The Best Shabana Azmi Movies, Ranked
71 credits from 1974 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Signature Move (2017) comes out on top with a score of 80. The biggest box office hit is Fire (1997) with $16.2M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Shabana Azmi Movies
The 6 highest-rated films Shabana Azmi is credited on. Signature Move (2017) leads with 80, followed by Ghoomer (2023) at 79. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 80 Signature Move 2017 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 79 Ghoomer 2023 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 79 Sheer Qorma 2021 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 66 What's Love Got to Do with It? 2023 · Comedy -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 50 The Black Prince 2017 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 50 Kaali Khuhi 2020 · Drama
Biggest Shabana Azmi Box Office Hits
Shabana Azmi's films have made $99.1M worldwide in total. Fire (1997) is the biggest hit at $16.2M, ahead of City of Joy (1992) ($14.7M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Fire 1997 · Drama $16.2M $16.2M dom. - 2
City of Joy 1992 · Drama $14.7M $14.7M dom. - 3 What's Love Got to Do with It? 2023 · Comedy $11.1M
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Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. 2007 · Comedy $4.86M - 5
Madame Sousatzka 1988 · Drama $3.55M $3.55M dom. - 6
Jazbaa 2015 · Thriller $3.4M - 7
Son of the Pink Panther 1993 · Comedy $2.44M $2.44M dom. - 8
Umrao Jaan 2006 · Drama $1.37M $485K dom. - 9 The Black Prince 2017 · Drama $633K
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Sorry Bhai 2008 · Romance $462K
The Best Shabana Azmi Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Shabana Azmi has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 37 films, and Signature Move (2017) is the pick of them.
The Best Shabana Azmi Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Shabana Azmi's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
The Latest Shabana Azmi Movies
The most recent films Shabana Azmi is credited on, newest first — starting with Dabba Cartel (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Dabba Cartel 2025 · Sheila - Ghoomer 2023 · Anina's Grandmother
- What's Love Got to Do with It? 2023 · Aisha Khan
- Sheer Qorma 2021 · Ammi
- Kaali Khuhi 2020 · Satya Maasi
- Signature Move 2017 · Parveen
- The Black Prince 2017 · Drama
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Sonata 2017 · Dolon -
Chalk N Duster 2016 · Vidya Sawant - Jazbaa 2015 · Thriller
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A Decent Arrangement 2014 · Preeti -
Love Breakups Zindagi 2011 · Naina's Mother
The Best Shabana Azmi Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Shabana Azmi films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Shabana Azmi movie?
Signature Move (2017) is the best-rated Shabana Azmi film, with a Movie Echo Score of 80, ahead of Ghoomer (2023) (79) and Sheer Qorma (2021) (79). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Signature Move: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Shabana Azmi movie?
Fire (1997) made the most at the box office, with $16.2M worldwide, followed by City of Joy (1992) with $14.7M. Together, Shabana Azmi's films with box office figures have made $99.1M.
What is the best Shabana Azmi drama movie?
Signature Move (2017) is the best-rated of Shabana Azmi's drama films, with a score of 80. In other genres: Sorry Bhai (romance), What's Love Got to Do with It? (comedy) and Jazbaa (thriller).
What is the newest Shabana Azmi movie?
The newest film on Shabana Azmi's filmography is Dabba Cartel (2025), with Shabana Azmi as Sheila.
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