43. JAVED AKHTAR AND         SHABANA AZMI
     63 AND 57, ARTISTES
 

Food Fad: While Azmi’s diet yo-yos according to the requirements of the character she plays, Akhtar loves his brown rice, chicken curry and vanilla ice-cream.

Big Acquisition: A plot of land in Khandala, where the couple is building their dream home.

Time Off: She thinks ironing clothes is the biggest source of relaxation. He listens to old Hindi film songs.
 
THE COUPLET

Because they are not afraid of speaking their mind against what they think is wrong. Because in spite of frenetically busy schedules, they follow it up with action. Because her organisation Nivara Hakk just completed the first phase of building 12,000 tenements for slum dwellers in Mumbai.

Because he followed up a speech in Ireland at Amnesty International on Islamophobia in the West with a PIL against Narendra Modi. Because they are at the top of their craft, she still capable of sizzling on screen with a Zeenat Aman rendition in Loins of Punjab and he writing pop poetry for films as diverse as Om Shanti Om and Jodhaa Akbar.

 
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