A still from Ankur featuring Shabana Azmi and Anant Nag
Shabana Azmi started her acting journey on this day in 1974 when Ankur was released and the award-winning actress thanks Shyam Bengal for her first break.
The 64-year-old took to Twitter on September 25 to share her thoughts and posted:
Post Ankur, Shabana became a name to reckon with in Indian parallel cinema, thanks to her performance in films such as Shatranj Ke Khiladi, Arth, Swami, Mandi, Masoom and Junoon.
She was equally active in mainstream cinema with films like
Fakira,
Amar Akbar Anthony and ,
Parvarish.
In recent times, she has won accolades for her work in
Fire,
Godmother,
Morning Raga and
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Apart from acting, the actress is also into social work. She runs NGO Mijwan Welfare Society along and last month she announced that she is doing a short film on domestic violence titled
Outside.