Neelima Azeem Wiki, Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography & More – FilmyVoice

Neelima Azeem is an Indian actress, classical dancer, and author. She is thought for her work in Hindi movies and TV collection. She is the mom of common Bollywood actors Shahid Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter.

Wiki/Biography

Neelima Azeem was born on Tuesday, 2 December 1958 (age 64 years; as of 2022) in Moscow. She attended the All Saint’s College in Nainital. She accomplished her education at Mater Dei College, Tilak Lane, New Delhi. She pursued an M.A. in Kathak at Sangeet Natak Akademi in Delhi.

Bodily Look

Top (approx.): 5′ 6″

Weight (approx.): 60 kg

Hair Color: Darkish Brown

Eye Color: Black

Household

Mother and father & Siblings

Her father’s identify was Anwar Azeem. He was a Marxist journalist and an Urdu writer. Her mom’s identify was Khadija. Her brother, A N Anwer, is an actor.

Different Kinfolk 

The favored movie director, novelist, and journalist, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas was her mom’s maternal uncle. The favored TV producer and costume designer Saba Zaidi is her first cousin.

Husband & Kids

She received married thrice. She received married for the primary time to Indian actor Pankaj Kapur in 1979. They’ve a son named Shahid Kapoor, who is a well-liked Bollywood actor. The couple received divorced in 1984. She received married for the second time to the favored tv actor Rajesh Khattar in 1990. They collectively have a son named Ishaan Khatter, who can also be a Bollywood actor. The couple name their marriage off in 2001.

Neelima Azeem with Ishaan Khatter, Shahid Kapoor, and Rajesh Khattar

Azeem received married for the third time to the favored Indian classical vocalist of the Patiala Gharana Raza Ali Khan in 2004 and divorced in 2009.

Neelima Azeem with Raza Ali Khan

Profession

Tv

Neelima Azeem debuted as an actor in 1989 with the TV collection ‘Phir Wahi Talash’ through which she performed the function of Shehnaz. The TV collection proved to be the breakthrough of her profession.

Neelima Azeem in a nonetheless from the TV collection ‘Phir Wahi Talash’

She rose to fame after taking part in the function of Mumtaz within the historic TV collection ‘The Sword of Tipu Sultan’ (1990) which aired on DD Nationwide. In 2002, she appeared within the historic drama TV serial ‘Amrapali’ starring Shilpa Shinde. She has labored in numerous tv collection together with ‘Talaash’ (1992), ‘Bible Ki Kahaniyan’ (1993), ‘Junoon’ (1994), ‘Saans’ (1998), ‘Kashmeer’ (2003), and ‘Dhoondh Legi Manzil Humein’ (2010).

Movie

She debuted within the movie business with the movie ‘Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro’ (1989) through which she performed the function of Mumtaz. She appeared as ‘Chanda’ within the 1991 movie ‘Sadak,’ starring Sanjay Dutt. In 2003, she performed the function of Shahid Kapoor’s mom in his debut movie ‘Ishq Vishk.’

Neelima Azeem in a nonetheless from the movie ‘Ishq Vishk’

Her efficiency as Zeher Raza within the movie ‘Alif’ (2016) obtained immense appraisal from the viewers. The movie was later premiered on the Indian Worldwide Movie Competition of Queensland.

Neelima Azeem in a nonetheless from the movie ‘Alif’

A few of her most notable movies are ‘Karmyoddha’ (1992), ‘Itihaas’ (1997), ‘Sooryavansham’ (1999), ‘Simply Married’ (2007), and ‘Blackmail’ (2018).

Net Collection

In 2019, she performed the function of Suhasini Joshi within the internet collection ‘Mother & Co.’ which premiered on the YouTube channel ‘The Zoom Studios.’

Poster of the online collection ‘Mother & Co.’

In the identical yr, she appeared within the internet collection ‘Halala,’ which was launched on the OTT platform Ullu.

Award

• In 2017, she obtained the Dr Bababsaheb Ambedkar Novel Award.
  

  Neelima Azeem receiving the Dr Bababsaheb Ambedkar Novel Award

Favorite

• Dancer(s): Bharati Gupta, Saswati Sen

Info/Trivia

• In an interview, she revealed that she began dancing on the age of two years and did her first stage efficiency on the age of 4.

• She began studying Kathak on the age of 10 beneath the tutelage of common classical dancer Birju Maharaj and has been in affiliation with him for nearly 52 years. She additionally obtained formal coaching for Kathak from numerous different distinguished dancers akin to Munna Shukla, Srimati Reva Vidyarthi, and Pundit Devilalji.

• Aside from dance, she additionally took formal coaching in singing. She learnt singing from Ustad Munnawar Ali Khan, the favored vocalist of Kasur Patiala Gharana. He was the youthful son of Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.

• She began performing in theatrical productions on the age of 10 with the favored Indian playwright, theatre director, and actor Habib Tanvir, in his Chhattisgarhi theatre.

• On the age of 14, she was featured in an Indian classical heritage stamp.

• The actress revealed in an interview the biases she confronted within the movie business. She talked about this within the interview and mentioned,
  

  In movies I additionally went by way of the unfairness of administrators slicing off my roles as a result of I used to be trying higher than the heroines. The casting sofa was additionally an issue. My expertise was not nicely utilized by the movie business. I used to be a looker, dancer, actress and had nice diction!”

• She runs a Kathak dance academy in Mumbai named ‘Roots Academy.’