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bollywood news: Before entering the world of glamour, many Bollywood stars have done various jobs to support themselves and their families. Not only Hindi but also South film superstar Rajinikanth was a bus conductor before becoming an actor. Talking about Bollywood, Akshay Kumar worked as a waiter and Arshad Warsi as a salesman. In such a situation, very few people know that before entering the film industry, the life of actress Shabana Azmi, who debuted with Ankur in 1974, has also been quite a struggle. There was a time when she was selling coffee at a petrol pump, but something else was written in her destiny.
From selling coffee before becoming an actress
Shabana Azmi has come a long way from becoming an international award winner. Born in Hyderabad, Shabana Azmi is the daughter of famous actor Kaifi Azmi and veteran actress Shaukat Azmi. She completed her schooling from Queen Mary’s School, Mumbai and earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from St. Xavier’s College. He later joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune to study acting. Shabana Azmi’s mother Shaukat passed away in 2019. Shabana’s mother has revealed in her autobiography ‘Coffee and I: A Memoir’ that despite being from a rich family, her daughter used to sell coffee at the petrol pump to earn Rs 30. She wanted to help the family financially since her college days.
When Shabana Azmi tried to commit suicide
Shabana Azmi tried to commit suicide twice in her childhood. Her mother Shaukat has revealed about this incident in her autobiography that Shabana once drank copper sulphate in the school lab. At that time his friend saved him. The actress took such a drastic step because she felt that her mother loved her younger brother more, so in anger she tried to commit suicide. The second time when Shabana was angry with her mother, she tried to commit suicide by coming in front of the train. But the school watchman saved him.
