<p>Well-known actress Shabana Azmi has revealed Anil Kapoor had asked her to dissuade his daughter Sonam from entering Bollywood.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I remember Anil coming to me and saying make Sonam understand not to take up acting. So that time, I told her she should study and go to a college in London. But later I told her go become an actress. She is like my daughter," Shabana told reporters here at the trailer launch of "Neerja".<br /><br />"Neerja" is a biopic on flight attendant Neerja Bhanot who was murdered while saving passengers from terrorists on board the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 on September 5, 1986.<br /><br />Bhanot became the youngest recipient of the country's highest peacetime military award for bravery - the Ashok Chakra. In the film, Sonam plays the lead role. Shabana essays the role of Sonam's mother.<br /><br />"I feel lucky, blessed... Privileged to be part of this film. It's a great story... The dialogues are too good. It's a matter of pride to do this film," the 65-year-old actress said.<br /><br />Even before the veteran actress shot for this film she had met Neerja's mother while presenting an award in Neerja's name.<br /><br />"When I met her I felt I know her. I have tried to play her with honesty...without any manipulation. She is just the way she looks. She is a special person. It's sad that she couldn't watch the film," she added.<br /><br />The film is directed by Ram Madhavani and Shabana is all praise for him. "Javed Akhtar, my husband and I knew Ram since quite sometime. We always used to tell him to make a film. Ram and I both like same kind of films ...Our sensibilities connected," she said. The film is slated to release in February nexy year.</p>
<p>Well-known actress Shabana Azmi has revealed Anil Kapoor had asked her to dissuade his daughter Sonam from entering Bollywood.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I remember Anil coming to me and saying make Sonam understand not to take up acting. So that time, I told her she should study and go to a college in London. But later I told her go become an actress. She is like my daughter," Shabana told reporters here at the trailer launch of "Neerja".<br /><br />"Neerja" is a biopic on flight attendant Neerja Bhanot who was murdered while saving passengers from terrorists on board the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 on September 5, 1986.<br /><br />Bhanot became the youngest recipient of the country's highest peacetime military award for bravery - the Ashok Chakra. In the film, Sonam plays the lead role. Shabana essays the role of Sonam's mother.<br /><br />"I feel lucky, blessed... Privileged to be part of this film. It's a great story... The dialogues are too good. It's a matter of pride to do this film," the 65-year-old actress said.<br /><br />Even before the veteran actress shot for this film she had met Neerja's mother while presenting an award in Neerja's name.<br /><br />"When I met her I felt I know her. I have tried to play her with honesty...without any manipulation. She is just the way she looks. She is a special person. It's sad that she couldn't watch the film," she added.<br /><br />The film is directed by Ram Madhavani and Shabana is all praise for him. "Javed Akhtar, my husband and I knew Ram since quite sometime. We always used to tell him to make a film. Ram and I both like same kind of films ...Our sensibilities connected," she said. The film is slated to release in February nexy year.</p>