Shabana Azmi

...widows in rural India. Some notable actors that have worked in Mehta's Elements trilogy include Aamir Khan, Seema Biswas, Shabana Azmi, John Abraham , Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rahul Khanna, Lisa Ray, and Nandita Das. These films are also...

In this article: Deepa Mehta, Earth, Water, Elements trilogy, India, Bapsi Sidhwa, Academy Award, Fire, Suicide, and Cracking India

Hari-Bhari Hari-Bhari (Fertility) is 2000 Hindi film by Shyam Benegal, starring Shabana Azmi , Rajit Kapur, Rajeshwari Sachdev , Surekha Sikri and Nandita Das in lead roles. The film revolves around the story of five women, belonging to...

In this article: Hari-Bhari, National Film Award, Shyam Benegal, Rajit Kapur, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Surekha Sikri, and Nandita Das

...mythic Booker -award winning 1981 novel 'Midnight's Children'. Shabana Azmi has been invited to Kabul by the UN to be the main speaker at a summit on violence against women . Shabana Azmi's role in 'My Name Is Khan' would now have to be...

In this article: My Name Is Khan, Surgery, Midnight's Children, Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan, UN, Salman Rushdie, and Kabul

Midnight's Children will be produced by Deepa's life partner David Hamilton. Shabana Azmi , Nandita Das and Seema Biswas have already been finalized in the cast. "These are my three absolute favourites. Enchanting enduring actors whom I've...

In this article: Deepa Mehta, Salman Rushdie, Water, Midnight's Children, Nandita Das, Fire, Akshay Kumar, and Seema Biswas

...Earth and Water was Canada's official entry for Oscars. She has roped in her favourite Indian actors, Nandita Das and Shabana Azmi to play important roles in Midnight's Children. "I have been aware of the project for a while now and Deepa...

In this article: Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie, Deepa Mehta, Nandita Das, Celluloid, India, Oscars, The Satanic Verses, and Indira Gandhi

...of Salman Rushdie's award winning 1981 novel 'Midnight's Children'. The last time they came together in Mehta's 1998 'Fire' they created a stir as a lesbian couple. 'Shabana and Nandita were magical in 'Fire',' said Mehta who has also...

In this article: Midnight's Children, Deepa Mehta, Salman Rushdie, Water, Akshay Kumar, Seema Biswas, Nandita Das, and Fire

...I realised love has no gender." Canada-based Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta's "Fire" (1998) was perhaps the first mainstream Hindi film to show gay kissing - Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das kissed under the mosquito net in the controversial movie.

In this article: Fashion, Samir Soni, DVD, Mugdha Godse, Kangana Ranaut, Amitabh Bachchan, Nandita Das, and Priyanka Chopra

...encompasses the history of India from Independence until end of emergency in 1977. Well-known actors Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das, who had acted in Mehta's earlier critically acclaimed but controversial movies including 'Fire' and...

In this article: Salman Rushdie, Deepa Mehta, Midnight's Children, Earth, Nandita Das, Fire, India, and New York

...and they hope to have cameras rolling in 2010. Indian actors Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das, who starred in two earlier Mehta films, "Fire" and "Earth," are on board to star in the project. Both Mehta and Rushdie were born in India, with...

In this article: Salman Rushdie, India, Midnight's Children, Nandita Das, Deepa Mehta, Earth, Fire, and Britain