Veteran actress Shabana Azmi is celebrating her 74th birthday in the present day, i.e. September 18. On this special day, we’re revisiting a heartfelt revelation made by her in an outdated interview. The actress had as soon as credited her husband Javed Akhtar’s spouse Honey Irani for her wholesome relationship with Zoya and Farhan Akhtar.
Throughout a dialog with Twinkle Khanna in 2021 on the Tweak India YouTube channel, Shabana Azmi revealed that her mother and father weren’t in favor of her relationship with Javed Akhtar. The Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani reasoned that it was robust as he was a married man and had youngsters.
The veteran actress had thus asserted why folks shouldn’t speculate. “It is troublesome sufficient for the folks concerned, after which only for gossip’s sake. And clearly, persons are going to say, ‘You name your self a feminist after which how have you ever bought your self on this state of affairs?’,” she talked about.
Azmi continued by emphasizing how she had a alternative again then to elucidate her viewpoint and justify her motion. Nonetheless, she didn’t do this and maintained a silence, contemplating it will result in extra speculations and gossip concerning the steps taken by her. She had religion in the truth that folks would come to know, and that’s precisely what occurred.
Moreover, Azmi credited Javed Akhtar’s spouse Honey Irani for by no means “poisoning” her children, Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar, towards her. “She may have been actually beneficiant, and he or she would have been justified… However she by no means, by no means did that. In reality, she despatched the kids with us to London once they had been actually younger, and that grew to become a bonding, and it is to her credit score, and Javed’s credit score, and my credit score that now we have such a wholesome relationship with Zoya and Farhan,” she mentioned.
Shabana and Javed bought married in 1984. The 2 by no means had children.
On the work entrance, Shabana Azmi was final seen in Karan Johar’s directorial Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani led by Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt. Her pairing alongside Dharmendra obtained vital consideration and love from the followers. She might be subsequent seen in Manish Malhotra’s directorial Bun Tikki alongside Zeenat Aman.