Filmography
Year Movie
2010
Midnight's Children
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
2009
Luck by Chance
2008
Sorry Bhai!
2007
Positive
Dus Kahaniyaan
Om Shanti Om
Loins of Punjab Presents
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
2006
Umrao Jaan
Banglatown Banquet
2005
15 Park Avenue
Waterborne
2004
Morning Raga
2003
Tehzeeb
2002
Makdee
2001
Daughters of This Century
2000
Gaja Gamini
Hari-Bhari: Fertility
1999
Godmother
1998
Earth
Side Streets
Bada Din
1997
The Death Sentence: Mrityu Dand
Saaz
1996
Fire
1994
Patang
1993
Son of the Pink Panther
In Custody
1992
City of Joy
Adharm
Dharavi
Immaculate Conception
1991
Jhoothi Shaan
Antarnaad
Ek Doctor Ki Maut
Fateh
1990
Amba
Disha
Muqaddar Ka Badshaah
1989
Ek Din Achanak
Oonch Neech Beech
Rakhwala
Main Azaad Hoon
Picnic
Sati
1989
Madame Sousatzka
Mardon Wali Baat
Ek Aadmi
Libaas
La Nuit Bengali
Pestonjee
1987
Itihaas
Susman
1986
Nasihat
Genesis
Shart
Anjuman
Ek Pal
Samay Ki Dharaa
1985
Rahi Badal Gaye
Khamosh
1984
Bhavna
Gangvaa
Khandhar
Lorie
Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar
Hum Rahe Na Hum
Kaamyaab
Kamla
Paar
Ram Tera Desh
Yaadon Ki Zanjeer
1983
Doosri Dulhan
Sweekar Kiya Maine
Avtaar
Mandi
Masoom
Pyaasi Aankhen
Arth
Suraag
Raaste Pyar Ke
Anokha Bandan
Ashanti
Log Kya Kahenge
Namkeen
Yeh Nazdeekiyan
1981
Shama
Ek Hi Bhool
Sameera
1980
Hum Paanch
Apne Paraye
Thodisi Bewafaii
Sparsh
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai
Ek Baar Kaho
Jwalamukhi
Yeh Kaisa Insaaf
1979
Lahu Ke Do Rang
Amar Deep
Bagula Bhagat
Jeena Yahan
1978
Atithee
Devata
Junoon
Khoon Ki Pukaar
Swarg Narak
Toote Khilone
1977
Shatranj Ke Khiladi
Adha Din Adhi Raat
Amar Akbar Anthony
Chor Sipahee
Ek Hi Raasta
Hira Aur Patthar
Jallian Wala Bagh
Kanneshwara Rama
Karm
Khel Khilari Ka
Kissa Kursi Ka
Parvarish
Swami
Vishwasghaat
1976
Fakira
Kadambari
Shaque
1975
Nishant
1974
Ankur
Faslah
Ishq Ishq Ishq
Parinay
Awards and honors
National Awards
Azmi has received the coveted National Film Award for Best Actress five times:
- 1975 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Ankur
- 1983 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Arth
- 1984 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Khandhar
- 1985 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Paar
- 1999 - National Film Award for Best Actress, Godmother
Filmfare Awards
Winner:
- 1978 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Swami
- 1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Arth
- 1985 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Bhavna
- 2006 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
Nominated:
- 1975 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Ankur
- 1981 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Thodisi Bewaffai
- 1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Masoom
- 1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Avtaar
- 1984 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Mandi
- 1985 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Sparsh
- 2003 - Filmfare Best Villain Award for makdee
International awards
- 1993: Best Actress award for Libaas in North Korea
- 1994: Best Actress award for Gautam Ghose’s Patang at the Taormina Arte Festival in Italy
- 1996: Best Actress award for Fire at the Chicago International Film Festival
- 1996: Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film, for Fire in L.A. Outfest
Other awards
Shabana Azmi’s long association with movies and her performances in them, as also her work as a social activist and an active parliamentarian, had been well and widely recognized, including conferment with several awards. Other awards received by her include:
- 1988: Awarded the Padma Shri from the government of India.
- 1988: Yash Bhartiya Award by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for highlighting women’s issues in her work as an actress and activist.
- 1994: Rajiv Gandhi Award for "Excellence of Secularism"
- 1998: Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for Mrityudand.
- 1998: Was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund.
- 1999: Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, Best Actress for Godmother.
- 2004: Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Female for Tehzeeb.
- 2005: Star Screen Awards - Best Performance in an Indian Film in English for Morning Raga
- 2006: Gandhi International Peace Award, awarded by Gandhi Foundation, London.
- International Awards for Best Actress for Gulzar’s Libaas in North Korea (1993), for Gautam Ghose’s Patang at the Taormina Arte Festival (1994) in Italy, and for Deepa Mehta’s Fire at the Chicago International Film Festival (1996).
- She was honoured with the coveted World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award
- She was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Art by Chancellor of the University Brandan Foster by the Leeds Metropolitan University in Yorkshire
Since 1989, she has been a member of the National Integration Council headed by the Prime Minister of India; a member of National AIDS Commission (of India); and was nominated (in 1997) as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament. The United Nations Population Fundappointed her as its goodwill Ambassador for India, and the University of Michigan conferred (in 2002) on her the Martin Luther King Professorship award in recognition of her contribution to arts, culture and society.
