Most of us might have watched the 2004 Indian Hindi-language masala film ‘Main Hoon Na’ which was also the directorial debut film of Farah Khan. And if you have been paying attention, you might have spotted Bollywood actor Tabu on the screen for a split second.
But if you haven’t, chances are you might have blinked or sneezed hard. That’s because she was in the cameo appearance for less than a minute as Aparna, the girl who was watching Ram’s dance rehearsal.
Now, one must wonder why was the acclaimed actor included in the film for a blink-and-miss appearance. Twitter user Ira also posted this question on the micro-blogging site and her tweet immediately became a topic of discussion.
Still trying to figure out why Tabu agreed to this .2 seconds cameo in Main Hoon Na pic.twitter.com/um0XbThQUF
— Ira (@irationalised) March 1, 2023
People started giving their reasons for why Tabu agreed to come on screen for a nanosecond.
Tabu is an old friend of Farah’s…
Us din Tabu set pe aayi hogi, Farah ne socha chalo thoda aur Masti kar lete hain…— B.H.Harsh (@film_waala) March 1, 2023
Nobody says no to SRK, I guess
Especially by 2003-04 SRK was pretty big— Siddhu Not Moosewala (@SiddViz) March 1, 2023
Tabu – daughter of Jamal Hashmi – brother of Shabana Azmi – wife of Javed Akhtar – m. earlier to Honey Irani – sister of Menaka Irani – mother of Farah Khan
— Quote Unquote (@varunoberoi82) March 1, 2023
That’s Tabbi, Tabbu’s long lost sister. Sadly she couldn’t make it big in Bollywood
— Abhishek (@rofl_abhi_) March 1, 2023
Coz she is Farah Khan’s close friend. And Farah believes Tabu is her lucky charm. According to what i have read.
— Animesh Anand (@AnimeshAnand4) March 1, 2023
Gonna watch again Main hoon na..for tabu..!! She is so beautiful..!!
— alvii n alvi (@SkFakruddin) March 2, 2023
Was today years old when I got to know this.
— Siddharth Panda (@realslimsiddy) March 1, 2023
ye lo maine google kiya pic.twitter.com/Z67baaMVa1
— hello (@vellainsaan101) March 1, 2023
After the word of everyone predicting the reason behind Tabu’s role in the movie reached Farah Khan, she decided to put all the speculations to rest.
Revealing the reason, Farah responded to Instagram fashion police Diet Sabya and said:
“Arre she was in Darjeeling for some other shoot and came to visit me on my set. And I literally just put her in this shot. Without makeup and in her personal clothes.”
Well, those who said Farah considers Tabu as her lucky charm are reportedly correct.
Were you able to spot Tabu in the movie?