Shabana Azmi in a scene.
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi, one of the most famous actresses of Indian cinema, recently completed 50 years of her career. He has acted in more than 160 films. 74 year old Shabana Azmi has done amazing work not only in independent cinema but also in the mainstream and has made a name for herself among the crowd of male actors. She has powerful performances in ‘Ankur’, ‘Arth’, ‘Khandhar’, ‘Paar’ and ‘Godmother’, for which she has the amazing record of winning the maximum number of five National Film Awards. He was also awarded the Padma Shri in 1998 and the Padma Bhushan in 2012 by the Government of India.
Had to struggle in the industry
However, with all of Shabana Azmi’s wonderful achievements also came her struggles. Do you know that he was once humiliated on a film set? Shabana Azmi once revealed how her choreographer Kamal had emotionally harassed her on the sets of ‘Parvarish’. ‘Parvarish’ was released in 1977 and starred Shammi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna and Neetu Kapoor. While talking to Adi Pocha during a podcast, Shabana Azmi said, ‘I cannot dance to save my life. I have two left feet. I had asked Kamal Master, he was a choreographer. I said please give me rehearsal. He said that there is no need for rehearsal. All you have to do is clap.’ Later Shabana Azmi came to know that there was a full dance performance in which she had to succeed.
The actress was upset by this
She said, ‘It was very scary because I was with Neetu Singh. Before I could understand where to place my right foot and where to place my left foot, Neetu would have done two rehearsals and would sit there. I was really very nervous. I told Kamal ji that it is too complicated and can we change it a little. There were a lot of junior actors on the set. He said, ‘Okay, the lights are off. Now Shabana ji is going to teach Kamal dance master what steps should be taken. It was so humiliating and bad that I ran out of the set and found that my car was not there. Crying she said, ‘I will not work in any film now, I do not want this insult.’
ever attempted suicide
Shabana Azmi said that it was director Manmohan Desai who hugged and consoled her after the incident. Later Neetu Kapoor also came to know about the incident and asked Sulakshana Pandit to intervene. Shabana Azmi’s struggle was not only in her professional life. Her mother Shukat told in her autobiography that Shabana Azmi had once tried to kill herself in her childhood. He wrote, ‘She went to the school lab and ate copper sulphate. When her best friend Parna told her that Shabana had told her that she loved Baba more than him, I held my forehead in disappointment.
Was seen in this film
However, after overcoming these difficulties, Shabana Azmi now stands as one of the most respected actresses of India. She was last seen in Karan Johar’s ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’, which was a superhit and grossed over Rs 300 crore worldwide.
