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Mehfil @ Prithvi on Tuesday, 9 May 2017 at 7 pm.
All are welcome. Entry is free.
Yeh chirag bujh rahe hain
Mere saath jalte jalte. (Pakeezah)
The lament in bejewelled Meena Kumaris eyes, is brought alive through Kaifi Azmis poetry.
Kaifi was poetry. He may have been a man of many moods crusader, radical, nationalist, socialist, agnostic. romantic. But he expressed these affiliations through the prism of poetry.
The tyranny of time Waqt ne kiya kya haseen situm,
the charade of relationships Woh jo apna tha wohi kisi aur ka kyun hai,
heroism Zinda rehne ke mausam bahut hai magar, jaan dene ki rut aati nahin,
feminism - Jannat ek aur hai jo mard ke pahlu mein nahin (poem Aurat).
Kaifi chose to translate the prosaic in lyrical metaphors.
What lent his lyrics the exquisiteness of filigree was the liberal use of Urdu and a sensibility, passionate as a mans and fragile as a womans.
Come experience all this and more at the Urdu Mehfil @ Prithvi this month.
with Javed Siddiqi, @Shama Zehra Zaidi. Salim Arif, Lubna Salim, Suhail Akhtar, Sophia, Prithvi Theatre
#Urdu #Pakeezah #KaifiAzmi #Women #Romance #Love #Feminishm #Beauty #Time #Relationships #Poetry #Literature #Music #Films
Urdu Mehfil at Prithvi Fri, 05 May
Mehfil @ Prithvi on Tuesday, 9 May 2017 at 7 pm.
All are welcome. Entry is free.
Uth meri jaan mere saath chalna hai tujhe
Goshe goshe mein sulagti hai chita tere liye
Farz ka bhes badalti hai qazaa tere liye
Qahar hai teri har narm adaa tere liye
Zehar hi zehar hai duniya ki hawa tere liye
Rut badal daal agar phoolna phalna hai tujhe
Uth meri jaan mere saath hi chalna hai tujhe.
Arise my love, you have to walk with me
A pyre burns for you in every corner
Death disguises itself as duty for you
Your gentle style is punishment for you
The world has only poison for you
Change the world if you want to blossom
Arise my love, you have to walk with me
"Aurat" recited by Kaifi Azmi
with Javed Siddiqi, Shama Zehra Zaidi, Salim Arif, Lubna Salim, Suhail Akhtar, Sophia, Prithvi Theatre
#Urdu #Aurat #UthMeriJaan #KaifiAzmi #Women #Freedom #Respect #Independence #ShaukatAzmi #ShabanaAzmi
Mehfil @ Prithvi on Tuesday, 9 May 2017 at 7 pm.
All are welcome. Entry is free.
This May Mehfil we celebrate the works of celebrated Urdu poet Padma Shri Kaifi Azmi. His poems celebrate love, compassion and human equality.
Kaifi Azmi wrote his first ghazal Itna to zindagi mein kisi ki khalal pade at the age of eleven. His first book of poems Jhankar was published in 1943,
He is best remembered for several beautiful songs he wrote for films, notably Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam (Kaagaj ke Phool, 1959), Dhire dhire machal (Anupama, 1966), Chalte chalte yun hi koi (Pakeezah, 1971), and Koi ye kaise bataye (Arth, 1982).
The lyrical beauty and powerful expression of his film songs have captivated millions. Despite the political and economic shifts in India, he retained his idealism and remained to the end optimistic of a socialist future for India.
with Javed Siddiqi, Shama Zehra Zaidi, Shabana Azmi, Salim Arif, Lubna Salim, Suhail Akhtar, Sophia, Prithvi Theatre
#Urdu #Literature #Poetry #KaifiAzmi #Prithvi #Socialism #Bollywood #IndianFilmIndustry
Mehfil @ Prithvi on Tuesday, 9 May 2017 at 7 pm.
All are welcome. Entry is free.
This May Mehfil we celebrate the works of celebrated Urdu poet Padma Shri Kaifi Azmi. His poems celebrate love, compassion and human equality.
Kaifi Azmi wrote his first ghazal Itna to zindagi mein kisi ki khalal pade at the age of eleven. His first book of poems Jhankar was published in 1943,
He is best remembered for several beautiful songs he wrote for films, notably Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam (Kaagaj ke Phool, 1959), Dhire dhire machal (Anupama, 1966), Chalte chalte yun hi koi (Pakeezah, 1971), and Koi ye kaise bataye (Arth, 1982).
