Did  Shabana Azmi, unarguably  the finest living  female dramatic actor of Hindi cinema, consider Dilip Kumar  the finest  male  actor ? Responds Shabana Azmi, “Acting ...

Karan  Johar ‘s New Directorial Is  Titled Rocky Aur Rani  Ki Prem  Kahani To Direct Shabana Azmi   & Dharmendra For The  First Time In Multi-Starrer Featuring Jaya Bachchan, Alia Bhatt  & Ranveer Singh, Plot Details ...

“I want to share an incident with you about Abba.  The last time he ever got out of bed was 14 January 2002 ...

Remembering her mother the formidable actress-activist Shaukat  Azmi  who was a  matriarch to all she  loved , Shabana says, “She was remarkable in many ways ...

1.     Sujata(1959): Inspired  directly by  Dr Ambedkar’s  treatise on  the abolishment  of the caste  system Sujata is a haunting ever-renewable ever-relevant meditation on blood ties and social ...

 On  Friday  the  internet was  brimming with  bonhomie when they saw Shabana Azmi and her husband Javed Akhtar wearing  what was  described as clothes given to them  by a fan named Jayshree who ...

The relationship between  a fan and a star is very sacred. I still remember how kind   Shabana Azmi  was to me when I ...

1.      Amar Prem(1971): Playing the  kothewali with a heart as  pure as  the GangotriSharmila Tagore brings to her character Pushpa a sense of sublime  selfnegation and  craving for unconditional  love that makes her ...

  Right. So we  all know  about the great women’s pictures  from Mother India to Arth  to  Pink. But there are some  absolute gems featuring ...

Shabana Azmi:  “India is  country that lives in several centuries  simultaneously. And  so it is  with the  position of women in our society. On ...

There are  two big ladies’ specials  lined  for streaming this Women’s Day.So which one  will you watch  first, Netflix’s Bombay Begums or Alt-Balajee’s   A Married Woman? ...

It’s been kept totally  under wraps . But here is something  from one of  India’s greatest actresses  to bring cheer  into the New ...

  That Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth is being remade  with Tamil actress Revathi stepping  into the director’s   seat, is  well-known  by now. The  film’s producer  Sharat Chandra recently spoke on  how  Shabana Azmi  who ...

The  great Shabana Azmi was  the leading lady in  Shekhar Kapur’s first directorial Masoom in 1983. In spite of their  terrific personal and professional rapport they never reunited in any ...

My Sunday morning started with a call to one of my most favourite people  in the entertainment industry.Javed Saab turned  a ripe young 76 ...

London , in case you haven’t noticed, is  under lockdownagain after the upsurge  of a  new strain of the Covid.Flights between India  and  UK  stand  ...

 There have  been numerous  attempts to make the  authoritative bio-pic on   the late Smita Patil who died  at  the  age  of 31 in  1986  after ...

One of India’s  most accomplished cinematographers  Baba Azmi’s directorial  debut  MeeRaqsam about  a sprightly  young Muslim  girl’s determination to  learn  Bharat Natyam has  won  for Baba the Best Debut Director at the ...

 Shabana Azmi is  currently  in Budapest shooting for Steven Spielberg’s webseries. She was filled with a  sense of unreality when  news  of  Soumitra Chatterjee’s death reached her. “It  ...

Shabana Azmi:  “I am shooting for Halo In Budapest till 11th December. Budapest has also got into lockdown since Wednesday . Curfew from 8pm- 5 am  . For ...

To see Shabana Azmi take over the screen once again , and never mind its size, in  Terrie Samundra’s otherwise-disappointing Kali Kuhi  is to  be made aware  all ...

Kali Khuhi(Netflix) Starring Shabana Azmi,  Leela Samson,  Satyadeep  Mishras, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Riva Arora Directed by Terrie Samundra Rating: * ½ Damn!  Life can be such a bummer.  Just hours  after Sanjeeda Sheikh made such ...

Pritish Nandy:  “Everybody has the right to protect their reputation. And that is exactly what the film industry is trying to do. This ...

After a month in  jail  actress Rhea Chakraborty  finally  gets  bail.And her  friends and  supporters in the  film industry, most of  them  unwilling  to  ...

Mee  Raqsam  makes  me wonder  why  your brother Baba took so log to  make his directorial debut? Ha! We’ve been pushing him for years. I am ...

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan:  “Lataji’s Ae mere watan ke logon is my favourite patriotic song.” Shabana Azmi: “Kar chale him fida jaan-o-tan saathiyon is the most definitive ...

 If there is  one person in Shabana Azmi’s life who is  more  precious to her  than husband Javed Akhtar it is her  brother  Baba Azmi. With the death of  their ...

 There  was  a spot  of panic when a BMC poster  quarantining the  Akhtars’ residence where Javed Akhtar’s daughter  lives with her mother Honey ...

Shabana Azmi says the lockdown has made her  forget  what  dressing up means.  “I am lolling around our house in  any thing.  Kuch bhi kapde pahen  leti hoon. Does this mean that we ...

Shabana Azmi joins other  international stars to  collaborate  with   Erri de Luca, a major Italian author, some would even say the greatest Italian writing today. Luca  has ...

Shabana Azmi:  “I came back from Budapest from shooting on 15 March and both (husband) Javed (Akhtar)and I have self-quarantined. We have been counselling whomever we ...

Misinformatiion has become a  way  of life  on the social media where  everybody is entitled to jump to his or her own conclusions. A  ...

Good news  for the Akhtar-Azmi family. Shabana Azmi who had a miraculous escape from  grievous  injury  after a  road accident  on  January 18, is all set to  return ...

A  stream  visitors  from the  film fraternity who visited   Shabana Azmi at  the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital had to return  without  meeting the injured actress. Explains  her husband  poet-writer-thinker  Javed Akhtar, ...

A day  after the  ghastly road accident which left her automobile smashed, Shabana Azmi was  doing fine at  the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital in Mumbai.  On Sunday all essential medical tests ...

At  around 4 pm  on Saturday someone sent  me a message. “Shabana Azmi critically injured  in  a  road accident. Really sad.” He sounded  more excited  ...

 It’s been less than a month when Shabana Azmi and her cinematographer-brother  Baba  lost their  mother the iconic Shaukat Kaifi.  Her reveberant laughter  is still alive   for those who loved her. ...

On Friday evening the legendary theatre personality, activist  actress Shaukat Azmi  left us.She was 93  and still spirited to the hilt when  it came to ...

Sushant Singh Rajput: “My favourite child actor is Jugal Hansraj in Masoom. He just melted your heart with his performance. My favourite children’s song ...