Shabana Azmi

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Shabana Azmi does not immediately fit into her rustic surroundings; but her poise and her personality are never in doubt, and in two high-pitched scenes she pulls out all her stops and firmly establishes herself as one of our finest dramatic actresses."

—Satyajit Ray on Azmi's performance in Ankur (1975) [12]

Azmi graduated from the FTII in 1973 and signed on to Khwaja Ahmad Abbas' Faasla and began work on Kanti Lal Rathod's Parinay as well. Her first release, however, was Shyam Benegal's directorial debut Ankur (1974). Belonging to the art-house genre of neo-realistic films, Ankur is based on a true story which occurred in Hyderabad. Azmi played Lakshmi, a married servant and villager who drifts into an affair with a college student who visits the countryside. Azmi was not the original choice for the film, and several leading actresses of that time refused to do it. The film went on to become a major critical success, and Azmi won her first National Film Award for Best Actress and her first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance. Qurratulain Hyder wrote that Azmi lives her role and acts like a seasoned dramatic actress in her first film. [13]

She went on to receive the National Film Award for Best Actress consecutively for three years from 1983 to 1985 for her roles in Arth , Khandhar and Paar . Godmother (1999) earned her a record-setting fifth National Film Award, taking her tally to five. Azmi's acting has been characterised by a real-life depiction of the roles played by her. In Mandi (1983), she acted as a madam of a whorehouse. For this role, she put on weight and even chewed betel. Real-life portrayals continued in almost all her films. These included the role of a woman named Jamini resigned to her destiny in Khandhar and a typical urban Indian wife, mother and homemaker in Masoom (1983).

She mainly acted in experimental and parallel Indian cinema. Deepa Mehta's Fire (1996) depicts her as a lonely woman, Radha, in love with her sister-in-law. The on-screen depiction of lesbianism (perhaps the first in Indian cinema) drew severe protests and threats from many social groups as well as by the Indian authorities. Her role as Radha brought her international recognition with the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress at the 32nd Chicago Film Festival and Jury Award for Best Actress at Outfest, Los Angeles. [6] She was the initial choice for Deepa Mehta's Water (2005), which was planned to hit the floors in 2000. A few scenes were already shot. Azmi had to shave her head with Nandita Das to portray the character of Shakuntala. However, due to political reasons, the film was shelved and later shot in 2005 with Seema Biswas replacing Azmi. [14]

Some of her notable films are Shyam Benegal's Nishant (1975), Junoon (1978), Susman (1978), and Antarnaad (1992); Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players) ; Mrinal Sen's Khandhar , Genesis , Ek Din Achanak ; Saeed Mirza's Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai ; Sai Paranjpye's Sparsh and Disha ; Gautam Ghose's Paar ; Aparna Sen's Picnic and Sati ; Mahesh Bhatt's Arth ; and Vinay Shukla's Godmother . Her other films include the commercially successful Manmohan Desai's Amar Akbar Anthony and Parvarish and Prakash Mehra's Jwalamukhi . Azmi starred in Hollywood productions such as John Schlesinger's Madame Sousatzka (1988) and Roland Joffe's City of Joy (1992).

Azmi debuted on the small screen in a soap opera titled Anupama. She portrayed a modern Indian woman who, while endorsing traditional Indian ethos and values, negotiated more freedom for herself. She has participated in many stage plays: notable among them include M. S. Sathyu's Safed Kundali (1980), based on The Caucasian Chalk Circle ; and Feroz Abbas Khan's Tumhari Amrita with actor Farooq Sheikh, which ran for five years. She toured Singapore on an assignment with the Singapore Repertory Theatre Company, acting in Ingmar Bergman's adaptation of Ibsen's A Doll's House , which was directed by Rey Buono. She toured the UK, Dubai and India with British production Happy Birthday Sunita by Theatre Company RIFCO Arts in 2014. Pointing out the differences in all these media, she once remarked that theatre was really the actor's medium; the stage was the actor's space; cinema was the director's medium; and television was a writer's medium.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Shabana Azmi with Javed Akhtar, in 2012. Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi return from IIFA 2012 01.jpg
Shabana Azmi with Javed Akhtar, in 2012.

Azmi was engaged to Benjamin Gilani in late 1970s, but the engagement was called off. [15] Later, she married Javed Akhtar, a lyricist, poet and scriptwriter in Hindi films, on 9 December 1984, making her a member of the Akhtar-Azmi film family. [16] It was Javed Akhtar's second marriage, the first being with another Hindi film scriptwriter, Honey Irani. However Azmi's parents objected to her being involved with a married man with 2 children (Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar). [17] [18] Indian actresses Farah Naaz and Tabu are her nieces and Tanvi Azmi is her sister-in-law.

