Tanvi Azmi

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| caption = Azmi at the 2011 Maee Film Bash

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| years_active = 1985–present

| spouse = Baba Azmi

| mother = Usha Kiran

| relatives = Saiyami Kher (niece)

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Tanvi Azmi is an Indian film and television actress.{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Tanvi-Azmi-Im-blessed-to-be-liberated/articleshow/39825912.cms |title=Tanvi Azmi: I'm blessed to be liberated - Times of India |website=The Times of India|date=7 August 2014 }} She is known for her roles in Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995), Bajirao Mastani (2015), Thappad (2020) and Tribhanga (2021).

Early life and career

She was born to Marathi-Hindi actress Usha Kiran and Manohar Kher.{{cite magazine |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/raghuvir-yadav-and-tanvi-azmi-new-comers-on-the-firmament-of-indian-stars/1/336693.html |title=Festive rise - Raghuvir Yadav and Tanvi Azmi: New-comers on the firmament of Indian stars |magazine=India Today |date=15 February 1987 |access-date=24 January 2014}}

Azmi portrayed a troubled doctor in the tele-series, Jeevanrekha and as a young widow in telefilm Rao Saheb (1986) directed by Vijaya Mehta.{{cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020623/spectrum/main3.htm |title=ON THE SANDS OF TIME — 1986 The year of thought-provoking films |newspaper=The Tribune |date=23 June 2002 |access-date=24 January 2014 |author=M. L. Dhawan}} She also acted in the Malayalam language film Vidheyan (1993), directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan.{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/prs/iffi2007/birth.pdf |title=Vidheyan |publisher=Press Information Bureau |access-date=24 January 2014}}.

She received her first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Pyari Behna (1985).

Her supporting role in the romantic drama Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995), starring Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala, received critical acclaim and earned her a second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

The psychological thriller Dushman (1998) starring Kajol and Sanjay Dutt, saw her play Dr. Poornima Sehgal, a psychologist, earned her a third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 2015, she appeared alongside Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's historical romantic drama Bajirao Mastani. She portrayed Radhabai, the mother of Bajirao I. played by Singh. She had to go bald for her role in the film.{{cite news |title=Tanvi Azmi goes bald for Bajirao Mastani |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/tanvi-azmi-goes-bald-for-bajirao-mastani/ |access-date=2 July 2016 |newspaper=The Indian Express}} The film and her performance received widespread critical acclaim, and earned her the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, in addition to her fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress and her first nomination for the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 2017, she acted in And TV’s Vani Rani.{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/vani-rani-a-tale-of-estranged-twins/articleshow/59941553.cms |title=Vani Rani-a tale of estranged twins|newspaper=The Times of India |date=7 August 2017 }}

Her performance in the domestic drama Thappad (2020) received high critical acclaim and earned her a fifth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Azmi next starred in Tribhanga (2021), a Netflix original film directed by Renuka Shahane. Co-starring Kajol and Mithila Palkar, the film received critical acclaim for the performance of the lead trio, earning Azmi a nomination for the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Supporting Actress (Web Original Film).{{Cite web |date=4 January 2021 |title=Kajol, Tanvi Azmi, Mithila Palkar celebrate women and their beautiful imperfections in 'Tribhanga' trailer |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-kajol-tanvi-azmi-mithila-palkar-tribhanga-tedhi-medhi-crazy-trailer-netflix-original-renuka-shahane-director-2865860 |access-date=4 January 2021 |website=DNA India |language=en}}

Personal life

Azmi is married to Baba Azmi, cinematographer and brother of Shabana Azmi, thus connected with the Akhtar-Azmi film family.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/BabaTanvi-Azmi-to-adopt-caretakers-kids/etarticleshow/11988536.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105110550/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-22/news-interviews/31086367_1_meghna-tanvi-viraj |url-status=live |archive-date=5 November 2013 |title=Baba,Tanvi Azmi to adopt caretaker's kids |date=22 February 2012 |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=24 January 2014}}

