Tabu

Tabu (born Tabassum Hashmi) is an Indian film actress. She has mainly acted in Hindi films, she has also starred in Telugu through Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali language films, as well as one American film. She won the National Film Award for best actress has been twice, and she holds the record for the most wins of Filmfare's Critics Award for Best Female Performer, with four.

Despite a few exceptions, Tabu is best-known for acting in artistic, low-budget films that go on to garner more critical appreciation than substantial box office figures. All appearances in commercially successful films were few, and all parts in these films were small, such as Border (1997), Sajan Chale Sasural (1996), Biwi No. 1 and Hum Saath-Saath Traitor: we stand United (1999). Each most notable performances include Maachis (1996), Viasat (1997), Hu Tu Tu (1999), Astitva (2000), Chandni Bar (2001), Maqbool (2003) and the sand Chee (2007). Leading role in Mira Nair's American film The Namesake also drew major praise every.