Humanitarian and other work

Azmi has been a committed social activist, active in supporting child survival and fighting AIDS and injustice in real life. [19] [20] She has campaigned against ostracism of victims of AIDS. [19] A small film clip issued by the Government of India depicts an HIV positive child cuddled in her arms and saying: "She does not need your rejection, she needs your love". In a Bengali film named Meghla Akash , directed by Nargis Akter, she played the role of a physician treating AIDS patients. She has also given her voice to an HIV/AIDS education animated software tutorial created by the nonprofit organisation TeachAids. [21]

Azmi at the 2006 World Economic Forum Shabana Azmi at the 2006 World Economic Forum.jpg
Azmi at the 2006 World Economic Forum

She has participated in several plays and demonstrations denouncing 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. Among the social groups whose causes she has advocated are slum dwellers, displaced Kashmiri Pandit migrants and victims of the earthquake at Latur (Maharashtra, India). The 1993 Mumbai riots appalled her and she emerged as a forceful critic of religious extremism. In 1995, she reflected on her life as an activist in an interview in Rungh. [22] After the 11 September 2001 attacks, she opposed the advice of the grand mufti of Jama Masjid calling upon the Muslims of India to join the people of Afghanistan in their fight by retorting that the leader go there alone. [23]

Since 1989, she has been a member of the National Integration Council headed by the Prime Minister of India; a member of National AIDS Commission (of India); and was nominated (in 1997) as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament. In 1998, the United Nations Population Fund appointed her as its Goodwill Ambassador for India. [19]

In 2019 Indian general election, she actively campaigned for Kanhaiya Kumar who contested from Begusarai, Bihar on a Communist Party of India (CPI) ticket. [24]

Artistry and legacy

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Azmi in 2012

Azmi is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. [25] Rediff.com placed her as the seventh-greatest Indian actress of all time. [26] In 2022, she was placed in Outlook India 's 75 Best Bollywood Actresses list. [27] Azmi was placed first in Rediff.com's "Best Bollywood Debut Ever" list, for her film Ankur. [28] In 2023, Rajeev Masand named Azmi as one of Hindi cinema's best actresses of all time. [29] Times of India placed her in its "50 Beautiful Faces" list. [30]

Filmfare included Azmi's performances in Mandi and Arth in its list of "80 Iconic Performances" of Bollywood, placed 37th and 27th respectively. For Mandi, it noted, "Shabana is dramatic, she is quirky and she´s bang on. A natural, her carefully restrained performance makes you smile at her lament about professionalism and loyalty. Although she is supported by a sterling cast, this is a satire which is all hers. See her spirited performances in Morning Raga, Masoom and Ankur as well." [31]

Filmography

She has acted in more than one hundred Hindi films, both in the mainstream as well as in Parallel Cinema. Several of her films have received attention in the international arena and Scandinavian countries, including at the Norwegian Film Institute, the Smithsonian Institution and the American Film Institute. She has appeared in a number of foreign films, most of which have won international acclaim, including John Schlesinger's Madame Sousatzka , Nicholas Klotz's Bengali Night , Roland Joffe's City of Joy , Channel 4's Immaculate Conception , Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther , and Ismail Merchant's In Custody .

Accolades

Major associations and honours

President Pratibha Patil giving Azmi the Padma Bhushan in 2012 The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Smt Shabana Azmi, at an Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 04, 2012.jpg
President Pratibha Patil giving Azmi the Padma Bhushan in 2012

Civilian award

National Film Awards

Azmi has received the National Film Award for Best Actress five times, making her the overall most-awarded actor in the function: [6]

Shabana Azmi
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Azmi at the SFU in October 2009
Born
Shabana Kaifi Azmi

(1950-09-18) 18 September 1950 (age 74)
Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, India
Occupations
  • Actress
  • social activist
Works Full list
Spouse
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(m. 1984)​
Parents
Relatives
Family Akhtar-Azmi family
Honours Padma Bhushan (2012)
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
27 August 1997 –26 August 2003
YearCategoryMovieResult
1975 Best Actress Ankur Won
1983 Arth Won
1984 Khandhar Won
1985 Paar Won
1999 Godmother Won

Filmfare Awards

YearCategoryMovieResult
1975 Best Actress Ankur Nominated
1978 Swami Won
1981 Thodisi Bewafaii Nominated
1984 Arth Won
Masoom Nominated
Avtaar Nominated
Mandi Nominated
1985 Bhavna Won
Sparsh Nominated
2003 Best Villain Makdee Nominated
2004 Best Supporting Actress Tehzeeb Nominated
2006 Lifetime Achievement Award Won
2017Best Supporting Actress Neerja Won
2024 Ghoomer Nominated
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani Won

International awards

YearAward/CountryCategoryMovieResult
1993 North Korea Best Actress Libaas Won
1994 Taormina Arte Festival in Italy Patang Won
1996 Chicago International Film Festival Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress Fire Won
1996 L.A. Outfest Outstanding Actress in a Feature FilmWon

Miscellaneous awards and honours

YearAwardCategoryMovieResult
1975 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Best Actress (Hindi) Ankur Won
1984 Paar Won
1987Ek PalWon
1998 Screen Awards Best Supporting Actress Mrityudand Won
1999 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Best Actress (Hindi) Godmother Won
2003Best Supporting Actress (Hindi) Tehzeeb Won
2004 Zee Cine Awards Best Supporting Actress Won
2005 Screen Awards Best Performance in an Indian Film in English Morning Raga Won

National awards

Honorary doctorates

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