Kalpana (1948 film)
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.
| Kalpana | |
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| Directed by | Uday Shankar |
| Screenplay by | Amritlal Nagar |
| Story by | Uday Shankar |
| Starring | Uday Shankar Amala Shankar Lakshmi Kanta |
| Cinematography | K. Ramnoth |
| Edited by | N. K. Gopal |
| Music by | Vishnudas Shirali |
Production companies | Gemini Studios, Madras |
| Distributed by | Uday Shankar Production |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Kalpana was the first film to present an Indian classical dancer in the leading role, and was entirely shot as a dance ballet and a fantasy.
It was shown at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI-Goa) (2008), as a part of the section "Treasures from NFAI" (National Film Archive of India), with other "rare gems" from the archives.
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