Shama zaidi | Unboxed Writers

She reminds me of Umrao because she really was. The young Umrao in Muzaffar Ali's 1981 classic film, I mean. Years later I met her as an artist in her own right, not just as the daughter of MS Sathyu ...Read More

Painting A Dream

Written by Reema Moudgil.
Posted on February 3, 2013.
Also tagged as Amir Khusrau, art, ms sathyu, Seema Sathyu.
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I am fishing for the right quote by Manto to begin this write-up. As I unearth some old books from my college days, I realise that Manto is not someone, who can be put away between the pages of history ...Read More

Longing For Manto

Written by Vidhi Salla.
Posted on May 10, 2012.
Also tagged as Arwa Mamaji, Javed Siddiqui, Naseeruddin Shah, Prithvi theatre, Priya Nijhara, Saadat Hasan Manto, Urdu literature, Urduwallahs.
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Memories are like films. Some fade away and some are revisited again and again. Like my interview with Shama Zaidi. Years later, I can still remember her voice pulsing across a long-distance telephone line. As full of character as her writing. ...Read More

Shama Zaidi-Burning Bright

Written by Reema Moudgil.
Posted on March 19, 2012.
Also tagged as garam hawa, ms sathyu, Nishant, Shyam Benegal, umrao jaan.
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