Shabana Azmi is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. She’s an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune. After her film debut in 1974 she soon became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, an Indian New Wave movement known for its serious content and neo-realism.
Shabana Azmi Biography / Wiki
| Name | Shabana Azmi |
| Also Know | शबाना आज़मी, Shabana Asmi, 샤바나 아즈미, Шабана Ðзми |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | New Delhi, India |
| Date of Birth | 1950-09-18 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 72 |
| Deathday |
Shabana Azmi Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| 15 Park Avenue | Anu | 2006-01-06 | An exploration of the impact of schizophrenia on a young woman and her family in today’s Calcutta. The narrative pivots around the relationship of two… |
| Sorry Bhai | Gayatri | 2008-11-28 | Scientist Siddharth(Sharman Joshi) is given “Ma Kasam” by elder brother Harsh(Sanjay Suri) to bring her along for his wedding with Aaliyah(Chitrangada… |
| Loins of Punjab Presents | Rrita Kapoor | 2007-01-28 | A ruthless philantrophist. A bhangra rapper. An over-protected prodigy. A reckless actress. A lovelorn businessman. An entrepreneurial yogi. And a Loi… |
| It’s a Wonderful Afterlife | Mrs. Sethi | 2010-05-07 | Indian mother Mrs Sethi’s obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick… |
| Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. | Naheed | 2007-02-23 | Six newly-married, diverse, honeymooning couples face marital bliss and discord, finding out more about themselves, their significant others and life … |
| Arth | Pooja | 1982-12-03 | The semi-autobiographical film was written by Mahesh Bhatt about his extramarital relationship with actress Parveen Babi…. |
| Tehzeeb | Rukhsana Jamal | 2003-11-21 | Tehzeeb (Hindi: तहà¥à¤œà¤¼à¥€à¤¬, Urdu: تÛزیب, English: Etiquette) is a 2003 Indian Bollywood film directed by Khalid Mohammed. It premiered… |
| Makdee | Makdee | 2002-11-22 | One half of an identical set of twins, the mischievous Chunni is known in her hometown for the pranks she plays, notably on her father, the schoolteac… |
| Mandi | Rukmini Bai | 1983-02-25 | The denizens of a brothel deal with internal drama, as well as pressure from greedy land developers and an anti-sex work politician to leave town…. |
| Sparsh | Kavita | 1980-01-30 | Anirudh Parmar is blind, but he does not let this impairment bind him down. He runs a school for the blind as a Principal. He meets with the recently … |
| Suddenly, One Day | Neeta | 1989-09-14 | Shasanka is a retired teacher who lives with his wife and two daughters. The family is thrown into an uproar after he goes out for a walk and disappea… |
| Khandhar | Jamini | 1984-06-08 | Subhash is a photographer from the city, who has come to take pictures of some old temples and ruins in a village. Ruins fascinate him. While in the v… |
| Morning Raga | Swarnalata | 2004-10-29 | Morning Raga is about the meeting of worlds. It is a story that brings the modern and traditional together, unites the past with present, Carnatic mus… |
| Ankur | Laxmi | 1974-07-20 | Laxmi lives a poor lifestyle in a small village in India along with her husband, Kishtaya, who is a deaf-mute. Both husband and wife work for the weal… |
| Dharavi | Kusum | 1991-09-30 | Dharavi – known as the biggest slums on Earth, has many people living in abject poverty and destitute conditions. One such person is Rajkaran a taxi d… |
| Sati | Uma | 1989-11-23 | Uma, a mute Brahmin girl, lives with her uncle’s family as she is an orphan. Since Uma has a faulty horoscope which indicate widowhood, the family fin… |
| Death of a Doctor | 1990-01-01 | After years of painstaking research at the cost of his domestic pleasure, Dr. Dipankar Roy discovers a vaccine for leprosy. The news is flashed over t… | |
| Ek Pal | Priyam | 1986-11-01 | Based on a short story by Maitreyi Devi, Kalpana Lajmi’s directorial debut tells a story of extramarital affair in the tea gardens of Assam. Famous … |
| Positive | 2007-09-08 | Years ago, when Abhijit was a boy, he learned his father was involved in extramarital relationships. He kept it secret for several years, until tensio… | |
| Chalk N Duster | Vidya Sawant | 2016-01-15 | Chalk n Duster is an emotional journey of two teachers Vidya ( Shabana Azmi) & Jyoti ( Juhi Chawla) , serving at a Mumbai – based High School. The… |
