Shabana Azmi filmography

Azmi at 7th Chevrolet Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards

From her first film in 1974, Shabana Azmi has been part of over more than hundred projects. She has received many national awards.

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1974	Ankur	Laxmi	Winner, National Film Award for Best Actress
	Faslah	Asha
	Ishq Ishq Ishq	Pammy
	Parinay
1975	Nishant	Sushila
1976	Fakira	Neeta/Geeta
	Kadambari	Chetna
	Shaque	Meena Joshi
1977	Shatranj Ke Khiladi	Khurshid
	Adha Din Adhi Raat	Dr. Radha
	Amar Akbar Anthony	Laxmi
	Chor Sipahee	Priya
	Ek Hi Raasta	Ketki
	Hira Aur Patthar	Gauri
	Jallian Wala Bagh
	Kanneshwara Rama	Malli	Kannada film
	Karm	Neelam
	Khel Khilari Ka	Rachna
	Kissa Kursi Ka	Janata
	Parvarish	Shabu	[1]
	Swami	Saudamini	Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award
	Vishwasghaat	Seema
1978	Atithee	Leela/Julie
	Devata	Mary/Lily	Double role
	Junoon	Firdaus
	Khoon Ki Pukaar	Shano
	Swarg Narak	Geeta Vinod
	Toote Khilone
1979	Lahu Ke Do Rang	Roma
	Amar Deep	Radha
	Bagula Bhagat
	Jeena Yahan
1980	Hum Paanch	Sundariya
	Apne Paraye	Chandranath's wife
	Thodisi Bewafaii	Neema
	Sparsh	Kavita
	Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai	Stella
	Ek Baar Kaho	Aarti Mathur
	Jwalamukhi	Kiran
	Yeh Kaisa Insaaf	Madhu
1981	Shama	Shama
	Ek Hi Bhool	Meenakshi	Special appearance
	Sameera
1982	Arth	Pooja	Winner, National Film Award for Best Actress and Filmfare Best Actress Award
	Suraag	Sunita/Bela
	Raaste Pyar Ke	Shyama
	Anokha Bandhan	Annapurna
	Ashanti (1982 film)	Kamini
	Log Kya Kahenge	Roma
	Namkeen	Mitthu
	Yeh Nazdeekiyan	Shobna
1983	Doosri Dulhan	Chanda
	Sweekar Kiya Maine	Gopika
	Avtaar	Radha Krishen
	Mandi	Rukmini Bai
	Masoom	Indu Malhotra
	Pyaasi Aankhen
1984	Bhavna	Bhavna Saxena	Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award
	Gangvaa	Jamna
	Khandhar	Jamini	Winner, National Film Award for Best Actress
	Lorie	Geeta Malhotra
	Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar	Sushma
	Hum Rahe Na Hum	Mohini Sahani
	Kaamyab	Sita
	Kamla	Sarita Jadhav
	Paar	Rama	Winner, National Film Award for Best Actress
	Ram Tera Desh	Advocate	Special appearance
	Yaadon Ki Zanjeer		Delayed release
1985	Rahi Badal Gaye	Bhavna
	Khamosh	Azmi
1986	Nasihat	Indrani
	Genesis	The Woman
	Shart	Kiran Dutt
	Anjuman	Anjuman
	Ek Pal	Priyam
	Samay Ki Dharaa	Madhvi
1987	Itihaas	Sunaina
	Susman	Gauramma
1988	Madame Sousatzka	Sushila Sen
	Mardon Wali Baat	Seema
	Ek Aadmi
	Libaas	Seema	Not released commercially
	La Nuit Bengali	Indira Sen
	Pestonjee	Jeroo
1989	Ek Din Achanak	Neeta
	Oonch Neech Beech	Tulsi	Delayed release
	Rakhwala	Journalist Kiran
	Main Azaad Hoon	Subhashni Saigal
	Picnic	Mother	Television
	Sati	Uma
1990	Amba	Amba
	Disha	Hansa Sarpat
	Muqaddar Ka Badshaah	Advocate Sharda Singh
1991	Jhoothi Shaan	Krishna
	Antarnaad
	Ek Doctor Ki Maut	Seema
	Fateh
1992	City of Joy	Kamla Pal
	Adharm	Mamta Verma
	Dharavi	Kumud
	Immaculate Conception	Samira
1993	Son of the Pink Panther	Queen
	In Custody	Imtiaz Begum
1994	Patang	Jitni
1996	Fire	Radha
1997	Mrityudand	Chandravati
	Saaz	Bansi
1998	Earth	Narrator	Voice only
	Side Streets	Chandra Bipin Raj
	Bada Din	Lilian
1999	Godmother	Rambhi	Winner, National Film Award for Best Actress
2000	Gaja Gamini	Premchand's Nirmala	Guest appearance
	Hari-Bhari: Fertility	Ghazala
2001	Daughters of This Century	Kadambini
2002	Makdee	The witch
2002	Meghla Akash	Virology Doctor	Special appearance in Bangladeshi Bengali -language gilm
2003	Tehzeeb	Rukhsana Jamal
2004	Morning Raga	Swarnlatha
2005	15 Park Avenue	Anju Mathur
	Waterborne	Heera Bhatti
2006	Umrao Jaan	Khanum Sahib
2007	Positive	Mrs.Soni	Short film
	Dus Kahaniyaan		(Anthology film) story Rice Plate
	Om Shanti Om	Herself	Special appearance in song, Deewangi Deewangi
	Loins of Punjab Presents	Rrita Kapoor
	Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.	Nahid
2008	Sorry Bhai!	Mother Gayatri
2009	Luck by Chance	Herself	Cameo
2010	It's a Wonderful Afterlife	Mrs Sethi
2011	A Decent Arrangement	Preeti Mehta
2012	Midnight's Children[2]	Naseem
2013	Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola	Chaudhary Devi
	The Reluctant Fundamentalist	Ammi
2015	Jazbaa	Garima
2016	Neerja	Rama Bhanot	Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Chalk n Duster	Teacher Vidya
2017	Sonata	Bengali Widow
	Signature Move	Parveen
	The Wishing Tree	Tree Goddess	[3]
	The Black Prince	Maharani Jind Kaur
2020	Kaali Khuhi	Satya Maasi	Netflix film
2022	What's Love Got to Do with It?	Aisha Khan	[4]
2023	Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani	Jamini Chatterjee	[5]
	Ghoomer	Anina's grandmother	[6]
2025	Lahore 1947

