Vidya Balan shares heartfelt note as Shabana Azmi completes 50 years in Cinema, calls her ‘strongest influence’ 50 : Bollywood News

Vidya Balan shares heartfelt note as Shabana Azmi completes 50 years in Cinema, calls her ‘strongest influence’

Apart from her Dia Mirza, Shahana Goswami, and Divya Dutta also showered their love and admiration on the veteran actress.

Legendary actress Shabana Azmi has completed a remarkable 50 years in the Indian film industry, an incredible milestone that reflects her lasting impact on cinema and society. Known for her versatility, compelling performances, and her dedication to both the arts and activism, Azmi's five-decade-long career comprised of several awards and accolades and also fans who have showered their love and appreciation on her over the years. As she celebrates this monumental achievement, her close-knit circle of friends from the film industry have come forward to wish her love, admiration, and continued success.

Vidya Balan shares heartfelt note as Shabana Azmi completes 50 years in Cinema, calls her ‘strongest influence’

In a special voice message, which was posted by Zoya Akhtar's production house Tiger Baby's Instagram account, Vidya shared a minute-long message for Shabana. She began by saying, “How can I possibly choose one favourite Shabana Azmi performance? Shabana Azmi has probably had the strongest influence on me as an actor. She was the first actor to make me realize that women could have a voice on screen.” Vidya ended her note by saying, "I think sometimes when you watch a performance, you feel that, of course, these are beautiful lines, but that actor has brought a truth to it that very rarely do you see those kinds of moments in a performance. So that’s my love for Shabana ji. No one like her, truly.”

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Apart from Vidya Balan, Dia Mirza, Divya Dutta, and Shahana Goswami also penned heartfelt tributes. In fact, Dia went on to appreciate one of her lesser known roles as Chetna in the film Kadambari (1976) which featured Vijay Arora as the male lead.

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Shabana made her acting debut with Shyam Benegal’s debut film Ankur (1974), for which she won her first National Award. She is the only actor to win it five times which was for the films Khandhar, Paar, Arth, and Godmother. She was last seen in Rocky Aur Rani kii Prem Kahaani, for which she won a Filmfare Award. Fans will see her next in Bun Tikki, also starring Zeenat Aman.

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