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  • The Namesake - 26 March 2007
    nner Jhumpa Lahiri, is told in the first person from the point of view of Ashima, Gogol's mother (played here by Bollywood star Tabu). Save for a dramatic pre-credits sequence, the film begins with Ashima meeting a suitor in her parents' large home in Calcutta

Tabu - what members say


  • Hum Saath Saath Hain
  • Hum Saath Saath Hain review by from Liverpool, UK
    Rated - 4.0 stars family entertainer 23 April 2005
    ...her becomes insecure and wants Salman to occupy the post. Mohnish with his wife Tabu imposes exile and retreats to his native village along with Lakshman, Saif. Bar...   Read customer review
  • Chandni Bar
  • Chandni Bar review by from Manchester, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars sad, ugly face of civilised world.. 25 February 2007
    ...ay, the story shows the ugly, grotesque face of the civilised world we live in. Tabu was excellent in showing the metamorphosis of an innocent girl into a street gi...   Read customer review
  • Chachi 420
  • Chachi 420 review by from UK
    Rated - 5.0 stars One of the Funniest Movies Ever! 23 May 2005
    ... See it and you will know! Oh, and the acting is also great, from Kamal Hassan, Tabu and the little girl, not to mention Amrish Puri as a father in law in love with...   Read customer review

