पेशलफ़्ज़ – सज्जाद ज़हीर
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…
शोषित वर्ग के शायर थे कैफ़ी आज़मी
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. वह इन बुज़ुर्गों के ज़माने के नौजवान शायर थे. सन् 35-36 में…
Kaifi Azmi – the 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…). There could be no greater tribute to offer than to quote…
My father said if you want to be a cobbler, I will support that too: Shabana Azmi on 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. How did the idea for a website come about? What…
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…
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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. It was a tremendous achievement and one of the greatest feats of Hindi film writing. Cast: Raaj Kumar, Priya Rajvansh, Prithviraj Kapoor,…
Kaifi Azmi – A Heart Which Contained the Sorrows of the 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…
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…
Ali Sardar Jafri speaking about Kaifi Azmi
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
Kaifi Azmi loved his wife passionately. He wrote her many romantic shers, even sent her letters written in blood that she still treasures.