Tabu Height Weight Bra Size Age Biography Family Wiki Net Worth, Affairs, Marriage & much more. Tabassum Fatima Hashmi (born 4 November 1971), better known by her stage name Tabu, is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films, alongside Telugu and Tamil language films. Regarded as one of the most accomplished actresses in India, Tabu has often played troubled, complicated women in a range of characters, from fictional to literary, in both mainstream and independent cinema, as well as some American productions. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two National Film Awards for Best Actress and six Filmfare Awards, including a record four awards for Best Actress (Critics). In 2011, the Government of India awarded her the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour of the country.

Tabu’s first credited role came as a teenager in Dev Anand’s Hum Naujawan (1985), but her first role as a lead was in the Telugu film Coolie No. 1 (1991). In 1994, she received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for the Hindi action drama Vijaypath. The year 1996 was key for Tabu, as her performance as a young woman affected by the Punjab insurgency in Gulzar’s Maachis won her the National Film Award for Best Actress. Moreover, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for the romance Ninne Pelladata and gained commercial success with the comedy film Saajan Chale Sasural. In 1999 she played supporting roles in the top-grossing Bollywood films of the year—the comedy Biwi No.1, and the family drama Hum Saath-Saath Hain. Further acclaim from critics came her way during these years for her roles in Virasat (1997), Hu Tu Tu (1999), Astitva (2000), and Chandni Bar (2001), the former three winning her Filmfare Critics Awards, and the latter earning her a second National Film Award.

Tabu’s literary characters were in films such as Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, as well as a role based on Lady Macbeth in Maqbool (2004), an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Her first international project came in 2006 with Mira Nair’s adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake. For her starring role in Cheeni Kum (2007) she received a record fourth Filmfare Critics Award, and she took on fewer film projects over the next few years. She played a prostitute in the Telugu film Pandurangadu (2008) and appeared briefly in Ang Lee’s adventure film Life of Pi (2012). In 2014, she starred alongside Salman Khan in Jai Ho and garnered critical acclaim for playing the Gertrude character in Haider, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter. Tabu went on to star in the ensemble horror comedy Golmaal Again, and continued to receive praise for playing a police-officer in Drishyam (2015) and a murderess in Andhadhun (2018). The latter ranks among the highest-grossing Indian films. She is reluctant to discuss her personal life in the media.

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Early life and Background

Tabassum Fatima Hashmi was born to Jamal Ali Hashmi and Rizwana in a Hyderabadi Muslim family. Her parents divorced soon after. Her mother was a school-teacher and her maternal grandparents were retired professors who ran a school. Her grandfather, Mohammed Ahsan, was a professor of mathematics, and her grandmother was a professor of English Literature. She did her schooling at St. Ann’s High School, Vijayanagar Colony, Hyderabad. Tabu moved to Mumbai in 1983 and studied at St. Xavier’s College for 2 years.

She is the niece of Shabana Azmi, Tanvi Azmi and Baba Azmi and the younger sister of actress Farah Naaz.

Tabu Height Weight Bra Size Age

Bio
Real Name	Tabassum Fatima Hashmi
Nickname	Tabu
Profession	Actress
Physical Stats & More
Height	in centimeters- 172 cm in meters- 1.74 m in Feet Inches- 5′ 8½”
Weight	in Kilograms- 65 kg in Pounds- 143 lbs
Body Measurements	34-28-37
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	4 November 1971
Age (as in 2022)	51 Years
Birth Place	Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Scorpio
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Now her hometown is Mumbai but her roots are from Hyderabad
School	St. Anns high school, Hyderabad
College	St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
Educational Qualifications	Graduate in Electronics
Debut	Bollywood Film: Hum Naujawan (1985, as a child artist) Telugu Film: Coolie No. 1 (1991, in a lead role)
Father	Jamal Hashmi (Actor)
Mother	Rizwana (school teacher)
Sister	Farah Naaz (elder, actress)
Brother	N/A
Religion	Islam
Address	Anukul, 2nd Floor, 7 Bungalows, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400058
Hobbies	Collecting perfumes, writing poems, reading books
Controversies	• When Tabu was young, once she accompanied her elder sister Farah Naaz for an outstation shooting of a film, she accused Jackie Shroff molesting her. • On 5 April 2018, Tabu, along with “Hum Saath Saath Hain” co-stars, Saif Ali Khan, Neelam, and Sonali Bendre were acquitted by a Jodhpur Court in the 1998 blackbuck killing case, in which Salman Khan was convicted and was sentenced to 5-year, Magistrate Dev Kumar Khatri, pronounced the verdict.
Favorite Things
Favorite Film	Golmaal (starring Amol Palekar) (1979)
Favorite Actor	Sanjeev Kumar
Favorite Actress	Salma Hayek
Favorite Food	Samosa
Boys, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriends	Sajid Nadiadwala (director, producer) Sanjay Kapoor (actor, producer) Akkineni Nagarjuna (Telugu actor)
Current Relationship Status	Single
Husband	N/A
Children	N/A
Money Factor
Salary	Not Known
Net Worth	Not Known