Tabu - filmography


  • Khuda Kasam on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Sunny Deo,  Tabu,  Farida Jalal
    Director: K.C Bokadia
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Khuda Kasam is a story of brotherhood between a Hindu and a Muslim family. A story of innocent truck driver Hussain who has been sentenced for a crime he never committed. On the other hand there is a lady police officer Neetu Singh who has been assigned to investigate the murder of the chief ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 38 members
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  • Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai (2010)
    Starring: Govinda,  Tabu,  Lara Dutta
    Director: Ravi Chopra
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Remake of the Hollywood movie "My Cousin Vinnie", with Govinda starring as the bumbling lawyer trying to fight his first serious case.
    1 star out of 5 20% from 6 members
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  • Toh Baat Pakki on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Sharman Joshi,  Tabu,  Uvika Chaudhary
    Director: Kedarh Shinde
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based in a B-town centre of India and carries the mentalities and the true essence of the "Great Indian middle class". Rajeshwari (Tabu) exemplifies the quintessential Indian middle class woman with the aspiration and ambitions to reach the next higher social stature in her society. Rajeshwari is ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 41 members
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  • Cheeni Kum - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Amitabh Bachchan,  Paresh Rawal,  Tabu
    Director: R. Balakrishnan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Buddhadev Gupta is the 64 year old chef and owner of London's top Indian restaurant. Buddhadev Gupta is an arrogant, egotistical, pompous man with a singular passion in life - cooking. A confirmed bachelor who has never been in love. Until Nina Verma walks into his restaurant and life. Nina Verma ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 56 members
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  • Cheeni Kum on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Amitabh Bachchan,  Paresh Rawal,  Tabu
    Director: R. Balakrishnan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Buddhadev Gupta is the 64 year old chef and owner of London's top Indian restaurant. Buddhadev Gupta is an arrogant, egotistical, pompous man with a singular passion in life - cooking. A confirmed bachelor who has never been in love. Until Nina Verma walks into his restaurant and life. Nina Verma ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,892 member
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  • The Namesake on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Irfan Khan,  Jagannath Guha,  Ruma Guha Thakurta
    Director: Mira Nair
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on a novel by Pulitzer prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri, this is a film about the universal themes of family, generational difference and culture clash. Gogol (Kal Penn), the son of immigrants is torn between having the lifestyle of a successful young American and following the wishes of his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 9,173 members
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  • Fanaa - Blu-ray (2006)
    Starring: Aamir Khan,  Kajol,  Rishi Kapoor
    Director: Kunal Kohli
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Rehan Qardi is a local tour guide with a keen interest for poetry, which he uses to woo his women, always to success. He is a happy-go-lucky guy who believes in enjoying life to the fullest, and not getting tied down to any place or anybody...Then he meets Zooni. Fanaa is the story of a love ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 51 members
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  • Fanaa on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Aamir Khan,  Kajol,  Rishi Kapoor
    Director: Kunal Kohli
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Rehan Qardi is a local tour guide with a keen interest for poetry, which he uses to woo his women, always to success. He is a happy-go-lucky guy who believes in enjoying life to the fullest, and not getting tied down to any place or anybody...Then he meets Zooni. Fanaa is the story of a love ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,742 member
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  • Maqbool (2004)
    Starring: Naseeruddin Shah,  Om Puri,  Pankaj
    Director: Vishal Bharadwaj
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Maqbool is the Indianized adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic ‘Macbeth’. The movie is set against the backdrop of Mumbai's mafia world. King Duncan of Scotland in ‘Macbeth’ is replaced by Mafia don Abbaji (Pankaj Kapoor) in this thriller. Maqbool (Irfaan Khan) is Abbaji’s most trusted lieutenant. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 286 members
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  • Meenaxi on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Tabu,  Kunal Kapoor,  Raghuvir Yadav
    Director: M.F. Hussain
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Nawab, (Raghuvir Yadav) a popular novelist of Hyderabad, is suffering from the classic case of writer's block. Five years have elapsed and stories of substance seem to have dried up. Almost providentially, Nawab comes across Meenaxi (Tabu). The young woman is enigmatic and individualistic but she's ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 177 members
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  • Filhaal on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tabu,  Sushmita Sen,  Sanjay Suri
    Director: Meghna Gulzar
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A young couple (Tabu and Sanjay Suri) seem to have everything going for them – they’re good-looking, wealthy and successful. Their lives are shattered when the lady, Rewa (Tabu) discovers that she will never be able to conceive a child. Into their lives comes Siya (Sushmita Sen), a fashion ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 250 members
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  • Zindagi Khoobsoorat Hai on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tabu,  Gurdas Mann
    Director: Manoj Punj
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Amar is a struggling band singer in Mumbai who falls in love with a call girl, Shalu. Amar offers to marry Shula if she gives this life up. An underworld don, Gul Baloch, kidnaps Amar for his only daughter, Jamila, who is a great fan of his. Amar meets Jamila and gets emotionally attached to the ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 138 members
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  • Ghaath on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Om Puri,  Manoj Baipai,  Tabu
    Director: Akashdeep,  Akshdeep
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The story of Krishna Patil, who is preparing to join the police force. He manages to get himself into trouble but even so he passes out of the training with the blessing of a senior inspector... Hindi dialogue.
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 53 members
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  • Hera Pheri on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Akshay Kumar,  Sunil Shetty,  Tabu
    Director: Priyadarshan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Priyadarshan's HERA PHERI is a comedy of mistaken identities and chance opportunities. When young Shyam (Sunil Shetty) has to compete for a banking job with the beautiful Anurada (Tabu), he becomes stuck in the big city. He begins sharing accomodations with Rao (Paresh Rawal) and Raju (Akshay Kumar)..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,001 member
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  • Shikari (2000)
    Starring: Govinda,  Karishma Kapoor,  Tabu
    Director: N. Chandra
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A criminal, Om Srivastav, who escapes from jail and lands in South Africa, disguised as a businessman, Mahendra Pratap Singh, with the help of a casino owner, Sanya. The criminal organises a business meet, where he announces his plans to capture the spice market and export spices at rates lower ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 20 members
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  • Biwi No.2 on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Tabu,  Nagarjun,  Heera
    Director: Satyanarayana
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Vishal comes from an upper-class family. As he is of marriageable age, his parents want him to get married. Vishal meets with Archana and both fall in love. The respective parents of both Vishal and Archana meet the prospective bride and groom, and give them their approval and blessings. But can ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 46 members
