Veteran actress-social activist Shabana Azmi and lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar clocked 30 years of marriage on Tuesday.
Javed Akhtar is a multi talented personality, a renowned poet and lyricist in the Indian film industry. Shabana 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 as well. In addition to acting, Azmi is a social and women's rights activist, a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nation Population Fund (UNPFA).
After ending his marriage with Honey Irani, a scriptwriter for Hindi films, Javed Akhtar married Shabana Azmi in 1984. The actress took to micro-blogging site Twitter to sum up her journey with her husband's quote.
“It's our 30th wedding anniversary 2day (Tuesday). To quote Javed, ‘Shabana and I are such good friends that even marriage couldn't ruin our friendship’”, Azmi tweeted.
Javed Akhtar has also won 7 ‘Filmfare’ awards and the government of India has honored him with the titles of ‘Padma Shree’ and ‘Padma Bhushan’. He is a multi-talented personality who continues to get rave reviews and awards for his works.
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