Shabana Azmi
Acting
Biography
Shabana Azmi (born September 18, 1950) is an Indian actress of film, television, and theatre, as well as a women's rights activist and parliamentarian. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune, she debuted in Ankur (1974) and quickly became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, an Indian New Wave movement known for its serious content and neo-realism. Recognized as being among the most acclaimed actresses of her country, she has received a record of five National Film Awards for Best Actress, six Filmfare Awards, several international accolades, and the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India, and the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India. She is best known for her portrayals of unconventional female characters and many of her films have won praise for depicting progressive ideals.
Born: September 18, 1950
Place of Birth: New Delhi, India
Known For
Doosri Dulhan
Renu and her husband, Anil, are devastated when she cannot bear children after a miscarriage. But soon, he visits a brothel and asks young Chanda to carry and give birth to a baby for his family.
Namkeen
A folk theatre dancer lives with her three daughters in a remote village. Their lives change when a truck driver begins living with them as a tenant.
Chor Sipahee
A police officer doesn't believe in strict punishment and attempts a new way to deal with crime
Khoon Ki Pukaar
After the murder of his wife, and his son's kidnapping, Dr. Vidya Bhushan decides to devote the rest of his life as a Poojary, living on the premises of a princely-donated temple, hoping ...
Kissaa Kursee Kaa
The plot revolved around a corrupt and evil politician Gangaram or Gangu, trying to woo personified public, depicted as mute and helpless looking. The movie is a humorous comment over the system and the selfishness of the politicians regarded as a motion picture version of the cartoonist columns that are the most brutal taunt over the politics.
The Discovery of India
Bharat Ek Khoj is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, that dramatically unfolds the 5000 year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of independence in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Benegal's regular script collaborator Shama Zaidi also co-wrote the script.
Yeh Nazdeekiyan
Sunil Verma is the head of an advertising agency, and lives with a middle-class life with his wife, Shobna. Although Sunil gets to meet many beautiful women during the course of his employment, he has never really had an affair with anyone, and kept his relationship on a professional level. That is until he meets ravishing Kiran. Sunil has an affair with Kiran, and eventually divorces Shobna. It is said that the lives of models and actresses are quite shallow and superficial, but Sunil feels that with Kiran it is different. But when one is exposed to attractive people, both male and female, will Kiran feel the same about him after a few months' relationship?
Susman (The Essence)
A story about the "Ikat" handloom weavers of Pochampally through the master weaver Ramulu and his family struggle in time of mass-production.
Karm
Retired Judge Shyamlal Kumar lives in a palatial home with his wife and only son, Arvind, who is now studying law and is on his way to become a lawyer, and after that a judge just like his dad. Arvind meets with beautiful Asha Shastri, both fall in love and would like to get married. Asha introduces Arvind to her astrologer dad, Chintamani, who instantly approves of Arvind; while both Shyamlal and his wife give their blessings and approval to Asha. But when Chintamani, whose predictions always prove to be accurate, sees a dark future for the young couple, withdraws his blessings and asks them not to marry each other. Spooked by this, Shyamlal and his wife also ask Arvind to marry someone else. But both Arvind and Asha believe that nothing bad will befall them, and they start living together without getting married. This raises ire in their conservative community and both are blacklisted.
Morning Raga
Morning Raga is about the meeting of worlds. It is a story that brings the modern and traditional together, unites the past with present, Carnatic music with Western music, as never before in the history of humanity, fate and coincidence with individual choices. It is a story of our times where our worlds are interacting with each other.
Filmography
as Sheila
as Self
as Anina's Grandmother
as Jamini Chatterji
as Aisha Khan
as Margaret Parangosky
as Aisan Daulat Begum
as Ammi
as Satya Maasi
as Self (archive footage)
as Parvin
as Mrs. Shirani
as Rani Jindan
as The Gypsy Woman
as Dolon
as Parveen
as Rama Bhanot
as Vidya Sawant
as Mrs. Kamal
as Preeti
as Ammi
as Chaudhari Devi
as Naseem
as Self
as Naina's Mother
as Mrs. Sethi
as Self
as Gayatri
as Self
as Naheed
as Rrita Kapoor
as Khanum Jaan
as Sofia
as Prof. Anjali "Anu" Mathur
as Self
as Swarnalata
as Self
as Rukhsana Jamal
as Makdee
as Premchand's Nirmala
as Ghazala
as Rambhi
as Mrs. Chandra Bipin Raj
as Radha
as Chandravati
as Bansidhar (Bansi) Vrundavan
as Imtiaz Begum
as Queen
as Jitni
as Samira
as Kamla H. Pal
as Krishna
as Kumud
as Amba Bhanupratap Singh
as Seema
as Subhashini Saigal
as Uma
as Neeta Roy
as Tulsi
as Indira Sen
as Sushila Sen
as Jeroo
as Rangamma
as Seema
as Priyam
as Sunita
as The woman
as Shabana Azmi
as Kiran Dutt
as Madhvi A. Verma
as Anjuman
as Bhavna Saxena
as Jamuna
as Rama
as Jamini
as Geeta Malhotra
as Mohini P. Sahani
as Sarita Jadhav
as Manju
as Chanda
as Gopika Sharma / Gopika K. Shukla
as Rukmini Bai
as Indu D. Malhotra
as Shyama
as Annapurna (Anu)
as Pooja
as Shobna
as Kamini
as Meenakshi
as Stella
as Kiran
as Sundariya
as Aarti Mathur
as Sheila
as Madhu R. Nath
as Kavita
as Roma
as Lekha
as (Herself)
as Firdaus (Javed's wife)
as Leela M. Kumar / Julie
as Janata
as Geeta
as Shabu
as Khurshid
as Laxmi
as Gauri
as Neelam Kumar
as Rachna
as Priya
as Seema
as Saudamini
as Radha / Babli
as Malli
as Neeta / Geeta
as Chetna
as Sushila
as Pammy
as Rekha
as Laxmi
as Roma