The 20 Best Films of Tabu

by Sherazade | created - 11 Jan 2014 | updated - 11 Jan 2014 | Public

as of 2014 and in terms of her acting.

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1. Chandni Bar (2001)

Not Rated | 150 min | Crime, Drama

A displaced woman is forced to become a beer-bar dancer, and sire children of a gangster.

Director: Madhur Bhandarkar | Stars: Tabu, Atul Kulkarni, Rajpal Naurang Yadav, Shri Vallabh Vyas

Votes: 2,793

2. Virasat (1997)

Not Rated | 165 min | Action, Drama, Musical

After completing his studies in London, England, Shakti Thakur returns home to India in a small town where his family resides. Accompanying him is his leggy girlfriend, Anita, who he is in ... See full summary »

Director: Priyadarshan | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Pooja Batra, Milind Gunaji

Votes: 2,927

3. Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000)

151 min | Drama, Romance

An Indian adaptation of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" focusing on two sisters of opposing temperaments.

Director: Rajiv Menon | Stars: Ajith Kumar, Tabu, Mammootty, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Votes: 3,589

4. The Namesake (2006)

PG-13 | 122 min | Drama

82 Metascore

American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.

Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Jacinda Barrett

Votes: 21,763 | Gross: $8.66M

5. Life of Pi (2012)

PG | 127 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

79 Metascore

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain, Tabu

Votes: 667,102 | Gross: $124.99M

6. Cheeni Kum (2007)

140 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An egotistical 64-year-old chef and confirmed bachelor falls for a woman 30 years his junior.

Director: R. Balki | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Zohra Sehgal

Votes: 5,595 | Gross: $0.66M

7. Astitva (2000)

Not Rated | 109 min | Drama

Happiness of Shrikant and Aditi's twenty seven year old marriage is over. After it's reveled that Aditi is beneficiary to the property of late Malhar Kamat. Which opens many streets from the past.

Director: Mahesh Manjrekar | Stars: Tabu, Sachin Khedekar, Mohnish Behl, Smita Jaykar

Votes: 804

8. Filhaal... (2002)

Not Rated | 151 min | Drama, Romance

Rewa Singh (Tabu) and Sia Sheth (Sushmita Sen) are inseparable friends. Their bond has grown despite of Rewa's marriage to Dhruv Malhotra (Sanjay Suri). All rejoice when Rewa and Dhruv are ... See full summary »

Director: Meghna Gulzar | Stars: Tabu, Sushmita Sen, Sanjay Suri, Palash Sen

Votes: 283

9. Jeet (1996)

180 min | Action, Romance

A hitman working for a crime boss falls for a woman but she is married off to her childhood friend. Later, when the woman's and her husband's life comes under threat from the crime boss, the hitman becomes their protector.

Director: Raj Kanwar | Stars: Sunny Deol, Karisma Kapoor, Salman Khan, Tabu

Votes: 2,630

10. Maachis (1996)

Not Rated | 160 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A realistic, hard-hitting portrayal of terrorism and youth in the Punjab after the 1984 riots.

Director: Gulzar | Stars: Om Puri, Tabu, Chandrachur Singh, Kanwaljeet Singh

Votes: 2,440

11. Hu Tu Tu (1999)

Not Rated | 172 min | Drama

Panna is the only daughter of politician Maltidevi. Panna is very critical of her mother, when she decides to separate from her dad, and asked Chief Minister Sawantrao Gadre to move in with... See full summary »

Director: Gulzar | Stars: Nana Patekar, Suniel Shetty, Tabu, Suhasini Mulay

Votes: 517

12. Maqbool (2003)

Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The intrigue of the Shakespearean tragedy 'Macbeth' is transposed to the Mumbai underworld.

Director: Vishal Bhardwaj | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah

Votes: 12,020

13. Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities (2004)

130 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Delving into the limitless world of creative endeavors, and vicissitudes in the way of such endeavors, this tale of an artist and his muse, like a painting, leaves itself open to interpretations and readings by every viewer...

Director: M.F. Hussain | Stars: Tabu, Raghubir Yadav, Nadira Babbar, Kunal Kapoor

Votes: 337

14. David (I) (2013)

Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The lives of three different men named David are about to change forever.

Director: Bejoy Nambiar | Stars: Vikram, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vinay Virmani, Tabu

Votes: 2,846

15. Vijaypath (1994)

Not Rated | 163 min | Action, Drama, Romance

When a notorious criminal is apprehended by an industrious inspector and subsequently convicted by the officer's brother, he seeks the ultimate revenge against the family.

Director: Farogh Siddique | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Suresh Oberoi, Reema Lagoo

Votes: 831

16. Prem (1995)

167 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Sanjay Verma is an eligible young man, who has been having hallucinations of a past life as Shantanu. He travels to a small community and meets with Sonia Verma, and recognizes her as the ... See full summary »

Director: Satish Kaushik | Stars: Sanjay Kapoor, Tabu, Deepak Tijori, Dalip Tahil

Votes: 280

17. Kaalapani (1996)

178 min | Action, Drama, History

Govardhan, a doctor by profession, is wrongly accused of bombing a train and is jailed by the British in Cellular Jail, also known as Kala Pani, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He witnesses the sufferings of hundreds of Indian prisoners there.

Director: Priyadarshan | Stars: Mohanlal, Amrish Puri, Prabhu, Tabu

Votes: 4,597

18. Ninne Pelladatha (1996)

146 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama

Raju and Mahalaxmi meet at a marriage ceremony and both are attracted to each other. They soon fall deeply in love with each other, and decide to inform their respective parents of their ... See full summary »

Directors: Krishna Vamsi, Y.V.S. Chowdary | Stars: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Tabu, Chalapathi Rao, Chandramohan

Votes: 780

19. Iruvar (1997)

140 min | Biography, Drama

A struggling actor and a writer-politician become friends as young men and rise to great heights in cinema and politics respectively. But when both become contenders for the top political post in the state, a rift develops between them.

Director: Mani Ratnam | Stars: Mohanlal, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Prakash Raj, Gautami

Votes: 7,329

20. Hawa (2003)

129 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Sanjana lives in a big city along with her husband and two daughters. But things are not quite rosy as the couple faces a disastrous situation in there life which leads to divorce. Sanjana ... See full summary »

Director: Guddu Dhanoa | Stars: Tabu, Shahbaaz Khan, Mukesh Tiwari, Imran Khan

Votes: 364



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