Poonam Dhillon

Poonam Dhillon (born 18 April 1962) is an Indian Hindi film, theatre and TV actress. A former Femina Miss India (1977), Dhillon has acted in over 80 films. She is best known for her 1979 film, Noorie, for her six films with Rajesh Khanna Red Rose, Dard, Nishaan, Zamana, Awam (from 1980 to 1987) and Sohni Mahiwal (1984), Samundar, Saveray Wali Gaadi (1986), Karma (1986), Naam (1986).

Dhillon participated in Bigg Boss in 2009 and was seen playing the lead role of Sharda Modi in the Sony TV series Ekk Nayi Pehchaan in 2013.

The first time Dhillon gained fame was when she got crowned Miss Young India 1978 at the age of 16. Director Yash Chopra noticed her and offered her a role in the film Trishul (1978) where she performed the song "Gapoochi Gapoochi gum gum" with co-star Sachin Pilgaonkar. Chopra then gave her the title role in Noorie (1979), which he produced. For this, Dhillon was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Subsequently she did about 90 films in Hindi, including Sohni Mahiwal, Red Rose, Teri Kasam, Dard, Nishana, Yeh Vada Raha, Samunder, Romance, Kasam, and Sitamgar. She was often paired with Rajesh Khanna and together, they performed in Dard, Nishaan, Zamana and Awam and Red Rose, Jai Shiv Shankar. She featured in six films opposite Rajesh Khanna.

She did a cameo in Judaai as a favor to producer Boney Kapoor after Juhi Chawla dropped out. She also appeared in regional films such as Nyay Danda, (Bengali), Yuddha Kaanda (Kannada) and Ishtam (Telugu).

She has been in Hindi theater, The Perfect Husband which won the best comedy play award in 2005 and which completed Golden Jubilee run. She then did two plays The Perfect Wife co-starring Sooraj Thapar and Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi with Asif Sheikh. Currently she is doing a play called "U TURN" which is the Hindi vesion of a Marathi play.

Dhillon ventured into the make-up van business, pioneering the concept in the Indian film industry. She runs a make-up van company, "VANITY". Coming from an academic family where her father was an aeronautical engineer, her mother was Principal in a school, and her two siblings and both doctors. Poonam did her graduation after joining Films at age 16. Currently she is doing her MBA in International Business. She has been very active with social causes like drug awareness, AIDS awareness, family planning and organ donation. Dhillon was the fourth guest on Bigg Boss (Season 3) aired on Colors TV. She ended up as runner-up on the show.

She has been a prominent speaker at SAARC business summit at Kathmandu and Delhi and was appointed as cultural ambassador. She was also a speaker at the MINDMINE event. She did a show to "Save and Empower the Girl Child" with Lilavati Hospital.

Recently she has also launched an event and film production company, Poetic Justice Films Pvt Ltd.

Poonam Dhillon's Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

1. Jai Shiv Shankar (1990) :
2. Avam (1987) : as Sushma
3. Zamana (1985) : as Sheetal
4. Nishan (1983) :
5. Dard (1981) : as Poonam Bhargav
6. Red Rose (1980)  : Sharda

 

  

Padmini Kolhapure

Padmini Kolhapure (Marathi: पद्मिनी कोल्हापुरे; born 1 November 1965) is an Indian actress and singer who appeared primarily in Hindi films. Through her successful career she received two Filmfare Awards and was one of the most popular actress in the 1980s.

Kolhapure, at the age of fifteen won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the revenge drama Insaf Ka Tarazu (1981) and at the age of seventeen, won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the tragic romance Prem Rog (1983), thus becoming the second youngest actress to win the awards in the respective categories.

Padmini Kolhapure was born second among the three daughters of Pandharinath Kolhapure, a professional musician, by his wife Anupama Kolhapure. Her older sister is the former actress Shivangi Kapoor, wife of actor Shakti Kapoor and mother of actor Siddhanth Kapoor and actress Shraddha Kapoor. Her younger sister is the actress Tejaswini Kolhapure.

