Shabana Azmi with Javed Akhtar and family.
Javed Akhtar is a well-known screenwriter and lyricist of Hindi cinema. He has written the scripts of many blockbuster films. Javed Akhtar has been in the news for his professional life, and his personal life is also often in the limelight. Javed Akhtar first married screenwriter Honey Irani. Farhan and Zoya Akhtar were born to Javed and Honey. But, after having a wife and two children, Javed Akhtar fell in love again. Javed fell in love with Shabana Azmi. Amidst the tremendous success of ‘Zanjeer’ released in 1973, Javed Akhtar’s closeness with Shabana Azmi kept increasing. After which Javed Akhtar decided to separate from his first wife Honey Irani.
Javed separated from Honey Irani in 1985
When Honey Irani also felt that there was nothing left in her marriage with Javed Akhtar, she took the most difficult decision of her life. She divorced Javed Akhtar. Javed Akhtar married Shabana in 1984 and in the meantime his divorce from Honey was also finalized. However, during this time Honey Irani never said anything objectionable to Shabana. She focused all her attention on raising her children Zoya and Irfan. Today Shabana also shares a very close relationship with both the children of Javed Akhtar, not only this, she considers her husband’s ex-wife as her friend.
Honey made a special bond with Zoya and Farhan
Now Shabana Azmi, in a conversation with Zoom, spoke openly about her relationship with Javed Akhtar’s children Zoya and Farhan and ex-wife Honey Irani. According to Shabana Azmi, whatever relationship she has with Zoya and Farhan today is due to Honey Irani. Shabana said- ‘This is Honey’s generosity. If Honey had not supported us, this would never have been possible. Honey is very generous and charitable. She was the same even when Zoya and Farhan were young. It was Honey who told them (Zoya and Farhan) that I am not a ‘step mother’. I am not the one they had read about in fairy tales, so it became very easy for all of us.’
Honey is part of the family
Shabana further said, ‘I never imposed myself on them nor did I try too hard. I just let the water flow peacefully in its own direction. This is really a very beautiful relationship. I want to give credit for all this to Honey, Javed as well as myself and Zoya-Farhan. Today we are like a family and Honey is also a member of this family.’
Divorce is painful
Meanwhile, Shabana Azmi also admitted that the pain of divorce is very big. The separation between a couple, especially if they are married, is very painful and it was the same in the case of Javed-Honey. Recalling the dialogue of her film, Shabana said, ‘Nothing changes with a few words written on a piece of paper. I said this line in ‘Arth’. Where my character (Puja) tells Inder (Kulbhushan Karbanda), ‘Kavita (Smita Patil) wants a bond from you which can be broken even with a signature.’ This line makes one feel how painful divorce is. It was very painful and when divorce happens, it always hurts.’
When Honey Irani spoke about her broken relationship with Javed
Let us tell you that Honey Irani once talked about her broken relationship with Javed Akhtar. An article was published in MenXP, in which she was quoted as saying why she decided to separate from Javed Akhtar. She said, ‘I realized that there is no point in staying with a person who does not love me’.
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