Remembering Kaifi and Shaukat

Hyderabad | Monday | 24th September, 2018

Summary:

On one side of the stage were seated Shabana narrating Shaukat’s lines and Javed Akhtar narrating Kaifi Azmi’s lines. On the other side was Jaswinder Singh with his crew, performing live some of Kaifi Azmi’s popular compositions. Tumhari zulf ke saaye mein was another that lovers of Kaifi Azmi’s poetry could recollect. The rollicking start to the theatre festival owes it to the charisma of Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar. The story of how this nazm came about from Kaifi Azmi’s pen took the audience on a nostalgia trip..