Shabana Azmi Got ANGRY After She Didn't Like Her Photo In Article, Recalls Journo: 'So Insensitive...'

Veteran actress Shabana Azmi once lost her cool when she didn’t like her photo published in an article. Journalist Roshmila Bhattacharya recalled recently that Shabana Azmi called her to express her disappointment after an unflattering photo was published in the newspaper. Today, actors have to be camera-ready at all times due to the rise of paparazzi culture, but this was not the case during the yesteryears.

Speaking on the YouTube channel ‘Inconversation with Ishan’, Roshmila Bhattacharya said, “I remember once I was out of the office, and Shabana ji’s interview was published the next day. She called me the following day and was really angry. She said, ‘I never expected this from you. How could you be so insensitive?’ I didn’t know what had happened because I was on leave. I listened to her concerns and later explained that I wasn’t in the office when the photo was selected.”

Roshmila also recalled that Dharmendra was kind to her and would bless her after their interviews were published. She said that the veteran actor would end their chats with shayaris and even compliment the articles when they were published.

“Dharam ji is lovely. He would always say, ‘Mera achha photo dalna’ (publish a good photo of mine) and send a photograph from his own collection. Whenever the article was published and I shared the link with him, he would see the photograph and say, ‘You have written it very well.’ He would also call the next day after the article was published, bless me, and say, ‘Bahut bhadiya, bahut achha likha hai‘ (Very good, you wrote it well), God bless you and stay happy,” Roshmila said.

Both Shabana Azmi and Dharmendra are massive superstars and have a huge fan following even today. They were recently seen together in Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, which was headlined by Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh. While Shabana played Alia’s grandmother, Dharmendra played Ranveer’s grandfather. Their on-screen kiss as long-lost lovers became a massive talking point in the film and held everyone’s attention for several days after the film’s release.