Kalpana (1948)
A dancer is determined to open a cultural center and breathe new life into India’s traditional artistic forms. Meanwhile, the visible adoration between him and his lead dancer arouses the jealousy of his enterprising companion.
- Date of release
- 1948-01-01
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 2h 34m
- Genres
- Music, Drama
- Director
- Uday Shankar
Casting
- Amala Shankar — Uma
- Lakshmi Kanta — Kamini
- Uday Shankar — Udayan & Writer
- G.V. Subbarao — Drawing Master
- Birendra Banerji — Noor
- Swaraj Mitter Gupta — Ramesh
- Anil Kumar Chopra — Madan & School Teacher
- Brijo Behari Banerji — Uma's Father
- Chiranjilal Shah — Gope
- Devilal Samar — Sundar
- K. Mukerjee — Grandfather
- Dulal Sen — Mama
Interesting facts
Kalpana (transl. Imagination) is a 1948 Indian Hindi-language dance film written and directed by dancer Uday Shankar. It is his only film. The story revolves around a young dancer's dream of setting up a dance academy, a reflection of Shankar's own academy, which he founded at Almora. It starred Uday Shankar and his wife Amala Shankar as leads.
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