Shama Zaidi
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Shama Zaidi is an Indian screenwriter, theatre and costume designer, and political activist known for her collaborations with filmmakers like Shyam Benegal and her contributions to parallel cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shama Zaidi canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19273371 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Shama Zaidi Context triple: [Junoon (1978 film), screenwriter, Shama Zaidi]
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A.
Safia Akhtar
Safia Akhtar was the mother of renowned Indian lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar and a member of a prominent literary family.
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B.
Neelima Azeem
Neelima Azeem is an Indian actress and classical Kathak dancer known for her work in television, film, and theatre, as well as being the mother of Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor.
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C.
Moneeza Hashmi
Moneeza Hashmi is a Pakistani television producer and media professional known for her contributions to public broadcasting and cultural programming.
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D.
Sufiya Zinobia
Sufiya Zinobia is a central character in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Shame," symbolizing purity, repression, and the violent consequences of societal and familial pressures in a fictionalized Pakistan.
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E.
Haseena Wahab
Haseena Wahab is an Indian woman known primarily as the sister of acclaimed film and television actress Zarina Wahab.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shama Zaidi Target entity description: Shama Zaidi is an Indian screenwriter, theatre and costume designer, and political activist known for her collaborations with filmmakers like Shyam Benegal and her contributions to parallel cinema.
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A.
Safia Akhtar
Safia Akhtar was the mother of renowned Indian lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar and a member of a prominent literary family.
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B.
Neelima Azeem
Neelima Azeem is an Indian actress and classical Kathak dancer known for her work in television, film, and theatre, as well as being the mother of Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor.
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C.
Moneeza Hashmi
Moneeza Hashmi is a Pakistani television producer and media professional known for her contributions to public broadcasting and cultural programming.
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D.
Sufiya Zinobia
Sufiya Zinobia is a central character in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Shame," symbolizing purity, repression, and the violent consequences of societal and familial pressures in a fictionalized Pakistan.
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E.
Haseena Wahab
Haseena Wahab is an Indian woman known primarily as the sister of acclaimed film and television actress Zarina Wahab.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.