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Shabana Azmi Birthday: Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi is celebrating her 75th birthday today. On this special occasion, we know about some of his best films.
18 September, 2025
Shabana Azmi birthday: Shabana Azmi, a brilliant actress of Hindi cinema, is celebrating her 75th birthday today. In his almost 50 years of brilliant career, he did such roles not only in commercial but also in Parall Cinema, which have proved to be a milestone for Indian cinema. Shabana Azmi, who has won the National Film Award five times, made the actresses a part of the story, not just a decoration item on the silver screen. This is the reason that today we have brought you the list of some memorable films of Shabana.

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The film Ankur, directed by Shyam Benegal, was released in the year 1974. Shabana Azmi made his debut with this film. In this, she made her own identity by playing the role of a Dalit woman Lakshmi and won the first National Award.

Meaning
In Mahesh Bhatt’s film meaning, Shabana won the heart of audiences by becoming ‘Pooja’. Released in the year 1982, the film won Shabana Azmi for the second time. Apart from Shabana, actors like Smita Patil, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Raj Kiran are also in the lead role in this film.

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Shyam Benegal’s film Mandi was released in the year 1983. In this film, Shabana Azmi played Rukmini, who is the mistress of a brothel. His performance with Smita Patil and Naseeruddin Shah is still considered classic. The film also stars Ratna Pathak, Soni Razdan.

Innocent
Shabana Azmi’s innocent was also released in the year 1983. The film was directed by Shekhar Kapoor. In this, he has played the role of a wife and mother. Innocent also has artists like Jugal Hansraj, Naseeruddin Shah, Urmila Matondar, Tanuja and Supriya Pathak. Released 42 years ago, this film still shows the mirror of society.

Ruin
The film ruins made under the direction of Mrinal Sen are also part of this list. The film also stars Pankaj Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah along with Shabana Azmi. In this, Shabana has played a girl named Jamini who spends a lonely life in the ruins. He received the third National Award for this film.

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The film Paar, released in 1984, was directed by Gautam Ghosh. It stars artists like Naseeruddin Shah, Utpal Dutt, Om Puri and Shabana Azmi. In this film, Shabana has played a pregnant woman and won her fourth National Award.
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Godmadar
Shabana played a tremendous role in the inspiration film Godamdar from Santokben Jadeja, a don of Gujarat, and won the fifth National Award. Released in the year 1999, the film was directed by Vinay Shukla. The film also stars Nirmal Pandey, Milind Gunaji, Raima Sen and Sharman Joshi.

Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Honeymoon Travels released in the year 2007. Ltd. Is a great film. Shabana Azmi and Boman Irani played an old couple in the film. Shabana proved that romance has no age. Directed by Reema Kagti, this multistarrer film also stars Abhay Deol, KK Menon, Ryima Sen, Amisha Patel, Diya Mirza, Minisha Lamba and Sandhya Mridul.
Rocky and queen’s love story
In Karan Johar’s film Rocky and Rani’s love story, Shabana once again surprised everyone with the role of Jamini Chatterjee. His chemistry with Dharmendra immersed the fans in old memories. Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh starrer Dharmendra and Shabana’s liplock were discussed a lot in this film.
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