On
Tuesday,
Tabu
released
the
English
translation
of
Shabana's
mother
Shaukat
Azmi's
biography
Kaifi
&
I
on
the
legendary
poet-activist-lyricist
Kaifi
Azmi.
So
far
available
to
readers
in
an
Urdu,
Hindi,
Marathi
and
Japanese,
the
English
translation
by
Nasreen
Rehman
was
released
on
Tuesday
evening.
Tabu
unhesitatingly
said
yes.
Explains
Shabana,
"Tabu
and
my
mom
are
very
close.
It
was
important
to
have
the
book
released
by
someone
who's
familiar
with
the
language
and
the
cultural
ethos
of
those
times.
There
could
be
no
better
choice
than
Tabu."
When
asked
why
the
two
of
them
had
not
done
any
movie
together,
Shabana
replied,
"It
has
to
be
something
worth
the
while
for
both
of
us." About
the
book
function,
Shabana
says,
"It
was
lovely.
Mum's
admirers
turned
up
in
large
numbers
and
she
was
in
top
form."
Talk
is
now
on
to
turn
Kaifi
&
I
into
a
film.
The
book
is
already
on
stage
with
Javed
Akhtar
and
Shabana
playing
Kaifi
and
Shaukat
Azmi.
Story first published: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 16:35 [IST]