| Godmother | Rambhi | 1999-10-15 | inspired by the life of Santokben Jadeja, who ran the Mafia operations of Porbandar, Gujarat in the late 1980s and early 1990s and later turned politi… |
| Patang | Jitni | 1993-01-01 | Patang (English: The Kite) is a 1993 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Goutam Ghose, starring Shabana Azmi, Shafiq Syed, Om Puri and Robi Ghosh. The… |
| Bada Din | 1998-06-11 | It is Christmas Day in Calcutta and David Dawson is off to celebrate it with his sweetheart, Nandini Shom. The meeting does not go well as Nandini wan… | |
| Swami | Saudamini | 1977-01-06 | Saudamini is a pampered girl until she is forced to marry the widower Ghanshyam and move into his large household. Saudamini cannot cope with her husb… |
| The Wishing Tree | The Gypsy Woman | 2017-06-09 | ‘The Wishing Tree’ is a magical, inspirational and an extremely entertaining story of five children in a hill-station somewhere in India, who come tog… |
| Banglatown Banquet | Sofia | 2006-03-25 | Middle-aged Muslim Bangladeshi women struggling for their freedom as they leave the familiarity of their Bangladeshi community and set out on a voyage… |
| Congregation | Anjuman | 1986-01-01 | A young woman leads impoverished embroidery workers in a strike against the greedy wholesalers who exploit them…. |
| Jhoothi Shaan | Krishna | 1991-12-13 | Ranimaa, a one-time empress, refuses to believe that her home is no longer a palace, even though she and her four children have turned it into a hotel… |
| Kamla | Sarita Jadhav | 1984-01-01 | Jaisingh Jadav (Marc Zuber), a Delhi based journalist finds that even to this date, flesh trade exist in a village in Madhya Pradesh, the victims bein… |
| Fateh | 1991-01-01 | The Major, aided by three other military commandos, undertakes a mission to bring to justice an evil arms dealer and drugs smuggler…. | |
| Kaifinama | 2018-01-01 | Kaifinama looks at the life and art of the Urdu Progressive poet Kaifi Azmi. Kaifi Azmi was both a poet for social change as well as one of the foremo… | |
| Saaz | Bansidhar (Bansi) Vrundavan | 1997-01-01 | Mansi, played by Aruna Irani the elder sister has to take up professional singing after her father’s death and to support the family. The film focuses… |
| Genesis | The woman | 1986-06-02 | This is a simple, straightforward tale about the rise and fall of human civilization that focuses solely on four characters: a farmer (Naseeruddin Sha… |
| Kissa Kursi Ka | Janata | 1978-02-16 | The plot revolved around a corrupt and evil politician Gangaram or Gangu, trying to woo personified public, depicted as mute and helpless looking. The… |
| Lorie | 1984-06-06 | A woman, depressed that she in unable to bear children, abducts a child, and wants to keep him for her own. The child belongs to a large family consis… | |
| Kaali Khuhi | Satya Maasi | 2020-10-30 | When a restless spirit curses a Punjab village that has a history of female infanticide, the town’s fate lies in the hands of a 10-year old girl, Shiv… |
| Sheer Qorma | Raziya Khan | 2021-06-18 | A story of belonging and acceptance, identity and family told through courageous, queer women choose to embrace love that exists beyond their personal… |
| Devi Ahilya Bai | 2002-01-01 | Ahilyabai was born on May 31, 1725 in the village of Chaundi, in the present-day Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra. Her father, Mankoji Shinde, was t… | |
| Daughters of This Century | Kadambini | 2001-03-14 | This film is based on five shot stories of Rabindranath Tagore’s Jibito O Mrito, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Abhagir Swarga, Gour Kishore Ghosh’s Ae… |
| Amba | Amba Bhanupratap Singh | 1990-08-10 | When Amba gets her son Rajendra arrested for sexually assaulting their servant’s daughter, Rajendra’s wife wreaks havoc into their lives as she vows t… |
| Fire | Radha | 1997-08-22 | In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha’s life takes an irresistible turn when her beautifu… |
| Masoom | Indu D. Malhotra | 1983-01-10 | D.K. Malhotra lives a comfortable lifestyle with his wife, Indu, and two school-going daughters, Pinky and Minni. He works in the office of an Archite… |
| Umrao Jaan | Khanum Jaan | 2006-11-02 | Bollywood film about the famous courtesan of the title. Aishwarya Rai stars in the lead role. The film is directed by J.P. Dutta and also stars Shaban… |
| Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai | Stella | 1980-01-01 | ‘Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Ata Hai’ revolves around the Pintos and the people connected to them. There’s Albert who’s pretty much angry at everybody…. |
