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All Stories for Kaifi Azmi
Mee Raqsam movie review: Baba and Shabana Azmi's tribute to Kaifisaab is all heart and ordinary execution
Annavetticad • 5 years agoThe journey from progressive thoughts to good cinema is a long one, and Mee Raqsam, courageous though it is, has not made it.
Indian poet Kaifi Azmi's 101st birthday celebrated in today's Google doodle
Tech2 News Staff • 5 years agoAzmi won several awards, including three Filmfare Awards, a Padma Shri Award for Literature and Education and Sahitya Akademi Fellowship.
Remembering Shaukat Kaifi, who brought integrity of purpose to roles and etched her name in theatre, film history
Vikram Phukan • 5 years agoIt was on stage that Shaukat Kaifi was a force of nature and a prime mover with influence, who had etched her name in history long before she stepped in front of a camera
Shaukat Kaifi dies at 91: Film, theatre artiste and ceaseless rebel passes away at home in Mumbai; actor known for roles in Umrao Jaan, Salaam Bombay
Fp Staff • 5 years agoTheatre artiste and actress Shaukat Kaifi passed away in Mumbai on Friday, 22 November 2019. Kaifi, the mother of actress Shabana Azmi and cinematographer Baba Azmi, was 91.
Kaifinama: Sumantra Ghosal’s Kaifi Azmi documentary is an intimate exploration of a passionate, unique poet
Aarushi Agrawal • 6 years agoKaifinama is a biographical documentary which focuses on Kaifi Azmi's writing, social work with the Communist Party, and family.
Pulwama terror attack: Arts council of Pakistan criticises Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar's withdrawal from Karachi event
• 6 years agoShabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar cancelled their visit to Karachi for the centenary birth celebration of Kaifi Azmi following the Pulwama terror attack.
Following Pulwama terror attack, Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar cancel visit to Karachi for literary event
• 6 years agoShabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar have turned down an invitation from Karachi Arts Council for an event on poet Kaifi Azmi following the deadly Pulwama terror attack
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Rekha, Vidya Balan attend Kaifi Azmi's birth centenary music event
Fp Staff • 6 years agoFrom Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to Farhan Akhtar, a number of Bollywood celebrities graced the premiere show of Raag Shayari, a tribute to Kaifi Azmi on his birth centenary
Babri Masjid demolition anniversary: What began in 1992 continues today with name changes, building of statues
Partha P Chakrabartty • 6 years agoIt has been twenty-six years since the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992, an event whose reverberations continue to ripple through the fabric of our nation.
Heer Ranjha remake stalled: Ketan Anand refuses to sell copyright to Farhan, Zoya Akhtar
Fp Staff • 7 years agoKetan Anand, son of Heer Ranjha's director Chetan Anand has reportedly refused to sell the rights of the film to Zoya and Farhan Akhtar