Two time national award winner Tabu turn a year older today. Many consider her as Shabana Azmi of the today's era for her work on celluloid.
Her selective approach towards work gives the audience a chance to see her on screen very rarely. So here's looking at the actress' best films of her career.
This movie made the audience believe that Tabu is not just a pretty face but an actress with incredible potential to carry a film on her able shoulders. She won her first national award for Macchis.
Her character in Astitva transformed the image of woman in the society and her need to stand up for her own rights. Movie showcases how a dark secret of Tabu's character coming to light changes her equation with her near and dear ones.
A hard-hitting reality flick, where the character portrayed by Tabu in the film is actually lived by countless women in the society for real to earn their living. Without any doubt she went on to bag her second national award for it.
Though Anil Kapoor was the lead of 'Virasat', Tabu's spectacular performance took away the limelight from everyone else.
'Cheeni Kum' was a feast for movie-goers to watch a mind blowing chemistry between Amitabh Bachchan and Tabu despite of huge age gap.
This movie can't be skipped for her stunning performance. She did complete justice to her role. Torn between being a mother and adoring the man she likes; neither can't she be labelled as a villain nor victim for sure.
A heavyweight performance of a cop which was played by her effortlessly in the film was the highlight of the movie.
So here's wishing her a very happy birthday and hope she keeps giving us such mind blowing performances for the years to come.