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Shabana Azmi's mother Shaukat passes away; Nadira Babbar pays tribute
Updated On: 23 November, 2019 07:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Shaheen Parkar
Nadira Babbar pays tribute to Shaukat Azmi, a stalwart of the Progressive Writers Movement and a city theatre doyenne
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Shaukat Azmi
Veteran theatre and film actor Shaukat Azmi passed away on Friday. She was 90, and had been ailing for some time. The last rites will be performed today at the Four Bungalows kabrastan in Andheri where she will be laid to rest next to husband Kaifi Azmi, who passed away in 2002. She is survived by actor-daughter Shabana Azmi, and cinematographer son Baba.
She had authored Kaifi And I, a book about her life with her writer-poet-lyricist husband. Shaukat is best remembered for her roles in M S Sathyu's Garam Hawa (1973) and Muzaffar Ali's Umrao Jaan (1981).
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