| Suraag | 1982-03-18 | A thriller about a missing Indian bride set in America starring Sanjeev Kumar… | |
| Yeh Nazdeekiyan | Shobna | 1982-11-09 | Sunil Verma is the head of an advertising agency, and lives with a middle-class life with his wife, Shobna. Although Sunil gets to meet many beautiful… |
| Lahu Ke Do Rang | Roma | 1979-09-28 | Inspector Raj Singh’s father was killed by Shankar and his men for gold. Years later he locates them but also finds that he has a step brother Suraj w… |
| The Crossing | Rama | 1984-09-14 | When a Dalit wins the elections for mayor in his small village in northeastern India, deadly rioting forces an impoverished couple to escape to Calcut… |
| Gangvaa | Jamuna | 1984-09-14 | Gangvaa embarks on a quest for revenge against a crooked landlord after he orders the death of his father for reporting his crimes to the police and g… |
| Hum Paanch | Sundariya | 1980-01-01 | Tyrannical and wealthy Veer Pratap Singh, rules over a small town – ruthlessly. Whoever opposes him is crushed. He is attracted to women, and has a le… |
| Neerja | Rama Bhanot | 2016-02-19 | Neerja is a portrayal on the life of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am … |
| A Decent Arrangement | Preeti | 2014-07-11 | This is the story of an American- Indian who travels to India for an arranged marriage. After he meets an American girl traveling through India, he mu… |
| Signature Move | Parveen | 2017-03-11 | A secret new romance with Alma forces Zaynab to confront her complicated relationship with her recently widowed mother. In this coming-of-age Muslim m… |
| Disha | 1990-01-01 | Two peasants are ill-prepared for life in the big city after moving from their tiny village to Bombay…. | |
| Main Azaad Hoon | Subhashini Saigal | 1989-12-15 | A newspaper reporter exploits an ordinary man for few rupees to pose as a man who is fighting against the corrupt politicians and prints imaginary sto… |
| Khel Khilari Ka | Rachna | 1977-04-18 | After watching his father, Masterji, getting killed; his sister, Laxmi, getting sexually assaulted by Sangram Singh, Dharamdas and Nandan, and then ki… |
| Rakhwala | 1989-05-06 | A little girl comes from her village to Bombay to find her father. She meets Vikram a kind hearted person who could help her. But Vikram is helpless a… | |
| Avtaar | 1983-03-11 | Avtaar Krishen lives a poor lifestyle with his wife, Radha, and two sons, Ramesh and Chander. He works in a factory and toils hard so that his sons ca… | |
| Hira Aur Patthar | Gauri | 1977-05-09 | A young crusader struggles to free the poor peasants from the clutches of the corrupt trustees of their town. He decides to take any measures to get j… |
| Thodisi Bewafaii | 1980-04-29 | Arvind Kumar Choudhary is widowed, respectable and wealthy businessman, who lives with his only son, Arun, in a palatial house. He re-marries another … | |
| Atithee | Leela M. Kumar / Julie | 1978-07-22 | Navendhu Kumar lives a poor lifestyle with his handicapped father, Mohan, housewife mom, two unmarried sisters, Leela and Rajni, a younger brother, Ku… |
| Devata | 1978-11-03 | … | |
| Khoon Ki Pukaar | 1978-06-16 | After the murder of his wife, and his son’s kidnapping, Dr. Vidya Bhushan decides to devote the rest of his life as a Poojary, living on the premises … | |
| Mrityudand | Chandravati | 1997-07-11 | Ketki marries Vinay, who is exploited by hard-nosed businessman Tirpat. Ketki then organizes local women against Tirpat & Co. Her group includes her s… |
| Shaque | 1976-12-01 | Shaque is a 1976 Bollywood drama film directed by Vikas Desai and Aruna Raje. The film stars Vinod Khanna…. | |
| Oonch Neech Beech | Tulsi | 1989-07-28 | The film is based on an incredible true story about a village woman who gets lost at a railway station and waits fourteen years for her husband to com… |
| Sonata | Dolon | 2017-04-21 | Three single women, a professor, a banker, and a journalist, who are best friends, share their happy and joyous moments and support each other through… |
| Shart | Kiran Dutt | 1986-02-21 | The city is rocked by a series of brutal murders. All the victims are women of lose character or prostitutes, and all have been brutally slain. Inspec… |
| Susman | 1987-01-01 | A story about the “Ikat” handloom weavers of Pochampally through the master weaver Ramulu and his family struggle in time of mass-production…. | |
