Raag Shayari: Zakir Hussain, Javed Akhtar, Shankar Mahadevan and Shabana Azmi to pay tribute to Kaifi Azmi digitally
Raag Shayari: A musical tribute to Kaifi Azmi on his birth centenary 8th May, 6 pm on Youtube A rare program featuring Ustad Zakir Hussain, Javed Akhtar, Shankar Mahadevan, Shabana Azmi – Directed by Feroz Abbas Khan, Production Design Anuradha…
Kaifi Azmi – Symbol of Undying Flame of Hope
“I do not know when I was born, I do not know when I will die. I only know that I was born in the ग़ुलाम (servile) Hindustan, I will become old in an आज़ाद (independent) Hindustan and I will…
Untold Stories: When Shaukat Kaifi bought 16 saris after being praised by Amartya Sen
Shabana Azmi recounted how she was overjoyed when Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen wrote the blurb in which he praised Shaukat Kaifi’s book Four days after the nonagenarian talented actor, committed activist, muse to her poet husband and working mom Shaukat…
Remembering Kaifi Azmi, the poet of hope
In today’s climate, it is important to remember people who used their art as an instrument of social change: it was with these words that actor and activist Shabana Azmi prefaced her tribute to the life and work of her…
Bazm 2019: A Tribute to Janaab Kaifi Azmi on his Birth Centenary
I, Ameeta Parsuram ‘Meeta’, have been organizing BAZM: Jashn-e-Ghazal, since 2009, in the capital of India. Bazm is successful because Dilliwallas love this event….Ghazal lovers of Delhi look forward to it because this event is aimed at preserving traditional Ghazal…
Film on Kaifi Azmi launches with UK world premiere
A documentary film produced by actor Shabana Azmi to mark the birth centenary year of her father Kaifi Azmi launched with a world premiere screening at the UK Asian Film Festival in London on Sunday. ‘Kaifinama‘ traces the life of…
Kaifi Azmi Lived What he Wrote – Javed Akhtar
Renowned poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar said here on Saturday that Kaifi Azmi, the great Urdu poet and lyricist, lived a life that mirrored his writings. Speaking at the second and concluding day of the Dehradun Poetry Festival, Akhtar said…