The lyrical beauty and powerful expression of his film songs have captivated millions. Despite the political and economic shifts in India, he retained his idealism and remained to the end optimistic of a socialist future for India.
with @[1353251282:2048:Javed Siddiqi], @[1484282148:2048:Shama Zehra Zaidi], @[109702919056847:274:Shabana Azmi], @[523519040:2048:Salim Arif], @[100002672834113:2048:Lubna Salim], @[100000588360238:2048:Suhail Akhtar], @[612451770:2048:Sophia], @[302648640141:274:Prithvi Theatre]
#Urdu #Literature #Poetry #KaifiAzmi #Prithvi #Socialism #Bollywood #IndianFilmIndustry
Urdu Mehfil at Prithvi Thu, 13 Apr
Some vignettes from the April Urdu Mehfil on Firaq Gorakhpuri.
We were so blessed to have with us Firaq Sahab's granddaughter Anuradha with us.
She shared a few anecdotes where every year as a child she and her siblings would spend one week of the summer vacation at her grandfather's home. It was at such times spent with his daughter and his grandchildren that he would come alive.
Javed Sahab also shared his own interaction with Fiaq Sahab when as a young fledgling writer he was advised by Firaq Sahab, He said, ' Lafzon ko ehtiyaat se bart a kijiye. Unme jaan hoti hai '
[Use words sparingly with discretion. They have life in them. ]
Lubna Salima and Suhail Akhtar read excerpts from Firaq Sahab's long autobiographical poem Hindola.
On the request of Javed Sahab, Suhail also read an important Firaq nazm - Aadhi Raat and
a few Rubaais. The beauty of Roop - collection of Rubais written by Firaq is that he sought to create Hindustaniyat by weaving Sanskrit and Hindi words into the Urdu verses. He did this so seamlessly, so skilfully that they do not feel out of place, but instead add to the beauty of the rubaai.
We are deeply grateful to Prithvi Theatre for hosting the Mehfil every month.
with Javed Siddiqi Salim Arif Lubna Salim Suhail Akhtar Sophia
#FiraqGorakhpuri #Ghazal #Poetry #Literature #Rubaai #Nazm #AllahabadUniversity #Urdu #Prithvi #Hindola
Urdu Mehfil at Prithvi Mon, 10 Apr
Mazhab waalon ko yeh hasrat kab duniya se kufar mitega
Main toh bas itna soch raha hoon kab insaan insaan banega
Yaaro baaham gundhe hue hain kaynat ke bikhre tukde
Ek phool ko jumbish doge toh ik taara kaamp uthega
Come listen to more such gems today at Mehfil @ Prithvi
Tuesday, 11 April 2017 at 7 pm.
All are welcome. Entry is free.
Mehfil @ Prithvi today Tuesday, 11 April 2017 at 7 pm.
All are welcome. Entry is free.
Firaq Gorakhpuri in the centre with a group of students of Patna College, 1950
A Film made on Firaq Gorakhpuri by Films Division, GOI, in 1971. Commentary, written & spoken by Kaifi Azmi. Courtsey: Om Thanvi
Allahabad Museum produces a documentary on Dastaan E Firaq.
with Javed Siddiqi, Shama Zehra Zaidi, Salim Arif, Lubna Salim, Suhail Akhtar, Prithvi Theatre. Sophia
#Urdu #Literature #Poetry #FiraqGorakhpuri #Prithvi
#Keats #Shelley #Wordsworth #Romanticism #Love #Pain #Ecstacy #Allahabad #Documentary #KaifiAzmi #FilmsDivisionIndia
Urdu Mehfil at Prithvi Sun, 09 Apr
Mehfil @ Prithvi on Tuesday, 11 April 2017 at 7 pm.
All are welcome. Entry is free.
is daur meN zindagi bashar kii
biimaar ki raat ho gaii hai
A simple, outstanding couplet. For a sick person, the night is painful and seems everlasting. Comparing this to suffering human beings.
Firaq wrote this couplet in the era between the first and the second world war, when humanity was sick of the battles and massacres.
