Tabu

Tabu is, to my mind, the gold standard for what an actress can be when she trusts silence. Hindi cinema often demands spectacle, yet she carved out a career playing complicated, wounded, morally ambiguous women — and made audiences lean in rather than look away. Her National Film Award was no fluke; she has moved between mainstream hits and uncompromising independent cinema for three decades without diluting either. What fascinates me is her economy: a single glance from her carries more narrative weight than pages of dialogue. If you want to understand the depth Indian cinema is capable of, start with her filmography.

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Name (English)

Tabu

Name (Japanese)

タッブー

Reading

たっぶー

Born

November 4, 1971 (age 54)

Origin

Hyderabad, Hyderabad district, India

Height

169 cm

Occupation

model / film actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

High school

St. Ann's High School, Secunderabad

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Padma Shri in arts
• 1997 National Film Award for Best Actress
• BIG Star Entertainment Awards
• Bollywood Movie Awards
• Filmfare Awards South

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tabutiful/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabu%20(actress)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%83%96%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158233

Tags

• Hyderabad district
• model
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.