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Renowned Hindi film actress, Member of Parliament and Social activist, Shabana Azmi has recently been appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations' Population Fund (UNPF). She has won five National Awards for the Best Actress in Shyam Benegal's Ankur, Gautam Ghosh's Paar, Mrinal Sen's Khandahar, Arth and in 1998 for her role in Vinay Shukla's Godmother. She acted in several Hindi films and some foreign films like Madam Souzatska and La Nuit Bengali. She ... likes acting for the theatre and her Tumhari Amrita (with Farooque shaikh) is a major crowd puller on the Mumbai stage. Shabana Azmi is a prominent star of the new cinema movement. Her important films of this genre are Nishant, Junoon, Mandi, Khandhar, Genesis, Susman, Antarnaad, Ek Din Achanak, Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai, Paar, Sparsh, Disha, Picnic, Sati, Arth and the recent Godmother.
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Shabana Azmi has been a committed social activist, active in fighting AIDS and injustice in real life. Shabana Azmi has voiced her opinion on a variety of issues. Initially, her activism drew skepticism and was dubbed by some as a publicity gimmick. However, she proved her critics wrong and used her celebrity status to emerge as a high-profile social activist. However, her "fight for injustice in real life" began with her own injustice to the marriage of Javed Aktar and Honey Irani. She played the home breaker in that drama.
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Shabana Azmi has won International acclaim in JOHN Schlesinger's MADAME SOUSATZKA co-starring SHIRLEY MC'LAINE, NICHOLAS KLOTZ'S `THE BENGALI NIGHT,co-starring JOHN HURT and HUGH GRANT and ROLAND JOFFE'S CITY OF JOY, CO-STARRING PATRICK SWAYZE. Other films include Channel 4's "IMMACULATE CONCEPTION", opposite James Wilby "THE SON OF PINK PANTHER" by Blake Edward and Ismail Merchants's "IN CUSTODY".
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By Subhash K. Jha, Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) Actress and social activist Shabana Azmi has a reason to rejoice. She has managed to find proper homes for hundreds of homeless slum dwellers in Mumbai.
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This event could not have been made possible without the efforts of the American India Foundation and Shabana Azmi's involvement with this organization. All proceeds from the event will go to AIF programs in India. At a press conference held before the show, Azmi and Shaikh both sat down with Lakshmi Pratury, the head of the AIF, and talked about Foundation's efforts in India. The organization was started in March of 2001 in response to the devastating earthquake in Gujarat, and has been growing ever since. Though the initial response was for disaster relief, it has become apparent that this was too narrow an objective - long-term development in India is necessary for the country to prosper. AIF hopes to set an example for other South Asian countries to follow.
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The daughter of the distinguished poet Kaifi Azmi and the celebrated actress Shaukat, Shabana Azmi decided early on to work in film and theater. By her mid-twenties she had become perhaps the most recognized star of the New Indian Cinema, working regularly in challenging films by Benegal, Mrinal Sen, Gautam Ghosh, Aparna Sen, and even Satyajit Ray (a small role in The Chess Player). After appearing in C.P. Dixit?s Fakira (1976), she ... became a major star in Bollywood, the commercial Hindi cinema ? a rare accomplishment in India, where the "commercial" and "art" cinema often keep a scrupulous distance. She has also worked for foreign directors such as John Schlesinger (Madame Sousatzka), Roland Joffe (City of Joy) and Tony Gerber (Side Streets).
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