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Shabana Azmi (born 18 September 1950) is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Her career in the Hindi film industry has spanned over 160 films, mostly within independent and neorealist parallel cinema, though her work extended to mainstream films as well as a number of international projects.
She acted in more than 100 films and has won 5 National Award and 4 Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Bollywood actresses Tabu and Farah Naaz are her nieces. She has been an pro-active socialist and supported slum dwellers, displaced Kashmiri Pandit migrants and victims of the earthquake at Latur, Maharashtra.
Shabana Azmi filmography. From her first film in 1974, Shabana Azmi has been part of over more than hundred projects. She has received many national awards.
Shabana Azmi. Actress: Fire. One of the leading lights of the 1965-1990's Indian New Wave, Shabana Azmi (alongside the late Smita Patil) was one of the main female actors who dominated the films of the so-called "Parallel Cinema" in India in the 1970s and 1980s.
18 hours ago · Shabana Azmi’s upcoming project is the Netflix India crime drama series “Dabba Cartel”, while Amitabh Bachchan is basking in the praise for his portrayal of Ashwatthama in the Telugu sci-fi film “Kalki 2898 AD”. Next, he will make his Tamil debut in “Vettaiyan”, marking a reunion with Rajinikanth after 33 years since their last collaboration in “Hum”.
Sep 18, 2021 · On Shabana Azmi's 71st birthday, here's revisiting her unique choices which balanced mainstream, as well as indie cinema perfectly.
Celebrating actor Shabana Azmi's 50 years in cinema, New York Indian Film Festival will host a special event that includes the screening of her 1996 film Fire.
Sep 18, 2023 · The actor was Shabana Azmi, who bursted on screen in Shyam Benegal’s feature film debut, Ankur (1974). The scintillating performance won her a National Award for Best Actress, and the film became the harbinger of an era in Indian cinema that ran “parallel” to the mainstream Hindi film industry.
One of the leading lights of the 1965-1990's Indian New Wave, Shabana Azmi (alongside the late Smita Patil) was one of the main female actors who dominated the films of the so-called "Parallel Cinema" in India in the 1970s and 1980s.
May 31, 2011 · For more than 40 years, Indian actress, activist and sometime politician Shabana Azmi has paved the way for independent, socially conscious Indian cinema.
