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Sep 21, 2016 · For decades, Shabana Azmi has been a leading actress in Indian cinema. She has starred in many of that country’s most popular and acclaimed films, including the groundbreaking Fire in 1996, about a lesbian relationship between two sisters-in-law. At age 66, Azmi’s screen skills remain much in demand, such as her prominent role in the recent ...
Shabana Azmi is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. She's an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune. After her film debut in 1974 she soon became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, an Indian New Wave movement known for its serious content and neo-realism.
Summary. Famed Bollywood actor and activist Shabana Azmi describes the changes in India’s film industry from the 1970s to today, making comparisons between the evolution of commercial film and the alternative 'parallel cinema,' a Bengali movement that produced artistic and socially minded films. Azmi explains how her work in groundbreaking ...
Shabana Azmi dominated Indian celluloid with the so-called “parallel films” between 1970 and 1980, and was the leading lady of New Wave of Cinema in the country. She preferred never to remain in her comfort zone, taking up bold subjects and experimenting with roles in a career spanning more than four decades.
Sep 18, 2022 · Ankur Directed by Shyam Benegal, Ankur, the debut film of Shabaza Azmi released back in 1974. Based on a true story, the plot of the movie revolves around the life childless couple. The love story takes a tragic turn when a landlord’s son seduces the wife. Shabana Azmi bagged a National Award for portraying a bold role in the movie.
Apr 14, 2022 · Shabana Azmi was first introduced to colour-blind casting more than 30 years ago. The veteran Bollywood actor was in New York in the Eighties, soaking in Broadway shows, when she bought a ticket ...
Sep 4, 2023 · Thus Shaukat, who was all of 19 at the time, became Kaifi’s main comrade-in-arms, a role she carried on for 55 years. “This is the greatest love story I’ve ever seen or heard,” Shaukat and Kaifi’s daughter and one of Bollywood’s most formidable actors, Shabana Azmi, says, during a visit to the city to perform Kaifi aur Main, an IPTA ...
