Actress Shabana Azmi is a popular Bollywood actress. She is also a TV and a theatre artist. She had also served as the Member of Parliament. Her first release was Shyam Benegal's directorial debut Ankur (1974).
The actress is a committed social activist and Azmi has received the National Film Award for Best Actress five times - 1975, 1983, 1984, 1985 & 1999. Now, it has been reported that Shabana has met with an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Express Highway today afternoon (18 January 2020) and as per reports she is critically injured.
The accident which took place on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway in Maharashtra's Raigad district around 3.30 pm near Khalapur, over 60 km from Mumbai said Raigad Superintendent of Police Anil Paraskar. Also, Actor Javed Akhtar is said to have been present in the car, but he is reported safe.