The ongoing pandemic has affected everyone, call it personally or professionally. Accepting the ‘new normal’ several people have resumed their work. Talking about the 70-year-old veteran actress Shabana Azmi, who reunited with shooting for a period series. The actress shared a photo of this on Instagram a while ago, where her crew can be seen all strapped up in their PPE suits while the actress is all set to get her makeup done. Recently, in an interview to Mumbai Mirror, the senior actress revealed that as part of her new series she also did some intense action scenes.
Not only this, but Shabana Azmi also spoke on the turmoil in Bollywood that has followed after the sudden demise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. In the interview, the actress expressed her thoughts on the matter as she said, “My primary identity is that of being a Hindi film industry and I am very proud of it. Unfortunately, the Hindi film industry is a sitting duck; it is easy to hurl malevolent accusations. It is a systematic campaign to divert attention rom real issues, failing economy, China border tensions, spiraling Covid cases, and farmers’ agitation by putting the spotlight on the supposed ills of the film industry.”
She further added, “So ‘Justice for Sushant’ has given way to ‘Weed out the Druggies’ the goal post keeps changing. Instead of focusing on mental health as a serious issue in our society, it’s sensationalism at play.”
Shabana was asked on Kangana Ranaut’s attack on the industry, to which she called her statements as ‘outrageous’. The veteran actress stated, “Kangana has started believing in her own myth. She says she taught feminism to the film industry, she taught it nationalism I’m glad she spelled that out because nobody else had noticed! I think she fears the day when she will no longer be in the headlines and so has to keep making outrageous statements to stay in the news. Poor girl, why doesn’t she just do what she is best at, which is acting.”
Shabana concluded mentioning that every industry has its own drawbacks, but one cannot blame the whole lot for same thing.
Shabana Azmi posted this a while ago:
