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HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | HAPPENINGS Shabana Azmi to receive International Gandhi Peace Prize26th Oct 2006 09.00 IST By Agencies Versatile actress and social activist Shabana Azmi will receive the prestigious International Gandhi Peace Prize at a special function at Britain's House of Commons in London today for her work amongst the disadvantaged women of India, particularly in Mumbai slums. British actress Vanessa Redgrave will present the award in the presence of a distinguished gathering including Professor Lord Bhikhu Parekh, Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics, and the Indian High Commissioner Kamalesh Sharma.
Azmi, who was described by Satyajit Ray, as the finest dramatic actress of India, said, "I am honoured at being chosen for such an outstanding award, whose previous recipients included the Dalai Lama." She said she was happy that her involvement for rehabilitation of slum dwellers had borne fruit. At least 13,000 slum dwellers have been rehabilitated owing to her effort. Azmi has starred in some of the greatest Indian films like ‘Ankur’, ‘Mandi’, ‘Arth’, ‘Khandar’, ‘Paar’, ‘Sparsh’, ‘Godmother’ and Tehzeeb . Born to noted Urdu progressive poet Kaifi Azmi and theatre actress Shaukat Kaifi, Shabana has acted in films by virtually all of India's most famous art house directors including Shyam Benegal , Satyajit Ray , Mrinal Sen , Aparna Sen and others as well as in commercial and middle-of-the-road Hindi films, besides some international films where she has essayed several strong female characters. Related Shabana Azmi Tehzeeb Shyam Benegal Aparna Sen | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Abhishek Bachchan promises a baby to Aishwarya Rai ~ Sylvester Stallone gifts his 'Rocky' gloves to Sajid Nadiadwala ~ Aamir Khan happy to be associated with Walt Disney ~ Madhuri Dixit gears up to rock US with the Bachchans ~ 'Mission Istanbul' promises adrenalin trip ~ Sylvester Stallone gels with Kareena Kapoor and Akshay Kumar ~ When Vivek Oberoi grooved with Russian chicks ~ Shilpa Shetty wants Akshay Kumar for her film ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ 'Taare Zameen Par' DVD to be released today ~ Bollywood lends flavour to festival of India in Switzerland ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Kismat Konnection, Contract, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Love Story 2050, Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, Sarkar Raj, Aamir, De Taali, Mere Baap Pehle Aap, Jannat, Summer of 2007 , Haal-e-Dil, Singh Is Kinng , Bachna Ae Haseeno , Money Hai Toh Honey Hai , Mission Istanbul MUSIC Kismat Konnection , Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Sikander Kher | Manjari Fadnis | more... | 
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