Shabana Azmi has been married to veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar for almost 40 years now but the couple never embraced parenthood. The actress, who cannot bear a kid due to medical reasons, recently spoke about society making her feel incomplete and accepting the reality.

Shabana Azmi recently spoke about how society makes a woman feel 'incomplete' if she does not have a child, but a similar treatment is not meted out to men. She said that a man's success is measured by his success in his career and not by relationships like a woman.

Shabana Azmi discussed the challenges of not having children with Javed Akhtar, emphasizing that women often measure self-worth through family roles. Inspired by her mother’s perspective on fulfillment through work,

During an exclusive interview with Filmfare, Shabana Azmi said husband Javed Akhtar remembers no special dates except her birthday.