# Kaifi Azmi

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## Posts

- [National symposium on Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/national-symposium-on-kaifi-azmi/): ALIGARH, August 11: National Academy of Letter – Sahitya Academy, in collaboration with the Aligarh Muslim University will organize a one-day national Symposium on eminent Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi on August 19, 2015 at Kennedy Auditorium at 10 am.
- [Remembering Kaifi Azmi on his 13th Death Anniversary](https://www.azmikaifi.com/remembering-kaifi-azmi-on-his-13th-death-anniversary/): Mijwan has given tribute to Late Kaifi Sahab, a poet par excellence on his 13th death anniversary. Around 150 peoples attended this programme. There were Dr.
- [Sonakshi Sinha recites the beautiful words of Kaifi Azmi’s poem ‘Aurat’](https://www.azmikaifi.com/sonakshi-sinha-recites-the-beautiful-words-of-kaifi-azmis-poem-aurat/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHqPSGDQ7ts Sonakshi Sinha recites the beautiful words of Kaifi Azmi’s poem ‘Aurat’ Zindagii jehad mein hai sabr ke qaabuu mein nahii, Nabz-e-hastii kaa lahuu kaamptii aansuu mein nahii, Udne khulne mein hai nakhat kham-e-gesu mein nahii, Jannat aik aur hai jo mard ke pahluu mein nahii, Uskii aazaad ravish par bhi machalnaa hai tujhe, Uth merii jaan!
- [Letter to Shabana from Kaifi Azmi (in Urdu)](https://www.azmikaifi.com/letter-to-shabana-from-kaifi-azmi-in-urdu/)
- [Kaifi Azmi Ki Kahani - Documentary on Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-ki-kahani-documentary-on-kaifi-azmi/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wnhOkxQKeM कैफ़ी आज़मी.....गुज़रे ज़माने के एक ऐसे शायर....जिनके लिखे फ़िल्मी तरानों की खुशबू आज भी फ़िज़ाओं में महकती है....गुज़रे ज़माने के एक ऐसे शायर....जिनके लिखे फ़िल्मी तरानों की खुशबू आज भी फ़िज़ाओं में महकती है....। नर्म नाजुक लफ़्जों से सजे हिंदी सिनेमा में ना जाने कितने ऐसे नगमे हैं...जिनमें कैफ़ी आज़मी के शब्दों की सोंधी महक आती है...। उत्तर प्रदेश के आज़मगढ़ जिले के मिजवां में 14 जनवरी 1919 को जन्मे कैफ़ी आज़मी आगे चलकर मुंबई कैसे पहुंच गए?
- [Remembering great lyricist Kafi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/remembering-great-lyricist-kafi-azmi/): Remembering great lyricist Kafi Azmi.
- [Remembering Kaifi Azmi on His Birth Anniversary](https://www.azmikaifi.com/remembering-kaifi-azmi-birth-anniversary-14th-jan-2015/): On the 95th birth anniversary of legendary Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi, different programs in different part of the country will be held on 14th January 2015.
- [Kaifi Azmi - Biography](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-biography/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6bP0o_w-Kc Sayyid Akhtar Hussein Rizvi, known as Kaifi Azmi (January 14, 1919 -- May 10, 2002) was an Indian Urdu poet.
- [पेशलफ़्ज़ - फैज़ अहमद ‘फैज़’](https://www.azmikaifi.com/%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%b6%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%9e%e0%a5%8d%e0%a5%9b-%e0%a4%ab%e0%a5%88%e0%a5%9b-%e0%a4%85%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%a6-%e0%a4%ab%e0%a5%88%e0%a5%9b/): इस मुख़्तसर मज्मुए में कैफ़ी आज़मी ने गुज़श्ता पच्चीस बरस का मुन्तख़ब2 कलाम शामिल किया है यानी एक तरह से यह उनका सिल्वर जुबली एडिशन है l पढ़नेवालों को शायद सबसे बड़ी तो इस मज्मुए के इख्तिसार3 से शिकायत होगी और तजस्सुस4 भी कि कौन-सी चीज़ इसमें शामिल होने से रह गयी है और क्यों ?