| Espousal | Rekha | 1974-08-08 | Idealistic Ram’s one ambition is to do something for his village. Rekha rich and young girl comes into his life who in spite of warnings, marries Ram … |
| Apne Paraye | Sheila | 1980-08-08 | Film about the trials facing a family whose patriarch has squandered money into a series of unwise ventures…. |
| Faslah | Asha Premchand | 1974-01-01 | Gautam is a man who loves a woman but is crushed when he sees her with someone else. In his fit of rage, he accidentally kills a child. Will this turn… |
| Route of Love | Shyama | 1982-12-19 | A love triangle, the film is a remake of the Telugu blockbuster movie Dasara Bullodu (1971), made by the same company and director. Mohan Lal Srivatsa… |
| Libaas | Seema | 1988-01-01 | The film is about married couples of urban India having extramarital relations and adultery. Based on Gulzar’s own story “Seema”, the film portrays th… |
| Nasihat | Sunita | 1986-07-25 | Taking advantage of the dispute between Ratanlal and his daughter, his employee, Mohanlal, takes over the business. Subsequently, he ends up ruining m… |
| Hum Rahe Na Hum | Mohini P. Sahani | 1984-06-06 | … |
| Samay Ki Dhaara | Madhvi A. Verma | 1986-01-01 | Drama – Outspokenly devoted to her principles, Madhavi finds her relationship with her husband, Ajay, an ambitious engineer, crumbling. What continues… |
| In Custody | Imtiaz Begum | 1994-04-15 | Ismail Merchant’s feature directorial debut addresses a subject close to his heart: the expressive Urdu language of Northern India, in danger of extin… |
| Midnight’s Children | Naseem | 2012-10-26 | The story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England, growing up in the country that is nothing like their p… |
| Karm | Neelam Kumar | 1977-04-27 | Retired Judge Shyamlal Kumar lives in a palatial home with his wife and only son, Arvind, who is now studying law and is on his way to become a lawyer… |
| Madame Sousatzka | Sushila Sen | 1988-10-14 | In London, eccentric piano instructor Madame Sousatzka takes on a new prize protégé, Manek, a teenage Bengali immigrant who displays incredible tale… |
| Side Streets | Mrs. Chandra Bipin Raj | 1998-09-05 | In 24 hours, 5 worlds collide in the forgotten neighborhoods of New York City…. |
| Junoon | Firdaus (Javed’s wife) | 1979-03-05 | Set during the 1857 War of Independence, an obsessed Indian Nawab desires to wed a young Anglo-Indian woman, but the girl’s obstinate mother stands be… |
| Khamosh | 1985-01-01 | Khamosh is 1985 Indian thriller directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film starred Bollywood actors such as Naseerudin Shah, Shabana Azmi, … | |
| Nishant | Sushila | 1975-06-06 | A man whose wife is abducted seeks to have the culprits prosecuted for their crime, but no one will help him. Meanwhile, the wife—abused and berated… |
| Pestonjee | Jeroo | 1988-03-01 | Phirojshah (Naseeruddin Shah) and Pestonjee (Anupam Kher) are two close friends. They attempt to do everything together, and they hope that they will … |
| The Bengali Night | Indira Sen | 1988-10-26 | Allan is an engineer working in 1930s Calcutta. He is invited to stay with the family of his boss, Narendra Sen which includes his wife, Indira and da… |
| Jazbaa | 2015-10-09 | After her daughter is kidnapped, a lawyer is forced to defend a criminal in exchange for her daughter’s freedom…. | |
| The Chess Players | Khurshid | 1977-10-02 | It is the year 1856. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the king of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British colonialists, intent on con… |
| Hari Bhari | 2000-01-07 | Family Planning issues in a Muslim Hyderabadi family struggling between new and old values… | |
| Kanneshwara Rama | 1977-01-01 | Kanneshwara Rama (Kannada: ಕನà³à²¨à³‡à²¶à³à²µà²° ರಾಮ; English: The Legendary Outlaw) is a 1977 Kannada political drama film directed by M…. | |
| Immaculate Conception | Samira | 1992-09-11 | A childless British couple visit a fertility shrine of Gulab Shah in Karachi run by eunuchs and set off a huge culture clash…. |
| Fakira | Neeta / Geeta | 1976-09-06 | Vijay helps the poor and robs the rich, while Ajay is assigned the job to bring Vijay to justice. Thirsty for each other’s blood, both men are unaware… |
| The Black Prince | Rani Jindan | 2017-07-21 | The Black Prince follows the story of the last Sikh Maharaja — the son of the powerful ruler Ranjit Singh — who was placed on the throne at the ag… |
| Mardon Wali Baat | 1988-01-22 | Dacoit Sunder Singh kills a brave police officer, Shefali’s husband. To avenge his death, Shefali secretly hires two mercenaries…. | |
