Kaifi Azmi Birth Centenary Celebrations – Complete Programs
CITY SUBJECT ORGANISATION New Delhi A tribute to Kaifi Saheb, his life, philosophy and legacy interspersed with his poetry sung by Jaswinder Singh. Ameeta Pursuram of BAZM New Delhi A monograph on Kaifi by Prof AA Fatimi of Allahabad University.…
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…
A Conversation With Baba Azmi
The Cinematographers’ Combine in a conversation with Baba Azmi. “Main hoon bumbaiyya“…
Kaifi Azmi: Not just a Shayar. (BBC Hindi)
साल था 1947. भारत की आज़ादी का साल. हैदराबाद के एक मुशाएरे में जब कैफ़ी आज़मी अपनी एक नज़्म सुना रहे थे तो उसे सुनाने के उनके अंदाज़ ने एक हसीना को किसी और के साथ अपनी मंगनी तोड़ने के…
Congratulations! Kaifinama won Best Documentary Audience Choice/Poll Award
A big Congratulations!! Kaifinama won Best Documentary Audience Choice/Poll Award last night at the DCSAFF. Through out weekend people keep coming to us and telling us how beautiful the poetic film and recital by Shabana Azmi and Sumantro ji was,…
Kaifinama in 4 International Film Festivals
We are delighted to announce that Kaifinama a 90 minute documentary on the life and works of Kaifi Azmi has been selected for 4 international film festivals. Here are the details. Washington DC https://dcsaff.com/opening-night-2019/ Chicago https://www.eventbrite.com/e/csaff-feature-kaifinama-ticket… Seattle https://tsaff.tasveer.org/2019/events/kaifinama Sunday 29th September 5:30…
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…
Jessica Sequeira reviews Kaifiyat: Verses on Love and Women by Kaifi Azmi
In honour of the one hundredth birthday celebrations of the Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi, Indian writer and translator Rakhshanda Jalil has put together what her publisher calls a “curatorial” selection of Azmi’s lyrics and nazms (poems composed around a theme…
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…