Shabana Azmi, now a Pakistani

Shabana Azmi is currently shooting for a British BBC film entitled Capital where she plays a Pakistani woman. Besides Shabana the film stars Toby Jones, Lesley Sharp, Wunmi Mosaku ,Adeel Akhtar Rachael Stirling , Gemma Jones, Robert Emms , Bryan Dick and Radoslaw Kaim .

Set on a single street in South London, Capital Peter Bowker's adaptation of John Lanchester's critically acclaimed and bestselling novel Capital, and produced by Kudos for BBC One. Says Shabana, "I had no idea that Kudos is one of the biggest production houses in UK or that the star line-up is so spectacular!I don't think any of them except the producer Matt and director Euros Lynn know anything about me either!"

About her role Shabana enthuses, "The Asian family is central to the plot .I play a feisty Pakistani mother whose son is locked up for terrorist activities. She fights back gets a human rights lawyer and is totally unafraid.She's funny ,domineering , but with a warm heart. Nice part and I'm enjoying the work ."