Filmography

=Films=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" \|+ Film performances
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan="2"\|1985 \|Pyari Behna \|Seeta \|
Rao Saheb \|Radhika \|
rowspan="2"\|1993 \|Vidheyan \|Sarojakka \|Malayalam film
Darr \|Poonam Awasthi \|
1994 \|English, August \|Malti Srivastava \|English language film{{Cite web \|url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/english-august-1200439066/ \|title=English, August \|first1=David \|last1=Stratton \|date=10 October 1994}}
1995 \|Akele Hum Akele Tum \|Farida \|
1998 \|Dushman \|Poornima Sehgal \|
rowspan="3"\|2000 \|Mela \|Gopal's mother \|
Dhai Akshar Prem Ke \|Simran Grewal \|
Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya \|Meera Kumar \|
2001 \|Aks \|Madhu Pradhan \|
2002 \|11'09"01 September 11 \|Talat Hamdani \|segment "India"
rowspan="2"\|2009 \|Delhi-6 \|Fatima \|
Pal Pal Dil Ke Ssaat \|Makhan Singh \|
2010 \|Anjaana Anjaani{{Cite web \|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/i-anjaana-anjaani-i-review-priyanka-ranbir-sparkle-in-this-modern-day-romance-review--pclxGUdifecji.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827051434/https://www.sify.com/movies/i-anjaana-anjaani-i-review-priyanka-ranbir-sparkle-in-this-modern-day-romance-review--pclxGUdifecji.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=27 August 2019 \|title=Review : Anjaana Anjaani (2010) \|website=Sify}} \|Doctor \|
rowspan="3"\|2011 \|Aarakshan \|Mrs. Anand \|
Mod \|Gayatri Garg \|
Bubble Gum \|Sudha Rawat \|
rowspan="2"\|2013 \|Aurangzeb \|Veera Singh \|
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani \|Bunny's step-mother \|
rowspan="3"\|2014 \|Dekh Tamasha Dekh \|Fatima \|
Bobby Jasoos \|Kausar Khaala \|
Lai Bhaari \|Sumitra Devi \|
2015 \|Bajirao Mastani \|Radhabai \|
2017 \|Guest iin London \|Sazia Ghan \|
2019 \|377 AbNormal \|Chitra Palgaokar \|Zee5 film{{Cite web \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/377-ab-normal-review-shashank-arora-shines-in-the-faruk-kabir-film-5634003/ \|title=377 Ab Normal review: Shashank Arora shines in the Faruk Kabir film \|date=22 March 2019}}
2020 \|Thappad \|Sulekha Sabharwal
2021 \|Tribhanga \|Nayantara Apte \|Netflix film
rowspan="2"\| 2024	Ole Aale	Dr. Pallavi	Marathi film
Do Patti		Netflix film

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

|+ Film performances

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2"|1985

|Pyari Behna

|Seeta

Rao Saheb

|Radhika

rowspan="2"|1993

|Vidheyan

|Sarojakka

|Malayalam film

Darr

|Poonam Awasthi

1994

|English, August

|Malti Srivastava

|English language film{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/english-august-1200439066/ |title=English, August |first1=David |last1=Stratton |date=10 October 1994}}

1995

|Akele Hum Akele Tum

|Farida

1998

|Dushman

|Poornima Sehgal

rowspan="3"|2000

|Mela

|Gopal's mother

Dhai Akshar Prem Ke

|Simran Grewal

Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya

|Meera Kumar

2001

|Aks

|Madhu Pradhan

2002

|11'09"01 September 11

|Talat Hamdani

|segment "India"

rowspan="2"|2009

|Delhi-6

|Fatima

Pal Pal Dil Ke Ssaat

|Makhan Singh

2010

|Anjaana Anjaani{{Cite web |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/i-anjaana-anjaani-i-review-priyanka-ranbir-sparkle-in-this-modern-day-romance-review--pclxGUdifecji.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827051434/https://www.sify.com/movies/i-anjaana-anjaani-i-review-priyanka-ranbir-sparkle-in-this-modern-day-romance-review--pclxGUdifecji.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 August 2019 |title=Review : Anjaana Anjaani (2010) |website=Sify}}

|Doctor

rowspan="3"|2011

|Aarakshan

|Mrs. Anand

Mod

|Gayatri Garg

Bubble Gum

|Sudha Rawat

rowspan="2"|2013

|Aurangzeb

|Veera Singh

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

|Bunny's step-mother

rowspan="3"|2014

|Dekh Tamasha Dekh

|Fatima

Bobby Jasoos

|Kausar Khaala

Lai Bhaari

|Sumitra Devi

2015

|Bajirao Mastani

|Radhabai

2017

|Guest iin London

|Sazia Ghan

2019

|377 AbNormal

|Chitra Palgaokar

|Zee5 film{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/377-ab-normal-review-shashank-arora-shines-in-the-faruk-kabir-film-5634003/ |title=377 Ab Normal review: Shashank Arora shines in the Faruk Kabir film |date=22 March 2019}}

2020

|Thappad

|Sulekha Sabharwal

2021

|Tribhanga

|Nayantara Apte

|Netflix film

rowspan="2"| 2024

Ole Aale

Dr. Pallavi

Marathi film

Do Patti

Netflix film

=Television=

scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role(s) ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" \|+ Television performances
1988	Mirza Ghalib	Umrao Begum
1991	Kahkashan
1998-1999	Family No.1	Shalini Potia	{{Cite web \|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98oct18/sunday/filmtv.htm \|title=Tribuneindia... Film and tv \|website=The Tribune}}
2005	Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka	Kavita Raizada	{{Cite web \|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-we-worked-in-soaps-that-were-aesthetic-and-progressive-8212 \|title=We worked in soaps that were aesthetic and progressive \|first=Sudipto \|last=Chattopadhyay \|date=3 November 2005 \|website=DNA India}}
2017	Vani Rani	Vani/Raani	Double role{{Cite news \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/iqbal-azad-and-sanjay-gandhi-cast-opposite-tanvi-azmi-in-vani-rani/articleshow/59634522.cms \|title=Iqbal Azad and Sanjay Gandhi cast opposite Tanvi Azmi in Vani Rani - Times of India \|website=The Times of India\|date=17 July 2017 }}
2022	Jugaadistan	Kamala Reddy
rowspan=2 \| 2024	Maamla Legal Hai	Judge Bainsla	{{Cite web \|title=Nidhi Bisht on Netflix's 'Maamla Legal Hai', practising law: 'A full circle...' \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/web-series/story/nidhi-bisht-on-netflixs-maamla-legal-hai-practising-law-working-with-ravi-kishan-2506269-2024-02-27 \|access-date=15 March 2024 \|website=India Today \|date=27 February 2024 \|language=en}}
Dil Dosti Dilemma	Naani	{{Cite web \|date=2024-04-25 \|title='Dil Dosti Dilemma' Review: Anushka Sen's teen drama is cliched and less fun \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/reviews/story/dil-dosti-dilemma-review-anushka-sens-teen-drama-is-less-fun-more-cliche-prime-video-series-debbie-rao-2531362-2024-04-25 \|access-date=2024-04-25 \|website=India Today \|language=en}}

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Award !Category !Work !Result
colspan="5"\|Major awards
1986 \|rowspan="5"\|Filmfare Awards \|rowspan="5"\|Best Supporting Actress \|Pyari Behna \|{{nom}}
1996 \|Akele Hum Akele Tum \|{{nom}}
1999 \|Dushman \|{{nom}}
2016 \|Bajirao Mastani \|{{nom}}
2021 \|Thappad \|{{nom}}
2021 \|Filmfare OTT Awards \|Best Supporting Actress (Web Original Film) \|Tribhanga \|{{nom}}
2016 \|IIFA Awards \|Best Supporting Actress \|rowspan="2"\|Bajirao Mastani{{Cite web \|last=Hungama \|first=Bollywood \|date=9 May 2016 \|title=Tanvi Azmi brings in a record-shattering 18th National Award into the Azmi-Akhtar Family : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama \|website=Bollywood Hungama \|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/tanvi-azmi-brings-in-a-record-shattering-18th-national-award-into-the-azmi-akhtar-family/ \|access-date=21 June 2023 \|language=en}} \|{{nom}}
2016 \|National Film Awards \|Best Supporting Actress \|{{won}}
colspan="5"\|Other awards
rowspan="7"\|2016 \|FOI Online Awards \|Best Supporting Actress \|rowspan="7"\|Bajirao Mastani \|{{won}}
rowspan="2"\|Producers Guild Film Awards \|Best Actor in a Negative Role \|{{nom}}
Best Actress in a Supporting Role \|{{won}}
Screen Awards \|Best Actor in a Negative Role \|{{nom}}
Times of India Film Awards \|Best Supporting Actress \|{{nom}}
Zee Cine Awards \|Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female \|{{nom}}

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!Year

!Award

!Category

!Work

!Result

colspan="5"|Major awards

1986

|rowspan="5"|Filmfare Awards

|rowspan="5"|Best Supporting Actress

|Pyari Behna

|{{nom}}

1996

|Akele Hum Akele Tum

|{{nom}}

1999

|Dushman

|{{nom}}

2016

|Bajirao Mastani

|{{nom}}

2021

|Thappad

|{{nom}}

2021

|Filmfare OTT Awards

|Best Supporting Actress (Web Original Film)

|Tribhanga

|{{nom}}

2016

|IIFA Awards

|Best Supporting Actress

|rowspan="2"|Bajirao Mastani{{Cite web |last=Hungama |first=Bollywood |date=9 May 2016 |title=Tanvi Azmi brings in a record-shattering 18th National Award into the Azmi-Akhtar Family : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama |website=Bollywood Hungama |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/tanvi-azmi-brings-in-a-record-shattering-18th-national-award-into-the-azmi-akhtar-family/ |access-date=21 June 2023 |language=en}}

|{{nom}}

2016

|National Film Awards

|Best Supporting Actress

|{{won}}

colspan="5"|Other awards

rowspan="7"|2016

|FOI Online Awards

|Best Supporting Actress

|rowspan="7"|Bajirao Mastani

|{{won}}

rowspan="2"|Producers Guild Film Awards