- [पेशलफ़्ज़ - सज्जाद ज़हीर](https://www.azmikaifi.com/%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%b6%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%9e%e0%a5%8d%e0%a5%9b-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%9c%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a6-%e0%a5%9b%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%80%e0%a4%b0/): Listen to Sajjad Zaheer here जदीद1 उर्दू शायरी के बाग़ में एक नया फूल खिला है, एक सुर्ख़2 फूल l कैफ़ी आज़मी से मेरी वाक़िफ़ियत3 एक साल से भी कम की है, उनसे मुलाक़ात को अभी छह महीने भी नहीं हुए हैं l उन्होंने अपनी दो-तीन नज़्में ‘क़ौमी जंग’ को भेजी लेकिन अपना पता न लिखा l नज़्में अच्छी थीं इसलिए शाया4 कर दी गईं l पहले तो मैं समझा कि यह शख्स़ शायद किसी सरकारी दफ्तर में मुलाज़िम5 है l उसका लापता होना बमजबूरी है और यही शायद उसकी शर्मिन्दगीऔर मुँह छुपाने की वजह भी l बहरहाल हमारी खोज जारी रही l बड़ी मुश्किल से अली सरदार जाफ़री की रहनुमाई6 में लखनऊ के कुछ रफीकों7 ने कैफ़ी को ढूंढ निकाला l मिलने पर मालूम हुआ कि वह एक तालिब-ए-इल्म8 क़िस्म9 के नौजवान हैं जिनकी तालीम10 का बाक़ायदा सिलसिला अरबी मदरसों में अरबी-फ़ारसी के इम्तिहानों की सनदें हासिल कर लेने के बाद थोड़ी ही मुद्दत पहले ख़त्म हो चुका है l अंग्रेज़ी ज़बान से नावाकिफ़11 हैं, उसे पढ़ने का शौक़ रखते हैं, बेरोज़गार हैं, अपना कोई घर नहीं है, इसी सबब से लापता थे l उसके बाद हमने उनसे कहा कि अपनी तमाम इन्क़िलाबी-नज्में12 हमारे पास भेज दें l यह कोई पन्द्रह-बीस होंगी l हम ‘क़ौमी जंग’ के इदारे13 वाले उन्हें पढ़कर हैरान रह गए l जंग के इस दौर में जब से सोवियत यूनियन पर, हिटलरी हमला हुआ है और हिन्दुस्तान की सरहदों पर जापानी क़ज्ज़ाक़ आन बैठें हैं, हमारे बहुत से नौजवान अदीबों14 पर रूहानी15 और ज़ेहनी तअत्तुल-16 तारी है l जंग के सिलसिले में पैदा होनेवाले दिलख़राश17 हालात और मुल्क में सियासी जमूद18 का परतौ19 इनके दिमाग़ों पर भी पड़ा है l इनकी समझ में नहीं आता कि इन्क़िलाब की वह राह जिस पर दो-चार-पाँच साल पहले इतनी तेज़ी से गामज़न20 थे, यकायक कहाँ खो गई !
- [शोषित वर्ग के शायर थे कैफ़ी आज़मी](https://www.azmikaifi.com/%e0%a4%b6%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%b7%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%a4-%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%97-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%b6%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%af%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%a5%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%88%e0%a4%ab%e0%a4%bc/): कैफ़ी आज़मी मेरे समकालीन थे. उसी तरह जैसे उम्र के फ़र्क के बावजूद वह अपने सीनियर शायर जोश मलीहाबादी, रघुपति सहाय फ़िराक़ और जिगर मुरादाबादी के समकालीन थे.
- [Pyar Ka Jashn - featuring Aamir Khan](https://www.azmikaifi.com/pyar-ka-jashn-featuring-aamir-khan/)
- [Kaifi Azmi - the last comrade-poet](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-last-comrade-poet/): Kar chale ham fida jaan-o-tan saathiyo Ab tumhare hawale watan saathiyo (Consecrating our lives to our land, we leave (for war), our land is now in your care, friends…).
- [My father said if you want to be a cobbler, I will support that too: Shabana Azmi on Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/father-said-want-cobbler-will-support-shabana-azmi-kaifi-azmi/): As a website devoted to poet-lyricist extraordinaire Kaifi Azmi was unveiled, his daughter, actor-activist Shabana Azmi, spoke to Yogesh Pawar about his life and work and their impact on her.
- [Interview of Shabana in Bangalore 27th Sep 2010](https://www.azmikaifi.com/interview-shabana-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.
- [Heer Raanjha - Movie - 1970](https://www.azmikaifi.com/heer-raanjha-movie-1970/): Kaifi Azmi’s greatest feat as a writer was Chetan Anand’s Heer Raanjha (1970) wherein the entire dialogue of the film was in verse.
- [Garam Hawa - Movie - 1973](https://www.azmikaifi.com/garam-hawa/): Based on an unpublished short story by Ismat Chughtai and adapted for the screen by Kaifi Azmi and Shama Zaidi, M.S Sathyu’s Garam Hawa portrays the turbulence in the family of Mirza, but more importantly, that in Mirza’s own psyche, as he undertakes the journey.
- [Kaifi Azmi – A Heart Which Contained the Sorrows of the World](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-heart-contained-sorrows-world/): In the foreword to ‘Maha Prastavana’ by the famous Telegu poet Sri Sri, the famous Telegu humourist Chilam had said that Krishna Shastri is a poet who gives all his pains to the world, and Sri Sri makes the sorrows of the world his concern.
- [Shaukat Kaifi speaking about Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/shaukat-kaifi-speaking-kaifi-azmi/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyxhAnhkahw As young people Shaukat and Kaifi fall desperately in love with each other but are soon parted.
- [Ali Sardar Jafri speaking about Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/ali-sardar-jafri-speaking-kaifi-azmi/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEK-3H5RUiQ Ali Sardar Jafri being already involved with PWA, introduced Kaifi to Sajjad Zaheer and other stalwarts of PWA and they become de facto official poets of Leftist Movement in India, along with Sahir Ludhiyanvi .
- [A beautiful couple who could give their life for each other](https://www.azmikaifi.com/beautiful-couple-give-life/): Kaifi Azmi loved his wife passionately. He wrote her many romantic shers, even sent her letters written in blood that she still treasures.