The family took the surname "Kolhapure" because they hailed from Kolhapur. Padmini's father, Pandharinath Kolhapure, was a talented vocalist and Veena player. He was the son of Pandit Krishnarao Kolhapure (partner Balvant Natak Academy along with Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar), an exponent of Natya Sangeet who had enjoyed the patronage of the Baroda Durbar. Pandharinath's mother was the half-sister of Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, and sister of Balwantrao Abhisheki, the father of vocalist Jitendra Abhisheki. Thus, Padmini is a niece of legendary singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle. Padmini's mother, Nirupama Kolhapure, was born into a Konkani-speaking Saraswat Brahmin family belonging to Mangalore in Karnataka. She formerly used to work as ground staff with Air India.

While working for the film Aisa Pyar Kahan, Padmini met Pradeep Sharma, alias Tutu Sharma, who was the producer of the film. They were married after a brief courtship in 1986. They have a son named Priyank Sharma. Padmini and Pradeep celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary recently.

As a child, she sang in the chorus for songs in films like Yaadon Ki Baaraat, Kitab and Dushman Dost with her sister Shivangi. Padmini later sang for her own films like Vidhaata ("Saat Saheliyan"), Hum Intezaar Karenge and Sadak Chaap (with Kishore Kumar). She released an album with Bappi Lahiri titled Music Lovers. She performed for the Greater London Council at the Royal Albert Hall in London with Bappi Lahiri and his troupe in 1986.

Asha Bhosle suggested Padmini's name to Dev Anand, who then cast her in Ishq Ishq Ishq (1975). This led to other films, such as Dreamgirl (1978), Zindagi (1976), and Saajan Bina Suhagan (1978). She also gave a very commendable performance of a school girl inflicted by black magic in Gehrayee (1980).

Her mother quit her airlines job to be a full-time chaperone as Padmini picked up more roles. Her most famous child role was playing a child in Raj Kapoor's 1977 film Satyam Shivam Sundaram. Her success led to her most controversial role in Insaaf Ka Tarazu (1980), a remake of Lipstick (1976), where she played the rape victim that was originally played by Mariel Hemingway. She earned the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance. She graduated to heroine roles at the age of 15 in Nasir Hussain's Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai opposite Rishi Kapoor. The film flopped, but she reunited with Rishi for his father Raj Kapoor's film Prem Rog in 1982. The film earned her a Filmfare Best Actress Award. She earned a special acting award for Ahista Ahista.

Padmini was known for her professionalism and diligence. She even worked when she had fever on Do Dilon Ki Dastaan. She had more box office hits, such as Vidhaata (1982) and Souten (1983). She had a huge hit with Pyar Jhukta Nahin (1985) with Mithun Chakraborty, and they were paired together in several more films. She agreed to work with Anil Kapoor when he was a newcomer in his first film, Woh Saat Din (1983). The movie was a hit and helped cement his name in the Indian film industry; Anil Kapoor attributes his eventual success in the film industry to her 'luck'.

After her son grew up, she returned to acting in 2004, such as for the Marathi films Manthan and Chimnee Pakhra, which was a huge hit and earned her a Screen Award in the Best Marathi Actress category. She appeared in the 2006 horror film Eight Shani. In 2011, she made her foray into Malayalam cinema with V. K. Prakash's Karmayogi, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

She was considered to play the role of Tulsi Virani in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi after Smriti Irani left the project, but the role was ultimately played by Gautami Kapoor.

She appeared in Mera Bachpan with Helen in 2008. She has also acted on stage in Kaash, followed by Abhi To Mein Jawan Hoon and Aasman Se Gire Khajoor Pe Atke,with her brother-in-law Shakti Kapoor.

