001) as Roshni Batra
- Hera Pheri (2000) as Anuradha Shivshankar Panikar
- Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) as Sowmya
- Snegithiye (2000) as ACP Gayathri
- Shikari (2000)
- Astitva (2000) as Aditi Pandit
- Ghaath (2000) as Kavita Chaudhary
- Tarkieb (2000)
- Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!! (2000) as Kamya Lal
- Kohram (1999) as Insp. Kiran Patekar
- Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999) as Sadhna Sharma Chaturvedi
- Hu Tu Tu (1999) as Panna Barve
- Thakshak (1999) as Suman Dev
- Biwi No.1 (1999) as Lovely Khuranna
- Hanuman (1998) as Anja
- Thaayin Manikodi (1998)
- Meri Zindagi Ek Agneepath (1998) as Special Appearance
- Aavida Maa Aavide (1998) as S. I. Archana
- 2001: Do Hazaar Ek (1998) as Billu
- Border (1997) as Surinder "Preeti" Kaur Chandpuri
- Chachi 420 (1997) as Janki Paswan
- Virasat (1997) as Gehna
- Iruvar (1997) as Senthamarai
- Darmiyaan: In Between (1997) as Chitra
- Kadhal Desam (1996) as Divya
- Tu Chor Main Sipahi (1996) as Kajal Singh
- Ninne Pelladatha (1996) as Mahalakshmi/Pandu
- Kaalapani (1996) as Parvathi
- Jeet (1996) as Tulsibai
- Saajan Chale Sasural (1996) as Divya
- Maachis (1996) as Virender Kaur a.k.a. Veeran
- Himmat (1996)
- Prem (1995) as Lachi / Sonya Jaitley
- Haqeeqat (1995) as Sudha Ravi Malhotra
- Sisindri (1995) as Tabu
- Saajan Ki Baahon Mein (1995) as Kavita
- Vijaypath (1994) as Mohini "Mona"
- Pehla Pehla Pyar (1994) as Sapna
- Coolie No. 1 (1991) as Ranjani
- Hum Naujawan (1985) as Priya
- Rally Raja
- King 100
- Untitled SRK-Suhana-Marflix movie
- Slumdog - 33 Temple Road