Kaifi Azmi

Movies

Chup
Lyricist
A series of bizarre and disturbing murders rock the city of Mumbai. Film critics are being killed week after week with the release of every new film. Arvind Mathur, Head of Crime Branch Mumbai, is tasked with solving the case. With the help of Zenobia, a criminal psychologist, he tries to understand the mind of the killer to trap him.
102 Not Out
Lyricist
An unusual love-hate relationship between a 75-year-old son and his 102-year-old father, who wants to break the oldest-man-alive record.
Kaifinama
Kaifinama looks at the life and art of the Urdu Progressive poet Kaifi Azmi. Kaifi Azmi was both a poet for social change as well as one of the foremost lyricists in the Hindi film industry.
Naseem
Naseem's Grandfather
Mumbai, 1992. Naseem, a 15 year-old schoolgirl, lives with her grandfather and grows up with stories of pre-independence communal harmony. Later, she helplessly watches the communal situation regression with the demolition of Babri Masjid.
In Search of Guru Dutt
Self - poet, lyricist
This documentary is a three-part tribute to director Guru Dutt, who died in 1964 at the age of 39. The work traces Guru Dutt's personal story through many interviews with his family members and colleagues and observes his work through the use of extensive film excerpts. The documentary was produced by the British television network Channel 4 producer Nasreen Munni Kabir.
Mere Saath Chal
Lyricist
Geeta (Smita Patil) has been institionalized as she had suffered mental trauma in her childhood. She is unable to recall the incidents surrounding the trauma, and is unable to get appropriate treatment. Amit (Farooq Shaikh) meets with Geeta, and falls in love with her. She is able to relate to Amit, and the doctors observe some progress in her treatment. Amit and Geeta both fall in love with each other. However, Amit is to marry Neena (Prema Narayan), and Amit's elder brother, Ravi (Shreeram Lagoo) will not permit him to marry a girl with a mental condition. There are only two options left for Amit - run away from home and marry Geeta; or leave Geeta to a uncertain fate, and marry Neena.
Manthan
Writer
A veterinarian, Dr. Rao, makes a visit to a village, where he intends to commence a co-operative society dairy for the betterment of the rural people. The film is set against the backdrop of the White Revolution of India (Operation Flood) which started in 1970. It was entirely crowdfunded by 500,000 farmers who donated Rs. 2 each.
Naina
Lyricist
The poet, Ravi, haunted by the memory of his former lover Naina is drowning his sorrows in alcohol when he meets Jyoti
Naina
Dialogue
The poet, Ravi, haunted by the memory of his former lover Naina is drowning his sorrows in alcohol when he meets Jyoti
Naina
Screenplay
The poet, Ravi, haunted by the memory of his former lover Naina is drowning his sorrows in alcohol when he meets Jyoti
Garm Hava
Songs
In post-Partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own.
Garm Hava
Screenplay
In post-Partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own.
Garm Hava
Dialogue
In post-Partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own.
Pakeezah
Songs
A beautiful courtesan is unable to break away from the cycle of prostitution until a forest ranger falls in love with her. Unfortunately, his wealthy parents oppose the union.
The Custom
Lyricist
Social film dealing with the topics of child marriage and widow remarriage.
Chhoti Bahu
Lyricist
Radha lives with her widowed dad and is of marriageable age. Accordingly her details her provided to a marriage-broker, Avtar, who also doubles as a Ved (Village Doctor). He brings the proposal before Shriram and his wife, Sita. They approve of Radha and show her photograph to Shriram's brother, Dr. Madhu, who agrees to marry her. The marriage is celebrated with great pomp and ceremony in the entire village. It is then that the Shriram, Sita, and Madhu find out that Radha has a serious illness - a fact that was known to Avtar - but not communicated to them. This illness prevents her from being intimate with Madhu, and the only cure is when she has a child of her own. Will this marriage be annulled?
Saat Hindustani
Musical
A woman awaiting surgery recalls her life as a revolutionary along with seven other countrymen.
Anupama
Lyricist
Mohan Sharma (Tarun Bose) is a workaholic, whose life changes dramatically after his wife dies upon giving birth to their daughter Uma (Sharmila Tagore).
Haqeeqat
Songs
A platoon of Indian soldiers encounters harsh realities while fighting in the Sino-Indian War of 1962.
Kaagaz Ke Phool
Lyricist
The film tells, in flashback, the story of Suresh Sinha, a famous film director and his relationship with an aspiring actress.