Google celebrates noted poet and reformer Kaifi Azmi’s 101 birthday with a Doodle

Google on Tuesday Jan 14,2020 celebrated the 101st birth anniversary of noted Urdu poet and writer-lyricist Kaifi Azmi with a doodle.

The doodle features Azmi wearing a white shirt and standing in front of a mic, reciting. Azmi was born on January 14, 1919, as Sayyid Athar Hussein Rizvi in Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. He is remembered for bringing Urdu literature to Indian films.

Azmi's first poems collection, Jhankar, was published in 1943 and they are known for their brilliant imagery.

His work in films includes working as a writer, lyricist and actor. Azmi wrote his first lyrics for the film Buzdil (1951) and his greatest feat as a writer was Chetan Anand's Heer Raanjha (1970).