- [Article by Jhony Bakshi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/article-jhony-bakshi/)
- [Shabana Azmi on adapting Kaifi & I for Stage](https://www.azmikaifi.com/shabana-azmi-adapting-kaifi-stage/): The kind of audience Kaifi Aur Main appeals to are romantics, fans of my father’s songs, of his poetry.
- [Letter of Appreciation from Bente](https://www.azmikaifi.com/letter-appreciation-bente/): Dear Shabana, The new website for your father, I call it new because it is different from before, is absolutely fantastic.
- [The lion still roars](https://www.azmikaifi.com/lion-still-roars/): Date: Wednesday, September 9, 1998 by Yogesh Pawar You mention `socialism' and his gnarled face lights up.
- [Kaifi's Letter to Shabana Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifis-letter-shabana-azmi/)
- [Satirical Qawwali by Javed Akhtar on 50th Anniversary](https://www.azmikaifi.com/satirical-qawwali-javed-akhtar-50th-anniversary/): It is a qawwali that was originally written by Kaifi Sahab's dear friend Comrade Munish Narayan Saxena on Shaukat and Kaifi's 25th wedding anniversary.
- [Kaifi's Letter to Shaukat](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifis-letter-shaukat/)
- [Sparkled with spontaneity](https://www.azmikaifi.com/sparkled-spontaneity/): Great authors have immense compassion in their hearts, sometimes far more than what they share or reveal through their writings.
- [Tribute – Poetry, Politics And Desire – by Anjum Hasan](https://www.azmikaifi.com/tribute-poetry-politics-desire-anjum-hasan/): The passing away of Kaifi Azmi represents the slow disappearance of a liberal humanism that was able to achieve a straightforward, passionate, unassailable manifestation in poetry.
- [Kaifi Azmi by Harimandir Pandey](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-harimandir-pandey/)
- [You Are Always With Me Abba](https://www.azmikaifi.com/always-abba/): I look out of the window from Abba’s room. The first showers of the monsoon have freshly bathed the trees.
- [Leaving The Land In Your Care, Friends](https://www.azmikaifi.com/leaving-the-land-in-your-care-friends/): Kaifi Azmi, one of the last pillars of the progressive tradition in Urdu, died on May 10.
- [Preface to Selected Poems by Pawan Verma](https://www.azmikaifi.com/preface-selected-poems-pawan-verma/): Kaifi Azmi was born in 1918 in Azamgarh, UP. His nom-de-plum ‘Azmi’ is derived from his place of birth. His real name is Syed Athar Hussain Rizvi.
- [Kaifi & I – Epilogue](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-i-epilogue/): Shabana has just returned from Mijwan full of excitement at the rapid steps of progress Mijwan has taken …..
- [For Abba With Love](https://www.azmikaifi.com/for-abba-with-love/): He was always different, a fact that didn’t sit too easily on my young shoulders.
- [Kaifi Azmi (1979) — An Archival FTII Student Film](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-1979-an-archival-ftii-student-film/): Discover a rare, intimate portrait of Kaifi Azmi filmed in 1979 by the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).
- [Ek Ajeeb Aadmi Tha Wo: The Life and Legacy of Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/ek-ajeeb-aadmi-tha-wo-the-life-and-legacy-of-kaifi-azmi/): https://youtu.be/eVWU38TP9Mg?si=pGo89nND6gkYVC4A Produced by NCERT Official, this comprehensive documentary chronicles the extraordinary journey of legendary Urdu poet and lyricist Kaifi Azmi.
- [Kaifi Azmi: The Poet Who Still Speaks to Our Times](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-the-poet-who-still-speaks-to-our-times/): Twenty-four years have passed since the world lost Kaifi Azmi — and yet, it doesn't feel that way.
- [Kaifi Azmi Sahab Recite His Nazm “Naujawan”](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-sahab-recite-his-nazm-naujawan/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHESpdAVAXs Kaifi Azmi Sahab Recite His Nazm “Naujawan” at the Faiz Aman Mela held in Lahore in 1988.
- [A Tribute | Kaifi Azmi | Mujeeb Khan](https://www.azmikaifi.com/a-tribute-kaifi-azmi-mujeeb-khan/)
- [Uth Meri Jaan : Kaifi Azmi's Feminist Perspective | Shabana Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/uth-meri-jaan-kaifi-azmis-feminist-perspective-shabana-azmi/)
- [Tribute to Kaifi Azmi (14 January 1919 – 10 May 2002) - Rare and May be Last Interview of Kaifi Azmi ( Must watch)](https://www.azmikaifi.com/tribute-to-kaifi-azmi-14-january-1919-10-may-2002-rare-and-may-be-last-interview-of-kaifi-azmi-must-watch/)
- [SUDEEP SEN - MONT BLANC - for Kaifi Azmi on his 100th birth anniversary](https://www.azmikaifi.com/sudeep-sen-mont-blanc-for-kaifi-azmi-on-his-100th-birth-anniversary/): Blue-black ink tip of your fountain pen's nib etches words on your sepia notebook - lines outliving the instrument itself.
- [RekhtaLive | Life & Poetry Of Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/rekhtalive-life-poetry-of-kaifi-azmi/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqsoJKcYb8o Kaifi Azmi is one of the prominent progressive poets with a popular appeal.