Padmini Kolhapure Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

1. 1980 Thodisi Bewafaii : as Meenu
2. 1983 Souten : as Radha 
3. 1984 Naya Kadam : as Chanda
4. 1985 Insaaf Main Karoonga : as Pinky 
5. 1985 Bewafai : as Renu 

Bindiya Goswami

Bindiya Goswami (born 8 August 1961) is a former Bollywood actress. She acted in Hindi films from the late 1970s to early 1980s.

Bindiya was discovered at a party, when she was just fourteen years old, by Hema Malini's mother. She felt that Bindiya had a resemblance to Hema and recommended her to film producers. Her first Hindi film was "Jeevan Jyoti" where she co-starred with Vijay Arora whose career was on the decline and the film flopped. Bindiya forged on ahead and soon became a success starring for director Basu Chatterjee in Khatta Meetha (1977) and Prem Vivah (1979). However, her biggest hit was for director Hrishikesh Mukherjee in the comedy Gol Maal (1979). That film's success led her to a role opposite Shashi Kapoor in the big-budget film Shaan (1980). However, the movie was declared as 'average', but Bindiya Goswami's role was not noticed. She also appeared in the popular film Dada (1979) alongside Vinod Mehra.

Bindiya has taken up designing costumes for female stars such as Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai for her husband J.P. Dutta's films, such as Border (1997), Refugee (2000), LOC Kargil (2003) and Umrao Jaan (2007).

Bindiya was born in Kaman, Bharatpur (Rajasthan) to a South Indian father and a Catholic mother. She was married to her frequent co-star Vinod Mehra, but they divorced after four years of marriage. Thereafter, Bindiya would give up her acting career to marry director J.P. Dutta in 1985, with whom she has two daughters, Nidhi and Siddhi. Her daughter Nidhi is following in her mother's footsteps by becoming an actress.

Bindya Goswami Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

Muqbala - 1979 :  as Vicky's girlfriend/wife (Rajesh Khanna's  Special Appearance)
Bandish - 1980 :  as Shanti

Kim

KIM YASHPAL

Kim Yashpal is another famous Hindi vintage entertainment actress in late 80s decade but she is not get much popular rather than other actress. She got more popularity by performing the famous film call "Disco Dancer" which very popular in late 80s decade of Hindi cinema.

Kim Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

1)  Phir Wahi Raat - 1980 : as Asha

2)  Disco Dancer - 1982 : Rita Oberoi (Rajesh Khanna's Special Appearance)

Simple Kapadia

SIMPLE KAPADIA

Simple Kapadia :  Born on (15th August 1958 – 10 November 2009) was a Bollywood actress and costume designer. Simple Kapadia began her career when she was 18 years old. She made her acting debut in 1977 in the film Anurodh, paired opposite her then real-life brother-in-law, actor Rajesh Khanna. In that movie, she played the role of Sumitha Mathur. Her career as an actress spanned for almost 10 years. She starred in Shaaka in 1981 opposite Jeetendra. Her role in Lootmaar received all the plaudits from critics as well as theatregoers.

Simple Kapadia Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna : 



1)  Anurodh - 1977 : as  Sumitha Mathur

2)  Chakravuyha - 1978 :  as Nandita

Ruby

Ruby

Prema Narayan

 PREMA NARAYAN

Prema Narayan  : (Born on 4th April 1955) is a Model and Bollywood actress-dancer. She was the Femina Miss India World 1971 and represented India at Miss World 1971.

Prem Narayan Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

1)  Karm - 1977 :  as Savitri Kumar

2)  Prem Bandhan - 1979 :

3)  Angaarey - 1986 :  as Ms. Meena Srivastav - Police Sub-Inspector

Deepa

 DEEPA

Deepa : Unni Mary is a film actress and producer who works mainly in Malayalam films. She has also worked in Telugu, Tamil films, where she acted under the screen name Deepa. Unnimary 12 March 1962 (age 53) Ernakulam, Kerala, India.