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  • Virasat on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Anil Kapoor,  Tabu,  Pooja Batra
    Director: Priyadarshan,  Priyadarshan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    VIRASAT is a gripping Indian drama that follows life in the village of Joshpura. Raja Thakur (Amrish Puri) loves his village and wants to improve the conditions of division that exist between its people. One group of villagers is loyal to Raja Thakur, while the other has sworn alliance to Balli ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 327 members
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  • Biwi No. 1 on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Salman Khan,  Anil Kapoor,  Tabu
    Director: David Dhawan
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    David Dhawan's BIWI NO. 1 stars Karishma Kapoor and Salman Khan. Prem (Khan) is married to Puja (Kapoor), but once he becomes wealthy and meets model Rupali (Sushmita Sen), he begins an affair with the more glamourous girl. Can Prem's friends convince him to return to Puja
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 351 members
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  • Kohram - The Explosion on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Amitabh Bachchan,  Nana Patekar,  Tabu
    Director: Mehul Kumar
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    This story is weaved with many heart touching incidents. Colonel Balbr Singh Sodhi & Major Rathod accomplish a difficult mission. They incur the wrath of minister Virbhandra Singh resulting in the death of Major Rathod. To avenge Rathods death, Balbir singh tries to kill Virbhandra Singh. Action ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 103 members
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  • Border on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Sunny Deol,  Jackie Shroff,  Sunil Shetty
    Director: J.P. Dutta
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This is a true story about the Battle of Longewala in West Rajastan during the war of 1971 between India and Pakistan. Many young men, including Dharm Veer (Akshaye Khanna) and a Raja of Rajastan (Sunil Shetty) come together to fight a war with their battalion leader, Kuldeep Singh (Sunny Deol). As ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 525 members
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  • Himmat on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Sunny Deol,  Tabu,  Shilpa Shetty
    Director: Sunil Sharma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two Indian Secret Service Agents, Ajay Saxena and Abdul, are not only co-workers, but also live like brothers and family. Their Chief asks Abdul to take charge of Project M, dealing with India's nuclear capability for defense, while Ajay proceeds on a vacation to Switzerland. Once there, he meets ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 26% from 5 members
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  • Haqeeqat on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Ajay Devgan,  Tabu
    Director: Kuku Kohli
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Raja, a criminal, escapes the hangman's noose, and is sent away to another city under a new identity by his gang who think he is too important to fall into the hands of the police. In this unknown city, Sudha, a widow, loves Raja and inspires him to change for the better and give up his life of ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 91 members
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  • Pehla Pehla Pyar on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Rishi Kapoor,  Tabu,  Anupam Kher
    Director: Manmohan Singh
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sapna runs away from her aristocratic home, fed-up of the hatred and family politics. She meets with Raj, who she is attracted to. Raj, at first wants to get rid of her, then eventually falls in love with her. Then the two of them have to be on the run as her family find out where she is after they ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 4 members
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  • Hu Tu Tu on DVD
    Starring: Ajit Vachani,  Anil Nagrath,  Gracy Singh
    Director: Gulzar
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Panna (Tabu) is a wealthy young woman who finds herself kidnapped by Aditya (Suniel Shetty), a former flame whose gang is demanding that Panna's Chief Minister father release one of their members.
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 13 members
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  • Maachis on DVD
    Starring: Om Puri,  Tabu,  Chandrachur Singh
    Director: Gulzar
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Gulzar's directorial venture, Maachis (Hindi for match sticks), is set against the backdrop of the Bluestar Operation and the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, but interwoven with the plot of the spine chilling drama is a tender love story that hopes to reach its culmination. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 57 members
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  • Saajan Ki Bahon Mein on DVD
    Starring: Rishi Kapoor,  Raveena Tandon,  Tabu
    Director: Jai Prakash
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sagar is a popular singer doing shows all over. On one such show he meets Sapna and both fall for each other. Sapna’s dad disapproves of the match and separates them. After his relationship with Sapna ends he takes to drinking. Years later, when both, Sagar and Sapna meet, Sagar is to announce his ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 11 members
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  • Chandni Bar
    Starring: Tabu,  Atul Kulkarni,  Rajpal Yadav
    Director: Madhur Bhandarkar
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Genre Drama Plot Summary Mumtaz marries a Bombay-based male and moves into his tiny apartment. She finds that he is unable to obtain employment, so she undertakes to find employment herself and run their household. With no skills and qualifications, the only job the Mumtaz is offered is to be a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 506 members
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  • Tu Chor Main Siphai on DVD
    Starring: Akshay Kumar,  Saif Ali Khan,  Tabu
    Director: Guddu Dhanoa
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Raja is a modern day Robin Hood figure, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. When he makes the mistake of robbing the house of a minister's daughter, however, it seems as though his days are numbered, as Inspector Amar is ordered to arrest him, dead or alive...
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 129 members
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  • Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar on DVD
    Starring: Harsh Chhaya,  Kashmira Shah,  Manoj Bajpai
    Director: Hansal Mehta
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ram Saran is a village simpleton, who comes to Mumbai to seek employment. He gets a job as a garage mechanic and lives with seven friends in a one-room accomodation. In due course of time he meets a Kamya Lal, a journalist, who is impressed by his honesty. She writes a number of articles on him, ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 7 members
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  • Hawa on DVD
    Starring: Tabu
    Director: Guddu Dhanoa
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Renu is struggling to make enough money to provide for her two daughters and teenage son after seperating form her husband. She decides to sell her home and buy a cheaper house in the outskirts of the city. But from the moment they arrive there she senses that not all is well in this knew home.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 76 members
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Tabu facts

5 most recent films

Khuda Kasam - 1.5 stars
Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai - 1.0 stars
Toh Baat Pakki - 2.5 stars
Seasons Greetings - 1.0 stars
Cheeni Kum - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Maachis - 3.5 stars
Fanaa - 3.5 stars
Hera Pheri - 3.5 stars
Fanaa - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Maqbool - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Seasons Greetings - 1.0 stars
Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai - 1.0 stars
Himmat - 1.5 stars
Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar - 1.5 stars
Khuda Kasam - 1.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Rishi Kapoor - 6 times - show films
Lara Dutta - 5 times - show films
Kajol - 4 times - show films
Gautami Kapoor - 4 times - show films
Aamir Khan - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Kunal Kohli - 4 times - show films
Sooraj R. Barjatya - 3 times - show films
Guddu Dhanoa - 3 times - show films
Gulzar - 2 times - show films
R. Balakrishnan - 2 times - show films