Cinemaazi wishes Tabu a very Happy Birthday!

Tabu, born Tabassum Fatima Hashmi in Hyderabad , she is one of the most accomplished actors of recent times with a multilingual film career which spans Hindi, English, Telegu, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam. Her first appearance on screen was under Dev Anand’s direction in Hum Naujawan (1985) at the age of 14. However her acting career started with th e lead role in the Telegu film Coolie No 1 (1991) opposite Venkatesh. Tagged as a director’s actor, she has experimented with films across genres, from playing offbeat, complicated characters in serious films to a handful of commercially hit comedies, she has handled each role with equal ease and elegance. An actor with many accolades, her most notably films include Gulzar’s Maachis (1996), Ninne Pelladata (1996), Hu Tu Tu (1999), Iruvar(1997), Chandni Bar (2001), Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000), Meenaxi: A tale of three cities (2004). Her first international production was Mira Nair’s coveted film Namesake (2006) followed by Ang Lee’s Life of Pi (2012). Recalled by the Late Irfan Khan as his ‘screen soulmate’, Tabu is a two time National Award winner and a Padma Shri recipient, who is currently garnering a lot of appreciation for her role of Saeeda Bai in Mira Nair’s adaptation of A Suitable Boy, streaming on Netflix India.