I remember people were horrified when I celebrated my 50th! 'Don't announce your age,' I was advised! How stupid is that. — Shabana Azmi Age Copy Share Image
Whenever I was troubled and confused, I always depended upon my father to give me an objective perspective. — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
I think men and women are different - I am not saying better or worse, just different. — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
In times of crisis the artist must rise to the challenge and try to make sense from the chaos. — Shabana Azmi Art Copy Share Image
Art cinema is easier to do as situations in it are closer to real life. — Shabana Azmi Art Copy Share Image
'Aurat' is an iconic poem which is relevant 70 years later and informs me in the work I do with women. — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
Hindi cinema needs to make working women and women of substance more visible. — Shabana Azmi Cinema Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was so sick of politics - it was in the house all the time - I was proud of… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
I take care to conduct myself formally in public and not be brash. That is a given for people in public life.… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
There is a dumbing down of the news. Newspapers today seem more like tabloids. I have to wade through seven newspapers before… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
Women's health is not a niche issue - it impacts everyone in some way. That is why a collective effort to improve… — Shabana Azmi Awareness Copy Share Image
I'm singularly lucky to have worked with directors who dared me to take risks and be different and I am thankful to… — Shabana Azmi Cinema Copy Share Image
Why cannot a woman be shown working out of choice, the way men do? Can't a woman work because she enjoys it… — Shabana Azmi Family Copy Share Image
Dissent in art is a fundamental right. But if it is dissent about a book, a piece of art, and if you… — Shabana Azmi Art Copy Share Image
I'm not a great stickler for giving or receiving presents on birthdays, anniversaries, etc. as a 'must do.' I prefer giving a… — Shabana Azmi Gift Copy Share Image
If you stay cocooned in your own safety net, you cannot grow as an actor. You need to be socially engaged and… — Shabana Azmi Actor Copy Share Image
Some parents are ambivalent about vaccination after reading misinformed pieces and watching misleading videos on a popular mobile chat application. By electing… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
It seems kosher and OK to treat women as objects because the business of cinema is about images and when you have… — Shabana Azmi Business Copy Share Image
I absolutely loved working with Mahesh Bhatt. He and I were so much in tune that he would just press a button… — Shabana Azmi Bollywood Copy Share Image
I was very nervous about speaking in Punjabi. I have learnt it by heart. — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
I've no problem with dying my hair for a role. But in real life, forget it! — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
Vulgar lyrics and suggestive, voyeuristic camera angles do not celebrate a woman's sexuality, they actually objectify her. — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
Over the years, I've consciously not done films that in any way suggest that women are subservient to men. — Shabana Azmi Cinema Copy Share Image
My father was a rare poet. He was somebody who worked in the trenches. When he wanted to speak about social justice… — Shabana Azmi Father Copy Share Image
It is accepted the world over that women are an essential part of what makes a society successful, and only through supporting… — Shabana Azmi Country Copy Share Image
I'm not saying a housewife is in any way inferior to a workingwoman. No, she isn't. But as an activist, as a… — Shabana Azmi Choice Copy Share Image
We never had money but it was never a problem. The spirit of comradeship, the commitment to gender equality, social justice and… — Shabana Azmi Comradeship Copy Share Image
After it was declared as an industry and legit money started coming in, actors were then given the choice of making one… — Shabana Azmi Choice Copy Share Image
If you only play the glamour doll and you want to cling on to the image, then it will be difficult. But… — Shabana Azmi Career Copy Share Image
For a long time I didn't believe that I couldn't become a mother. But when I finally came to terms with it,… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
I am trying to Marie Condo the house starting with my books, although it's really hard to part with them! But I… — Shabana Azmi Books Copy Share Image
I find it amusing that every time I was asked when I will work with Zoya or Farhan, I was quoted as… — Shabana Azmi Children Copy Share Image
Earlier, there were only two hairstyles. If the hero had a fringe, he was village bumpkin. If he slicked his hair back,… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
I think there is not enough understanding of the fact that in a democracy how you treat the security of the minority… — Shabana Azmi Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
I've done whatever I've been compelled to do, and I've done it all to the best of my abilities. If I've been… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
The position that Indian Muslims have is unique because we exist in a democracy, which is something that cannot be said about… — Shabana Azmi Democracy Copy Share Image
A fatwa is not a diktat, it's not binding. To turn the utterance of a non-entity into a fatwa and then talk… — Shabana Azmi Copy Share Image
In Kaifi's poetry and in his work as a social activist, every setback only strengthened his resolve to fight back with renewed… — Shabana Azmi Failure Copy Share Image
A woman director is not obliged to make a feminist film. She can make what she wants, a thriller, an action film,… — Shabana Azmi Action Copy Share Image
As children, my brother Baba and I would be taken to mushairas when my mother Shaukat Kaifi was touring with Prithvi Theatres,… — Shabana Azmi Brother Copy Share Image
