Shabana Azmi Birthday special actress won 5 national awards in her film career know unknown facts

Shabana Azmi was born on 18 September 1950 in Hyderabad to the famous poet Kaifi Azmi and Shaukat Azmi.

Shabana started her film career at the age of 24. Her first film was ‘Ankur’. Her work in this film released in 1974 was highly appreciated.

Shabana was awarded the National Award for Best Actress for her first film. By the way, let us tell you that the record of winning the National Award the most number of times is also registered in Shabana’s name.

After Ankur, Shabana also won the National Award for Best Actress for the 1982 film ‘Arth’, the 1983 film ‘Kandahar’ and the 1984 film ‘Paar’.

Shabana Azmi is also an actress who has won the National Award for three consecutive years. Shabana won her fifth National Award for Best Actress for the 1999 film ‘Godmother’.

Shabana has also played the role of a lesbian on the big screen. She played a lesbian in the film ‘Fire’. And then she also kissed actress Nandita Das on the big screen.

Shabana married famous lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar in the year 1984. However, Shabana did not have any children from this marriage. She considers Javed’s first wife’s children Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar as her own children.