Fascinating accounts of Begum Akhtar emerged through conversations with several people who had been close to her in her life. These conversations and anecdotes were recorded on video and out of them emerged “Hai Akhtari”. The title derives from a lament that a lovelorn ‘deewana’ went about inscribing on the walls of old Lucknow the night she died
Link to video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnCbm...