17 January,2021 11:50 AM IST | Mumbai | The Hitlist Team
Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi is the latest addition to Jemima Goldsmith's What's Love Got To Do With It? The former wife of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan turns film producer with the cross-cultural saga, which she has also written.
Azmi co-actors include Emma Thompson, Lily James, Shazad Latif, Rob Brydon, Asim Chaudhry and Pakistani star Sajal Ali, who featured in the Sridevi-starrer Mom (2017). The film, which will be shot in London, is helmed by Shekhar Kapur. Azmi was part of the filmmaker's critically-acclaimed film Masoom (1983). The two were also co-stars in Jeena Yahan (1979) and Toote Khilone (1978) before Kapur turned director.
Earlier, Shabana Azmi shooting in Budapest for Steven Spielberg's Halo. This futuristic sci-fi adventure television series Halo, which has been adapted from a video game. The Otto Bathurst-directed venture, also featuring Pablo Schreiber and Natascha McElhone, sees Azmi play Admiral Margaret Parangosky, the head of the Office of Naval Intelligence.
In an interview with mid-day, Shabana Azmi shared what it was like working on the sets of Hollywood. "One is a historical drama and the other, a futuristic sci-fi show! An actor cannot ask for more diverse subjects."
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Shabana Azmi further added, "Now, we have proper call sheets. Earlier, that was not the case [in Bollywood]. I remember, Rajesh Khanna and I were shooting a scene in Khar for Aravind Sen's film [Nasihat, 1986] while Kader Khan was writing the next scene in RK Studios, where he was shooting for another film! It's a miracle that we, actors, managed to bring any authenticity at all."