A true-crime thriller where they had brief but vital interactions. Notable Movie Moments & Cinematic Chemistry 1. The Dark Ambition in Maqbool

The monologue: “Main acchi hoon. Bahut acchi. Itni acchi ki tumhe pata bhi nahi chalega main kitni acchi hoon. (I am good. Very good. So good that you won’t even realize how good I am.)” She smiles sweetly, then her expression freezes into pure menace – all while her voice remains a lover’s murmur.

Ashoke suffers a heart attack in a Cleveland train. Ashima, thousands of miles away in Kolkata, picks up the phone.

: There is a scene where the couple lies in bed together, sharing a kiss and light caresses before the scene fades, implying they have sex. Playful Romance

The film is rated PG-13 for its mature themes and content.

A multi-starrer vignette about relationships in Mumbai. They played a divorced couple dealing with loneliness, infidelity, and the ghosts of their past marriage.

Beyond Irrfan, Tabu’s filmography is studded with moments of startling transformation. In Vishal Bhardwaj’s Maqbool (2003), her Lady Macbeth, Nimmi, is a cauldron of simmering ambition and erotic despair. The moment she smears sindoor (vermillion) on her own forehead after Maqbool kills her husband is a chilling perversion of a sacred ritual. Decades later, in Andhadhun (2018), she redefined the femme fatale as the cynical, jazz-loving Simi. The image of her donning a blood-splattered white suit and grinning maniacally after trying to kill the blind pianist is both horrifying and exhilarating—proof that at fifty, Tabu could out-sinister any contemporary villain.