Neelima Azeem

• Name — Neelima Azeem • Born — 2 December 1958 • Birthplace — Patna, Bihar, India • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1989–present • Children — Shahid Kapoor Ishaan Khatter

Neelima Azeem's father was Anwar Azeem, a journalist and Urdu author from Bihar, and her mother, Khadija, was a relative of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. Azeem studied the Kathak form of Indian classical dance and was trained under Birju Maharaj and Munna Shukla.

Azeem appears in both Hindi-language movies and in television series, she also did many historical and drama movies, Phir Wahi Talash, Amrapali, The Sword of Tipu Sultan and Junoon. In 2014, she performed at the PanchTatva annual Kathak festival organized by Birju Maharaj's Kalashram at Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan Campus in Mumbai. She also worked in the Hindi movie Sadak opposite Deepak Tijori.

She married Pankaj Kapur in the year 1979 but they later divorced. Her son Shahid Kapoor is a Bollywood actor. She later married Rajesh Khattar and had a son Ishaan Khatter who is also a Bollywood actor.

• Year — Show — Character — Channel — Notes • 2010 — Dhoondh Legi Manzil Humein — STAR One • 2007 — Aek Chabhi Hai Padoss Mein — Devyani — Star Plus • 2007 — Dhoom Machaao Dhoom — Disney Channel India • 2003 — Kashmeer — Munira Bhatt — Star Plus • 2002 — Amrapali — Doordarshan • 1998 — Saans — Ajit's estranged wife — Star Plus • 1996 — Hina • 1994 — Did Not work in Shanti — No role called 'Iravati' — DD National • 1994 — Junoon — Doordarshan • 1993 — Zameen Aasmaan — Doordarshan • 1993 — Bible Ki Kahaniyan — Rebecca — DD National • 1992 — Talaash — Doordarshan — | • 1990 — The Sword of Tipu Sultan — Mumtaz — DD National • 1990 — Titli — Shalini — Doordarshan — Tele film • 1989 — Phir Wahi Talash — Shehnaz — Doordarshan

• Year — Title — Role — Platform — Notes • 2019 — Mom & Co. — Suhasini Joshi — The Zoom Studios • 2019 — Halala — Ullu on-demand streaming platform