Deepa Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :


Amar Deep - 1979 as Lata

Zaheera

Zaheera is an Indian actress. She debuted in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service in 1969. She played the role of an Indian girl named Zara. She made Bollywood movies over the next decade. She appeared in a lead role for the first time in Call Girl (1974), a movie with a controversial theme at that time. She also had roles in Aadmi Sadak Ka and Naukri. One of her hit films was Gambler with Dev Anand, Shatrughna Sinha, Zahida and Jeevan. She has worked in few Punjabi movies as well.



Zaheera Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :


Naukri - 1978 : Ramola

Jaya Sudha

Jayasudha Kapoor  : (Sujatha Nidudavolu) Born on  17 December 1958 (age 56)is an Indian film actress predominantly in Telugu Cinema and a former MLA for the Congress in Secunderabad. She has also worked in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and three Hindi films.

Jaya Sudha Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

Aaina - 1977 :  Usha G. Shastri

Rita Bhaduri

Rita Bhaduri :  (Bengali: রীতা ভাদুড়ি, Hindi: रीटा भादुड़ी) is an Indian film and now television actress. She initially appeared as supporting actress in various Bollywood films during the 1970s, 1980s, & 1990s. Currently, she works as television actor, playing the role of biji in Bani - Ishq Da Kalma on Colors and in Rishtey. She is most known for films like Sawan Ko Aane Do a 1979 Rajshri Productions film, and Raja (1995) for which she received a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She had a supporting role as Julie's best friend in the hit film Julie (1975 film) (1975), where the song "Yeh Ratien Nayi Purani," was picturized on her.

She is from 1973 batch of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune and her batch included actress, Zarina Wahab.

Rita Bahaduri Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

1)  Anurodh - 1977 : Anju

2)  Aaina - 1977  : Poorna R. Shastri

Parveen Babi

Parveen Babi  : (Born on 4th April 1949 – 20 January 2005) was an iconic Indian actress, who is most remembered for her glamorous roles alongside top heroes of the 1970s and early 1980s. She has appeared in over 60 feature films and received several awards and has numerous contributions to newspapers and magazines from 1973-92.

Parveen Babi Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

1)  Chaltapurz - 1977 : Sheetal

2)  Khoon Aur Paani - 1981 : Rita (Rajesh Khanna's special appearance)

 

3)  Ashanti - 1982 : Sunita

Tina Munium

Tina Ambani (née Munim) :  Born on 11th February 1957 is an Indian film actress and beauty pageant winner, she was crowned Femina Teen Princess India 1975. She represented India at International Teen Princess 1975 and was crowned 2nd Runner Up. She acted in Bollywood movies during the late 1970s to late 80s. She is married to Anil Ambani. 

 Tina Munium Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

1)  Fiffty Fiffty - 1981 : Mary

2)  Rajput - 1982 : Jaya

3)  Suraag - 1982 :

4)  Souten - 1983 : Rokmani Mohit

5)  Papi Pet Ka Sawal Hai - 1984

6)  Alag Alag - 1985 : Chandni

7)  Insaaf Main Karoonga - 1985 : Seema Kapoor

8)  Aakhir Kyon - 1985 : Indu Sharma

9)  Bewafai - 1985 : Asha

10)  Bayen Hath Ka Khel - 1985

11)  Adhikar - 1986 : Jyoti

Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi (born 18 September 1950) is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune, she made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses of Parallel Cinema, a Bengali new-wave movement known for its serious content and neo-realism and received government patronage during the times. Regarded as one of the finest actresses in India, Azmi's performances in films in a variety of genres have generally earned her praise and awards, which include a record of five wins of the National Film Award for Best Actress and several international honours. She has also received four Filmfare Awards, and was honored among "women in cinema" at the 30th International Film Festival of India.

Azmi has appeared in over 120 Hindi and Bengali films in both mainstream and independent cinema, and since 1988 she has acted in several foreign projects. Numerous of her films have been cited as a form of progressivism which portrays Indian society, its customs and traditions. In addition to acting, Azmi is a social and women's rights activist. She is the wife of poet and screenwriter Javed Akhtar. She is a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) which seeks to spread contraception and abortion in India in order to limit that country's population. In appreciation of Azmi's life and works, the Congress party's government gave her a nominated (unelected) membership of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament.

