"I
did
not
want
to
do
things
the
way
they
are
usually
done
in
Hindi
cinema," that
is
the
mantra
Tabu
says
she
has
followed
all
throughout
her
career.
While
80s
and
90s
era
of
Bollywood
was
dominated
by
action
and
romantic-comedy
films,
the
2000s
saw
a
mix
of
everything
from
off-beat
cinema
to
commercial
masala
entertainers,
but
Tabu
says
she
never
followed
the
rule
book.
In
the
90s
she
was
seen
playing
a
Punjabi
woman
caught
in
the
rise
of
Sikh
insurgency
in
Maachis,
a
prostitute
in
Jeet,
a
family-oriented
woman
in
Hum
Saath
Saath
Hai
and
a
suicide
bomber
in
Hu
Tu
Tu.
In
2000s
she
played
a
bar
dancer
in
Chandni
Bar,
a
negative
part
in
Maqbool,
mother
to
Shahid
Kapoor
in
Haider
and
a
cop
in
Drishyam.
"I
did
not
want
to
do
things
just
because
everyone
else
was
doing
it
in
the
film
industry.
If
I
am
comfortable
doing
work
in
a
certain
way,
then
I
will
do
it
my
way
with
conviction.
I
want
to
act,
perform
in
my
own
way.
"I
had
the
conviction
that
my
way
will
work...
I
followed
my
own
self
and
individuality
so
much
that
it
automatically
made
me
a
game
changer
or
set
me
apart
from
others.
I
did
not
think
it
was
necessary
to
do
things
the
way
others
are
doing
it," Tabu
says
in
an
interview
with
PTI.
The
actor
insists
she
has
never
tried
to
prove
a
point
and
is
glad
that
she
could
show
her
calibre
through
her
work.
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She
says
she
has
followed
her
own
style
irrespective
of
whether
somebody
liked
it
or
not.
"You
can
like
somebody,
but
you
can't
be
somebody,
you
can
only
be
you.
I
was
not
following
any
reference
point
or
that
'I
want
to
be
like
him
or
her
or
replace
or
be
like
anyone,' I
never
had
that
thing
in
me.
"I
wanted
to
do
my
work
in
my
own
way
and
I
was
focused
about
it.
I
was
not
interested
in
being
anybody
or
following
anybody."
She
may
have
done
mostly
intense
roles
in
the
past
few
years,
but
Tabu
says
she
has
always
been
open
to
doing
other
stuff
as
well.
"I
have
not
consciously
gone
out
of
my
way
and
done
different
stuff,
with
the
intention
to
show
that
I
am
doing
something
hate
work.
My
personality
is
such
that
I
keep
changing
and
evolving.
"I
am
always
looking
for
new
experiences.
Work
wise,
it
has
always
been
a
mixed
thing
for
me.
The
point
to
be
noted
by
others
is
that
I
have
always
been
considered
and
chosen
and
wanted
for
all
kind
of
genre
of
cinema,
I
feel
that
is
my
achievement
in
the
film
industry," she
says.