Shabana Azmi: When Prateik smiles, he looks exactly like Smita

Updated On: 21 June, 2023 07:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Upala KBR

Shabana, who did some of her most powerful films with the late Patil, says shooting with her son Prateik for Imaginary Rain was emotional

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This picture of Azmi with a young Prateik Babbar was taken at Smita Patil’s sister’s Chicago home

Sharing screen space with the late Smita Patil remains among the most cherished memories of Shabana Azmi’s acting career. The two powerhouse performers gave Hindi cinema some of its most compelling movies in Nishant (1975), Arth (1982), Mandi (1983) and Oonch Neech Beech (1989). Today, as Azmi shares screen space with Patil’s son Prateik Babbar in Imaginary Rain, she marvels at the “surreal” nature of it all.

Smita Patil