Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi is an actress of Hindi cinema, theatre and television. She debuted in Ankur (1974) and became prominent in parallel cinema through Shyam Benegal films such as Nishant (1975) and Mandi (1983), as well as Arth (1982), Masoom (1983), Khandhar (1984) and Paar (1984).

She has won the National Film Award for Best Actress five times, for Ankur, Arth, Khandhar, Paar and Godmother (1999). Her international work includes Madame Sousatzka (1988), City of Joy (1992) and Fire (1996). She received the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan, and has performed in plays such as Tumhari Amrita. She appears in Batwara 1947 (2026) on this site.