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Shabana Azmi facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Shabana Azmi | |
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Azmi at the SFU in October | |
Born | Shabana Kaifi Azmi () 18 September (age 74) Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, India |
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Family | Akhtar-Azmi family |
Honours | Padma Bhushan () |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 27 August – 26 August | |
Nominated by | K. R. Narayanan |
Preceded by | M. Aram |
Succeeded by | Hema Malini |
Constituency | Nominated (Arts) |
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Shabana Azmi (born 18 September ) is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Her career in the Hindi film industry has spanned over films, mostly within independent and neorealist parallel cinema, though her work extended to mainstream films as well as a number of international projects. One of India's most acclaimed actresses, Azmi is known for her portrayals of distinctive,
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In the Year of Sahir: Diary by Nasreen Munni Kabir
Chennai, India. Westland. pages.
MUCH OF INDIA’S LITERARY and cinematic worlds are geared up to celebrate with considerable enthusiasm the birth centenary of Sahir Ludhianvi (Abdul Hayee; –), “a colossus among film lyricists,” considered by many as one of the foremost Urdu poets of the twentieth century. As her contribution to these festivities, Nasreen Munni Kabir, the eminent scholar of Indian film, has published this elegantly designed, spiral-bound, diary-like collection of reminiscences of Sahir’s many prominent friends and colleagues, numerous, never-before-published photographs, brief, incisive essays, remarks, and intriguing personal bits and pieces of sahiriana. For example, the back cover shows Sahir’s actual diary for August 23–26, , along with his entry for the 24th: “Kaifi / Dinner – Faiz,” presumably a meeting with poet Kaifi Azmi (–) and dinner with poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz (–).
Akshay Manwani, author of Sahir Lud