In January, the veteran actress and Farhan-Zoya Akhtar’s step-mother Shabana Azmi met with a car accident after her car rammed into a truck on the highway. The actress got some serious injuries and was rushed to MGM hospital in Panvel and later she was shifted to Kokilaben Ambani Hospital in Andheri where we saw Bollywood celebs, Honey Irani with daughter Zoya Akhtar, Farhan’s ex-wife Adhuna Bhabani and current girlfriend Shibani Dandekar, Vipul Shah, Ashutosh and Sunita Gowariker, Farah Khan, Ritesh Sidhwani, Vicky Kaushal and Jeetendra among others coming to meet her.
Many stars and fans of Azmi flooded the social media with speedy recovery posts but apart from that, the other thing which became viral was Shabana Azmi’s accident picture. Some celebs and fans even called out on those who were circulating the images across the platform. Amongst many, Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor even urged people to not to share the accident pictures online. Speaking on the same topic, after being recovered, Shabana Azmi to Hindustan Times said that her family was upset when her pictures were being circulated online.
She was quoted by the portal saying, "My family was upset. It was kept away from me for the longest time as I didn’t have my cellphone. When I saw it, I was on my way to recovery. At that moment, I was just really grateful to those who helped me and the hospital staff.”
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