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Banglatown Banquet	Sofia	British television film
2013–2016	24	Abhilasha Grewal
2016	Amma	Zeenat Sheikh	[7]
2018	Next of Kin	Mrs Shirani	British series[8]
	The Good Karma Hospital	Anila	British series
2019	Rangoli	Host/presenter	Kaifi Azmi special episode[9]
2021	The Empire	Aisan Daulat Begum
2022–2024	Halo	Admiral Margaret Paragonsky

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Aunty Ji	Parveen aunty	[10]
2021	Sheer Qorma	Raziya Khan	[11]

References

1. "Shabana Azmi cried after humiliation on 'Parvarish' set, wanted to quit Bollywood". India Today.
2. "Deepa Mehta to adapt 'Midnight's Children'". Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
3. "Shabana Azmi to play a tree goddess in The Wishing Tree". Archived from the original on 22 February 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
4. Ramachandran, Naman (15 January 2021). "Rob Brydon, Shabana Azmi Board Lily James and Emma Thompson Comedy 'What's Love Got To Do With It?'". Variety. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
5. "Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani: Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi join Karan Johar movie starring Ranveer-Alia". The Indian Express. 7 July 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
6. "Ghoomer: Abhishek Bachchan, Saiyami Kher look promising in FIRST LOOK posters; film to release on THIS date". PinkVilla. 31 July 2023. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
7. "Shabana Azmi takes up the role of 'Amma' after the show's leap". India Today.
8. "Shabana Azmi's British TV show Next Of Kin, where she plays mother of Archie Panjabi, premieres". 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
9. DD National [@DDNational] (13 January 2019). "Special episode of #Rangoli on #KaifiAzmi on @DDNational NOW" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
10. "AUNTY JI ji|Shabana Azmi & Anmol Rodriguez||Hindi Short Film by Adeeb Rais". Madmidaas on YouTube. 29 August 2018. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021.
11. "Sheer Qorma's first poster out! Swara Bhasker, Divya Dutta's love story looks beautiful beyond words". www.timesnownews.com. 12 October 2019. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.