Extensive studies on curcumin have improved that it has certain therapeutic impact for different kinds of diseases such as cancer. Regardless of its positive features, its application is hampered by its low water solubility, bioavailability, and low cellular uptake. During recent years, several ways have been developed to protect curcumin from degradation and increase the capacity of targeting unhealthy cells. The progress in nanotechnology encouraged nanotechnologists to formulate nanoparticles encapsulating curcumin, such as polymer nanoparticles, solid nanoparticles, liposome/lipid nanoparticles, micelles, dendrimers, polymer conjugates, etc. to enhance sustained release of curcumin at target cells and to improve curcumin bioavailability. Nowadays, newer formulations of nanoparticles as called Hybrid nanoparticles are designed in order to achieve efficient and specific curcumin targeted compound that result in the improved therapeutic efficacy of curcumin with high biocompatibility associated with aptamers, folic acid, chitosan coated halloysite loaded with curcumin-Au hybrid nanoparticle etc. This review describes a number of formulated hybrid nanoparticles and their efficacy in specific targeting to cancerous cells.