Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar got married in 1984 and Shabana and they are often seen as the ideal couple who share a lot of respect and love for each other. Shabana also shares a great relationship with Javed’s children – Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar. In an earlier interview, Shabana said that while she expected that she would be disappointed to not have her own children, she was “amazed at the fact” that she “easily accepted” that she “couldn’t have kids.”
In a chat with Simi Grewal in 2000, when Shabana was asked about the importance of marriage for a “working self sufficient woman,” she said that her case was different because she didn’t have children. “Not being able to have children, in a sense, made the choices much easier because I could give so much more of my time because I think motherhood is very demanding.”
When asked if this was a “major disappointment,” Shabana said, “I am amazed at the fact that it isn’t. Because in the beginning, I didn’t believe that I wouldn’t be a mother. I was so sure that I was so special and so privileged, that this is my God given right. And yet, I was so amazed at how easily I accepted it. Once I realised I couldn’t have kids, I didn’t let it linger over and make me unhappy. I just packed my bags and carried on from there and was very grateful for many other things that I could do.”
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Shabana was asked if she ever though about adoption and she immediately said, “I never wanted to adopt a child. No.” When asked why, she spoke about Farhan and Zoya and said, “Well, because I am very friendly with Javed’s kids so that need was fulfilled. They have grown up and they are at a time when I don’t have to change their nappies or worry about their malaria. They are bright children with whom I exchange ideas and it’s wonderful to have them at this age where they fight back with you and you can see new ideas germinating in them as they are having a conversation with you. That’s an age group I like very much.”
Shabana was asked if there was any resistance from Farhan and Zoya’s side when she married their father, she said, “They were too little, they were very young.”
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