
KAIFINAMA - IN SHABANA AZMI'S PRESENCE
1455 De Maisonneuve West, 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Most movie-goers would remember the Urdu Progressive poet Kaifi Azmi through the famous songs of Heer Ranjha, Kaagaz ke phool, Baawarchi or Haqueeqat. Kaifinama looks at the life and art of Kaifi Azmi. He was a poet for social change as well as one of the foremost lyricists in the Hindi film industry. Not content to limit himself to fine writing, he worked ceaselessly throughout his life as a catalyst for change among the disenfranchised. The film looks at his small-town roots, his commitment to socialism, his wide-ranging body of work and the enormous changes he brought to the life of the village where he was born. This extraordinary journey is documented through extensive interviews with him and his wife Shaukat Kaifi as well as insights from his children – Shabana and Baba Azmi – and reminiscences by his friends and colleagues. Kaifinama thus is both the definitive film biography of Kaifi Azmi and a history of the times he illuminated with his genius.
- Exchanges
- Up to 1 day before the event starts
- Free for children
- No free access
Most movie-goers would remember the Urdu Progressive poet Kaifi Azmi through the famous songs of Heer Ranjha, Kaagaz ke phool, Baawarchi or Haqueeqat. Kaifinama looks at the life and art of Kaifi Azmi. He was a poet for social change as well as one of the foremost lyricists in the Hindi film industry. Not content to limit himself to fine writing, he worked ceaselessly throughout his life as a catalyst for change among the disenfranchised. The film looks at his small-town roots, his commitment to socialism, his wide-ranging body of work and the enormous changes he brought to the life of the village where he was born. This extraordinary journey is documented through extensive interviews with him and his wife Shaukat Kaifi as well as insights from his children – Shabana and Baba Azmi – and reminiscences by his friends and colleagues. Kaifinama thus is both the definitive film biography of Kaifi Azmi and a history of the times he illuminated with his genius.
- Exchanges
- Up to 1 day before the event starts
- Free for children
- No free access
Metro: Guy-Concordia
Parking underground: Entry via rue Mackay