Entertainment Report :
The Padmashree, awarded by the government of India, winner noted film actress and social worker Shabana Azmi is coming to Dhaka. She will attend as speaker at the 11th convocation of BRAC University which is scheduled to be held tomorrow. The convocation of the university will be held at Bashundhara International Convention Centre on December 5.
Shabana Azmi is one of the members of the governing body of BRAC University. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will be present as chief guest in the convocation. Shabana Azmi only acted in a Bangladeshi movie Meghla Akash under the direction of Nargis Akhter. Later many times attempts were taken to bring her in Bangladesh. But she did not come because with any social welfare related activities she never attends any entertainment based programme.
She won the hearts of many viewers by virtue of her outstanding acting quality and skill. Later she engaged herself with different social welfare related activities. Shabana Azmi’s father Kaifi Azmi was a poet and mother Shawkat Azmi was a theatre actress. Both of them were engaged with communist party’s politics. In 1974, she first acted in movie Ankur. She played the role of a married maid servant named Laxmi in the movie.
She got the National Film Award for her first acted movie. Later she also got the award again for movies Earth, Khandar, Paar and Godmother. As Best Actress, she got the Filmfare Award for four times. Therefore, she got many other awards at home and abroad.
