Bollywood veteran actress Shabana Azmi is celebrating her 75th birthday on 18 September. Shabana Azmi has shown her performance in art and commercial films. He has played every kind of role in his film career. In today’s time, she is counted among the best actresses of cinema. At the same time, there is no answer to Shabana Azmi in Woman Oriented films. So let’s know about some interesting things related to actress Shabana Azmi’s life on the occasion of her birthday …
Birth and family
Shabana Azmi was born on 18 September 1950 in Hyderabad. He completed his studies with FTII. When Shabana was younger, she was a very big fan of actor Shashi Kapoor. The actress once told that her craze for Shashi Kapoor was such that she used to save pocket money to buy her pictures and then took her autograph on the same picture.
Film career
The actress stepped into films with Shyam Benegal’s film ‘Ankur’ and Shabana Azmi became a star overnight with this film. The actress also received the first National Award for this film. After Ankur, the actress did not have to look back and she became the face of art films. After Art, Shabana Azmi also worked in commercial films and earned a lot of name. The actress has acted in more than 160 films in her 60 -year film career.
award
From 1982 to 1984, Shabana Azmi won the National Film Award for ‘Earth’, ‘Kandahar’ and ‘Paar’ for three consecutive years. At that time the actress used to be the first choice of directors. Shabana, who made her acting iron with art films, also did a great job in many commercial films and earned a lot of name. The actress was awarded the National Award for the 1998 film ‘Godamdar’. Apart from this, Shabana received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for ‘Earth’, ‘Swami’ and ‘Bhavna’.
Marriage
Let us know that actress Shabana Azmi is married to famous music composer Javed Akhtar of Hindi cinema. Although Javed Akhtar was already married, but after falling in love with Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar divorced his first wife Honey Irani and both of them married.
Movie
Actress Shabana Azmi worked in films like ‘Junoon’, ‘Tumhari Amrita’, ‘Avatar’, ‘Second Dulhan’, ‘Nishant’, ‘Fire’, ‘Spider’ and ‘Mrita Dand’ and established herself as a successful actress. At the same time, Shabana Azmi was also seen in the July 2023 film ‘Rocky Rani Ki Prem Kahani’.