A sample of Firaq Sahab's handwriting
Source. Ishq Urdu
with Javed Siddiqii Shama Zehra Zaidi Salim Arif, Lubna Salim, Suhail Akhtar, Prithvi Theatre, Sophia
#Urdu #Literature #Poetry #FiraqGorakhpuri #JoshMalihabadi #Prithvi #Keats #Shelley #Wordsworth #Romanticism #Love #Pain #Ecstacy #AllahabadUniversity #English #India #World
Urdu Mehfil at Prithvi Sat, 08 Apr
Mehfil @ Prithvi on Tuesday, 11 April 2017 at 7 pm.
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Written by the poet's nephew- Ajai Mansingh, Firaq Gorakhpuri: The Poet of Pain & Ecstasy attempts to give a glimpse into the life of the poet who made the astoundingly egotistical assertion:
Aanewali naslein tum par faqr kareingii humasron
Jab woh jaanengii tum ne Firaq ko dekha thha
Future generations will be envy you, my compatriots
When they know that you had seen Firaq.
Outrageously self-assured, Firaq was a man of many parts. A poet who tasted success at an early age. He was also a freedom fighter, an Urdu poet who taught English at the venerable Allahabad University, a founder member of the powerful Left-leaning literary grouping known as the Progressive Writers' Movement, a bon vivant and an aesthete who lived his life entirely according to his own tastes and preferences.
with Javed Siddiqii Shama Zehra Zaidi Salim Arif, Lubna Salim, Suhail Akhtar, Prithvi Theatre, Sophia
#Urdu #Literature #Poetry #FiraqGorakhpuri #JoshMalihabadi #Prithvi #Keats #Shelley #Wordsworth #Romanticism #Love #Pain #Ecstacy #AjaiMansingh #AllahabadUniversity #English #RoliBooks Roli Books
Urdu Mehfil at Prithvi Fri, 07 Apr
Main hoon dil hai tanhai hai
Tum bhi hote achcha hota
Mehfil @ Prithvi on Tuesday, 11 April 2017 at 7 pm.
All are welcome. Entry is free.
Urdu poet Firaq Gorakhpuri walks back from the Department of English, Allahabad University. It was there that he wrote most of his Urdu poetry, including his magnum opus Gul-e-Naghma.
Source. Roli Books
with Javed Siddiqi Shama Zehra Zaidi Salim Arif, Lubna Salim, Suhail Akhtar, Prithvi Theatre, Sophia
#Urdu #Literature #Poetry #FiraqGorakhpuri #JoshMalihabadi #Prithvi #Keats #Shelley #Wordsworth #Romanticism #Love #Pain #Ecstacy #AllahabadUniversity #English
Urdu Mehfil at Prithvi Thu, 06 Apr
Tanhaai mein kisko bulaaein, ai dost ?
Tum door ho kis ke paas jaaein, ai dost ?
Is daulat-e-fursat se tau dam gut-ta hai,
Yeh naqad-e-shab kahaan bhunaaein, ai dost ?
Whom should I call, O friend, in my lonely state ?
Where should I look for help, you are so far, O mate ?
This glut o time weigh upon my nerves,
This bond of endless night, who will liquidate ?
Source. Firaq Gorakhpuri: Selected Poetry by K C Kanda
Mehfil @ Prithvi on Tuesday, 11 April 2017 at 7 pm.
All are welcome. Entry is free.
The old affection now counts for naught,
Who cares for mutual love or past regard,
The bark and bite of one night is the all- important thing,
The eight years of friendship are now a thing forgot.
Firaq was a master in the rubai. Rubai is a poem, or verse of a poem, consisting of four lines. It has the first. second and fourth lines having the same rhyming words.
It was generally used as an instrument of moral or philosophical reflection.
Firaq used it to describe sensuous female beauty captured in the most mundane of daily chores or even sometimes a tool of repartee as in the above rubai.
This was the outpouring after a fallout between Firaq and Josh Malihabadi. Firaq Gorakhpuris collection of Rubaiyaat titled Roop has been very popular right from its first publication in 1946.
Source. Firaq Gorakhpuri: Selected Poetry by K C Kanda
with Javed Siddiqi Shama Zehra Zaidi Salim Arif, Lubna Salim, Suhail Akhtar, Prithvi Theatre, Sophia
#Urdu #Literature #Poetry #FiraqGorakhpuri #JoshMalihabadi #Prithvi #Keats #Shelley #Wordsworth #Romanticism #Love #Pain #Ecstacy
Urdu Mehfil at Prithvi Sat, 01 Apr
Mehfil @ Prithvi on Tuesday, 11 April 2017 at 7 pm.
