Shabana Azmi is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and English language films. She is best known for her performances in films such as Anari, Guide, and Lajja. Shabana is married to the Indian actor Rishi Kapoor and has two daughters named Mera and Milla. She is a former Bharatnatyam dancer and has won several awards for her performances.
Shabana Azmi Movie List: Shabana Azmi is an Indian film actress who has appeared in Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi films. She has won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress four times, and has also won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has also won two Filmfare Awards South for Best Actress. Shabana’s filmography includes more than 100 films.
The daughter of poet Kaifi Azmi and stage actress Shaukat Azmi, she is an alumna of Film and Television Institute of India of Pune. Azmi made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, a new-wave movement known for its serious content and neorealism and received government patronage during the times.Azmi has since appeared in over 120 Hindi films in both mainstream and independent cinema, and since 1988, she has acted in several foreign projects.
Several of her films have been cited as a form of progressivism which portrays Indian society, its customs and traditions.In addition to acting, Azmi is a social and women’s rights activist. She is married to poet and screenwriter Javed Akhtar.She is a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA). In appreciation of Azmi’s life and works, the President of India gave her a nominated (unelected) membership of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament.Azmi was born into a Shia family, in Hyderabad,India.
Her parents are Kaifi Azmi (an Indian poet) and Shaukat Azmi (a veteran Indian People’s Theatre Association stage actress),both of whom were members of the Communist Party of India. Her brother, Baba Azmi, is a cinematographer, and her sister-in-law, Tanvi Azmi, is also an actress. Azmi was named at the age of eleven by Ali Sardar Jafri. Her parents used to call her Munni. Baba Azmi was named by Prof. Masood Siddiqui as Ahmer Azmi.
Her parents had an active social life, and their home was always thriving with people and activities of the communist party. It was not unusual for her to wake up in the morning and find members of the communist party sleeping about, from a previous night’s communist social that ran late. Early in childhood, the environment in her home inculcated into her a respect for family ties, social and human values; and her parents always supported her to develop a passion for intellectual stimulation and growth.Azmi attended Queen Mary School, Mumbai.
She completed a graduate degree in Psychology from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, and followed it with a course in acting at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune.She explained the reason she decided to attend the film institute, saying: “I had the privilege of watching Jaya Bhaduri in a (Diploma) film, Suman, and I was completely enchanted by her performance because it was unlike the other performances I had seen. I really marvelled at that and said, ‘My god, if by going to the Film Institute I can achieve that, that’s what I want to do.'” Azmi eventually topped the list of successful candidates of 1972.
Shabana Azmi All Movie List :
Film | Role | Year |
Ankur Faslah Ishq Ishq Ishq Parinay | Laxmi Asha Premchand Pammy | 1974 |
Nishant | Sushila | 1975 |
