Kaifi Azmi
My Father, Kaifi Azmi…Shabana Azmi Remembers The Great Poet On His 104th Birth Anniversary
Poet-thinker Kaifi Azmi’s birth anniversary musn’t and doesn’t go unnoticed. Says Kaifi Saab’s proud daughter Shabana, “His birthday is celebrated in Lucknow , Mijwan , Delhi , Hyderabad annually . In Kaifi and Shaukat’s cottage Janki Kutir in Mumbai, my brother Baba Azmi holds an annual celebration of music and poetry to encourage younger artists which was Abba(Dad) ’s great desire.He was very encouraging of the younger generation: ‘Khaar o- khas to uththe raasta to chale .Main agar thak gaya raasta to chale,’ he would say about encouraging the young to keep the po | Click Here...
Abba was everything to me: Shabana Azmi on Kaifi Azmi
More than anything else, I am amazed at how relevant Kaifi Saab’s poetry remains? As a daughter, I’ve always taken Abba for granted but as a lover of poetry, I continue to be overwhelmed by his work as a poet and a lyricist. His lyrics were for a given character in a given situation but he gave us immortal songs like Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam from Kagaz ke Phool, Kar Chale hum fida from Haqeeqat, Tum itna jo muskura rahe ho from Arth and many others. He used to say humorously that in his time the tune was composed first and then the writer had to fit in the | Click Here...