Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 11 (ANI): Veteran histrion Shabana Azmi volition beryllium felicitated with Excellence successful Cinema Award astatine MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.
A peculiar screening of her movie 'Arth' volition besides beryllium held astatine this year's edition.
On honouring Shabana Azmi, Festival Director, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur successful a property enactment shared by MAMI squad said, "It is simply a privilege for MAMI to honour Shabana Azmi, an iconic actor, with the Excellence successful Cinema Award this year. Her singular versatility and bonzer assemblage of enactment implicit 50 years, opening with her award-winning debut successful 'Ankur' successful 1974, has enriched the cloth of Indian cinema with immoderate of the astir memorable women characters. MAMI had the chiseled pleasance of honouring her successful 1999 for her singular contributions implicit 25 years, and we are fortunate to proceed witnessing her enactment and observe her aureate jubilee."
MAMI volition contiguous the Excellence successful Cinema Award to Shabana Azmi connected October 18. This volition beryllium followed by a masterclass connected October 19 successful speech with National Award-winning histrion Vidya Balan and volition connection insights into Azmi's travel and experiences implicit 5 decades successful the industry.
Shabana Azmi precocious completed 50 years successful the Indian movie industry.
At the IIFA Awards 2024, Shabana Azmi got candid astir her achievements successful the movie manufacture and talked astir her travel from her debut movie till date.
In a speech with ANI, she said, "I'm overwhelmed, due to the fact that erstwhile my archetypal film, 'Ankur', was released connected September 24, 1974, you would sound maine down with a feather if you had told maine I'd inactive beryllium moving 50 years later. So I'm truly grateful for being astatine the close spot astatine the close clip and precise grateful that I'm inactive getting meaningful work." (ANI)
