Tabu
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Tabassum Hashmi

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Tabu

Active - 1994 - 2019  |   Born - Nov 4, 1970 in India  |   Genres - Drama, Romance, Comedy, Thriller

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Striking Indian actor Tabu has had a fair amount of success in her brief career as a performer, taking on roles in roughly 30 films in eight years, mostly in her native India. She is the niece of the even more famous Shabana Azmi.

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  • Started working in Indian movies since childhood.
  • Awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 2011 for her contributions towards the arts.
  • Lifetime member of the International Club of Asian Academy of Film and Television, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
  • Charged with poaching of two blackbucks in Kankani, Jodhpur, Rajasthan (along with co-stars) during a film shoot in 1998.