Faiz Ahmed Faiz writes in his poem Subh-e-Azadi or ‘Dawn of Freedom’: “This stained, pitted first-light, this day-break, battered by night This dawn that we all ached for, this is not that ...

Shabana Azmi, who recently completed 50 years of working in the Indian cinema, spoke fondly to BBC News about legendary poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz and recited some of her favourite verses from him.