A wonderful actressof new era of Indian cinema. Her name is Tabassum Fatima Hashmi. We address her as 'Tabu' with love. Tabassum Fatima Hashmi alias Tabu,her parents name is.. ..Jamal Hashmi and Rizwana. Her parents separated witheach other when she was very young. They both got divorced. Even Tabu has said itin many of her interviews.. ..that she has never seen her father. She has seen the shadowof a father in her mother. Her mother was a school teacher. Her grandparentswere retired professor. They owned a school. Tabu did her education in St. Ann's High School, Hyderabad. She came to Mumbai in 1983. She studied for two years in St. Xavier's college. Everyone knows that she is nieceof famous actress Shabana Azmi.. ..and famous cinematographer,Baba Azmi. Her elder sister Farah Naaz,is a famous actress herself. 'Extortion'. The credit of her actinggoes to famous actor Dev Anand. In the 1985 released movie,'Hum Naujawan'.. ..she acted as Dev Anand's daughter. She was only 14 years old then. As a main lead, she started her careerwith a Telugu movie 'Coolie No. 1'. The hero of the film was Venkatesh. Everyone knows thatnot only in Hindi films.. ..but Tabu acted in Hindi,Telugu, Tamil, Malyalam.. ..Marathi and Bengali. 'It was great working inthis film as the part of the film.' In 1980, famous producerdecided to launch two movies. One was 'Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja'.. ..and the other was 'Prem'. Boney Kapoor's younger brother Sanjay was hero.. ..and Tabu was heroine in the movie 'Prem'. It took a long timeto make this movie. Because of which itdidn't come out as expected. Tabu's performance was seen in themovie 'Vijaypath' with Ajay Devgan. She was awarded for Best Female Debut for this film. 'I'm excited.' Some movies didwonders on box office.. ..and some movies were flop. A movie proved that Tabuwas a wonderful actress. She was felicitatedwith National Film Award. Name of the moviewas 'Maachis' by Gulzar. She worked with famous director Priyadarshan in the movie 'Kaala Paani'. Mohan Lal and Prabhu Ganeshanwere in the lead roles. This was a South Indian film and everyone appreciated Tabu's performance. Tabu is an actress who alsoworked in commercial cinema.. ..and variety films too. She became famousas glamorous heroine.. ..on the other hand she proved thatthere's no other actress like her. Film 'Virasat' wasthe perfect example for it. In 2001, in Madhur Bhandarkar's movie'Chandni Bar', she proved it again.. ..that she is a very great actress. She was felicitated with NationalFilm Award for movie 'Chandni Bar'. 'Thank you'. Tabu is a heroine whostays away from the media. She comes before onlywhen she has to say something. She is very jovial but shy nature too. She surprised everyone bydoing a role of Shahid's mother.. ..in the movie 'Hyder'by Vishal Bharadwaj. When she startedher career in movies.. ..who knew she wouldbecome such an actress.. ..who would become famous in commercialas well as parallel cinema. If you see modern heroines, you don't find such talent in everyone. The movie 'Cheeni Kum'in 2007 was unforgettable. She was love interestof Amitabh Bachchan. 'A Life of Pie'.. ..and Meera Nair's 'Namesake'she acted wonderfully. The list is very big,from 'Astitva' to 'Maqbool'.. ..Tabu has won our hearts with her versatile acting skills. Tabu's name will be taken withrespect in history of Indian Cinema. To know more about achievementsof famous personalities.. ..subscribe to People & History.
