Shabana Azmi Wiki, Biography, Age, Movies, Images

Shabana Azmi is an Indian Actress who has worked in Films, Televisions and theatres as well. She made her debut as an actress through the movie “Ankur” in the year 1974. For this movie “Ankur”, She won the National Award for Best Actress. After her first movie, She became one of the leading actresses of the Parallel cinema. Her performances in movies are much appreciated and she was praised by critics and audience as well. Check out below for Shabana Azmi Wiki, Biography, Age, Movies, Images, and Other details:

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Shabana Azmi was born on 18 September 1950. She was born at Hyderabad. Her father Kaifi Azmi is a poet and her mother Shaukat Azmi is a stage actress. She did her schoolings at Queen Mary School, Mumbai, India. After her schoolings, She moved to St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India to pursue her graduation in the field of Psychology. After he graduation, She joined Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.

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Shabana Azmi graduated from the FTII in the year 1973 and immediately signed the Khwaja Ahmad Abbas’ Faasla movie. But her first released movie was Ankur (1974) for which she won National Film Award for Best Actress. After this, She started acting in more movies. She had many movies getting released every year starting from 1974. She dominated the film industry with more number of films and awards. She won three consecutive National awards for her movies from 1983 to 1985.

Shabana Azmi is married to Javed Akhtar. Javed Akhtar is a lyricist, poet and a scriptwriter. The couple got married on 9 December 1984. It was Akhtar’s second marriage. Shabana’s parents initially opposed their marriage as it was Javed’s second marriage.

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Television

• 2013: 24 (Indian TV series) for Abhilasha Grewal
• 2016: Ek Maa Jo Laakhon Ke liye Bani – Ammac for Zeenat or Amma.

Awards and honours

National Awards

• 1975 – National Film Award for Best Actress, Ankur
• 1983 – National Film Award for Best Actress, Arth
• 1984 – National Film Award for Best Actress, Khandhar
• 1985 – National Film Award for Best Actress, Paar
• 1999 – National Film Award for Best Actress, Godmother

Filmfare Winner:

• 1978 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Swami
• 1984 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Arth
• 1985 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Bhavna
• 2006 – Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2017 – Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Neerja

Nominated:

• 1975 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Ankur
• 1981 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Thodisi Bewafaii
• 1984 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Masoom
• 1984 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Avtaar
• 1984 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Mandi
• 1985 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Sparsh
• 2003 – Filmfare Best Villain Award for Makdee
• 2004 – Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Tehzeeb

International awards

• 1993: Best Actress award for Libaas in North Korea
• 1994: Best Actress award for Gautam Ghose’s Patang at the Taorima Arte Festival in Italy
• 1996: Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress for Fire at the Chicago International Film Festival
• 1996: Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film, for Fire in L.A. Outfest

Other awards

• Azmi won the award for Best Actress (Hindi) at the Bengal Film Journalists’ Association Awards (BFJA) for Ankur in 1975, Paar in 1984, Ek Pal in 1987, and Godmother in 1999. She won the Best Supporting Actress (Hindi) award for Tehzeeb in 2003.
• 1998: Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for Mrityudand.
• 2004: Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role Female for Tehzeeb.
• 2005: Star Screen Awards – Best Performance in an Indian Film in English for Morning Raga

Honours and recognitions

• 1988: Awarded the Padma Shri from the Government of India.
• 1988: Yash Bhartiya Award by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for highlighting women’s issues in her work as an actress and activist.
• 1994: Rajiv Gandhi Award for “Excellence of Secularism”
• 1999: Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image, Significant Contribution to Indian Cinema.
• 2002: Martin Luther King Professorship award by the University of Michigan conferred on her in recognition of her contribution to arts, culture and society.
• 2003: She was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by the Jadavpur University in West Bengal in 2003.
• 2006: Gandhi International Peace Award, awarded by Gandhi Foundation, London
• 2007: She was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Art by Chancellor of the University Brandan Foster by the Leeds Metropolitan University in Yorkshire
• 2008: She was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by the Jamia Milia Islamia on Delhi in 2008.
• 2009: She was honoured with the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award
• 2012: Awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.
• 2012: She was honoured by Walk of the Stars as her handprint was preserved for posterity at Bandra Bandstand in Mumbai.
• 2013: Awarded the Honorary Fellowship by the National Indian Students Union UK
• 2013: She was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by Simon Fraser University.
• 2014: She was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by TERI University on 5 February 2014

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