Holi party Veteran – Veteran couple Javed Akhtar-Shabana Azmi hosted a lively Holi party at their Mumbai home. Shabana poses with Baba Azmi, Tanvi Azmi; Urmila Matondkar, Rahul Bose, Ali Fazal-Richa Chadha attended the celebration. Shabana remembered that Javed had bought a flower shop and won her heart despite her mother’s warnings.

Shabana Azmi along with Baba Azmi and Urmila Matondkar, Ali Fazal and Richa Chadha join the party More about Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi In a throwback shared on Mojo Story, Shabana revealed the simple spark that won her heart during their courtship. As they passed by a flower seller, he admired the flowers, prompting Javed Akhtar to go there and buy the entire shop on the spot. “So he has busted the myth.

If any of you think that because he writes so many romantic songs, he must be a romantic husband – there is not a romantic bone in his body. There is nothing like that, it just happened once. ” Shabana jumped in with full background.

“It was during our courtship days and we were passing by a florist. I told her the flowers were so beautiful, and she stopped the car and bought the whole shop. I just had a crush on her.

” Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar have been married for 41 years. Shabana recalled her mother warning her against Javed and shared, “Later, when we were not talking to each other, he sent me a poem. After reading the poem, my mother said, ‘Don’t get trapped, a poet always traps you with his words.

Ise door raho’ (stay away from him). ” Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi married on 9 December 1984. This was Javed’s second marriage, his first being to screenwriter Honey Irani, with whom he has two children, Farhan and Zoya Akhtar.