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2 unusual facts about Main Azaad Hoon


Main Azaad Hoon

Main Azaad Hoon is a 1989 Hindi film, an Indian adaptation of 1941 Frank Capra film, Meet John Doe by Javed Akhtar about an opportunistic journalist who concocts a fictitious man in a fictitious article to boost newspaper sales, but when the article gets huge response, she finds an unemployed man to sit in as Azaad, "man of the masses".

The film also featured a popular title song written by actress' real life father and noted poet Kaifi Azmi and sung by the lead actor himself, Amitabh Bachchan.


Bhawana Somaaya

Meanwhile, she has also worked as costume designer, for actress Shabana Azmi in films like Kaamyaab (1984), Bhavna (1984), Aaj Ka M.L.A. Ram Avtar (1984) and Main Azaad Hoon (1989).


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