Controversy

In 1998, Tabu was charged with poaching two blackbucks on the outskirts of Kankani village in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan during the filming of Hum Saath Saath Hain along with co-stars Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre and Neelam Kothari. A lower court charged her with the others under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and the IPC. She had filed a revision petition before a sessions court which discharged her of Section 51 (causing harm to wildlife) of Wildlife Act and both of 147 (punishment for rioting) and 149 (unlawful assembly of persons) of the Indian Penal Code. The Rajasthan State Government then filed a revision petition before the Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur which again added Section 149 against her, which had been dropped earlier. In December 2012, the Jodhpur court summoned her along with all the accused for commencement of the trial with the revised charges on 4 February 2013. Although Tabu was acquitted in the blackbuck poaching case on 5 April 2018, the Rajasthan High Court issued her with a notice, challenging her acquittal on 11 March 2019.

Artistry and media image

Tabu is among the most accomplished actresses in Hindi cinema, known for her work in both mainstream and independent cinema. India Today noted that her “uncontrived freshness” and “mobile face” has become a Bollywood favourite, while her performances speak of “a considerable range”. Filmfare noted, “When you find her name on the credit list of a movie, expectations automatically shoot up.” Forbes noted that Tabu portrayed “strong women-oriented characters” much before such roles started being called “game-changers”. Vogue noted that Tabu has delivered “non-stop stellar and heart-swooning performances.” Eastern Eye termed her a “versatile performer” and said, “Tabu is regularly called upon to add weight to commercial blockbusters.”

Tabu is known to be selective about her film roles and has once said, “I do films which move me and most of all, the unit and the director should appeal to me.” In 2019, at the 17th Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles she was honored with “Opening Night Tribute”. In 2019, Film Companion ranked Tabu’s performance in Haider and Andhadhun among the 100 Greatest Performances of the Decade.

