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Tabu, born Tabassum Fatima Hashmi, was once known to many as Farah Naaz's younger sister before she went on to create her own remarkable identity in Indian cinema! Today, she is celebrated for her versatile & unconventional performances but every journey has a beginning. In this rare 90s throwback interview, Tabu shares why an actor's "first film is always like a baby". She reflects on how Prem (1995) gave her a major break and gets emotional while talking about her first leading role opposite Rishi Kapoor in Pehla Pehla Pyar (1994). Calling Chintu ji someone she deeply admired, she says "working with him felt like an achievement". Watch this heartfelt and exclusive conversation, only on Lehren!

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00:00I'm very sentimental. I'm very emotional about love because it's my baby.
00:05I worked with Chintuji, which was very much for me. It was like an achievement for me.
00:10Anyone's first film, the first assignment, the first, whatever venture is always dear to them.
00:16I think if you start something first, you'll be very loved.
00:20I didn't guarantee how much I would have to wait for this.
00:23That's why I had to sign other films because then I would be crazy.
00:34I didn't get any time in the film.
00:35When we went shooting, I was in college, so I didn't get any time.
00:43And my scene was entirely different.
00:46My set-up, my group, everything was different. College, studies, friends.
00:52And I didn't have any interest in the film.
00:56I mean, not because I didn't like this line.
00:59Because I never got the time. I never got the time.
01:02Because I was very involved in my studies.
01:08And the series of films started when Shekhar told me to college.
01:19He wanted me for this money.
01:20But the film was shelved.
01:23And then, after 2-3 years, he was making Prem.
01:28So, when he hit me again, he wanted to cast me.
01:35So, it's from there that the whole thing started.
01:38Never before that.
01:38I owe a lot to Prem.
01:41I was the first major break.
01:44I was the first major break with Prem.
01:49And I'm very lucky that I got a good set-up.
01:54I got a good producer, director,
01:56the whole team.
01:57We have the best unit working.
02:00And I mean, whatever Bony can do best,
02:05he has done for the film.
02:07Whatever he is on the bus,
02:09whether he is on the bus,
02:11whether he is on the sets,
02:11whether he is on the outdoor,
02:13he has no doubt.
02:14He has no doubt.
02:15It took a lot of time.
02:16It took a lot of time.
02:20But...
02:23Obviously,
02:24people get impatient,
02:26they get depressed.
02:27And...
02:28It takes a lot of time to watch.
02:31It takes a lot of time to watch.
02:33It takes a lot of time to watch.
02:38I didn't guarantee how much I would have to stop.
02:41That's why I had to sign other films,
02:44because then...
02:46I became crazy.
02:49I am very proud of the first love.
02:53Because...
02:53I am very fond of Jintuji.
02:56And...
02:57It was like a child.
03:00Every...
03:01Every first film,
03:03the first assignment,
03:04the first...
03:06Whatever it is, the venture,
03:08is always dear to them.
03:09And...
03:09I think,
03:10when you start something first,
03:12you will be very loved.
03:14And...
03:14You will give everything to them.
03:17You work towards it.
03:18Like your child.
03:20So...
03:21I am very sentimental.
03:23I am very emotional.
03:24I am very emotional.
03:25Because it is my baby.
03:28And...
03:29I worked with Jintuji,
03:31which was very...
03:33It was like an achievement for me.
03:35There are so many things that...
03:40Can't...
03:42I don't know.
03:43I don't know.
03:43There are so many things that...
03:45There are so many things that...
03:45There are so many things that...
03:45I don't know.
03:46You keep wishing for things and wishing for things.
03:49But...
03:50Yeah...
03:52The one thing that...
03:54I think everybody wants is peace of mind.
03:58So I think...
04:00We wish you all the best.
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