<p> Tears well up in Shabana Azmi's eyes whenever she listens to ''Tum itna jo muskura rahe ho''. The song, with heart-warming lyrics, reminds her of her father, writer-lyricist Kaifi Azmi, in whose honour she has launched a compilation of his songs.<br /><br />The veteran actress says the song is very close to her heart, as it was penned by her father, and picturised on her in the 1982 film "Arth".<br /><br />“If stimulus was good, then actors didn't need to do anything...they just had to react. Such a wonderful situation it was and the song was so beautifully shot by Mahesh Bhatt. It had good tune and was sung in a nice voice. Even today when I listen to this song, my eyes fill with tears,” Shabana told IANS.<br /><br />The proud daughter decided to handpick a few of her father's songs and launched an album called "Legends - Kaifi Azmi", in association with music label Saregama, in Mumbai Friday.<br /><br />It was launched in the presence of father-daughter duo Anil Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor. Also present at the event were Shabana's husband, writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, and his children from first marriage -- Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar.<br /><br />The album is a compilation of evergreen songs penned by Kaifi Azmi, whose 90th birth anniversary falls Saturday.<br /><br />“I am delighted that Saregama is presenting 'Legends...' on the occasion of his 90th birth anniversary. I have selected these songs myself and hope that it will provide our listeners the same pleasure that it gives me,” said Shabana.<br /><br />The 61-year-old admits there is a magic in old songs that has gone missing from contemporary numbers.<br /><br />“Even today all the stage performers choose to sing old songs. They hardly sing today’s contemporary songs. Why do they choose old songs? There should be some reason behind this. I believe the reason behind this was the lyrics which keeps the song alive,” she said.</p>.<p>Shabana lost her father a decade back, and she still gets emotional when she talks about him. <br /><br />“Abba didn't talk much, but whenever he did talk, there was so much sweetness in it. Abba never scolded me ever in my life,” she said.</p>
<p> Tears well up in Shabana Azmi's eyes whenever she listens to ''Tum itna jo muskura rahe ho''. The song, with heart-warming lyrics, reminds her of her father, writer-lyricist Kaifi Azmi, in whose honour she has launched a compilation of his songs.<br /><br />The veteran actress says the song is very close to her heart, as it was penned by her father, and picturised on her in the 1982 film "Arth".<br /><br />“If stimulus was good, then actors didn't need to do anything...they just had to react. Such a wonderful situation it was and the song was so beautifully shot by Mahesh Bhatt. It had good tune and was sung in a nice voice. Even today when I listen to this song, my eyes fill with tears,” Shabana told IANS.<br /><br />The proud daughter decided to handpick a few of her father's songs and launched an album called "Legends - Kaifi Azmi", in association with music label Saregama, in Mumbai Friday.<br /><br />It was launched in the presence of father-daughter duo Anil Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor. Also present at the event were Shabana's husband, writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, and his children from first marriage -- Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar.<br /><br />The album is a compilation of evergreen songs penned by Kaifi Azmi, whose 90th birth anniversary falls Saturday.<br /><br />“I am delighted that Saregama is presenting 'Legends...' on the occasion of his 90th birth anniversary. I have selected these songs myself and hope that it will provide our listeners the same pleasure that it gives me,” said Shabana.<br /><br />The 61-year-old admits there is a magic in old songs that has gone missing from contemporary numbers.<br /><br />“Even today all the stage performers choose to sing old songs. They hardly sing today’s contemporary songs. Why do they choose old songs? There should be some reason behind this. I believe the reason behind this was the lyrics which keeps the song alive,” she said.</p>.<p>Shabana lost her father a decade back, and she still gets emotional when she talks about him. <br /><br />“Abba didn't talk much, but whenever he did talk, there was so much sweetness in it. Abba never scolded me ever in my life,” she said.</p>