actor shabana azmi and lyricistwriter javed akhtar got married in 1984 and have been together for almost four decades however it hasnt been the most smooth sailing for the duo since javed akhtar was married to actor honey irani when the duo first fell in love not only that he also had two kids namely farhan and zoya akhtar from his marriagein a recent interaction with curly tales shabana azmi opened up on that time and said that it was extremely difficultread alsoshabana azmi reveals the magic trick that javed akhtar taught her for a long lasting relationship see insidewhile one is a legendary actress the other is a legendary writer and lyricist shabana azmi and javed akhtars marriage seems like a match made in heaven the couple is married for over forty years now and share a great friendship which has kept their married life beautiful all through butpeople dont really associate humour with me shabana azmishabana azmi says people dont associate humour with hershe added oh it was a very very very tough period i dont think anybody knows what all the three people involved suffer they think thats it kar liya it is very difficult very painful particularly when there are children involved in it you go through a very very difficult periodshe also added that owing to the constant judgements she and javed saab even tried to breakup multiple times she added we did try to break several times in fact three times we tried to break because of the children but it just didnt happen today what is good is that i am very good friends with all of them honey is like a family member of ours and with the children we have this beautiful relationship so in the end it has worked out well for which i am very gratefulthe couple believe that friendship is the foundation of their relationship after the wedding the two decided not to have any kids of their own and shabana treats farhan and zoya as her own