'Terrible!': Ranvir Shorey prays for Shabana Azmi's recovery after her road accident

Veteran actor Shabana Azmi has been injured but is safe, after being involved in an accident on Mumbai-Pune Expressway in Maharashtra's Raig district on Saturday. Her husband Javed Akhtar was also in car but did t suffer injuries, news ncy ANI reported.

Reacting to this, Bollywood Actor Ranvir Shorey has prayed for her safety and wished her a speedy recovery. Taking to Twitter,  Sonchiriya star wrote, "OMG! This is terrible! Praying for Shabana Azmi's safety and wishing her a speedy recovery!"

accident took place around 3:30 pm

According to reports, accident took place around 3:30 pm near Khalapur, about 60 kilometres from Mumbai, when Tata Safari Storme SUV in which 69-year-old actor was travelling rammed a truck from behind. Visuals of incident show Shabana Azmi being helped out of rear seats of SUV, her face and eye swollen. Such was impact that front passenger's side of SUV was completely destroyed. veteran actor was rushed to MGM hospital in Navi Mumbai and is undergoing treatment, news ncy PTI quoted Raig Superintendent of Police Anil Paraskar as saying.

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Sanjay Nirupam prays for her speedy recovery

Congress leer Sanjay Nirupam also took to Twitter to pray for a fast recovery of Azmi. 

Shabana Azmi, who was awarded Pma Shri in 1998 and National Film Award five times, is kwn for her work in Ankur, Arth, Mandi among or films. She was last seen in 2017's  Black Prince.

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