Popular bollywood actress Shabana Azmi tonight found fault with those trying to disrupt the Valentine Day celebrations, even as she said that it is actually a western concept that is being used as a "marketing gimmick".

To say that Islam is synonymous with terrorism is "unjust and unfair", Indian actress-activist Shabana Azmi told an audience in Johannesburg as she launched a retrospective of her films.

Fierce rivals during Smita Patil's lifetime and soul-sisters after her death, Shabana Azmi has taken the late actress' son Prateik Babbar under her wings

For veteran actress Shabana Azmi, filmmaker-turned-actor Farhan Akhtar's performance, was pitch-perfect - a title that she would otherwise give only to actors Balraj Sahni and Paresh Rawal.

From being sari-clad, teary-eyed melodramatic mothers to smart, strong and independent women - forty plus actresses are having a ball in Bollywood. Seasoned actress Shabana Azmi says this is the best time for women her age to be in Hindi films.