- ['Ek Lamha' by Shabana Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/ek-lamha-by-shabana-azmi/): ज़िन्दगी नाम है कुछ लम्हों का...
- [Raag Shayari: Zakir Hussain, Javed Akhtar, Shankar Mahadevan and Shabana Azmi to pay tribute to Kaifi Azmi digitally](https://www.azmikaifi.com/raag-shayari-zakir-hussain-javed-akhtar-shankar-mahadevan-and-shabana-azmi-to-pay-tribute-to-kaifi-azmi-digitally/)
- [Naseeruddin Shah in Mijwan for 'Mee Raqsam' Shooting](https://www.azmikaifi.com/naseeruddin-shah-in-mijwan-for-mee-raqsam-shooting/): Shooting for my longtime friend and colleague Baba (Mandrax the magician) Azmi’s maiden directorial venture “Mee Raqsan” I was privileged to visit Kaifi Azmi Sahabs birthplace MejwaN (pop:600) where he went to stay and work in the early ‘70s despite a debilitating paralytic episode.
- [Kaifi Azmi - Symbol of Undying Flame of Hope](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-symbol-of-undying-flame-of-hope/): “I do not know when I was born, I do not know when I will die.
- [Kaifi Azmi's Centenary Celebrations with Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Mahesh Bhatt | Uncut](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmis-centenary-celebrations-with-shabana-azmi-javed-akhtar-mahesh-bhatt-uncut/)
- [Mahesh Bhatt, Javed Akhtar & Shabana Azmi at a Press Meet - Bollywood Universe](https://www.azmikaifi.com/mahesh-bhatt-javed-akhtar-shabana-azmi-at-a-press-meet-bollywood-universe/)
- [Kaifi Azmi Birth Centenary Celebrations - Complete Programs](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-birth-centenary-celebrations-complete-programs/): A tribute to Kaifi Saheb, his life, philosophy and legacy interspersed with his poetry sung by Jaswinder Singh.
- [Untold Stories: When Shaukat Kaifi bought 16 saris after being praised by Amartya Sen](https://www.azmikaifi.com/untold-stories-when-shaukat-kaifi-bought-16-saris-after-being-praised-by-amartya-sen/): Four days after the nonagenarian talented actor, committed activist, muse to her poet husband and working mom Shaukat Kaifi breathed her last an evening celebrate her life with music and memories hosted by the Azmi family - including her five-time national awardee actor-activist daughter Shabana and cinematographer son Baba Azmi, actor daughter-in-law Tanvi and lyricist-poet son-in-law Javed Akhtar - saw a huge turn out with an evening full of laughter, memories and choked emotional moments.
- [A Conversation With Baba Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/a-conversation-with-baba-azmi/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqZR_EH5mxo&feature=youtu.be The Cinematographers' Combine in a conversation with Baba Azmi. "Main hoon bumbaiyya"...
- [Kaifi Azmi: Not just a Shayar. (BBC Hindi)](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-not-just-a-shayar-bbc-hindi/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGz7dYsPlS8 साल था 1947. भारत की आज़ादी का साल.
- [Congratulations! Kaifinama won Best Documentary Audience Choice/Poll Award](https://www.azmikaifi.com/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.
- [Kaifinama in 4 International Film Festivals](https://www.azmikaifi.com/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.
- [Remembering Kaifi Azmi, the poet of hope](https://www.azmikaifi.com/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 late father, acclaimed Urdu poet and film lyricist Kaifi Azmi, at the Stein Auditorium at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi, on June 10.
- [Jessica Sequeira reviews Kaifiyat: Verses on Love and Women by Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/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 and meant to be recited) that centre on the topic of love and women.
- [Bazm 2019: A Tribute to Janaab Kaifi Azmi on his Birth Centenary](https://www.azmikaifi.com/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.
- [One Hundred Years of Kaifi Azmi - Indian Cultural Forum](https://www.azmikaifi.com/one-hundred-years-of-kaifi-azmi-indian-cultural-forum/): Kaifi Azmi: Poems | Nazms is an homage to Kaifi Azmi's centenary birth year.
- [Poetry is a Sacred Space](https://www.azmikaifi.com/poetry-is-a-sacred-space/): Sudeep Sen on Kaifi Azmi’s poems, the texture of his verse, and the new life of translated texts.
- [Kaifi Sahab’s 17th Death Anniversary at his Mijwan Village](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-sahabs-17th-death-anniversary-at-his-mijwan-village/): Mijwan has given tribute to Late Kaifi Sahab. It was a good gathering there. Amongst the Guests, Mr.
- [KaifiNama Press Release (Urdu)](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifinama-press-release-urdu/)
- [Film on Kaifi Azmi launches with UK world premiere](https://www.azmikaifi.com/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.
- [Kaifi Azmi Lived What he Wrote - Javed Akhtar](https://www.azmikaifi.com/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.
- [Yaade-Kaifi in Dehradun 29-30 March 2019](https://www.azmikaifi.com/yaade-kaifi-in-dehradun-29-30-march-2019/)
- [Kaifi Azmi – a ‘maulvi’ who turned to music and Marx](https://www.azmikaifi.com/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.