India Today named her in their “Top Bollywood Actresses” list. She was placed in Filmfare‘s “Top Ten Actresses” of 2003. In Rediff.com‘s “Top Ten Actresses” list, she ranked 9th in 2007. She topped the list in 2014 and 2018. In 1998, Tabu received the Smita Patil Memorial Award for Best Actress, for her contribution to Indian cinema. Forbes India included Tabu in its “50 Showstoppers” list of 2022.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role(s)	Language
1982	Bazaar	Un­known	Hindi
1985	Hum Naujawan	Priya	Hindi
1991	Coolie No. 1	Ranjani	Telugu
1992	Mashooq	Un­known	Hindi
1994	Pehla Pehla Pyar	Sapna	Hindi
Vijaypath	Mohini	Hindi
1995	Prem	Laachi/Sonia	Hindi
Saajan Ki Baahon Mein	Kavita Verma	Hindi
Sisindri	Herself	Telugu	Cameo
Haqeeqat	Sudha Singh	Hindi
1996	Himmat	Anjali Pathak	Hindi
Kadhal Desam	Divya	Tamil
Tu Chor Main Sipahi	Kajal	Hindi
Jeet	Tulsibai	Hindi
Kaalapani	Parvathi	Malayalam
Maachis	Veerandar	Hindi
Saajan Chale Sasural	Divya Khurana	Hindi
Ninne Pelladata	Mahalakshmi	Telugu
1997	Darmiyaan: In Between	Chitra	Hindi
Virasat	Gehna Rane	Hindi
Border	Yamora Kaur	Hindi	Cameo
Iruvar	Senthamarai	Tamil
Chachi 420	Janki Paswan	Hindi
1998	Aavida Maa Aavide	Archana	Telugu
2001: Do Hazaar Ek	Billu	Hindi
Thaayin Manikodi	Anjali	Tamil
Hanuman	Anja	English	French-Indian film
1999	Hu Tu Tu	Parveen “Panna”	Hindi
Biwi No.1	Lovely Khurana	Hindi
Kohram	ACP Kiran Patkar	Hindi
Hum Saath-Saath Hain	Sadhna Sharma Chaturvedi	Hindi
Thakshak	Suman Dev	Hindi
2000	Hera Pheri	Anuradha Panikar	Hindi
Kandukondain Kandukondain	Sowmya	Tamil
Tarkieb	Roshni Choubey	Hindi
Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar	Kamya Lal	Hindi
Shikari	Suman	Hindi
Astitva	Aditi Pandit	Hindi/Marathi
Ghaath	Kavita Choudhary	Hindi
Snegithiye	ACP Gayatri	Tamil
Cover Story	Jasmine Khan	Malayalam
2001	Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya	Roshni Batra	Hindi
Chandni Bar	Mumtaz	Hindi
Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa	Meena	Hindi
2002	Maa Tujhhe Salaam	Captain Sonia Khanna	Hindi
Filhaal…	Rewa Singh	Hindi
Chennakesava Reddy	Devi	Telugu
Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai	Shalu	Hindi
Saathiya	Savitri Rao	Hindi	Cameo
2003	Abar Aranye	Amrita	Bengali
Khanjar: The Knife	Shilpa	Hindi
Hawa	Sanjana	Hindi
Jaal	Neha Pandit	Hindi
Maqbool	Nimmi	Hindi
2004	Main Hoon Na	Aparna	Hindi
Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities	Meenaxi / Maria Zarkova	Hindi
2005	Bhagmati	Bhagmati	Hindi
Andarivaadu	Shanthi	Telugu
Silsiilay	Rehana	Hindi
2006	Shock	Gita	Telugu
Fanaa	Malini Tyagi	Hindi
The Namesake	Ashima	English	Indian-American film
2007	Sarhad Paar	Pammi	Hindi
Rakkilippattu	ACP Gayatri Varma	Malayalam
Cheeni Kum	Nina Verma	Hindi
Om Shanti Om	Herself	Hindi	Cameo in song “Deewangi Deewangi”
2008	Idi Sangathi	Swarajyalakshmi	Telugu
Pandurangadu	Amrutha	Telugu
2010	Toh Baat Pakki!	Rajeshwari Saxena	Hindi
Khuda Kasam	Neetu Singh	Hindi
2011	Urumi	Herself	Malayalam
2012	Life of Pi	Gita Patel	English
2013	David	Frenny	Hindi
David	Frenny	Tamil
2014	Jai Ho	Geeta Agnihotri Khanna	Hindi
Haider	Ghazala Meer	Hindi	Also playback singer for song “Roshe Valle”
2015	Drishyam	IG Meera Deshmukh	Hindi
Talvar	Reema Kumar	Hindi	Guest
2016	Fitoor	Begum Hazrat Jaan	Hindi
2017	Golmaal Again	Anna Matthew	Hindi
2018	Missing	Aparna Dubey	Hindi
Sanju	Herself	Hindi	Cameo
Andhadhun	Simi Sinha	Hindi
2019	De De Pyaar De	Manju Rao Mehra	Hindi
Bharat	Meher/Gudiya Kumar	Hindi	Cameo
2020	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo	Yasoda “Yasu”	Telugu
Jawaani Jaaneman	Ananya	Hindi	Cameo
2022	Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2	TBA	Hindi
Kuttey	Pummy	Hindi	Filming
Khufiya	TBA	Hindi	Filming
Drishyam 2	IG Meera Deshmukh	Hindi	Filming
2023	Bholaa	TBA	Hindi

Web-Series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020	A Suitable Boy	Saaeda Bai	BBC One