Kaifi Azmi: The king of romance and conscience

Kaifi Azmi: The king of romance and conscience

Kaifi Azmi was the King of Romance. Kaifi Azmi, Sahir Ludhianvi and Shakeel Badayuni formed a triumvirate of romantic poets-lyricists who dominated the Golden Era of Hindi Cinema. A part of the rare class of Urdu poets with social consciousness, Kaifi Azmi was a staunch Nehruvian, like Sahir Ludhianvi, Shakeel Badayuni, and others of his ilk. He became part of the Taraqqi-Pasand Tehreek, or Progressive Writers Movement, and was a Communist Party…