- ['आवाम की आवाज' Kaifi Azmi की शायरी आज भी उतनी ही मौजूं हैं - Shabana Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/%e0%a4%86%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%ae-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%86%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%9c-kaifi-azmi-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%b6%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%af%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%86%e0%a4%9c/)
- ["Kaifi Azmi" - Fun Aur Shakhsiyat | Javed Akhtar | Shabana Azmi & Obaid Azam Azmi | Jashn-e-Adab](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-fun-aur-shakhsiyat-javed-akhtar-shabana-azmi-obaid-azam-azmi-jashn-e-adab/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuOJK2tO8HM&feature=youtu.be "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](https://www.azmikaifi.com/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.
- [Interview with Kaifi Azmi | DD Archives](https://www.azmikaifi.com/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](https://www.azmikaifi.com/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 Mumbai unit.
- [Jan Nisar Akhtar & Kaifi Azmi : Do Shayar, Do Zindagiyan, Ek Kahani](https://www.azmikaifi.com/jan-nisar-akhtar-kaifi-azmi-do-shayar-do-zindagiyan-ek-kahani/)
- [Syed Mohammad Mehdi on Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/syed-mohammad-mehdi-on-kaifi-azmi/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9JlGnKfL7c&feature=youtu.be SM Mehdi was a playwright, author, journalist and critic.
- [Kaifi Azmi Centenary Celebrations Coverage on Rang Tarang, DD News](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-centenary-celebrations-coverage-on-rang-tarang-dd-news/)
- [Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi to Honour Kaifi Azmi at Jashn-e-Adab Poetry Festival](https://www.azmikaifi.com/javed-akhtar-shabana-azmi-to-honour-kaifi-azmi-at-jashn-e-adab-poetry-festival/): Its wonderful how the Kaifi Centenary Celebrations have taken on a life of their own.
- [Remembering Kaifi Azmi, the people’s poet](https://www.azmikaifi.com/remembering-kaifi-azmi-the-peoples-poet/): In a deeply romantic account of the days before she got married, Shaukat Azmi recalls how her husband-to-be, poet Kaifi Azmi kept asking her for water, despite her handing him many saucers of water from a surahi.
- [Mijwan Remembers Kaifi Azmi a 100 Years After He Was Born](https://www.azmikaifi.com/mijwan-remembers-kaifi-azmi-a-100-years-after-he-was-born/): Thanks to progressive Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi, a kind of socialism is alive and kicking in Mijwan.
- [Mee Raksam - Baba Azmi shooting a film in Mijwan as a tribute to Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/mee-raksam-baba-azmi-shooting-a-film-in-mijwan-as-a-tribute-to-kaifi-azmi/): Today (17th January 2019) has been an overwhelming experience for all the Azmis.
- [Special Coverage on Birth Centenary of Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/special-coverage-on-birth-centenary-of-kaifi-azmi/)
- [Kaifi Sahab 100th Birth Celebration in Mijwan on 14th Jan 2019](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-sahab-100th-birth-celebration-in-mijwan-on-14th-jan-2019/)
- [Inauguration of Kaifi Kala Kendra - Upcoming](https://www.azmikaifi.com/inauguration-of-kaifi-kala-kendra-upcoming/): The lights dimmed, the crowd hushed and the curtains were drawn back-to witness theatre.
- [Kaifi Ki Yaad Mein - Upcoming](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-ki-yaad-mein-upcoming/): Baba Azmi says that it is great being Kaifi Azmi’s son.
- [Book Release - Upcoming](https://www.azmikaifi.com/book-release/): Between the pages of a book is a lovely place to be.
- [Kaifi Aur Main - Upcoming](https://www.azmikaifi.com/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.
- [Pyaar Ka Jashn - A Painting and Drawing Competition](https://www.azmikaifi.com/pyaar-ka-jashn-a-painting-and-drawing-competition/): We are celebrating the centenary of Kaifi Azmi with year long events in India and abroad. One such event is Pyaar ka Jashn- A Painting and Drawing Competition.
- [The India Pen Show - A Tribute to Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/pen-festival-a-tribute-to-kaifi-azmi/): The India Pen Show upcoming will be conducted on 2nd and 3rd Feb 2019 at Nehru Center, Mumbai. The Show is a two phased event.
- [Raag Shayari - A Special Evening of Music and Kaifi Azmi Poetry](https://www.azmikaifi.com/raag-shayari-a-special-evening-of-music-and-kaifi-azmi-poetry/): 14th Jan 2019 marks the birth centenary of internationally renowned poet writer and activist Kaifi Azmi.
- [Kaifi Azmi Centenary Celebrations 2019](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-centenary-celebrations-2019/): It gives us great pleasure to inform you that 14th January 2019 marks the birth centenary of Kaifi Azmi Saheb.
