Veteran
Bollywood
actress
Shabana
Azmi
was
injured
after
she
met
with
an
accident
on
the
Mumbai-Pune
Expressway
on
Saturday,
January
18.
Her
car
reportedly
rammed
into
a
truck
near
the
Khalapur
toll
plaza
in
Navi
Mumbai.
Shabana
Azmi
and
her
husband
Javed
Akhtar
were
on
their
way
to
Khandala,
where
they
have
a
holiday
home.
Shabana
was
in
a
Tata
Safari
but
Javed
was
travelling
in
a
different
car
and
was
not
injured.
The
accident
occurred
around
3:30
pm.
An
injured
Shabana
was
admitted
to
the
MGM
Hospital
in
Panvel
and
later
shifted
to
the
Kokilaben
Dhirubhai
Ambani
Hospital
and
Medical
Research
Institute
in
Andheri
west,
Mumbai.
Javed
Akhtar
and
Farhan
Akhtar
were
with
Shabana
in
the
hospital,
and
she
was
visited
by
actors
like
Anil
Kapoor
and
Tabu,
among
others.
Amlesh
Kamat,
the
driver
of
Shabana's
car
was
also
injured
in
the
accident.
According
to
latest
reports,
a
first
information
report
has
been
registered
against
Kamat
by
the
truck
driver
for
rash
driving.
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Shabana
Azmi
and
her
family
recently
celebrated
Javed
Akhtar's
75th
birthday.
The
celebrations
were
attended
by
many
Bollywood
stars
such
as
Aamir
Khan,
Richa
Chadha,
Hrithik
Roshan,
Divya
Dutta,
and
Javed's
kids
Farhan
Akhtar
and
Zoya
Akhtar.
Bollywood
celebrities
like
Lata
Mangeshkar,
Varun
Dhawan,
Shraddha
Kapoor,
Swara
Bhasker,
Shatrughan
Sinha,
Hansal
Mehta,
Guauhar
Khan
and
some
more,
tweeted
a
speedy
recovery
to
Shabana
Azmi.
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
also
tweeted,
saying,
"The
news
of
@AzmiShabana
Ji's
injury
in
an
accident
is
distressing.
I
pray
for
her
quick
recovery."
The
news
of
@AzmiShabana
Ji’s
injury
in
an
accident
is
distressing.
I
pray
for
her
quick
recovery.