Shabana Azmi was born into a Muslim family in Hyderabad, India. Her parents are Kaifi Azmi (an Indian poet) and Shaukat Azmi (a veteran Indian People's Theatre Association stage actress), both of whom were members of the Communist Party of India. Her brother, Baba Azmi, is a cinematographer. Shabana was named at the age of eleven by Ali Sardar Jafri. Her parents used to call her Munni. Baba Azmi was named by Prof. Masood Siddiqui to Ahmer Azmi< ref=sarmaya by Kaifi azmi. Her parents had an active social life, and their home was always thriving with people and activities of the communist party. It was not unusual for her to wake up in the morning and find members of the communist party sleeping about, from a previous night's communist social that ran late. Early in childhood, the environment in her home inculcated into her a respect for family ties, social and human values; and her parents always supported her to develop a passion for intellectual stimulation and growth.

Azmi did her schooling at the premier girls' school, Queen Mary School, Mumbai. She completed a graduate degree in Psychology from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, and followed it with a course in acting at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. She described the reason she decided to attend the film institute, saying, "I had the privilege of watching Jaya Bhaduri in a (Diploma) film, Suman, and I was completely enchanted by her performance because it was unlike the other performances I had seen. I really marvelled at that and said, 'My god, if by going to the Film Institute I can achieve that, that's what I want to do.'" Azmi eventually topped the list of successful candidates of 1972.

Azmi graduated from the FTII in 1973 and went on to sign on Khwaja Ahmad Abbas' Faasla and began work on Kanti Lal Rathod's Parinay as well. Her first release, however, was Shyam Benegal's directorial debut Ankur (1974). Belonging to the arthouse genre of neo-realistic films, Ankur is based on a true story which occurred in Hyderabad. Azmi played Lakshmi, a married servant and villager who drifts into an affair with a college student who visits the countryside. Azmi was not the original choice for the film, and several leading actresses of that time refused to do it. The film went on to become a major critical success, and Azmi won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performances. Upperstall.com described her work in the film as "an outstanding psychologically penetrating performance very different from those seen normally till then in mainstream Hindi cinema", and famous independent filmmaker Satyajit Ray commented, "In Ankur she may not have fitted immediately into her rustic surroundings, but her poise and personality are never in doubt. In two high pitched scenes, she pulls out the stops to firmly establish herself as one of our finest dramatic actresses".

She went on to receive the National Film Award consecutively for three years from 1983 to 1985 for her roles in movies, Arth, Khandhar and Paar. Another film Godmother (1999) earned her another National Film Award, taking her tally to five.

Azmi’s acting has been characterised by a real-life depiction of the roles played by her. In Mandi, she acted as a madam of a whorehouse. For this role, she put on weight and even chewed betel. Real life portrayals continued in almost all her movies. These included the role of a woman named Jamini resigned to her destiny in Khandhar and a typical urban Indian wife, homemaker and mother in Masoom.

She also acted in experimental and parallel Indian cinema. Deepa Mehta’s 1996 film Fire depicts her as a lonely woman, Radha, in love with her sister-in-law. The on-screen depiction of lesbianism (perhaps the first in Indian cinema) drew severe protests and threats from many social groups as well as by the Indian authorities. Her role as Radha brought her international recognition with the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress at the 32nd Chicago Film Festival and Jury Award for Best Actress at Outfest, Los Angeles.

She was the initial choice for Deepa Mehta's Water which was actually planned to hit the floors in 2000. Few scenes were already shot. Azmi had to shave her head with Nandita Das to portray the character of Shakuntala. However, due to political reasons, the film was shelved and later shot in 2005 with Seema Biswas replacing Azmi.