- [कैफ़ी आज़मी के जीवन व मिजवां में लड़कियों को आत्मनिर्भर बनाने के संग अन्य कार्यों को सहजने को हुई शूटिंग, शबाना ने बच्चियों को खूब किया प्रोत्साहित](https://www.azmikaifi.com/%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%88%e0%a5%9e%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%86%e0%a5%9b%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%9c%e0%a5%80%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%a8-%e0%a4%b5-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%82/)
- [फूलपुर आजमगढ़- इंसाफ जनसंगठन कार्यालय अम्बारी पर फ़िल्म अभिनेत्री शबाना आज़मी ने चिकनकारी सेन्टर का किया उदघाटन](https://www.azmikaifi.com/%e0%a4%ab%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%86%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%97%e0%a4%a2%e0%a4%bc-%e0%a4%87%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%ab-%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%82/)
- [Kaifi Sahab, Laal Salaam](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-sahab-laal-salaam/): The ground of Mastan Talaab was ablaze with gusty red flags. The night had travelled way past the midnight stroke.
- [कैफी व शबाना के शहर में फिल्म फेस्टिवल का अलग महत्व](https://www.azmikaifi.com/%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%88%e0%a4%ab%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%b5-%e0%a4%b6%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%b6%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%ab%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b2/): आजमगढ़ : फिल्म एवं टीवी सीरियल लेखक, निर्माता एवं स्व.
- [Remembering Kaifi and Shaukat](https://www.azmikaifi.com/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.
- [यूपी की  पहली स्मार्ट ट्रेन बनी कैफियात, इन खास सुविधाओं से हुई लैस](https://www.azmikaifi.com/%e0%a4%af%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%9f-%e0%a4%9f%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%87/)
- [Kolkata to host Kaifi Azmi’s birth centenary celebration](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kolkata-to-host-kaifi-azmis-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.
- [Family Ties - Memories](https://www.azmikaifi.com/family-ties-memories/): Shabana Azmi talks about her father, Kaifi Azmi and the unforgettable love letter he wrote to her mother.
- [Shabana reads Kaifi Azmi’s work at poetry festival in Bengaluru](https://www.azmikaifi.com/shabana-reads-kaifi-azmis-work-at-poetry-festival-in-bengaluru/): The third chapter of Bangalore Poetry Festival was held at The Leela Palace on August 4 and 5.
- [100 years of Kaifi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/100-years-of-kaifi/): This is the centenary year of one of Urdu literature's brightest stars, a shayar beyond comparison and a lyricist who has given the Hindi film industry some of its most iconic songs.
- [Mohtarma Shabana Azmi | Kaifi Azmi Award-2016](https://www.azmikaifi.com/mohtarma-shabana-azmi-kaifi-azmi-award-2016/)
- [Late Kaifi Sahab’s 16th Death Anniversary at his Mijwan Village](https://www.azmikaifi.com/late-kaifi-sahabs-16th-death-anniversary-at-his-mijwan-village/): Mijwan has given tribute to Late Kaifi Sahab. It was a good gathering there. Amongst the Guests, Mr. Hashim Khan (NRI Guest), Dr.
- [शबाना आज़मी: "दोस्तों से अब्बा कैफी के बारे में बात करते कुछ कतराती थी"](https://www.azmikaifi.com/%e0%a4%b6%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%86%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%bc%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%a6%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%85%e0%a4%ac/): शबाना आज़मी एक जानी मानी अभिनेत्री हैं, गीतकार जावेद अख़्तर की पत्नी हैं और शायर जाँ निसार अख़्तर की बहू हैं लेकिन इससे भी पहले वह प्रगतिशील उर्दू के अज़ीम शायर और कवि कैफ़ी आज़मी की पुत्री हैं। वो कैफ़ी आज़मी जिनके बारे में कवि शमशेर बहादुर सिंह ने कहा है कि, "कैफ़ी अपने सुख़न में भावनाओं की पवित्रता, मुहावरे की शुद्धता और भाषा के स्वाभाविक सौन्दर्य और सौष्ठव और इनकी परम्परा की ख़ूबसूरती को बरक़रार रखते हुए एक आम दर्दमन्द इन्सान से एक आम दर्दमन्द इन्सान की तरह मिलते हैं।" शायर कैफ़ी आम आदमी के शायर थे जिनसे समाज का हर तबका अपना नाता जोड़ सकता है लेकिन शबाना के लिए उनके अब्बा बाकी लोगों से अलग शख़्सियत थे। कैसा महसूस होता है किसी शायर की बेटी होना, यह उन्होंने किताब 'कैफ़ियात' में बताया है। वो कभी दूसरों जैसे थे ही नहीं, लेकिन बचपन में ये बात मेरे नन्हे से दिमाग में समाती नहीं थी...
- [नज़्म कैफ़ी आज़मी पे जानकी कुटीर जुहू में](https://www.azmikaifi.com/%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%bc%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%ae-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%88%e0%a4%ab%e0%a4%bc%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%86%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%bc%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%aa%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%95/)
- [ACTIVE INDIA/ विशेष /Kaifi Azmi-Shabana Azmi: The Untold Story (Biography)](https://www.azmikaifi.com/active-india-%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b6%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%b7-kaifi-azmi-shabana-azmi-untold-story-biography/)
- [Syed Athar Hussain Rizvi, known as Kaifi Azmi "BIOGRAPHY"](https://www.azmikaifi.com/syed-athar-hussain-rizvi-known-kaifi-azmi-biography/)
- [Jashn e Kaifi 2018 - Nazm Aurat](https://www.azmikaifi.com/jashn-e-kaifi-2018-nazm-aurat/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCOoNIclgAU My father had written this nazm 75yrs ago...
