People speculated about Nag & me: Tabu

She lives life on her own terms and doesn���������������������������t believe in talking about her relationships unless necessary.
That���������������������������s Hyderabad���������������������������s very own Tabassum Hashmi for you (better known as Tabu). Winner of two National Awards, seven Filmfares and with 20-odd years in the film industry to her credit, Tabu has an uncanny habit of picking up unconventional roles and essaying them with effortless ease.���������������������������I���������������������������ve always been selective. No matter what people say, if I am convinced about a role, I pick it up,��������������������������� she says, adding that this ���������������������������philosophy extends to her life and relationships��������������������������� too.
After her critically acclaimed Cheeni Kum everyone raved about her sizzling screen chemistry with Amitabh Bachchan. Tabu says the chemistry was really all about sharing a ���������������������������human bond that goes beyond work���������������������������. She���������������������������s ���������������������������eagerly waiting��������������������������� for the Legend of Kunal to take off, so that she can work with Big B again. If in Cheeni Kum she fell for a man who���������������������������s older than her dad, in Legend of Kunal she���������������������������s going to seduce Arjun Rampal, a younger man who���������������������������s her stepson. And in Toh Baat Pakki she plays an elder sister with a fiercely protective streak. It���������������������������s also a role that has been inspired by Tabu���������������������������s own experiences and her rapport with her sister Farah who ���������������������������was fiercely protective about me throughout. She was ready to fight my battles. When I was doing this film I understood what it���������������������������s like to be in her shoes.���������������������������
Besides doing arthouse films, Tabu is equally at ease in her glam avatar. In Season���������������������������s Greetings she plays a rich single woman and had Gaviin Miguel design her outfits ��������������������������� long gowns and dresses with plunging necklines. In Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai, a remake of the Oscar winning Hollywood comedy, My Cousin Vinny, Tabu���������������������������s role as a lawyer is a ���������������������������special appearance��������������������������� for ���������������������������good friend��������������������������� Ravi Chopra.
What���������������������������s her take on the growing number of remakes in the Hindi film industry? ���������������������������It���������������������������s always better to be original. But the effect of globalisation is undeniable ��������������������������� it has touched our day-to-day life.���������������������������
Talking of global and regional crossovers, how easy was it for her to act in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali and even an English movie? ���������������������������Acting in an alien language has its disadvantages. You can���������������������������t improvise on the dialogues and have to stick to the dialogue sheet. Acting in Telugu was easy as I am fluent in it. I studied in Hyderabad and had learnt the language. After I went to Mumbai, my connection with the city was severed but it was re-established through the Telugu film industry.���������������������������
So, when���������������������������s her next Telugu film hitting the screens? ���������������������������I���������������������������d love to do a film with Nag (Nagarjuna) again. Working with him is like a picnic. I am waiting for a really good script, I would not want to waste our pairing on something that���������������������������s not outstanding.���������������������������
Didn���������������������������t Nag announce in a TV chat show that Tabu was precious to him? And also is there more to the peck on the cheek at the recent Filmfare Awards? ���������������������������For the past few years people have been speculating about us. I���������������������������m not getting into details. What you see is what you get,��������������������������� she laughs as she signs off.
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