Shabana Azmi: 'No National Awards Anymore' Ahead of Lahore 1947 Release

• Five-time National Award winner Shabana Azmi humorously stated, "No one is giving me any National Awards anymore," when asked about her chances for Lahore 1947.
• Her upcoming film, Lahore 1947, is directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and produced by Aamir Khan, marking her first collaboration with both.
• Azmi also works for the first time with co-stars Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta in the film.
• She portrays a woman who refuses to leave her ancestral home in Lahore during the Partition, a role she found emotionally intense.
• The film, based on Asghar Wajahat’s play, revolves around a Muslim family migrating to Lahore and finding a Hindu family still occupying their allocated haveli.