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On Ambedkar Jayanti 5 Finest Films On Inequality & The ‘ Great’ Indian Caste System

Subhash K . Jha3 days ago14th April 2021

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 inequality. Nutan won her her Filmfare award as the socio-economically backward ...

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That Wasn’t Shabana’s Fan In The Picture, That Was Her House Help

Subhash K . Jha4 weeks ago22nd March 2021

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 sat next to the golden couple in ...

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Janhvi Kapoor: “I Was Upset With The Way My Security Handled The Fan”

Subhash K . Jha1 month ago9th March 2021

The relationship between a fan and a star is very sacred. I still remember how kind Shabana Azmi was to me when I met her for the first time 40...

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Subhash K Jha On His 3 Most Favourite Female-Oriented Films

Subhash K . Jha1 month ago8th March 2021

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 shower her motherly affections. That Sharmila Tagore plays the...

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Neglected Heroine Oriented Films

Subhash K . Jha1 month ago8th March 2021

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 female heroes that never got their due....

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Has The Status Of Women In Society & Cinema Changed? Bollywood’s Women Speak

Subhash K . Jha1 month ago8th March 2021

Shabana Azmi: “India is country that lives in several centuries simultaneously. And so it is with the position of women in our society. On the one hand we’ve had a woman...

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OTT Clash On Women’s Day

Subhash K . Jha1 month ago6th March 2021

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? Though the two share a couple of ...

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Shabana Azmi (Who Can’t Cook To Save Her Life) Plays A Chef In Vikas Khanna’s Next

Subhash K . Jha2 months ago9th February 2021

It’s been kept totally under wraps . But here is something from one of India’s greatest actresses to bring cheer into the New Year. The mighty Shabana Azmi plays a chef in New...

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Shabana Azmi Denies Claims Of Involvment With Arth Remake

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago27th January 2021

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 gave one her career’s finest performances in ...

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Shabana Azmi And Shekhar Kapur Reunite After 38 Years

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago18th January 2021

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 of Kapur’s subsequent films. That’s changed now. Shabana Azmi is ...

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Dear Javed Saab, I Wish You The Best In Life

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago18th January 2021

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 . When I called to wish him...

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In Spite Of Flight Ban, Shabana Azmi Flies Off To London For A Shoot

Subhash K . Jha3 months ago4th January 2021

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 cancelled.Shabana Azmi who was committed to doing an international ...

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Who Will Make The Smita Patil Bio-pic?

Subhash K . Jha4 months ago

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 giving birth to her son Prateik. It’s a...

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“Everything Just Fell Into Place,” Baba Azmi Wins Big In Dublin

Subhash K . Jha5 months ago23rd November 2020

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 just-concluded Indian Film Festival Of Ireland in...

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Shabana Azmi On Soumitra Chatterjee

Subhash K . Jha5 months ago18th November 2020

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 was a rude reminder that even the...

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Primary Entertainers Reveal Diwali Plans

Subhash K . Jha5 months ago14th November 2020

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 Diwali I am going to a local...

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Shabana Azmi On Doing Horror For The First Time

Subhash K . Jha6 months ago2nd November 2020

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 over again that she is by far...

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Kali Khuhi Funniest Horror Film Of All Times

Subhash K . Jha6 months ago31st October 2020

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 a stunning impact in Taish she’s part of a...

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Bollywood Applauds Lawsuit Against Slanderous TV Channel

Subhash K . Jha6 months ago15th October 2020

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

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Rhea Chakraborty Finally Gets Bail, “Please Leave Her In Peace,” Says Shabana Azmi

Subhash K . Jha6 months ago7th October 2020

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 express themselves on-record, breathed a sigh of...

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Shabana Azmi Speaks On Her Brother Baba Azmi’s Directorial Debut

Subhash K . Jha8 months ago22nd August 2020

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 very excited that Mee Raqsam ( I Dance ) produced...

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My Favourite Patriotic Song & Film: Bollywood Gets Sentimental On Independence Day

Subhash K . Jha8 months ago15th August 2020

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 of all the patriotic songs. It gives...

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Shabana Azmi’s Raksha Bandhan Gift For Her Brother Baba Azmi

Subhash K . Jha9 months ago4th August 2020

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 beloved mother Shaukat Kaifi last year, Shabana is now both...

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“Everyone At Zoya Akhtar’s Has Tested Negative, “ Shabana Azmi

Subhash K . Jha9 months ago15th July 2020

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

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Shabana Azmi On Life During Lockdown With Javed!

Subhash K . Jha10 months ago13th June 2020

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 make an effort to dress up only...

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Shabana Azmi Teams Up With Italy’s Greatest Living Writer

Subhash K . Jha11 months ago17th May 2020

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 launched a new project The Decameron 2020 in which a selected...

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Corona Virus: In these times of enforced isolation what are Bollywood’s denizens up to?

Subhash K . Jha24th March 202024th March 2020

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 can to maintain safe distance and wash...

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No Holi Celebrations This Year At The Bahchans, Azmis,Shabana Shooting In Budapest

Subhash K . Jha11th March 202011th March 2020

Misinformatiion has become a way of life on the social media where everybody is entitled to jump to his or her own conclusions. A portal reported that the big Holi bash at the Azmis was...

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Javed Akhtar: “We Are Bringing Shabana Home ”

Subhash K . Jha31st January 202031st January 2020

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 home. Speaking to me on Thursday morning Javed Saab...

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Javed Akhtar: “Shabana Will Be Out Of ICU Today”

Subhash K . Jha21st January 202021st January 2020

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, “She is in the ICU and she’s...

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Shabana Is Doing Fine, Says Javed

Subhash K . Jha20th January 202020th January 2020

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 were done on the injured actress and...

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Shameful Display Of Insensitivity After Shabana Accident

Subhash K . Jha20th January 202020th January 2020

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 for having broken the news to me,...

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Shabana Missing Mother: The Actress Speaks For The First Time After Mom’s Death

Subhash K . Jha17th December 201917th December 2019

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. The still-grieving Shabana admits she has yet to come ...

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“The Woman I Admired The Most Is Gone,” Shabana Azmi On The Passing Of Shaukat Kaifi

Subhash K . Jha24th November 201924th November 2019

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 her two favourite topics: theatre and sarees. She...

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On Children’s Day: Bollywood Selects Favourite Child Actor, & Children’s Song

Subhash K . Jha14th November 201914th November 2019

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 is Lukka chuppi from Rang De Basanti sung by Lataji and...