She chose to step away because she wasn’t confident about portraying a rural domestic worker with a specific dialect. The film later became a defining moment of 1970s parallel cinema.
If my memory serves me right, the last film that I saw on lesbianism was the 1996 Fire, helmed by Deepa Mehta and performed by Nandita Das and Shabana Azmi.
On August 26, Tannishtha herself had shared the news on Instagram with an emotional post. She revealed the poster of the film, which showed actress Kirti Kulhari wearing a burqa.
Karan revealed that he hadn’t anticipated such a strong reaction. “There is a separate love story there,” he said. “I may one day make a film on their love story in 'Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani'.”
Just a day before, on July 11, she posted a heartwarming father-son snapshot of Javed Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar enjoying some downtime over ice cream.
Despite the heavy shadow of the accident, veteran actor and MP Shabana Azmi and her husband, lyricist Javed Akhtar, made a public gesture of faith in Air India.
Javed Akhtar gave a fitting reply to Pakistani actor Bushra Ansari. She claimed that "no one in Mumbai rents homes to Muslims."
Also in the frame were Sonali Bendre, Richa Chadha, and fashion guru Manish Malhotra—all dressed to impress in festive ethnic ensembles.
A man of strong convictions, Kaifi Azmi was also an active communist, deeply involved in India’s social and political discourse. His ideologies often clashed with the establishment.
There is no sannata in Sonata.
