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Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi dead
Bharati Dubey in Mumbai
Renowned poet and lyricist Kaifi Azmi died on Friday morning after a long illness at Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai.
Azmi, 82, is survived by wife Shaukat, actress daughter Shabana and son Baba Azmi.
Born Akhtar Hussain Rizvi, in Mijwan, in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh district in 1915, Azmi penned his first poem at the age of 11. At 19, he joined the Communist Party of India as an active party worker.
He arrived in Mumbai in 1943, when the Communist Party of India opened its head office in the city. He edited Mazdoor Mohalla and worked with Quami Jung (both Urdu newspapers). That year, he also published Jhankar, his first collection of verses.
In 1948, Azmi started his career as a lyricist with Shaid Latif’s Buzdil with the song Rote rote guzar gayi raat re.
He went on to write songs for Kaagaz Ke Phool (Waqt ne kiya kya hasin sitam, Dekhi zamane ki yaari); Shama; Pakeezah (Chalte chalte yun hi koi mil gaya tha); Haqeeqat (Kar chale hum fida jaan-o-tan saathiyo, ab tumhaare hawaale watan saathiyo), Heer Ranjha (Ye duniya ye mehfil); Aakhri Khat (Baharon mera jiwan sanwaaro); Kohraa (Ye nayan dare dare); Arth (Tum itna jo muskura rahi ho), Anupama (Dhire dhire machal aye dile beqarar).
Azmi also wrote dialogues for Shyam Benegal’s Manthan and M S Sathyu’s Garam Hawa. He made several contributions to Indian literature with Jhankar, Akhr-E-Shab, Awara Sajde and Sarmaya . He has been acclaimed and awarded for the preservation of Urdu poetry. His slant always remains towards works that voice his deep social concerns and secular sentiments.
Azmi was conferred the Doctorate in Literature from Vishwa Bharati University, Yuva Bharati from the Uttar Pradesh Government, the Lotus Award, Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar, Qainat Award and Sant Dhyaneshwar Award from the Maharashtra State Urdu Academy. The UP Government also named a road from Sultanpur to Phoolpur as the Kaifi Azmi Highway, in his honour.
Daughter, renowned actress, social activist and Rajya Sabha MP Shabana Azmi and her husband poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar were not available for comment at the time of going to the press. Kaifi Azmi’s son, Baba Azmi is a renowned cinematographer whose works span films such as Shekar Kapur’s Mr India, N Chandra’s Tezaab, Boney Kapoor’s Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja and Prem, and Inder Kumar’s Dil and Ishq. Baba’s wife Tanvi is a reputed actress in her own right as well.
Azmi is likely to be cremated at Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh.
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“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.”
Although Kaifi sb. wrote many shairs which became popular mainly b/c of its bollywood connection but both Sahir & Kaifi sb are my favourite poet in any language not withstanding there status as literary excellence not dimminished by commercialisation of bollywood.
jaane kyaa Dhuu.NDhatii rahatii hai.n ye aa.Nkhe.n mujhame.n
raakh ke Dher me.n sholaa hai na chi.ngaarii hai
ab na vo pyaar na usakii yaade.n baakii
aag yuu.N dil me.n lagii kuchh na rahaa kuchh na bachaa
jisakii tasviir nigaaho.n me.n liye baiThaa ho
mai.n vo diladaar nahii.n usakii huu.N khaamosh chitaa
zi.ndagii ha.Ns ke na guzaratii to bahut achchhaa thaa
khair ha.Ns ke na sahii ro ke guzar jaayegii
raakh barabaad muhabbat kii bachaa rakhii hai.n
baar-baar isako jo chhe.Daa to bikhar jaayegii
aarazuu jurma vafaa jurma tamannaa hai gunaaha
ye vo duniyaa hai jahaa.N pyaar nahii.n ho sakataa
kaise baazaar kaa dastuur tumhe.n samajhaauu.N
bik gayaa jo vo khariidaar nahii.n ho sakataa hreedots
Now both Sahir & Kaifi Sb. would be sweet memory through through there 'dard bhare lafz ’
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Bik Gaya Jo Woh Kharidar Nahi Ho Sakta
More and more Americans are cremating these days. It's not just a Hindu thing. It's becoming expensive for a decent burial in US. Many Parsis like Afternoon Despatch Courier editor "Busybee" Mr Behram Contracter were cremated as per their last wishes.
Also almost all Hindu infants and little children who die are buried instead of cremated.
It just one way to dispose off the the human body. Bury or Burn.
he was a great poet and lyrics writer.He is also one of the brains behind the famous Mirza Ghalib Series of Gulzar.May his soul rest in peace !