Shaukat Kaifi

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Shaukat Kaifi
Kaifi in Umrao Jaan (1981)
Born	(1926-10-21)21 October 1926 Hyderabad State, British India
Died	22 November 2019(2019-11-22) (aged 93) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress
Political party	Communist Party of India
Spouse	Kaifi Azmi
Children	Shabana Azmi Baba Azmi
Relatives	Ishan Arya (nephew)
Family	Akhtar-Azmi family

Shaukat Kaifi (21 October 1926 – 22 November 2019),^[1] also credited as Shaukat Azmi, was an Indian theater and film actress. Her husband was the Urdu poet and film lyricist, Kaifi Azmi. The couple were leading lights of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) and the Progressive Writers Association (IWA), which were the cultural platforms of the Communist Party of India.