The Bollywood actress is currently starring in BBC's A Suitable Boy – here's all you need to know about the star…
August 16, 2020 - 20:32 BST Francesca Shillcock A Suitable Boy premiered on the BBC last month and has proved hugely popular with both viewers and critics ever since. The drama, which tells the story of Lata Mehra on her quest to find love, has been adapted for TV from the 1993 best-selling novel of the same name by Vikram Seth.Loading the player... WATCH: A Suitable Boy official trailer
As well as the gorgeous backdrop and gripping storyline viewers are loving the cast, in particular Bollywood star, Tabu. So who is the actress? Here's all you need to know...Who is Tabu? Known as a Bollywood legend, Tabu has appeared in many films throughout her thirty-plus year career. She has mostly starred in Hindi-language movies, and impressive credits and talent has cemented her as one of Indian's most highly-regard actors.
What else has Tabu been in? Tabu began her acting career in the eighties and started out having a number of small roles in films and TV shows. She came into prominence in the early nineties for her leading role in a film named Vijaypath, for which she received the Best Female Debut Award at the Filmfare Awards. Throughout the rest of that decade, the star became more and more prominent and in the year 1996 she had eight film releases alone.
Who does Tabu play in A Suitable Boy? In A Suitable Boy, Tabu plays Saeeda Bai. Saeeda a musician with whom Lata's brother-in-law, Maan Kapoor falls in love with. However, the actress was nearly cast as a different character altogether. Tabu revealed to Radio Times that that the director, Mira Nair, was at first considering her for the role of Lata's overbearing mother, Rupa.
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