Tabu

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Tabu born Tabassum Hashmi is an Indian film actress She has mainly acted in Hindi films though she has also starred in Telugu Tamil Malayalam and Bengali language films as well as one American film She has won the National Film Award for Best Actress twice and she holds the record for the most wins of Filmfares Critics Award for Best Female Performer with four Despite a few exceptions Tabu is bestknown for acting in artistic lowbudget films that go on to garner more critical appreciation than substantial box office figures Her appearances in commercially successful films were few and her parts in these films were small such as Border 1997 Saajan Chale Sasural 1996 Biwi No1 and Hum SaathSaath Hain We Stand United 1999 Her most notable performances include Maachis 1996 Virasat 1997 Hu Tu Tu 1999 Astitva 2000 Chandni Bar 2001 Maqbool 2003 and Cheeni Kum 2007 Her leading role in Mira Nairs American film The Namesake also drew major praise Regarded as one of the most talented Indian female actors of her generation 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 She is the recipient of the 2011 Padma Shri Indias fourthhighest civilian award Description above from the Wikipedia article Tabu actress licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia