Shabana Azmi’s Mother Shaukat Kaifi, Veteran Stage And Film Actress, Passes Away At 93
Shaukat Kaifi passed away on Friday in Mumbai due to age-related illness at the age of 93. The veteran stage and film actress is survived by daughter Shabana Azmi and son Baba Azmi.
Shaukat
Kaifi
passed
away
on
Friday
in
Mumbai
due
to
age-related
illness
at
the
age
of
93.
The
veteran
stage
and
film
actress
is
survived
by
daughter
Shabana
Azmi
and
son
Baba
Azmi.
The
last
rites
will
be
held
on
November
23
in
the
afternoon
in
Mumbai.
The
news
was
confirmed
by
poet
and
writer
Javed
Akhtar,
her
son-in-law.
Akhtar
told
the
Press
Trust
of
India,
"She
was
93
and
she
was
having
one
problem
after
another.
She
was
admitted
to
the
Kokikaben
Dhirubhai
Ambani
hospital;
for
certain
days
she
was
in
the
ICU
and
then
she
was
out
of
ICU.
It
was
all
age-related." He
added,
"Ultimately
they
brought
her
home.
She
wanted
to
come
back
to
her
own
room.
She
stayed
for
a
day
or
two
and
then
passed
away.
Shabana
is
in
Mumbai."
A
source
close
to
the
family
added
that
Kaifi
was
93
and
had
been
ailing
for
a
long
time.
She
breathed
her
last
at
her
residence
in
Juhu
in
Mumbai,
in
the
arms
of
her
daughter
Shabana
Azmi.
Shaukat
Kaifi
was
married
to
the
celebrated
Urdu
poet
and
film
lyricist
Kaifi
Azmi.
She
along
with
her
husband
were
the
pioneers
of
the
Indian
People's
Theatre
Association
(IPTA)
and
the
Progressive
Writers
Association
(IWA),
that
served
as
the
cultural
platforms
for
the
Communist
Party
of
India.
Shaukat
Kaifi
has
acted
in
evergreen
movies
such
as
'Garam
Hawa’,
'Bazaar’,
'Umrao
Jaan’
and
'Salaam
Bombay!’
to
name
a
few.
She
was
last
seen
on
screen
in
Shaadi
Ali's
Saathiya’
in
2002.
Post
the
demise
of
her
husband
Kaifi
Azmi
in
2002,
she
had
penned
an
autobiography
named
'Kaifi
and
I' which
was
later
adapted
into
a
play.