Shabana Azmi is a famous writer and actress of Hindi cinema. He started his film career with Shyam Benegal’s film ‘Ankur’ in 1973. Till now she has acted in more than 100 films, for which she has been awarded the National Award for Best Actress five times and the Filmfare Awards four times. So, today in this article, we will tell you about the biography of Shabana Azmi.
Birth
Shabana Azmi was born on 18 September 1950 in Hyderabad, India (now Telangana, India). His father’s name Kaifi Azmi was a famous poet and poet and his mother’s name was Shaukat Azmi, who was an artist of Indian theater. Her brother, Baba Azmi is a cinematographer, and her sister-in-law Tanvi Azmi is also an actress.
Shabana Azmi is married to famous Hindi music composer Javed Akhtar. Javed Akhtar was already married, but in love with Shabana, he divorced his first wife Honey Irani and married actress Shabana. And this pair is an example for people even today.
Education
Shabana Azmi did her primary education at Queen Mary School, Mumbai. He graduated in Psychology. He holds a bachelor’s degree from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. Shabana Azmi has done an acting course from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
Career
Shabana Azmi started her film career in 1973 with Shyam Benegal’s film ‘Ankur’. The success of this film played an important role in giving Shabana Azmi a place in Bollywood. She won the National Award for Best Actress for her debut film.
She was awarded the National Award for Best Actress for three consecutive years from 1983 to 1985 after the film Akunar. His performances were awarded National Awards for films such as Earth, Ruins and Pars.
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At that time, Shabana proved herself to be different from the crowd of glamorous actresses. In Earth, Nishant, Ankur, Sparsh, Mandi, Innocent, Pastan Ji, Shabana Azmi left an indelible impression of her performance on the audience.
Shabana Azmi maintained her reach among the audience as well as the general audience by coloring her performances in commercial films like Amar Akbar Anthony, Parvarish, Main Azad Hain.
His contribution to the maintenance of experimental cinema is remarkable. In a controversial film like Fire, Shabana frantically testifies to her acting talent, while in the child film Spider she is seen playing the role of a witch. If the innocent feelings of motherhood were brought alive in the innocent, then God also surprised the people by playing the role of the influential lady don in God Mother. Shabana Azmi’s name comes at the top of the list of competent actresses of Indian cinema.
Controversy
She was in controversy for her shaved head and kissing scene with Nandita Dus in the film Fire.
In the year 1993, Nelson Mandela kissed Shabana Azmi on the cheek during the tour of India, causing a controversy.
Accident
Shabana Azmi was injured in a road accident that took place on Saturday, 18 January on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in Raigad, Maharashtra. An FIR has been filed against Shabana Azmi’s driver Amlesh Kamat in Khalapur, Maharashtra.
The driver of the truck has stated in his complaint that Azmi’s driver was driving the car at a high speed. The car hit the truck on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway.
Shabana has serious injuries to his nose and head. He was first admitted to MGM Astpal in Navi Mumbai, where he was undergoing treatment. Where doctors have told him out of danger.