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Kaifi Azmi
Kaifi Azmi is credited on 606 releases across 136 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
606
Pressings credited
136
Albums
8
Decades active
7
In collections
Biography
Kaifi Azmi (born Athar Husain Rizvi; 14 January 1919 – 10 May 2002) was an Indian Urdu poet. He is remembered as the one who brought Urdu literature to Indian motion pictures. Together with Pirzada Qasim, Jaun Elia and others he participated in many memorable Mushaira gatherings of the twentieth century. He was also a communist who wanted to see India one day become a socialist state. His wife was theatre and film actress Shaukat Kaifi.
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Credited work
606 releases · 136 albums · active 1956–2026
- Performance · 776
- Other credits · 19
- Production · 1
Studios: Western Outdoor Studio · Planet Studios (3) · See Why Audio · Zella Recording Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Madan Mohan
- Mohd. Rafi
- Lata Mangeshkar
- Hemant Kumar
- S. D. Burman
- Khayyam
- Ghulam Mohammed
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