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…
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 Aur Main – Upcoming
“Kaifi Aur Main” is a play so simple yet rich in its content, filled with pure wisdom to get inspired by. Based on Shaukat Kaifi’s memoirs-Yaad Ki Rahguzar written by Javed Akhtar, the play summarizes everything about Kaifi, be it…
Remembering Kaifi and Shaukat
The Shilpakala Vedika auditorium was full. After all, the ‘daughter of Hyderabad’, as she is often proclaimed, was there to enthral them. Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival’s precursor event (the festival starts on October 26), Kaifi Aur Main, an IPTA production,…
Kolkata to host Kaifi Azmi’s birth centenary celebration
Come January, and the City of Joy will host a grand three-day event to celebrate the birth centenary of renowned poet Kaifi Azmi. The event will see the presence of the late poet’s daughter and actress, Shabana Azmi, her husband and lyricist Javed…
Interview of Shabana in Bangalore 27th Sep 2010
Q. What drove you to choose the profession you are in? What would you attribute your success to? Ans. It was predestined in a way. My mother Shaukat Kaifi who is a very respected Theatre artist was working with Prithvi…
Shaukat Kaifi speaking about Kaifi Azmi
As young people Shaukat and Kaifi fall desperately in love with each other but are soon parted. For Shaukat’s family, a card-holding communist, a poet with no source of income, is hardly the kind of person their daughter should be…
A beautiful couple who could give their life for each other
Kaifi Azmi loved his wife passionately. He wrote her many romantic shers, even sent her letters written in blood that she still treasures.
Shabana Azmi on adapting Kaifi & I for Stage
The kind of audience Kaifi Aur Main appeals to are romantics, fans of my father’s songs, of his poetry. All these are integral to the language the book was written in. It wouldn’t be fair to bring it back in…