Kaifi Azmi – a ‘maulvi’ who turned to music and Marx
I was born in a slave India, grew up in an independent India and would like to die in a socialist India. This dream of eminent Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi took a serious beating, like many of his contemporary idealists,…
“Kaifi Azmi” – Fun Aur Shakhsiyat | Javed Akhtar | Shabana Azmi & Obaid Azam Azmi | Jashn-e-Adab
“Kaifi Azmi” Fun Aur Shakhsiyat (Journey from Romanticism to Revolution) Javed Akhtar & Shabana Azmi in conversation with Obaid Azam Azmi at Jashn-e-Adab 8th Poetry Festival 2019 Phase-1, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi.
Kaifinama: A celebration of the art and times of Kaifi Azmi
Kaifinama, A documentary on the life and times of Kaifi Azmi, directed by Sumantra Ghosal has been selected by UK Asian Film Festival, London. It will be screened at the prestigious BAFTA London. Venue, Date and Details Sunday 7 April,…
Interview with Kaifi Azmi | DD Archives
Prasar Bharati Central Archives presents an Interview with famous poet & lyricist Kaifi Azmi on his birth anniversary.
Aakhri Shama completes 50 years; film actor Kanwaljit Singh plays Ghalib
Nostalgia that tugged at the very core of your heart surfaced on 16 February 2019 at the Rang Sharda auditorium, where I witnessed a show of the play Aakhri Shama (Last Candle), staged by the Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA)’s…
Jan Nisar Akhtar & Kaifi Azmi : Do Shayar, Do Zindagiyan, Ek Kahani
(www.jonesaroundtheworld.com)
Syed Mohammad Mehdi on Kaifi Azmi
SM Mehdi was a playwright, author, journalist and critic. As a young man he was drawn to the Communist party, and was a student leader in Kanpur and Lucknow. He worked with the Urdu cell of the Communist party in…