I have cine(ma) to support me: Urmila Matondkar on Shabana Azmi

Mumbai | Wednesday | 24th April, 2019

Summary:

Actor-activist Shabana Azmi has accompanied actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar (contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha polls on a Congress ticket from Mumbai North) for two election rallies. Matondkar recalled her introduction to the realm of cinema as a child artiste in Masoom (1983) with Azmi playing her mom. Two decades later, both Azmi and Matondkar reprised their mother-daughter roles. Azmi also spoke proudly of how Matondkar has shifted with her husband to a 2BHK flat in Kandivali where water is supplied for only two hours a day. When asked to respond to this development, Matondkar reacted with the iconic Deewar dialogue: "Mere paas (cine)ma hai," and laughed..