Shabana Azmi: The witch with a heart

Shabana Azmi, the actress who hasproved her mettle and acting skills in doing different kinds of films from to has now ventured into playinga witch in Vishal Bhardwaj''s .When the producer approached the actress with the small-budgeted filmShabana was anxious to play a role like this one. However, when the question offees arose, the elegant lady refused to take a penny and requested the producerto invest the amount that would''ve otherwise been given to her, in enhancing theproduction values of the film. Is this what we call ''passion of the art''?Hats off to this exemplary artiste.