- [Late Kaifi Sahab's 99th Birth Anniversary](https://www.azmikaifi.com/late-kaifi-sahabs-99th-birth-anniversary/): It's incredible to be seen such type of program in just a village (Mijwan) which is 40km far from city (Azamgarh).
- [You will surround us like the air we breathe.... Shabana Azmi's tribute to Shashi Kapoor](https://www.azmikaifi.com/will-surround-us-like-air-breathe-shabana-azmis-tribute-shashi-kapoor/): I believe the skies opened up and it rained.. as though grieving on behalf of all of us.. his countless fans, admirers and colleagues...
- [EK AJEEB ADMI THA WO KAIFI AZMI - NCERT VIDEO](https://www.azmikaifi.com/ek-ajeeb-admi-tha-wo-kaifi-azmi-ncert-video/)
- [Shabana Azmi Speaking About Kaifi Azmi With RJ Gaurav](https://www.azmikaifi.com/shabana-azmi-speaking-kaifi-azmi-rj-gaurav/)
- [Rare videos of Kaifi Azmi enjoying with family at Javed and Shabana's house](https://www.azmikaifi.com/rare-videos-kaifi-azmi-enjoying-family-javed-shabanas-house/)
- [Integration and Identity by Shabana Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/integration-identity-shabana-azmi/): Thank you ILUK for inviting me to speak at this prestigious room in the House Of Commons.I have been a member of the Rajya Sabha - the Upper House in the Indian Parliament and i am cognisant of the fact that I am fortunate enough to be a citizen in a Democracy like India that gives me the freedom of speech to stand here before you and speak my mind just as the British Parliament accords freedom of speech to all its citizens.
- [Kaifiyat Express is now no longer any less than the Rajdhani Express](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifiyat-express-now-no-longer-less-rajdhani-express/): Traveling in the Kaifiyat Express has now become an experience in comfort, luxury, and style!
- [Silent Minarets Whispering Winds at the T2 terminal of Mumbai International Airport](https://www.azmikaifi.com/silent-minarets-whispering-winds-t2-terminal-mumbai-international-airport/): Mijwan, a hamlet in eastern Uttar Pradesh, is constantly demolishing old mindsets and reinventing itself with fashion, both as a source of income and as a course for the future.
- [The newlly furbished library of Kaifi Azmi Inter College for girls](https://www.azmikaifi.com/newlly-furbished-library-kaifi-azmi-inter-college-girls/): The newly furbished library of Kaifi Azmi Inter College for girls.
- [KAIFI AUR MAIN - REMEMBERING THE LEGENDRY POET](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-aur-main-remembering-legendry-poet/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrAthCXmTuY Kaifi Aur Main summarizes everything about Kaifi, be it his 55-year-old romance with Shaukat— right from the time she met him as a young girl, till their last day together — or his progressive social ideas.
- [SM Mehdi on Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/sm-mehdi-kaifi-azmi/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9JlGnKfL7c SM Mehdi was a playwright, author, journalist and critic.
- [Ajeeb Aadmi Tha Woh - by NCERT Official](https://www.azmikaifi.com/ajeeb-aadmi-tha-woh-ncert-official/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVWU38TP9Mg अजीब आदमी था वो....
- [The joys of coexistence](https://www.azmikaifi.com/the-joys-of-coexistence/): The pages are all yellow, emitting that familiar smell of books mocking at vagaries of time and space.
- [To Abba With Love: Remembering Kaifi Azmi on His Death Anniversary](https://www.azmikaifi.com/abba-love-remembering-kaifi-azmi-death-anniversary/): aifi Azmi wrote his first ghazal at the age of eleven, joined the Communist Party at 19 and turned columnist for Qaumi Jung when he shifted from Azamgarh to Mumbai.
- [Late Kaifi Sahab's 14th Death Anniversary at his Mijwan Village](https://www.azmikaifi.com/late-kaifi-sahabs-14th-death-anniversary-mijwan-village/): Mijwan : Today Kaifi Shahab's 14th Death Anniversary was celebrated by a huge mass at his home Fateh Manzil, Mijwan. Mr.
- [लोगों के दिलों में रहते हैं कैफी आजमी](https://www.azmikaifi.com/%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%97%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%a6%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%b2%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%ae%e0%a5%87%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%88/)
- [14th January Function in Janki Kutir - Mumbai](https://www.azmikaifi.com/14th-january-function-janki-kutir-mumbai/)
- [Kaifi Azmi's birthday on 14th January 2016 was celebrated in Mijwan, Lucknow and Mumbai](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmis-birthday-on-14th-january-2016-was-celebrated-in-mijwan-lucknow-and-mumbai/): All India Kaifi Azmi Academy gave 3 awards plus a purse of Rs 1 lac each to Dr Rakshanda Jalil - contribution to Urdu Prof Ravi Verma - contribution to Hindi Nadira Zaheer Babbar - contribution to Theatre.
- [Mijwan celebrates Kaifi Azmi's 96th Birth anniversary](https://www.azmikaifi.com/mijwan-celebrates-kaifi-azmis-96th-birth-anniversary/): 14th Jan 2016 was Kaifi Saheb's 96th birth anniversary..