Fakira Kadambari Shaque | Neeta/Geeta Meena Joshi | 1976 |
Shatranj Ke Khiladi Adha Din Adhi Raat Amar Akbar Anthony Chor Sipahee Ek Hi Raasta Hira Aur Patthar Jallian Wala Bagh Kanneshwara Rama Karm Khel Khilari Ka Kissa Kursi Ka Parvarish Swami Vishwasghaat | Khurshid Laxmi Priya Ketki Gauri Malli Neelam Kumar Rachna Janata Shabu Saudamini Seema | 1977 |
Atithee Devata Junoon Khoon Ki Pukaar Swarg Narak Toote Khilone | Leela M. Kumar/Julie Mary Firdaus Shano Geeta Vinod | 1978 |
Lahu Ke Do Rang Amar Deep Bagula Bhagat Jeena Yahan | Roma Radha | 1979 |
Hum Paanch Apne Paraye Thodisi Bewafaii Sparsh Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai Ek Baar Kaho Jwalamukhi Yeh Kaisa Insaaf | Sundariya Chandranath’s wife Neema S. Deshmukh/Neema A. Choudhary Kavita Stella Aarti Mathur Kiran Madhu R. Nath | 1980 |
Shama Ek Hi Bhool Sameera | Shama Meenakshi Verma | 1981 |
Arth Suraag Raaste Pyar Ke Anokha Bandhan Ashanti Log Kya Kahenge Namkeen Yeh Nazdeekiyan | Pooja Inder Malhotra Sunita/Bela Shyama Annapurna (Anu) Kamini Mitthu Shobna | 1982 |
Doosri Dulhan Sweekar Kiya Maine Avtaar Mandi Masoom Pyaasi Aankhen | Gopika K. Shukla née Sharma Radha Krishen Rukmini Bai Indu D. Malhotra | 1983 |
Bhavna Gangvaa Khandhar Lorie Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar Hum Rahe Na Hum Kaamyaab Kamla Paar Ram Tera Desh Yaadon Ki Zanjeer | Bhavna Saxena Jamini Geeta Malhotra Sushma Mohini P. Sahani Sarita Jadhav Rama Advocate Ratna Pathak | 1984 |
Rahi Badal Gaye Khamosh | Bhavna Shabana Azmi | 1985 |
Nasihat Genesis Shart Anjuman Ek Pal Samay Ki Dharaa | The woman Kiran Dutt Anjuman Priyam Madhvi A. Verma/Madhvi V. Kapoor | 1986 |
Itihaas Susman | Sunaina Gauramma | 1987 |
Madame Sousatzka Mardon Wali Baat Ek Aadmi Libaas La Nuit Bengali Pestonjee | Sushila Sen Seema Indira Sen Jeroo | 1988 |
Ek Din Achanak Oonch Neech Beech Rakhwala Main Azaad Hoon Picnic Sati | Neeta Subhashni Saigal Mother Uma | 1989 |
Amba Disha Muqaddar Ka Badshaah | Hansa Sarpat Advocate Sharda Singh | 1990 |
Jhoothi Shaan Antarnaad Ek Doctor Ki Maut Fateh | Krishna | 1991 |
City of Joy Adharm Dharavi Immaculate Conception | Kamla H. Pal Mamta Verma Kumud Samira | 1992 |
Son of the Pink Panther In Custody | Queen Imtiaz Begum | 1993 |
Patang | Jitni | 1994 |
Fire | Radha | 1996 |
Mrityudand Saaz | Chandravati Bansidhar (Bansi) Vrundavan | 1997 |
Earth Side Streets Bada Din | Older Lenny Mrs. Chandra Bipin Raj Lilian | 1998 |
Godmother | Rambhi | 1999 |
Gaja Gamini Hari-Bhari: Fertility | Premchand’s Nirmala Ghazala | 2000 |
Daughters of This Century | Kadambini | 2001 |
Makdee | Makdee, the witch | 2002 |
Tehzeeb | Rukhsana Jamal | 2003 |
Morning Raga | Swarnlatha | 2004 |
15 Park Avenue Waterborne | Anjali “Anju” Mathur Heera Bhatti | 2005 |
Umrao Jaan | Khanum Sahib | 2006 |
Positive Dus Kahaniyaan Om Shanti Om Loins of Punjab Presents Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. | Mrs.Soni Herself Rrita Kapoor Nahid | 2007 |
Sorry Bhai! | Mother Gayatri | 2008 |
Luck by Chance | Herself | 2009 |
It’s a Wonderful Afterlife | Mrs Sethi | 2010 |
A Decent Arrangement | Preeti Mehta | 2011 |
Midnight’s Children | Naseem | 2012 |
Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Chaudhary Devi Ammi | 2013 |
Jazbaa | Garima | 2015 |
Neerja Chalk n Duster | Rama Bhanot Teacher Vidya | 2016 |
Sonata Signature Move The Wishing Tree The Black Prince | Bengali Widow Parveen Tree Goddess Maharani Jind Kaur | 2017 |
Kaali Khuhi | Satya Maasi (Shabana Azmi) | 2020 |
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