INFORMATION
| Artist Birtday : | 14/01/1919 (Age 83) |
| Born In : | Mizwaan, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India |
| Occupation(s) : | Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter |
| Genres : | Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter |
| Web Site : | www.azmikaifi.com/ |
Kaifi Azmi was the most popular Indian Urdu Poet. He was born on 14 January 1919 in a Shia Muslim family in Mizwaan, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India. He had 3 three brothers are also Poets. He was married to Shaukat Azmi. He had a daughter Shabana Azmi (actress) and had a son (cinematographer).
Kaifi wrote his first ghazal in Bahraich “Itna To Zindagi Mein Kisi Ki Khalal Pade” at the age of Eleven. He wrote lyrics for these films like “Kohra” (1964), “Anupama” and “Uski Kahani” (1966), “Saat Hindustani” (1969), “Shola Aur Shabnam”, “Parwana” (1971), “Bawarchi” and “Pakeezah” (1972), “Hanste Zakhm” (1973), “Arth” (1982) and “Razia Sultan” (1983). In 1967, he wrote the song “Meri Aawaz Suno Pyar ka Raaz Suno” for the film “Naunihal”.
In 1974, He was the recipient of “Padma Shri”, India’s Fourth-Highest Civilian Award, and he was awarded the “Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy Award” and the “Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu” for his collection “Awaara Sajde”, a special award for the “Maharashtra Urdu Academy Award”, the “Soviet Land Nehru Award”, the “Lotus Award” from the Afro-Asian Writers’ Association, and “President’s Award” for national integration. In 1998, the “Jyaneshwara Award” by the Government of Maharashtra. In 2000, he was conferred the “First Millennium Award” by the Government of Delhi.
He died on 10 May 2002 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
