Kaifi Azmi | |
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Born | Athar Husain Rizvi[1] 14 January 1919 |
Died | 10 May 2002 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | (aged 83)
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Political party | Communist Party of India |
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Awards | National Film Award for Best Lyrics (1970) Padma Shri (1974) Sahitya Akademi Award (1975) Sahitya Akademi Fellow (2002) |
Website | azmikaifi |
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Kaifi Azmi (born Athar Husain Rizvi; 14 January 1919 – 10 May 2002) was an Indian Urdu poet. He is remembered as the one who brought Urdu literature to Indian motion pictures.[2] Together with Pirzada Qasim, Jaun Elia and others he participated in many memorable Mushaira gatherings of the twentieth century.[3][4] He was also a communist who wanted to see India one day become a socialist state.[5][6] His wife was theatre and film actress Shaukat Kaifi.[7]
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