Hansal Mehta honours Shahid Azmi on 10 years of his assassination, expresses gratitude

Shahid was a breakthrough film in both Rajkummar Rao and Hansal Mehta’s careers. former won National Award for Best Actor and latter for Best Director, amid tremendous acclaim throughout. reason hit actor-filmmaker duo earned those laurels was because of late lawyer Shahid Azmi, on whom movie was based on.

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While film has completed over seven years, assassination of Shahid Azmi has w completed 10 years. As event completed 10 years on Tuesday, Mehta gave a heartfelt tribute to Azmi. Sharing lawyer’s photograph along with character he created in Shahid, played by Rajkummar Rao, called him ‘voice for voiceless’ and ‘defence for defenceless.’ 

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Hansal Mehta also wrote that Shahid h left world ‘fighting injustice’ by becoming a part of system that delivered justice. 

Simran director expressed his gratitude to him for becoming an ‘indelible part’ of lives of people. 

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Shahid Azmi h become a controversial lawyer after studying law during his seven-year imprisonment at Tihar Jail. He was acquitted in case of an alleged conspiracy to kill well-kwn politicians.  

Azmi h me helines for defending accused in cases like  2002 Mumbai bus bombing, where he helped Arif Paanwala get acquitted, and 2006 Mumbai train bombings, 2006 Aurangab arms haul, and  2006 Malegaon bombings case. 

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He was assassinated by two persons while he was defending an accused in  26/11 Mumbai attacks. Shahid Azmi was also nephew of Samajwi Party leer Abu Azmi. 

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