- [Famous Couplets](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-famous-couplets/)
- [Golden Hits of Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/golde/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MJTqukwvV0 This playlist contains some of the best Bollywood old songs written by the great Kaifi Azmi.
- [Kaifi Azmi Academy likely to come up by 2016 - TOI](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-acaup-by-2016-toi/): The much-awaited All-India Kaifi Azmi Academy in UP might see the light of the day by March 2016, said Shabana Azmi on Saturday.
- [Meri Kalam Se | Tribute To Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/meri-kalam-se-to-kaifi-azmi/): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IyrcqRDpU0 A tribute to the famous Indian Urdu poet who gave us some beautiful creations.
- [Kaifi Azmi: Symbol of Resistance](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-symbol-of-resistance/): THE radical and the poet do not always occupy the same personality with ease.
- [Kaifi Azmi And The Portrayal Of Women  In His Poetry](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmi-and-the-portrayal-of-women-in-his-poetry/): Kaifi Azmi belonged to Progressive Writers Movement about which much has been written.
- [A poet, a revolutionary - An article from THE HINDU](https://www.azmikaifi.com/a-poet-a-revolutionary-an-article-from-the-hindu/): Remembering Kaifi Azmi, the man whose genius went beyond films.
- [Akhilesh Yadav announces Annual Kaifi Azmi Award](https://www.azmikaifi.com/akhilesh-yadav-announces-annual-kaifi-azmi-award/): Chief Minister, UP, Akhilesh Yadav announces Annual Kaifi Azmi Award for The Arts from Govt of UP. It carries cash award of Rs 5 lacs.
- [Kaifi Azmi's family donated Kaifi's personal collection of 5000 books](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmis-family-donated-kaifis-personal-collection-of-5000-books/): Kaifi Azmis family donated his personal collection of 5000 books to The Maulana Azad Library at Aligarh Muslim University under a special section called Kaifi Azmis Collection.
- [Javed, Shabana attend seminar on Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/javed-shabana-attend-seminar-on-kaifi-azmi/): Film lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar on Wednesday said that despite the political and economic shifts in India, his late father-in-law and poet Kaifi Azmi retained his idealism and remained optimistic of a socialist future for the country.

## Pages

- [RaagShayari -  A Tribute to Kaifi Azmi](https://www.azmikaifi.com/raagshayari-a-tribute-to-kaifi-azmi/)
- [Mushaira](https://www.azmikaifi.com/collection/mushaira/): One of prominent progressive poets with popular appeal. Also film lyricist famous for his lyrics in films like Heer Ranjha, Kaghaz ke Phool etc.
- [In Urdu](https://www.azmikaifi.com/collection/in-urdu/)
- [From Films](https://www.azmikaifi.com/collection/films/)
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- [Kaifiyat](https://www.azmikaifi.com/collection/kaifiyat/)
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- [Meri Awaaz Suno](https://www.azmikaifi.com/list-books/meri-awaaz-suno/): क्या है आखिर ‘कैफ़ी’ के गीतों की विशेषता जो इनको दूसरे हज़ारों फ़िल्मी गीतों से अलग करती है ?
- [CD](https://www.azmikaifi.com/cd/)
- [Kaifi Azmi - Selected Poems](https://www.azmikaifi.com/list-books/kaifi-azmi-selected-poems/)
- [Selected Bibliography](https://www.azmikaifi.com/list-books/)
- [Sarmaya](https://www.azmikaifi.com/list-books/sarmaya/): कब पैदा हुआ……………………………..
- [Poems](https://www.azmikaifi.com/collection/poems/)
- [Featured](https://www.azmikaifi.com/featured/)
- [Mijwan News](https://www.azmikaifi.com/news-events/mijwan-news/)
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- [Discussions](https://www.azmikaifi.com/news-events/discussions/)
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- [Books](https://www.azmikaifi.com/books/): Mr. Mukarram / Mr.
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- [Mijwan Welfare Society](https://www.azmikaifi.com/mijwan/): t is impossible to arrive at any understanding of Kaifi Azmi, unless you include his work for MIJWAN, the tiny village in AZAMGARH where he was born and has decided to spend the rest of his life.
- [Achievements](https://www.azmikaifi.com/achievements/): He was the recipient of Padma Shri one of the Indian Government’s highest civilian awards.
- [Tributes](https://www.azmikaifi.com/tributes/)
- [Collection](https://www.azmikaifi.com/collection/)
- [Kaifi Azmi's connections with Hyderabad](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifi-azmis-connections-with-hyderabad/): Kaifi Azmi had very deep rooted connections with the city of Hyderabad because it was the citadel of the Progressive Writers Movement and the custodian of the Urdu language.
- [Kaifi’s contribution to Films](https://www.azmikaifi.com/kaifis-contribution-to-films/): Syed Fateh Husain Rizvi enjoyed Urdu poetry and it was common practice at his home in Mijwan to hold a ‘Nishast’ (small mehfil of poets).
- [Life Sketch of the Legend](https://www.azmikaifi.com/life-sketch-of-the-legend/): aifi Azmi’s real name is Athar Husain Rizvi.
- [Kaifi Azmi - REBEL With A Cause](https://www.azmikaifi.com/): For Abba With Love He was always different, a fact that didn’t sit too easily on my young shoulders.

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