Javed Akhtar was married to Honey Irani and somewhere in 1980, their relationship started having issues. Eventually, the writer-lyricist fell in love with Shabana and they got married in 1984.

In the docu-series Angry Young Men [Amazon Prime 2024], Shabana Azmi also shared how Honey Irani played a significant role in teaching Farhan and Zoya not to view her as an "evil stepmother." ...