Some of her notable films include Shyam Benegal's Nishant (1975), Junoon (1978), Susman (1986), and Antarnaad (1992); Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj Ke Khiladi; Mrinal Sen’s Khandhar, Genesis, Ek Din Achanak; Saeed Mirza’s Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai; Sai Paranjpye’s Sparsh and Disha; Gautam Ghose’s Paar; Aparna Sen’s Picnic and Sati; Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth; Vinay Shukla’s Godmother. Her other films include the commercially successful Manmohan Desai's Amar Akbar Anthony and Parvarish and Prakash Mehra’s Jwalamukhi. Azmi starred in Hollywood productions such as John Schlesinger’s Madame Sousatzka (1988) and Roland Joffe’s City of Joy (1992).

Azmi debuted on the small screen in a soap opera titled Anupama. She portrayed a modern Indian woman who, while endorsing traditional Indian ethos and values, negotiated more freedom for herself. She had participated in many stage plays, and notable among them include M. S. Sathyu’s Safed Kundali (1980), based on The Caucasian Chalk Circle; and Feroz Abbas Khan's Tumhari Amrita with actor Farooq Sheikh, which ran for five years. She toured Singapore on an assignment with the Singapore Repertory Theatre Company, acting in Ingmar Bergman’s adaptation of Ibsen’s A Doll's House, which was directed by Rey Buono. Toured UK, Dubai and India with British production Happy Birthday Sunita by Theatre Company Rifco Arts in 2014.

Pointing out the differences in all these media, she once remarked that theatre was really the actor’s medium; the stage was actor’s space; cinema was the director’s medium; and television was a writer’s medium.

Azmi married Javed Akhtar, a lyricist, poet and Bollywood scriptwriter on 9 December 1984, making her a member of the Akhtar-Azmi film family. It was Akhtar’s second marriage, the first being with Bollywood scriptwriter, Honey Irani. However Shabana's parents objected to her being involved with a very much married man with 2 children (Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar). Indian actresses Farah Naaz and Tabu are her nieces and Tanvi Azmi is her sister-in-law.

Azmi has been a committed social activist, active in supporting child survival and fighting AIDS and injustice in real life. Azmi has voiced her opinion on a variety of issues. Initially, her activism drew skepticism and was dubbed by some as a publicity gimmick. However, she proved her critics wrong and used her celebrity status to emerge as a high-profile social activist.

She had participated in several plays and demonstrations denouncing communalism. In 1989, along with Swami Agnivesh and Asghar Ali Engineer, she undertook a four-day march for communal harmony from New Delhi to Meerut. Among the social groups whose causes she has advocated are slum dwellers, displaced Kashmiri Pandit migrants and victims of the earthquake at Latur (Maharashtra, India). The 1993 Mumbai riots appalled her and she emerged as a forceful critic of religious extremism. After the 11 September 2001 attacks, she opposed the advice of the grand mufti of Jama Masjid calling upon the Muslims of India to join the people of Afghanistan in their fight by retorting that the leader go there alone.

She has campaigned against ostracism of victims of AIDS. A small film clip issued by the Government of India depicts an HIV positive child cuddled in her arms and saying: "She does not need your rejection, she needs your love". In a Bengali film named Meghla Akash she played the role of a physician treating AIDS patients.

She has also given her voice to an HIV/AIDS education animated software tutorial created by the nonprofit organisation TeachAIDS.

She talks extensively about her social activism in a 2-hour interview for Harvard Business School's Creating Emerging Markets project.

Since 1989, she has been a member of the National Integration Council headed by the Prime Minister of India; a member of National AIDS Commission (of India); and was nominated (in 1997) as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament. In 1998, the United Nations Population Fund appointed her as its Goodwill Ambassador for India.

She has acted in more than one hundred Hindi films, both in the mainstream as well as in Parallel Cinema. Several of her films have received attention in the international arena and Scandinavian countries, including at the Norwegian Film Institute, the Smithsonian Institution and the American Film Institute. She has appeared in a number of foreign films, most of which have won international acclaim, including John Schlesinger’s Madame Sousatzka, Nicholas Klotz’s Bengali Night, Roland Joffe’s City of Joy, Channel 4’s Immaculate Conception, Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther, and Ismail Merchant’s In Custody.

