Neelima Azim Biography

Neelima Azeem's father was Anwar Azeem, a prominent Marxist journalist and Urdu author from Bihar, who in turn was great grand son of film director, screen writer, Urdu novelist and journalist Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. She married Bollywood actor, Pankaj Kapoor. They have a son, Bollywood actor, Shahid Kapoor. They divorced when Shahid Kapoor was three years old. Later, she married actor Rajesh Khattar. They have a son Ishaan Khattar. They divorced in 2001. In 2007, she married for the third time, to Ustad Raza Ali Khan, a classical singer. He is the son of Ustad Munawar Ali Khan and the grandson of the classical vocalist, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.

Career

Azeem studied the Kathak form of Indian classical dance under Birju Maharaj and Munna Shukla. She is known in India for her roles in television shows. She also worked in the Hindi movie Sadak opposite Deepak Tijori.