Tanvi Azmi
{{Short description|Indian television actress}}
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| 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
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Awards and nominations
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Category:Indian film actresses
Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Indian television actresses
Category:Actresses in Marathi cinema
Category:Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Category:Actresses in Hindi television
Category:20th-century Indian actresses
Category:21st-century Indian actresses
Category:Best Supporting Actress National Film Award winners