From Drishyam to Maqbool, 12 best movies of Tabu that are now streaming on Disney+Hotstar for free

MUMBAI: Tabu, one of the most elegant actresses of Bollywood is a bundle of talent and grace. With a laudable multilingual career across three decades — which spans Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam — it is the relevance and intrigue she brings with each new project that sets her apart. The actress has carved a commendable stronghold in the film industry. Right from independent productions to mainstream movies, Tabu has always played distinct roles with complex and multilayered characteristics giving her ever growing fan base a reason to look forward to her next project year on year 

Celebrating her versatility and some of her most brilliant performances on her special day, here is a list of movies we have rounded up now streaming on Disney+Hotstar for free. 

De De Pyaar De

50-year-old Ashish has fallen in love with Ayesha, who is half his age. Their romance turns into a comedy, when he takes her to meet his parents and ex-wife. 

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Tabu, Rakul Preet Singh 

Drishyam

Story of a common family man who takes desperate measures to save his wife and two daughters when they unwittingly get entangled into a crime. 

Cast: Ajay Devgan, Tabu, Shriya Saran 

Maqbool

Based on Shakespeare's Macbeth, this is the story of Maqbool, who in his greed for power, murders his mentor, a fearsome don, kick-starting his countdown to doom. 

Cast: Irrfan Khan, Pankaj Kapoor, Tabu, Naseerudin Shah ,Om Puri 

Biwi No. 1

Pooja Mehra’s peace and happiness is threatened when her husband Prem moves in with the hot model Rupali. To get him back in line, Pooja decides to get even in her own way. 

Cast: Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Salman Khan and Karishma Kapoor 

Jai Ho

An ex-army man kick-starts a unique movement - each one help one, which brings him under the radar of powerful and ruthless opponents. Will his vision of a do-gooder network eventually come true? 

Cast: Salman Khan, Genelia D’souza, Tabu 

Hu Tu Tu

Panna is kidnapped by a former flame and revolutionary, Aditya. While in captivity, she learns the ugly truth about her politician mother. She must now choose between loyalty to her mother and what is right.

Cast: Tabu, Nana Patekar, Sunil Shetty

Haqeeqat

Haqeeqat is a Hindi action drama, starring Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Aruna Irani, directed by Kuku Kohli. After her husband, Ravi Malhotra, is killed, Sudha lives with her brother, Mahesh, and sister-in-law Kamini. Once, Sudha is being molested by a man, when their new tenant, Ajay, steps in and rescues her. Ajay and Sudha fall in love and decide to get married. But she could be making a terrible mistake. 

Cast: Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Aruna Irani 

Vijay Path

A dreaded criminal is sentenced to death while his brother swears vengeance and destroys the Saxena family. Years later, Karan Saxena emerges to avenge his family. 

Cast: Ajay Devgn, Tabu 

David

Directed by Bejoy Nambiar, David is an action thriller starring Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vikram, Vinay Virmani, Tabu, Monica Dogra, Lara Dutta and Isha Sharvani. The story revolves around the lives of three men bearing the same name, David. All three men belong to different eras—the 70’s. 90’s and 2000- living in different parts of the world. However, their lives are intertwined by divine providence. 

Cast: Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vikram, Vinay Virmani, Tabu, Monica Dogra, Lara Dutta and Isha Sharvani 

Malayalam

Kaalapani

Kaalapani is a Malayalam historical drama starring Mohanlal, Tabu and Prabhu, directed by Priyadarshan. In 1915 British India, Indian doctor Govardhan is falsely accused of bombing a train and sent to a jail at Port Blair. There he witnesses how the inmates are treated inhumanely.  

Cast: Mohanlal, Tabu and Prabhu 

Telugu

Aivada Maa Aavide

What do you do when your partner falls out of love after marriage? Vikranth (Nagarjuna) and Archana (Tabu) fall in love and marry with the approval of both their families. After a while, they start having differences. Vikrant starts dating another woman, Jhansi (Heera). What does Archana do in response?

Cast ; Nagarjuna, Tabu and Heera 

Ninne Pelladatha

A National Award-winning film about star-crossed lovers whose parents intervene in their romance. Seenu (Nagarjuna) and Mahalakshmi (Tabu) fall in love. Seenu’s parents are happy with his choice, but Mahalakshmi’s parents drag her away to their hometown. Can Seenu convince them that his love is genuine? Will Mahalakshmi resist efforts to marry her off elsewhere? 

Cast: Nagarjuna, Tabu 

Here’s wishing Tabu many many more such brilliant years and stunning performances, A Very Happy Birthday!