WRITER

Kaifi Azmi

1919 - 2002

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kaifi Azmi has received more than 1,260,995 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Kaifi Azmi is the 6,362nd most popular writer (down from 5,539th in 2019), the 905th most popular biography from India (down from 694th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular Indian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Pritish Nandy translates the poetry of Kaifi Azmi
1975
Kaifīyāt
Complete works.
2003
Hīra-Rān̐jhā
2001
Sarmāyah
1994
Hīr Rānjhā
Urdu Motion picture plays
Screenplay of Hir Ranjha, popular Hindi motion picture.
2003
Merī āvāza suno
1979

Page views of Kaifi Azmis by language

Over the past year Kaifi Azmi has had the most page views in the with 141,442 views, followed by Hindi (11,625), and Urdu (2,448). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malayalam (69.00%), Divehi (67.77%), and Western Punjabi (53.61%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kaifi Azmi ranks 6,362 out of 7,302. Before him are John Scalzi, P. H. Newby, Charles Lock Eastlake, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Tom Wilson, and Edward Everett Hale. After him are John P. Marquand, Shan Sa, Christian Prudhomme, Michael Rosen, Henry Green, and Laurent Binet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Kaifi Azmi ranks 334. Before him are Marga Petersen, Phyllis Thaxter, Fenny Heemskerk, Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, Norman Lane, and Leopold Neumer. After him are Shamshad Begum, Johnny Carey, Kitty Wells, David Blackwell, Walt Hansgen, and Mason Adams. Among people deceased in 2002, Kaifi Azmi ranks 335. Before him are Robert L. Forward, Pat Flaherty, Jack Fairman, Jim "Bad News" Barnes, Marcel Hansenne, and Günther Ortmann. After him are Shirley Scott, Lisa Lopes, Nasir Hussain, Harry Hay, Rusty Wailes, and Larry Rivers.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kaifi Azmi ranks 905 out of 1,861. Before him are Tapan Sinha (1924), Teejan Bai (1956), Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (1944), Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734), Aasif Mandvi (1966), and Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938). After him are Sushmita Sen (1975), Balbir Singh Sr. (1923), Balram Jakhar (1923), Abhay Ashtekar (1949), Sudha Chandran (1965), and Kanan Devi (1916).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Kaifi Azmi ranks 122. Before him are Varsha Adalja (1940), Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944), Gita Mehta (1943), Mah Laqa Bai (1768), Fareed Zakaria (1964), and Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938). After him are Rahat Indori (1950), Rohinton Mistry (1952), Saroo Brierley (1981), Geetanjali Shree (1957), Ali Sardar Jafri (1913), and Nayantara Sahgal (1927).

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