Did You Know Indian Actress Tabu's Father Jamal Ali Hashmi Was A Popular Pakistani Actor?

Indian actress Tabu has been serving the showbiz for over four decades now. She has given some of the most remarkable performances over the years and continues to stay relevant. Despite all the success and fame, Tabu is someone who barely talks about her personal life.

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Did you know Tabu is the daughter of a Pakistani actor?

Born as Tabassum Fatima Hashmi on November 4, 1971, Tabu is the baby girl of popular Pak actor Jamal Hashmi from the 1970s. It is said that Jamal received his big break after renowned producer and director Ali Affan Siddiqui was on the hunt for a fresh face to star in his iconic movie - Siza.

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Following the success of this Ali Affan Siddiqui production, Jamal adopted his screen name Jameel Hashmi.

Hashmi married Rizwana, a teacher from India¡¯s Hyderabad who happens to be a relative of Indian actress Shabana Azmi. The duo started living in Lahore, Punjab until their personal life turned turbulent. To save the family, Jamal left Pakistani showbiz and moved to India.

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This was followed by the birth of Tabu and her sister Farah Naz. Things turned more awful when Jamal decided to divorce Rizwana and went on to marry someone else and had two more daughters with his second wife. Rizwana with her daughters returned to her parent's house and raised her children as a single mother.

For the unversed, Tabu¡¯s sister Farah was also a popular actress in the late eighties and starred in some successful films including Naseeb Apna Apna.

When Tabu addressed why she never used her father¡¯s surname - Hashmi.

Speaking to Simi Garewal on Rendezvous with Simi Garewal, Tabu once shared, ¡°I never really used it, I never thought it was important for me to use my father¡¯s surname, it was always Tabassum Fatima, which was my middle name. In school, Fatima was my surname. I have no memories of him. My sister has met him on occasion, but I have never really felt like meeting him.¡±

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¡°I am not curious about him, I am happy the way I am, the way I have grown up. I am very settled in my own life.¡±

Tabu never married herself but her sister did. Farah was married to Vindu Dara Singh from 1996 to 2002 and had a son. She then settled with Sumeet Saigal in 2003.

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