Nandita Das & Shabana Azmi Movies Together List — 2 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-20 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Nandita Das and Shabana Azmi appeared together in 2 Hindi films between 1996 and 2000. Their highest-rated collaboration was Hari-Bhari: Fertility (2000 — 4.7/10). Films span Fire (1996) through Hari-Bhari: Fertility (2000).
The Nandita Das & Shabana Azmi partnership
From Fire (1996) to Hari-Bhari: Fertility (2000). The ran closed with Hari-Bhari: Fertility in 2000. It started with Fire (1996).
The shape of the work
The 1990s belonged to Fire; the 2000s to Hari-Bhari: Fertility. Nandita Das acted in every film; Shabana Azmi acted in all of them.
2 films across 2 decades
The 1990s accounted for 1 film.
The 2000s accounted for 1 film, averaging 4.7/10.
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- Hari-Bhari: Fertility
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
2 films across 4 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
When they first worked together, Nandita Das had 0 films behind them; Shabana Azmi had 60.
Fire was Nandita Das's acting debut.
After Hari-Bhari: Fertility, Nandita Das went on to appear in 16 more films, including Neerparavai (2012) and Viraata Parvam (2022).
Before Fire, Shabana Azmi had starred in 60 films, including Sparsh (1980) and Mandi (1983).
After Hari-Bhari: Fertility, Shabana Azmi went on to appear in 20 more films, including Neerja (2016) and Ghoomer (2023).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Nandita Das & Shabana Azmi's professional partnership
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