Tabu Interview: I'll get married when I am bored

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I'll get married when I am bored

The hosannas that she received for her performance in Mira Nair’s ‘The Namesake’ haven’t yet died. But Tabu has another global honour coming her way – a retrospective of her films to be held in Rome and Los Angeles later this year.

The actor, whose avant-garde looks also set Hollywood humming, shares a cherished compliment, “A critic wrote, ‘Unfortunately, America was deprived of this actor for so long, though she’s been working for the past 18 years’.”

Seriously funny

Paradoxically, Tabu, whose portrayals convey an existential angst, is known for her funny bone.

“I haven’t lived a troublesome life. In fact, my family cannot survive without laughter. I love watching comedies. I become an embarrassment in theatres - I fall off the seat laughing! I’ve made people cry enough. Now I want to make them laugh. I want to do a comedy,” she says.

Reclusive or exclusive?

Indicted often for her withdrawing tendencies, Tabu attributes it to her temperament. So is she reclusive or exclusive?

“I prefer being called exclusive, not reclusive. Reclusive is ambiguous,” she states analysing further, “I cannot bend backwards to do something I’m not happy about. I’m advised that I should ‘milk opportunities’. But I need to go with my own rhythm.”

‘Write’ skills

Known for her felicity to weave feelings into words, Tabu wants to write in the

Hyderbadi dialect, a language she is ‘at home’ with.

“There’s truth, there’s connection in writing in your own language. I want to write about the importance of having a good childhood,” says Tabu who is associated with CRY.

Runaway bride?

Though she has not ‘given it a thought’, Tabu is open to the idea of marriage. “If I were so keen to get married, I would have married one of my ex-boyfriends.

Somebody will find me and if I want him in my life, I’ll go with it. Marriage will bring no volcanic change in my life. I’ll get married when I am bored,” she humours. What is her biggest fear about marriage? “Children! I can’t see myself handling them!” confesses Tabu with unsuppressed laughter.