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Shabana Azmi says marriage to Javed Akhtar not ‘hunky dory’
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi has said her marriage of over 40 years to lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar is not 'hunky dory'. In an exclusive interview with Zoom, she described their relationship as marked…
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi has said her marriage of over 40 years to lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar is not 'hunky dory'. In an exclusive interview with Zoom, she described their relationship as marked by huge fights but held together by a shared world view and deep friendship.
Azmi credited Javed Akhtar's first wife, Honey Irani, for handling the situation with maturity. She said Irani never filled their children Farhan and Zoya Akhtar with hatred, and that the two women now share a healthy bond. She called Irani a sensible person she deeply respects.
Azmi said what attracted her most to Javed was his wit, intelligence, and fairness. She added that their parents had similar backgrounds as progressive writers from the communist party who loved Urdu poetry.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar married in 1984 after his divorce from Honey Irani, a relationship that drew intense public scrutiny at a time when Bollywood rarely discussed personal lives openly. The fact that both Azmi and Irani now speak of each other with respect, and that Akhtar's children with Irani have successful careers in the film industry, has made this one of the more widely cited examples of amicable post-divorce co-parenting in Indian cinema. For a reader familiar only with the headline, the key takeaway is that Azmi's honesty about marital conflict, paired with her praise of Irani, reinforces a narrative of maturity prevailing over scandal.
Source: timesnownews.com
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