Shabana Azmi has turned a year older today, on Sep 18, 2024. The veteran actor is known for her contribution to parallel cinema in the 70s, belongs to a family of artistes with liberal ideology.

Shabana Azmi has been married to veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar for almost 40 years now but the couple never embraced parenthood. The actress, who cannot bear a kid due to medical reasons, recently spoke about society making her feel incomplete and accepting the reality.

Shabana Azmi, who has won five National Awards, has worked in over 100 films. She has featured in critically-acclaimed films like Arth, Bhavna, Neerja, Khandar, Masoom, Paar, Tehzeeb, Godmother, Fire and Sati among many others.

Veteran star Shabana Azmi is not a slave to an introduction. The renowned Indian actor has plethora of work log to make her distinguished from the rest of her contemporaries. But one thing she has always made headlines for,

Shabana Azmi discussed the challenges of not having children with Javed Akhtar, emphasizing that women often measure self-worth through family roles. Inspired by her mother’s perspective on fulfillment through work,

During an exclusive interview with Filmfare, Shabana Azmi said husband Javed Akhtar remembers no special dates except her birthday.

Shabana Azmi recently spoke about how society makes a woman feel 'incomplete' if she does not have a child, but a similar treatment is not meted out to men. She said that a man's success is measured by his success in his career and not by relationships like a woman.