Shabana Azmi
1950–
Shabana Azmi came out of the Film and Television Institute in Pune and straight into Shyam Benegal's Ankur, which won her the National Award for best actress at twenty-four. She has won it four more times since, more than any other actor.
She worked in both cinemas at once, which few managed - Benegal, Mrinal Sen and Satyajit Ray on one side, Amar Akbar Anthony and Parvarish on the other. Daughter of the poet Kaifi Azmi, married to Javed Akhtar, and a campaigner on housing and communalism for most of her adult life.
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Other known for
- Ankur (1974) on RLB-Tube
- Earth (1998) no copy found
- Fire (1996) no copy found
- Gaja Gamini (2000) no copy found
- Khandhar (1984) no copy found
- Neerja (2016) no copy found
- Nishant (1975) no copy found
- Om Shanti Om (2008) no copy found
- Paar (1984) no copy found
- The Chess Players (1977) no copy found
- Umrao Jaan (2006) no copy found