First Look: Tabu is back!

We haven't seen Tabu [ Images ] on the marquee in a full-fledged role for a long, long time.

Except for a half-baked role in Yash Chopra's [ Images ] Fanaa, the actress hasn't been in a film for almost a year.

But she has been busy, and here's proof.

Tabu's next film, The Namesake [ Images ], is ready, and has been lapped up by audiences at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival. It was premiered at the festival on September 11.

Directed by Mira Nair [ Images ], the film -- based on a best-selling novel by Jhumpa Lahiri [ Images ] -- also stars Irrfan and Kal Penn [ Images ].

Here, the director-actress strike a pose for the portrait session of The Namesake at TIFF.

Photograph: Getty Images