Immaculate Conception

1992

English

6.1

♡ 9

Drama

Romance

Jamil Dehlavi Director

Bill Bailey as American Consul

Melissa Leo as Hannah

Shabana Azmi as Samira

Zia Mohyeddin as Shehzada

Alistair, a British representative for a wildlife conservation agency based in Karachi and his Jewish-American wife Hannah have been unsuccessful at conceiving a child. Over time, the desire to have a child begins to consume Hannah and she persuades a reluctant Alistair to go with her for three days to a fertility shrine. After a ceremony during which Hannah converts to Islam and coaxes Alistair to do the same, she becomes pregnant. But Hannah’s joy at the discovery of her pregnancy is overshadowed by worsening relations with Alistair who has started an affair with their friend Samira and tensions begin to mount when eunuchs from the shrine start to harass the couple.

Melody

1998

Hindi

6.7

♡ 6

Sai Paranjape Director

Shabana Azmi as Bansidhar

Parikshat Sahni as Dr. Ranjit Samant

Ayesha Dharker as Kuhu Vrundavan

Raghuvir Yadav as Vrundavan

Mansi, played by Aruna Irani the elder sister has to take up professional singing after her father's death and to support the family. The film focuses mainly on the female characters and traces how the younger sibling Bansi played by Shabana Azmi regains her identity.

City of Joy

1992

English

6.5

♡ 10

56%

Roland Joffé Director

Art Malik as Ashok Ghatak

Pauline Collins as Joan Bethel

Shabana Azmi as Kamla H. Pal

Sam Wanamaker as (uncredited)

Max Lowe is a Houston surgeon who has grown weary of the bureaucracy of American medicine. When he loses a patient on the operating table, Max impulsively decides to leave America and travel to India in the hope of finding himself. Not long after he arrives in Calcutta, Max is attacked by a group of thugs and left without money or a passport.

Signature Move

2017

English

5.8

♡ 2

100%

Jennifer Reeder Director

Molly Brennan as Killian

Shabana Azmi as Parveen

Molly Callinan as Ragina Cruz

Ox Baker Jr. as Self - wrestling show

A secret new romance with Alma forces Zaynab to confront her complicated relationship with her recently widowed mother. In this coming-of-age Muslim melodrama, Zaynab copes by taking up Lucha-style wrestling.

The Chess Players

1977

Hindi

7.5

♡ 11

91%

Satyajit Ray Director

Richard Attenborough as General Outram

Shabana Azmi as Khurshid, Mirza's wife

Amitabh Bachchan as Narration

Victor Banerjee as Prime Minister

In the year 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the King of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British intend to control this rich land and send General Outram to clear way for an annexation. Pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and political maneuvers, but the Nawab whiles away his time in pursuit of pleasure and religious practice. The court is of no help either — noblemen Mir and Mirza ignore all duties and spend their days playing endless games of chess. Based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2010.

Amar Akbar Anthony

1977

Hindi

7.4

♡ 8

86%

Manmohan Desai Director

Vinod Khanna as Inspector Amar Khanna

Shabana Azmi as Laxmi

Jeevan Dhar as Robert / Albert

Kamal Kapoor as Superintendant Khanna

Bollywood action comedy film with a lost and found theme, about three brothers separated during their childhood who grew up in three homes, adopting three religions. They meet in their youth to fight a common villain. It was the biggest blockbuster of 1977, and won several awards at 25th Filmfare Awards including Best Actor, Best Music Director and Best Editing.

Amba

1990

Hindi

4.3

♡ 3

bollywood

Family

Mohan Kumar Director

Shabana Azmi as Amba Bhanupratap Singh

Meenakshi Sheshadri as Lajjo

Upasna Singh as Munnibai

Satish Shah as Neelkanth

When Amba gets her son Rajendra arrested for sexually assaulting their servant's daughter, Rajendra's wife wreaks havoc into their lives as she vows to avenge him.

Ankur

1974

Hindi

7.8

♡ 6

100%

Shyam Benegal Director

Dalip Tahil as (as Daleep Tahil)

Sadhu Meher as Kishtayya

Shabana Azmi as Laxmi

Priya Tendulkar as Saru

In a small Indian village, a destitute woman's barren, alcoholic husband absconds after stealing toddy. Alone to fend for herself, she ends up relying on the affections of her landlord's to-be-married son who recently returned to look after the estate.

Fire

1996

English

7.1

♡ 14

husband wife relationship

infidelity

lesbian relationship

Romance

Deepa Mehta Director

Alice Poon as Julie

Shabana Azmi as Radha

Nandita Das as Sita

Ram Gopal Bajaj as Swamiji

In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage.

Neerja

2016

Hindi

7.6

♡ 47

100%

84%

Action

airplane hijacking

based on a true story

Ram Madhvani Director

Eisha Chopra as

Jim Sarbh as Khalil

Sonam Kapoor as Neerja Bhanot

Shabana Azmi as Rama Bhanot

Neerja is a portrayal on the life of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. The flight was hijacked by a terrorist organization.

Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola

2013

Hindi

5.5

♡ 6

33%

Vishal Bhardwaj Director

Anushka Sharma Kohli as Bijlee Mandola

Shabana Azmi as Deviji

Lekha Washington as Kamini

Imran Khan as Matru

Harry is an industrialist who loves his daughter Bijlee, and the bond they share with Harry's man friday, Matru. Bijlee's plan to wed the son of a politician, however, brings twists and turns in the lives of Matru, Bijlee and Mandola.

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

2010

English

5.4

♡ 2

29%

Gurinder Chadha Director

Sanjeev Bhaskar as Curry Man

Mark Addy as D I Smythe

Sally Hawkins as Linda / Gitali

Shabana Azmi as Mrs. Sethi

Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick, this black comedy farce shouldn't work. Somehow, though, it does.

Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani

2023

Hindi

6.5

♡ 25

83%

Karan Johar Director

Janhvi Kapoor as

Shabana Azmi as Jamini Chatterjee

Rohan Gurbaxani as Kailash

Alia Bhatt as Rani Chatterjee

Gym-freak brat Rocky falls in love with Rani, who comes from a well-educated Bengali family. Being from polar opposite worlds, the two decide to switch their families to adjust to each other's cultures and backgrounds and to know if their marriage will survive. Rocky and Rani are trapped in a world where they are united by love but divided by families and the ultimate question is will they fit in?

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