Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah reunite to celebrate Shyam Benegal’s 90th birthday
Shabana Azmi celebrates Shyam Benegal's 90th birthday with Naseeruddin Shah, reminiscing about their iconic collaborations in Indian parallel cinema.
Jaya Bachchan turned a year older on Sunday, and Padma Bhushan awardee Shabana Azmi credits the Sholay actress' documentary Suman for joining the film industry.
Captioning an image of Jaya from the time of her younger days, Shabana tweeted on Sunday: "Salgirah mubarak (Happy birthday). Jaya Bachchan I joined films because of FTII film Suman in which you played the lead with such freshness."
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The over 15-minute-long documentary Suman was made by the students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in the 1970s.
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Shabana and Jaya are alumni of FTII.
Jaya made her acting debut in 1963 with a Bengali film Mahanagar. She went on to feature in Hindi films like Guddi, Chupke Chupke and Bawarchi.
Shabana entered the filmdom with ace director-screenwriter Shyam Benegal's Ankur, which also won her a National Film Award.
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