‘No one’s giving me National Award’

Shabana Azmi. Pic/AFP

Five-time National Award winner Shabana Azmi says she no longer expects further top honours, insisting acting remains her true motivation. “No one is giving me any National Awards anymore,” she told Variety India, adding, “Awards are still important, but they are not the impetus to get on a set.” Her upcoming film Lahore 1947, directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and produced by Aamir Khan, releases on Independence Day.