Honey Irani (born 25 August 1954) is an Indian film actress and
screenwriter, who works in Hindi cinema. She started her career as a
child actor with roles in films such as Mahesh Kaul’s Pyar ki Pyas.
It is said that Mr.Kaul kept her at his home so she would be
comfortable during the film’s shooting. She was probably four to
five years old when the shooting of the movies Chirag Kahan Roshni
Kahan and Bombay Ka Chor started.Irani met the script-writer and poet
Javed Akhtar on the sets of Seeta Aur Geeta. They were married on 21
March 1972. Her career as a child star had already ended and his
career as a script-writer had not yet properly begun. They had no
place to live, and were given a room in the house of Irani's older
married sister Menaka. Their daughter Zoya Akhtar was born in 1972 and
their son Farhan Akhtar in 1974. Irani became a devoted home-maker,
but the marriage ended in divorce after her husband became involved
with the actress Shabana Azmi in the mid-1970s.[1] The couple
separated in 1978 and divorced in 1985. While Akhtar married Shabana
Azmi in 1984, Irani devoted herself to the care of her two young
children, who were six years and four years old respectively in 1978.
She even started doing embroidery on sarees as a way of earning money
to support her children. Eventually, she managed to make a second
career for herself as a writer of film scripts. Both of Irani's
children (son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar) grew up to be
successful filmmakers in the Hindi film industry.[2]Irani is the
youngest of three sisters, the other two being Menaka Khan and Daisy
Irani. Irani's oldest sister, Menaka, is married to the stunt
film-maker Kamran Khan,[3] and is the mother of film-makers Sajid Khan
and Farah Khan. Her other sister Daisy, who was also a famous
child-star like herself,[4] was married (till his death) to
screenwriter K.K. Shukla, and is the mother of three children.
screenwriter, who works in Hindi cinema. She started her career as a
child actor with roles in films such as Mahesh Kaul’s Pyar ki Pyas.
It is said that Mr.Kaul kept her at his home so she would be
comfortable during the film’s shooting. She was probably four to
five years old when the shooting of the movies Chirag Kahan Roshni
Kahan and Bombay Ka Chor started.Irani met the script-writer and poet
Javed Akhtar on the sets of Seeta Aur Geeta. They were married on 21
March 1972. Her career as a child star had already ended and his
career as a script-writer had not yet properly begun. They had no
place to live, and were given a room in the house of Irani's older
married sister Menaka. Their daughter Zoya Akhtar was born in 1972 and
their son Farhan Akhtar in 1974. Irani became a devoted home-maker,
but the marriage ended in divorce after her husband became involved
with the actress Shabana Azmi in the mid-1970s.[1] The couple
separated in 1978 and divorced in 1985. While Akhtar married Shabana
Azmi in 1984, Irani devoted herself to the care of her two young
children, who were six years and four years old respectively in 1978.
She even started doing embroidery on sarees as a way of earning money
to support her children. Eventually, she managed to make a second
career for herself as a writer of film scripts. Both of Irani's
children (son Farhan Akhtar and daughter Zoya Akhtar) grew up to be
successful filmmakers in the Hindi film industry.[2]Irani is the
youngest of three sisters, the other two being Menaka Khan and Daisy
Irani. Irani's oldest sister, Menaka, is married to the stunt
film-maker Kamran Khan,[3] and is the mother of film-makers Sajid Khan
and Farah Khan. Her other sister Daisy, who was also a famous
child-star like herself,[4] was married (till his death) to
screenwriter K.K. Shukla, and is the mother of three children.
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