Shabana Azmi is shooting in London and not very happy. She is not with her friends in Mumbai for New Year’s. “I am really sad there’s been a break in the 10-year old annual gathering of friends at Sukoon over Christmas and New Year.I’mstill in London. I dropped in at the crew party for a bit and then snuggled up in bed… Shukr hai Ididn’thave to stay compulsorily awake till midnight.”

Shabana Azmi is hoping for a peaceful 2026: "We must become a more tolerant and compassionate civilization"

Shabana Azmi is hoping for a peaceful 2026: “We must become a more tolerant and compassionate civilization”

Shabana isn’t happy with 2025. But she is hopeful of 2026. “There is so much strife wherever you go. This must end. We must become a more tolerant and compassionate civilization for us to survive in the coming years.It shows the insecurity of a section when it wants to discredit those who speak in a sane voice. They resort to lies and spread falsehood in a desperate attempt to frighten us into silence. To prevent us from being invested in public issues. I feel sorry for them.”

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