| Amar Deep | 1979-01-01 | Raja was adopted by a criminal don (Ashok Kumar) at a very young age. After the death of the don, Raja inherits the property, and refrains from crime…. | |
| Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema | Herself | 2015-09-06 | Indian cinema has the largest audience of any art form on the planet. With a population of over a billion, India has recently enjoyed an economic boo… |
| Ek Hi Bhool | Meenakshi | 1981-10-09 | Sadhana (Rekha) and Ramkumar (Jeetendra) are a married couple. Their marriage gets into troubled waters when Sadhana starts to suspect that Ramkumar i… |
| What’s Love Got to Do With It? | 2023-01-27 | Zoe and Kazim, two childhood friends now in their 30’s must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once he decides to follow his parent’… | |
| Ishk Ishk Ishk | Pammy | 1974-11-08 | Dhun comes from a wealthy and talented family and desires to see the world on his own. He sets upon this travel and on his journey comes upon an inn c… |
| Doosri Dulhan | Chanda | 1983-10-14 | Renu and her husband, Anil, are devastated when she cannot bear children after a miscarriage. But soon, he visits a brothel and asks young Chanda to c… |
| Son of the Pink Panther | Queen | 1993-08-27 | The eighth and last of the Pink Panther series. The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin…. |
| City of Joy | Kamla H. Pal | 1992-04-15 | Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsi… |
| Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola | Chaudhari Devi | 2013-01-10 | Harry is an industrialist who loves his daughter Bijlee, and the bond they share with Harry’s man friday, Matru. Bijlee’s plan to wed the son of a pol… |
| Namkeen | 1982-01-01 | Nimki (Sharmila Tagore) is the mortar that holds her fragile family together. She looks after her younger sisters, the mute, sweet Meethu (Shabana Azm… | |
| Chor Sipahee | Priya | 1977-04-15 | A police officer doesn’t believe in strict punishment and attempts a new way to deal with crime… |
| Ashanti | Kamini | 1982-05-07 | During the process of a police investigation Police Inspector Kumar Chandra Singh himself becomes a suspect…. |
| Yaadon Ki Zanjeer | 1984-01-01 | Bollywood 1984… | |
| Jallian Wala Bagh | 1977-01-01 | The whole film is a story about Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar…. | |
| Amar Akbar Anthony | Laxmi | 1977-05-27 | Bollywood action comedy film with a lost and found theme, about three brothers separated during their childhood who grew up in three homes, adopting t… |
| Jwalamukhi | Kiran | 1980-12-26 | … |
| Parvarish | Shabu | 1977-10-23 | A policeman adopts the son of a bandit. A misunderstanding leads the officer’s own biological son to believe he is the bandit’s son and he takes up a … |
| Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani | 2023-02-10 | … | |
| Swarg Narak | Geeta | 1978-01-01 | Our story has three married couples: One couple, who are happily married, are Tripathi (Sanjeev Kumar) and his wife Mary; the second couple are Geeta … |
| Gaja Gamini | Premchand’s Nirmala | 2000-12-01 | A mysterious and beautiful woman, in her various incarnations, inspires artists throughout the ages…. |
| The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Ammi | 2013-04-24 | In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks…. |
| Love Breakups Zindagi | Naina’s Mother (Special Appearance) | 2011-10-07 | A couple and many of their friends experience changes and challenges in their respective lives after attending a wedding…. |
| Dus Kahaniyaan | 2007-12-07 | An anthology of ten short films dealing with diverse subjects such as infidelity, companionship, lust and a spectrum of human emotions…. | |
| Luck by Chance | Herself (uncredited) | 2009-01-30 | Not wanting the same fate as befell her sisters, Sona Mishra re-locates to Mumbai to try to make a living making movies, but she soon finds that the p… |
| Om Shanti Om | Self | 2007-11-07 | Reincarnated 30 years after being killed in a suspicious on-set fire, a small-time actor is determined to punish the person who ignited the blaze…. |
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| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Crossing | Playback Singer | 1984-09-14 | When a Dalit wins the elections for mayor in his small village in northeastern India, deadly rioting forces an impoverished couple to escape to Calcut… |
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