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Nazeer Akbarabadi (1735–1830)

Dir by Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009)

Song from the Live performance of Agra Bazar 1989, New Delhi

Song courtesy Hun Hunshi Hunshilal a 1992 film

हवा है, हवा है 

यहाँ हर डगर हर मुसाफ़िर हवा है 

ये दुनिया हवा है  

हवा के शहर में हवा के मकाँ हैं 

हवा के दरों पर हैं  

दस्तक हवा के   

ना आहें ना आंसू  

ना चाहत की ख़ुश्बू  

हवा के चमन में  

खिले गुल हवा के  

हवा के दिलों को हवा से उल्फ़त  

वफ़ा की शहर और शबे ग़म हवा है   

तसल्ली इबादत  हक़ीक़त फ़साना  

यहाँ आजकल और कल फिर हवा है  

बुतों के शहर में  

बुतों का तमाशा  

बुतों की रगों में  

बहे ख़ून हवा का   

क़िले- कारख़ाने  भँवर बीच कश्ती 

वो जन्नत ये धरती  क़यामत हवा है    

ना माशूक़ ना मौला  

मैं राही अकेला  

मेरे देश में तो खुदा भी हवा है  

हवा है, हवा है ये दुनिया हवा है

Image Irfan's archive

Recorded in 2013

Audio extract from these two episodes of Guftagoo (RSTV's flagship celebrity talk show, hosted by Irfan)

Raghuvir Yadav's interview Part 1

Raghuvir Yadav's interview Part 2

Image courtesy Irfan's personal archive

Recorded in 2013

Audio extract from these two episodes of Guftagoo (RSTV's flagship celebrity talk show, hosted by Irfan)

Raghuvir Yadav's interview Part 1

Raghuvir Yadav's interview Part 2

Image courtesy Irfan's personal archive

Recorded in 2013

Audio extract from these two episodes of Guftagoo (RSTV's flagship celebrity talk show, hosted by Irfan) 

Raghuvir Yadav's interview Part 1

Raghuvir Yadav's interview Part 2

Image courtesy Irfan's personal archive

Recorded in Mumbai, 2013 this TV interview was first shown on Rajya Sabha TV.

Irfan talking to the pulp fiction actor Raghubir Yadav (born 25 June 1957) in the longest running celebrity talk show Guftagoo

About Guftagoo

Guftagoo (Conversations) is India’s only uninterrupted, unscripted and unhurried celebrity talk show. Running since 2011 the show has a rich repository of 400+ TV shows varying from 30 to 160 minutes.

It’s a unique show interviewing distinguished personalities from various fields of arts and culture. The celebrated anchor Syed Mohd Irfan is host of the show whose distinctive style of conversation forms the essence of the show allowing guests to express their raw emotions. The in-depth interviews provide the viewers an intimate look in the inner worlds of the guests invited to the show. It helps them understand the guest`s life experiences, emotional conflicts, inspirations and struggles that brought out the artist in them and shaped the way they perceive the world.

This documentation of the life journeys of various artists, also serves as a popular audio-visual archive for anthropological studies.

Earlier aired on Rajya Sabha TV for a decade by the name of Guftagoo, show presented to its viewers, the journeys of  personalities from various fields, such as Tom Alter, Gulzar, Javed Akhtar, Irrfan Khan, Jaya Bachchan,Naseeruddin Shah, John Abraham, Jackie Shroff, Nandita Sen, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Milkha Singh, and Shyam Benegal to name a few. Stay tuned.

Audio bounce of a TV interview.

The entire Guftagoo playlist on YouTube Link

Image Courtesy Irfan's Archive

Nazeer Akbarabadi (1735–1830)

Dir by Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009)

Song from the Live performance of Agra Bazar 1989, New Delhi

Nazeer Akbarabadi (1735–1830)

Dir by Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009)

Song from the Live performance of Agra Bazar 1989, New Delhi

Recorded in Mumbai, 2015 this TV interview was first shown on Rajya Sabha TV.

Irfan talking to the Lyricist Swanand Kirkire (born 29 April 1972) in the longest running celebrity talk show Guftagoo

About Guftagoo

Guftagoo (Conversations) is India’s only uninterrupted, unscripted and unhurried celebrity talk show. Running since 2011 the show has a rich repository of 400+ TV shows varying from 30 to 160 minutes.

It’s a unique show interviewing distinguished personalities from various fields of arts and culture. The celebrated anchor Syed Mohd Irfan is host of the show whose distinctive style of conversation forms the essence of the show allowing guests to express their raw emotions. The in-depth interviews provide the viewers an intimate look in the inner worlds of the guests invited to the show. It helps them understand the guest`s life experiences, emotional conflicts, inspirations and struggles that brought out the artist in them and shaped the way they perceive the world.

This documentation of the life journeys of various artists, also serves as a popular audio-visual archive for anthropological studies.

Earlier aired on Rajya Sabha TV for a decade by the name of Guftagoo, show presented to its viewers, the journeys of  personalities from various fields, such as Tom Alter, Gulzar, Javed Akhtar, Irrfan Khan, Jaya Bachchan,Naseeruddin Shah, John Abraham, Jackie Shroff, Nandita Sen, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Milkha Singh, and Shyam Benegal to name a few. Stay tuned.

Audio bounce of a TV interview.

The entire Guftagoo playlist on YouTube Link

Image Courtesy Irfan's Archive

Nazeer Akbarabadi (1735–1830)

Dir by Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009)

Song from the Live performance of Agra Bazar 1989, New Delhi