Actor Shabana Azmi is celebrating her 70th birthday today. On the occasion of Shabana's special day, here are some rare photos from the actor's 46-year long journey in the movies.
Shabana Azmi earned a National Film Award for her debut film, Shyam Benegal's Ankur.
Over the course of her career, Shabana Azmi has won five National Film Awards for Ankur, Arth, Khandhar, Paar and Godmother.
Some of Shabana Azmi's best-known films include Swami, Arth, Bhavna, Fire, Makdee, Tehzeeb and Neerja among others.
While Shabana Azmi has been a part of the parallel cinema movement since her early days, she has also been quite active in commercial cinema with films like Amar Akbar Anthony and Parvarish among others.
Shabana Azmi married writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar in 1984. She is the daughter of poet Kaifi Azmi.
Shabana Azmi was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1988.
Shabana Azmi will next be seen in Sheer Qorma, which also stars Swara Bhasker and Divya Dutta.