Biography
Shabana Azmi was at the peak of her career in films Some of her notable films that Shabana Azmi acted in were Ankur, Nishaant, Junoon, Susman, Shatranj ke Khiladi, Khandaar, Arth, Paar, Amar Akbar Anthony, Jwalamukhi and Parvarish. She also appeared in a few Hollywood films. She also appeared on the small screen in a soap opera titled Anupama in which she played the role of a woman who along with her traditions and ethics negotiated freedom. She has also done various stage theatre works with Farooq Sheikh. Shabana mainly did real-life depicting roles. Deepa Mehta’s movie Fire depicted Azmi as a lonely woman Radha who loves her sister in law. This was the first movie to show on-screen lesbianism in Indian Film Industry. Shabana Azmi was seen in a negative role in Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola with Anushka Sharma, Imran Khan and Pankaj Kapoor. She played the role of Neerja’s mother in the real-life biopic of the air hostess Neerja Bhanot who died while saving the lives of the people during a plane hijack where Neerja was portrayed by actress Sonam Kapoor. The movie was a big success. Shabana Azmi loved her role as the mother as she states that the bond shown in the movie between her and Sonam Kapoor is every mother-daughter bond and love. Shabana has appeared in over 120 Hindi and Bengali films in both the mainstream as well as the art films and the independent cinema since 1988. She has also been part of International films and projects. Many of her films have been cited as a form of progress to portray Indian Society, its customs and traditions.
Career & Achievements
Shabana Azmi is a former member of Parliament and also the Congress party. She is a social and women's rights activist. She is also the Goodwill Ambassador of United Nations Population Fund Association UNPFA which spreads contraception in India to control its growing population. She also supports to fight against AIDS. Shabana runs an NGO Mijwan Welfare Society for a small village Mijwan in Uttar Pradesh and every year she has celebrities walk the ramp to support the cause. The NGO was initially started by her father Kaifi Azmi in 1993. She also supports being a social activist active in Child survival. She has voiced her opinion on various social issues. She used her celebrity image to emerge as one of the high-profile activists working for a cause. Shabana Azmi debuted on the small screen in a soap opera titled ‘ Anupama’. In this television serial, she portrays herself as the modern Indian woman who while endorsing traditional Indian values, negotiates freedom for herself. She has also participated in many stage plays and her most popular being M.S. Sathy’s, “Safed Kundali” in 1980. Based on The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Shabana Azmi has participated in several plays and disapproves of communalism. In 1989 along with Swami Agnivesh and Asghar Ali Engineer, she undertook a four-day march for communal harmony from New Delhi to Meerut. She has been a part of the social group advocating slum dweller’s causes as well as on Kashmiri Pandits migrants and the victims of the Latur earthquake. She is a prominent speaker and has talked extensively about the social act vigorously to create an emerging market project in her interview for Harvard Business School. Shabana Azmi since 1989 has been a member of the National Integration Council headed by the Prime Minister of India and is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. In 1998, the United Nations Population Fund appointed Shabana Azmi as its Goodwill Ambassador for India.
Awards (19)
- 2024Filmfare Awards— Best Supporting ActressforRocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
- Star Screen Awards— Lifetime Achievement Award
- Filmfare Awards— Best Supporting ActressforNeerja
- IIFA Awards— Best Supporting ActressforNeerja
- Zee Cine Awards— Best Supporting ActressforNeerja
- Stardust Awards— Best Supporting ActressforNeerja
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award— Best Supporting ActressforNeerja
- Star Screen Awards— Best Supporting ActressforNeerja
- Filmfare Awards— Lifetime Achievement Award
- Zee Cine Awards— Best Supporting ActressforTehzeeb
- National Film Awards— Best ActressforGodmother
- Star Screen Awards— Best Supporting ActressforMrityudand
- National Film Awards— Best ActressforPaar
- Filmfare Awards— Best ActressforBhavna
- National Film Awards— Best ActressforKhandhar
- Filmfare Awards— Best ActressforArth
- National Film Awards— Best ActressforArth
- Filmfare Awards— Best ActressforSwami
- National Film Awards— Best ActressforAnkur
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