Shabana Azmi: Shabana Azmi apologized to this actress who is half her age, know what was the reason?
- byShikha Srivastava
- 19 Feb, 2025
These days new types of stories are being brought to the audience on OTT. Also, artists from Bollywood to the South are being included in the same show, web series. Shabana Azmi will be seen in the show 'Dabba Cartel', which will be released on OTT soon. A well-known South actress is also with her in this. Shabana Azmi disclosed whom in an event related to the show 'Dabba Cartel' and also apologized to that actress.

Shabana advised me to take someone else.
At the event related to 'Dabba Cartel', Shabana Azmi said that she advised the makers to take another actress instead of South actress Jyotika for an important role. But the makers stuck to their decision. When Shabana saw Jyotika acting in the show, she was convinced of her acting.
Shabana apologized
Further in the event, Shabana Azmi apologized to Jyotika and said sorry to her. Hearing this, Jyotika touched Shabana's feet. Seeing this bonding between the two actresses, the people present in the show applauded a lot. As far as the show 'Dabba Cartel' is concerned, its story revolves around some women who are running a drug mafia, but common people consider them only as women providing tiffin service. Apart from Shabana Azmi, and Jyotika, actresses like Shalini Pandey, Anjali Anand, and Nimisha Sajayan will also be seen in this show.
Praise for casting directors
In the same event, Shabana was asked what changes she has seen in the industry in the last fifty years, her answer was, 'In my view, the arrival of casting directors in the industry has brought a huge change. See what casting directors have done? They have freed Hindi cinema from stock characters. That's why today we have actors who play the right characters. Now actors prepare a lot for their characters.'






