Back in 1984, Shabana Azmi had a whopping four nominations for Best Actress; Arth, Avtaar, Masoom and Mandi. There was only one other nominee in the category - Sridevi, for her bravura child-act in Sadma.
Azmi won for Arth. Sridevi happily conceded having already picked up the Tamil award for the original.
Quotes from Aug 2004 Filmfare article.
Shabana ji is a great actress. She won it for Arth, But it was her mediocre performance. Was it stronger and better than Sadma?
ReplyDeleteIn fact her role in Sadma was way better and unique than all shabana jis movies.