She made her feature film debut with Shyam Benegal’s ‘Ankur’ (1974) and won a National Award for Best Actress.
Shabana bagged the National Award three years in a row between 1983 to 1985 for ‘Arth’, ‘Khandhar’, and ‘Paar’.
Shabana-Shekhar Kapur, met during the making of ‘Ishk Ishk Ishk’ and dated for a brief period. The duo was engaged but they ended their relationship.
Shabana met lyricist Javed Akhtar when he was married to Honey Irani. She said it was his intellect and wit that attracted her to him.
It was reportedly Jaya Bachchan’s acting that motivated Shabana Azmi to try her luck in films.
The NGO, which works for the marginalised sections of society, was founded by her father and renowned Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi in 1993.