Whilst
tending
to
her
fractured
leg,
Shabana
Azmi
has
now
found
an
inventive
way
to
spend
her
time
around
the
house.
She
has
lately
been
learning
Punjabi
at
home
for
the
dubbed
Punjabi
version
of
Gurinder
Chadha"s
It"s
A
Wonderful
Afterlife.
And
she
is
having
a
ball.
“I"ve
been
dubbing
Gurinder
Chadha"s
film
from
the
English
to
the
Punjabi.
The
Punjabi
version
is
called
Hai
Mar
Java.
I
never
knew
I
could
speak
Punjabi!
It"s
the
first
time,
and
I"m
enjoying
myself.
A
girl
named
Shweta
who
is
a
professional
Punjabi
dubbing
instructor
is
guiding
me
on
the
right
pronunciation
and
diction.
She
seems
quite
pleased
with
the
results."
Shabana
has
more
reason
to
be
happy.
Her
husband
Javed
Akhtar
has
been
nominated
to
the
Rajya
Sabha.
The
ecstatic
wife
says,
“I"m
delighted
with
Javed"s
nomination
to
the
Rajya
Sabha.
His
is
a
secular,
liberal,
articulate
and
most
important
of
all
a
sane
voice
that
we
need
in
today"s
stressful
times."
Speaking
on
how
Javed
Akhtar
could
make
a
difference
from
the
Parliament
Shabana
says,
“I
expect
he
will
take
up
issues
of
the
film
industry,
secularism,
women
and
the
city
of
Mumbai.
He
is
fortunate
to
have
around
him
a
resource
base
of
academics
activists
and
the
corporate
world.
You
cannot
fix
Javed
into
a
type.
He
embraces
a
cross
section
of
interests
and
people."
Then,
Shabana
gets
personal,
“I
am
humbled
that
in
the
history
of
the
Rajya
Sabha
we
are
the
first
husband
wife
duo
that
has
both
been
nominated
by
the
President." Incidentally,
both
Shabana
and
Javed
have
won
five
national
awards
each,
and
three
of
them
in
a
row.
Reacts
composer-singer
Shankar
Mahadevan,
a
long-time
collaborator
with
Javed
Akhtar,
“I
am
extremely
happy
Javed
Saab
has
been
nominated.
I
consider
him
among
the
most
intelligent
persons
in
our
country.
He"s
extremely
well-read
and
can
handle
any
issue
related
to
any
topic.
Moreover
he
has
always
shown
a
deep
concern
for
the
problems
within
and
outside
the
film
industry.
I"d
say
he"s
an
ideal
nominee
for
the
Rajya
Sabha."