Veteran actress Shabana Azmi has said she is a huge admirer of handloom work, adding that we should support the handloom industry so that we can save the dying art. Azmi was interacting with the media while inaugurating fashion designer Shraddha Sawant's exhibition named 'The Magic of Looms - Massakali', on Saturday.

At the exhibition, Indian handloom sarees like Chanderi, Benarasi, Zari, Khadi-Jamdani, Ikat, Kanjivaram, Garhwal, among others, and over 500 hand-woven creations by weavers from across India are on display, to keep alive the dying art. "Firstly, I want to congratulate Shraddha Sawant for her lovely initiative. I really like handloom work since my childhood because my mother Shaukat Kaifi was really fond of handloom work. She inculcated the love and respect for handloom work in me as well," said Azmi.