
In 2007, Tabu starred in her first Hollywood film The Namesake, directed by Mira Nair. The film went on to become the fourth biggest hit of that year. She had a supporting role in Fanaa (2006), with Aamir Khan and Kajol. Maqbool was a box office failure, but was met with huge acclaim. The film, titled Maqbool, was directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival. The actress played Nimmi based on the character Lady Macbeth. In 2003, Tabu starred in an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Her roles in Telugu movies were largely glamorous. Tabu made a re-entry into Telugu movies after a long hiatus with the film Pandurangudu in 2008. She further continued to star in films such as Chennakeshava Reddy and Pandurangadu with Nandamuri Balakrishna, Andarivadu with Chiranjeevi and Aavida Maa Aavide with Akkineni Nagarjuna. 1 and Ninne Pelladutha, the latter being one of her most famous and popular movies. She has acted in a number of Telugu movies, many of them very successful, such as Coolie No. Original Malayalam version of Snegithiye, which is Raakilipattu was later released in 2007.Ģ001 saw her star in Chandni Bar directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, where she portrayed a bar dancer. Tabu then had two releases in Tamil, namely Kandukondain Kandukondain, a multi-starrer blockbuster film directed by Rajeev Menon and Snegithiye directed by Priyadarshan, along with a Malayalam release Cover Story. The former was a box office success whilst the latter was critically acclaimed. In 2000, the actress starred in Hera Pheri and Astitva. They were the first and second biggest hits of that year respectively. In 1999, she starred in two successful multi-starrer films Biwi No.1 and Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United.

The same year saw her feature in Mani Ratnam's Tamil political drama Iruvar which had an ensemble cast including Mohanlal, Aishwarya Rai, Prakash Raj and Gautami. That year, she also starred in the critically acclaimed film Virasat. Her role was small, but the film went on to be the biggest hit of 1997. She played the role of Sunny Deol's wife.
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The movie was about the real life events surrounding the Battle of Longewala during the 1971 Indo-Pak war. She also debuted in Kollywood through the highly successful Tamil film Kadhal Desam, directed by Kathir, with Abbas and Vineeth.

The critically acclaimed film Kalapani directed by Priyadarshan with Mohanlal and Prabhu Ganesan in the lead roles brought her laurels for her acting from all across South India. Her role as a Punjabi woman caught in the rise of Sikh insurgency was acclaimed as well. Her other significant film, Maachis, was also critically acclaimed.

Two films, Saajan Chale Sasural and Jeet, went on to be hits both were within the top five films of that year. In 1996, Tabu has already had eight releases. However during this period she appeared in a successful movie Haqeeqat (1995). This was followed by many films that did not do well at the box office. She came into prominence with her role in Vijaypath (1994). Her first release in Hindi as a leading lady was Pehla Pehla Pyar, which went unnoticed. Tabu's career took off well after this film, in spite of the long delay. The film took eight years in making and it was the biggest flop in Boney Kapoor's production career. In Prem, Tabu was signed opposite Sanjay Kapoor. In December 1987, Boney Kapoor launched two major films Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja and Prem. Her first role as an actress was in the Telugu film Coolie No.1, co-starring with Venkatesh.

Tabu started her career with a small appearance in the film Bazaar (1980) and Hum Naujawan (1985) at the age of fourteen she played Dev Anand's daughter.