All are welcome. Entry is free.
Ghalib o Meer Mushafi Ham bhi Firaq kuch kam nahin
Celebrated Urdu poet and critic, Firaq Gorakhpuri was born Raghupati Sahay in 1896 in Gorakhpur. Firaqs poetry showed influences of Mir and Momin.
Equally proficient in Urdu, Persian and English, he was inspired by the English romantic poets Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats and on the other hand his sense of aesthetics was deeply rooted in the tradition of Sanskrit poets.
This April we will dip into the vast ocean of Firaq Gorakhpuris poetry.
Firaq the poet of the labyrinths of emotions, the sensuousness and transcendence of beauty and the merging shades of pain and ecstasy.
Firaq Gorakhpuri: The Poet of Pain & Esctasy By Ajai Mansingh
with Javed Siddiqi, Shama Zehra Zaidi, Salim Arif, Lubna Salim, Suhail Akhtar, Sophia Prithvi Theatre
#Urdu #Literature #Poetry #FiraqGorakhpuri #Prithvi
#Keats #Shelley #Wordsworth #Romanticism #Love #Pain #Ecstacy
Mehfil @ Prithvi on Tuesday, 11 April 2017 at 7 pm.
All are welcome. Entry is free.
Ghalib o Meer Mushafi Ham bhi Firaq kuch kam nahin
Celebrated Urdu poet and critic, Firaq Gorakhpuri was born Raghupati Sahay in 1896 in Gorakhpur. Firaqs poetry showed influences of Mir and Momin.
Equally proficient in Urdu, Persian and English, he was inspired by the English romantic poets Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats and on the other hand his sense of aesthetics was deeply rooted in the tradition of Sanskrit poets.
This April we will dip into the vast ocean of Firaq Gorakhpuris poetry.
Firaq the poet of the labyrinths of emotions, the sensuousness and transcendence of beauty and the merging shades of pain and ecstasy.
Firaq Gorakhpuri: The Poet of Pain & Esctasy By Ajai Mansingh
with @[1353251282:2048:Javed Siddiqi], @[1484282148:2048:Shama Zehra Zaidi], @[523519040:2048:Salim Arif], @[100002672834113:2048:Lubna Salim], @[100000588360238:2048:Suhail Akhtar], @[612451770:2048:Sophia] @[302648640141:274:Prithvi Theatre]
#Urdu #Literature #Poetry #FiraqGorakhpuri #Prithvi
#Keats #Shelley #Wordsworth #Romanticism #Love #Pain #Ecstacy
Urdu Mehfil at Prithvi Tue, 15 Feb
Ishq and the various ways of expressing love was the topic of discussion for the February Mehfil. Mohabbat, Uns, Pyar, Love has the magnetic quality of drawing people to it and enveloping them int its sweet embrace.
Farvari ke Mehfil mein kuch aisa hi hua and lovers of Urdu came from far and wide to listen to Nazms on this beautiful, heart warming, soul uplifting thing called Love.
Javed Siddiqui Sa'ab spoke eloquently on the seven stages of Love.
Shauki Sa'ab spoke about the metaphors used to express Love in an era when the purdah system was prevalent and it was very difficult to express your love for your beloved freely.
Ahmed Wasi Sa'ab shared a few of his nazms on Ishq
The beautiful discussion was interspersed with love-infused shers and audio-video clips of poetry.
Javed Sa'ab rightly said ke
Ishq ki koi had nahi hoti
Love has no limits or boundaries
It is a vast deep ocean, limitless and boundless
Every time you feel you have submerged yourself in it
You will realise that there is so much more to explore
so many nuances more to experience
wishing you all a LIfe overflowing with Ishq
with Javed Siddiqi, Shama Zehra Zaidi, Salim Arif, Lubna Salim, Suhail Akhtar, Sophia, Urduwallahs, Prithvi Theatre
#Ghalib #Faiz #AhmedFaraz #Gulzar #JavedAkhtar
#Urdu #Literature #Poetry #Love #Mohabbat #Ishq #Pyar
#Bombay #Mumbai #Art #Prithvi
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