MUMBAI: The Enlighten Film Society, in association with Brook Bond Taj Mahal, honoured Shabana Azmi with the Taj Enlighten Tareef Award for her outstanding contribution to cinema.

Not only that, the organisation held a retrospective of films of Azmi in which some of her best films including Ankur, Ek Doctor Ki Maut, Godmother, Dharavi and Fire were screened every Sunday from 5 September at Cinemax.

Said an excited Azmi to the media, "Today, I am getting the award which has been received by so many distinguished luminaries before me, whose work I have really admired. I feel humbled and thank you from the bottom of my heart."

The Taj Enlighten Tareef Award has earlier been presented to Amitabh Bachchan, Mrinal Sen and screenplay writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar.