Tabu at an event for De De Pyaar De in 2019
Indian actress Tabu appears primarily in Hindi , Telugu , and Tamil films. Her first credited role came as a teenager in Dev Anand 's Hum Naujawan (1985), and her first major role was in the Telugu film Coolie No. 1 (1991).[ 1] [ 2] In 1994, Tabu received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for the Hindi action drama Vijaypath , which marked her first of many collaborations with co-star Ajay Devgn .[ 3] The year 1996 was key for Tabu.[ 4] Her performance as a young woman affected by the Punjab insurgency in Gulzar 's Maachis proved to be a breakthrough, winning her the National Film Award for Best Actress .[ 4] [ 5] Also that year, Tabu won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for the romance Ninne Pelladata , and featured alongside Govinda in the comedy film Saajan Chale Sasural .[ 6] [ 7]
Tabu had a brief role in the war film Border , the highest-grossing Hindi film of 1997, and portrayed a village girl opposite Anil Kapoor in the Priyadarshan -directed drama Virasat .[ 8] [ 9] Among her 1999 releases were two of the top-grossing Bollywood films of the year—the comedy Biwi No.1 , and the family drama Hum Saath-Saath Hain .[ 10] She also starred as the rebellious daughter of a corrupt politician in Gulzar's critically praised drama Hu Tu Tu (1999).[ 11] [ 12] The following year, she starred in Kandukondain Kandukondain , a Tamil adaptation of Sense and Sensibility , and played a submissive homemaker in the bilingual drama Astitva .[ 13] [ 14] Tabu garnered a second National Film Award for Best Actress for portraying a bar dancer in Madhur Bhandarkar 's crime drama Chandni Bar (2001).[ 15] [ 16] In 2003, she starred in the Bengali film Abar Aranye , and portrayed a character based on Lady Macbeth , in Maqbool —an adaptation of Macbeth from Vishal Bhardwaj .[ 17] [ 18] Following a few commercial failures,[ 19] Tabu played triple roles in M. F. Husain 's musical drama Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities .[ 20] Tabu's first international project came with Mira Nair 's adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri 's novel The Namesake .[ 14] [ 21] In R. Balki 's Cheeni Kum (2007), Tabu starred alongside Amitabh Bachchan as a woman romantically involved with a much older man;[ 15] the role earned her a record fourth Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress .[ a] [ 23] [ 24]
Following a brief role in Ang Lee 's adventure film Life of Pi (2012),[ 25] [ 26] Tabu starred alongside Salman Khan in Jai Ho , and garnered critical acclaim for playing the Gertrude character in Bhardwaj's Haider .[ 27] [ 28] She won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter.[ 29] Tabu's career continued to expand with starring roles opposite Devgn in the thriller Drishyam (2015), the horror comedy Golmaal Again (2017), and the romantic comedy De De Pyaar De (2019).[ 30] She gained acclaim for playing a murderess in Andhadhun (2018), which ranks as one of the highest-grossing Indian films .[ 31] [ 32] In 2020, she featured in the top-grossing Telugu film Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo , winning the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu , and starred in the British miniseries A Suitable Boy .[ 33] [ 34] [ 35] Further commercial successes came in 2022 with the sequels Drishyam 2 and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 .[ 36] The latter won her another Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress.[ 37]
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^ Kumar, Hemant (13 February 2013). "KRR taught Tabu to give sexy expressions in a bedroom!" . The Times of India . Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015 .
^ "Tabu: Awards & Nominations" . Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010 .
^ a b Bose, Derek (19 July 2009). "Cut above the rest" . The Tribune . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2015 .
^ "44th National Film Awards – 1997" . Directorate of Film Festivals . p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2012 .
^ "Filmfare South Special Best Actress" . Filmfare . Archived from the original on 5 July 1998. Retrieved 4 June 2015 .
^ "Box Office 1999" . Box Office India . Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2008 .
^ Vijayakar, Rajiv (26 July 2012). "Numero Unos: A Survey Of The Top Hit Films – Part 5" . Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015 .
^ Chowdhury, Nandita (8 September 1997). "Innocent Temptress" . India Today . Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015 .
^ Nahta, Komal (3 January 2000). "2000 can only be better!" . Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015 .
^ Verma, Suparn (21 January 1999). "The power game" . Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015 .
^ "The importance of being Tabu" . Rediff.com . 24 January 2002. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015 .
^ Baskaran, S. Theodore (28 May 2000). "From the known to the unknown" . The Hindu . Archived from the original on 19 October 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011 .
^ a b Bamzai, Kaveree (25 June 2007). "A Singular Star" . India Today . Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015 .
^ a b Jahagirdar-Saxena, Shraddha (25 July 2007). "Nothing serious about Tabu" . Verve . Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015 .
^ "Tabu, Shobhana share National Award for Best Actress" . Rediff.com . 26 July 2002. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015 .
^ "Tabu's Bengali film set for April release" . The Times of India . 14 December 2002. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2015 .
^ Burnett, Mark Thornton; Streete, Adrian; Wray, Ramona (31 October 2011). The Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts . Edinburgh University Press . p. 506. ISBN 978-0-7486-3524-5 . Archived from the original on 16 February 2017.
^ "Award-winning actress in sex trap?" . Sify . 8 January 2004. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2014 .
^ Elley, Derek (4 June 2004). "Review: 'Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities' " . Variety . Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015 .
^ Holden, Stephen (9 March 2007). "Film Review: Modernity and Tradition at a Cultural Crossroads" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015 .
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^ "Darsheel, Tabu bag critics award at Filmfare" . The Indian Express . 24 February 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2015 .
^ "Padma Shri for Tabu, Kajol, Jayaram and Usha Uthup" . Gulf News . 26 January 2011. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015 .
^ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (31 May 2008). "Old wine in new bottle" . The Hindu . Retrieved 8 June 2015 .
^ Dedhia, Sonal (22 November 2012). "Tabu: I really miss doing masala films" . Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015 .
^ Kapoor, Reena (3 October 2014). "Tabu basks in Haider's glow" . The Hindu . Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015 .
^ Vashisht, Sunanda (7 October 2014). "Haider is not the only story of Kashmir" . Daily News and Analysis . Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015 .
^ "60th Filmfare Awards: The complete list of winners" . CNN-IBN . 1 February 2015. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015 .
^ Mehta, Ankita (30 July 2015). " 'Drishyam' Review Roundup: An Edge of Your Seat Drama with Nail-biting Moments" . International Business Times . Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2016 .
^ Bengani, Sneha (7 October 2018). "AndhaDhun Proves Again that Tabu is Indeed the Reigning Queen of Grey" . CNN-News18 . Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018 .
^ "Top All Time All Format Worldwide Grossers – Andhadhun 13th" . Box Office India . 16 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019 .
^ "Allu Arjun's Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo emerges as the third highest grosser ever in Telugu" . Cinema Express . 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020 .
^ "67th Parle Filmfare Awards South 2022 full winners list Telugu: 'Pushpa' bags 7 titles, Sai Pallavi wins Black Lady for 'Love Story'; 'Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo' shines" . The Times of India . Retrieved 21 November 2022 .
^ "Mira Nair's A Suitable Boy to stream on Netflix from October 23" . The Indian Express . 9 October 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021 .
^ Suri, Rishabh (12 December 2022). "Tabu on back-to-back hits Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and Drishyam 2: Making a film is like a gamble" . Hindustan Times . Retrieved 2 February 2023 .
^ "Winners of the 68th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2023" . Filmfare . 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023 .
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