Shabana Azmi is queen of all she surveys.

Always has been.

It has been almost three decades of acting. Of growth. Of acclaim. As an actress. As a parliamentarian. As champion of the less-fortunate.

She has had the luck and the recognition that only one who believes in living life on her own terms, living life to the fullest and seizing opportunities can have.

Life has certainly been good to Shabana.

Time to bring out the champagne? Without a doubt. Turning 50 is reason enough, don't you think?

      'I live the life of a common man':                                       Shabana Azmi

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