Television :

24 (Indian TV series) (2013) - Abhilasha Grewal

" Ek maa jo laakhon ke liye bani Amma" (2016 - present) - Zeenat or Amma.

Awards and Honours :

National Awards :

Azmi has received the National Film Award for Best Actress five times, making her the overall most-awarded actor in the function:

1975 – National Film Award for Best Actress, Ankur

1983 – National Film Award for Best Actress, Arth

1984 – National Film Award for Best Actress, Khandhar

1985 – National Film Award for Best Actress, Paar

1999 – National Film Award for Best Actress, Godmother

Filmfare Awards :

Winner :

1978 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Swami

1984 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Arth

1985 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Bhavna

2006 – Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

Nominated :

1975 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Ankur

1981 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Thodisi Bewafaii

1984 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Masoom

1984 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Avtaar

1984 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Mandi

1985 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Sparsh

2003 – Filmfare Best Villain Award for Makdee

2004 – Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Tehzeeb

International Awards :

• 1993: Best Actress award for Libaas in North Korea
• 1994: Best Actress award for Gautam Ghose’s Patang at the Taorima Arte Festival in Italy
• 1996: Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress for Fire at the Chicago International Film Festival
• 1996: Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film, for Fire in L.A. Outfest

Other Awards :

• Azmi won the award for Best Actress (Hindi) at the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards (BFJA) for Ankur in 1975, Paar in 1984, Ek Pal in 1987, and Godmother in 1999. She won the Best Supporting Actress (Hindi) award for Tehzeeb in 2003.
• 1998: Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for Mrityudand.
• 2004: Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Female for Tehzeeb.
• 2005: Star Screen Awards – Best Performance in an Indian Film in English for Morning Raga

Honours and Recognitions :

• 1988: Awarded the Padma Shri from the Government of India.
• 1988: Yash Bhartiya Award by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for highlighting women’s issues in her work as an actress and activist.
• 1994: Rajiv Gandhi Award for "Excellence of Secularism"
• 1999: Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image, Significant Contribution to Indian Cinema.
• 2002: Martin Luther King Professorship award by the University of Michigan conferred on her in recognition of her contribution to arts, culture and society.
• 2003: She was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by the Jadavpur University in West Bengal in 2003.
• 2006: Gandhi International Peace Award, awarded by Gandhi Foundation, London.
• 2007: She was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Art by Chancellor of the University Brandan Foster by the Leeds Metropolitan University in Yorkshire
• 2008: She was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by the Jamia Milia Islamia on Delhi in 2008.
• 2009: She was honoured with the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award
• 2012: Awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.
• 2012: She was honoured by Walk of the Stars as her hand print was preserved for posterity at Bandra Bandstand in Mumbai.
• 2013: Awarded the Honorary Fellowship by the National Indian Students Union UK
• 2013: She was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by Simon Fraser University.
• 2014: She was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by TERI University on 5 February 2014.

Shabana Azmi's Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna : 

1. Karm (1977)
2. Amar Deep (1979) – Radha
3. Thodisi Bewafaii (1980) – Neema Chowdhary
4. Ashanti (1982) – Kamini
5. Suraag (1982) -  Rajesh Khanna's Quest Appearance (Qawaali Singer)
6. Avtaar (1983) – Radha
7. Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar (1984)
8. Ram Tere Kitne Nam (1985) - Rajesh Khanna's Special Appearance.
9. Nasihat (1986).

Vidya Sinha

Vidya Sinha :  (Born on  15 November 1947, Mumbai) is an Indian actress who has acted in Bollywood films.  Sinha was born in Bombay to Rana Pratap Singh, an Indian film producer, son-in-law of film director Mohan Sinha a.k.a. Sd. Maan Singh, resident of village Jodhawali, Punjab, Undivided India.

Vidya Sinha Filmography with Super Star Rajesh Khanna :

Karm - 1977 : Asha Shastri