Kalpana (1960 film)

1960 Indian film

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Kalpana

Directed by| R. K. Rakhan
Written by| Akhtar-Ul-Iman
Jalal Malihabadi
R. K. Rakhan
Produced by| T. S. Ganesh
Ashok Kumar
Starring| Ashok Kumar
Padmini
Ragini
Cinematography| Ratan L. Nagar
Edited by| Bimal Roy
Music by| O. P. Nayyar

Production
company

Ashok Pictures Pvt. Ltd.

Release date

* 1960 (1960)

Country| India
Language| Hindi

Kalpana is a 1960 Indian Hindi-language romantic film directed by R.K. Rakhan starring Ashok Kumar, Padmini and Ragini.[1] The music was composed by O. P. Nayyar.[2] Lyrics were by Hasrat Jaipuri, Qamar Jalalabadi, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan & Jan Nisar Akhtar.

## Plot

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Widower Amar (Kumar) leads a middle-class lifestyle in Bombay along with his widowed mother and a daughter, Munni. His wife died soon after giving birth to Munni. Amar is the principal of Bharti Kala Kendra. When he goes for a vacation to Kashmir with his butler, D'Souza, he meets and falls in love with a woman named Kalpana (Padmini) and includes her in his painting. They meet several times and are drawn to each other. One day when Amar goes to propose, he finds out that they have left for an unknown destination. When he returns home by train he meets another young woman, Asha (Ragini), who he subsequently hires as the Kendra's dance teacher. He takes her home to meet his mother and Munni and both approve of her hoping that she will marry Amar. He watches Kalpana performing a dance item in the theatre, meets her and they rekindle their romance. Asha notices this and steps away, heartbroken. Amar asks Kalpana to go and meet his mother and Munni, which she does. During this meeting, they have an unexpected visitor, Johar, who is Kalpana's brother, and this is when the truth about Kalpana, her mother and their background surfaces, creating a furore in the lives of all of them. How things are sorted out makes up the latter part of the movie.

## Cast

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* Ashok Kumar as Amar
* Padmini as Kalpana
* Ragini as Asha
* Achala Sachdev as Kishori Bai
* Sunder as D'Souza
* Baby Farida as Munni
* Iftekhar as Johar

## Soundtrack

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Song | Singer | Lyricist

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"O ji, Sawan Mein Bhi Hoon Bekarar"  | Asha Bhosle | Hasrat Jaipuri
"Jaaye jahaan meri nazar....Phir Bhi Hai Dil Bekarar"  | Asha Bhosle  | Qamar Jalalabadi
"Bekasi Had Se Jab"  | Asha Bhosle  | Jan Nisar Akhtar
"Chale aao khareedaron...Hamen Maro Na Nainon Ke Baan"  | Asha Bhosle  | Qamar Jalalabadi
"Aana Aana Atariya Pe"  | Asha Bhosle  | Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
"Humko Samajh Na Lijiye"  | Asha Bhosle  | Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
"Assalaam Aalekum Babu, Kaho Kaisa Haal Hai"  | Asha Bhosle, Sudha Malhotra | Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
"Main Khidki Pe Aaungi, Jab Sham Ko Suraj Dhalega"  | Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi | Qamar Jalalabadi
"Pyara Pyara Hai Sama, Saiyan Jate Ho Kahan"  | Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi  | Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
"Tu Hai Mera Prem Devta, In Charanon Ki Dasi Hoon"  | Manna Dey, Mohammed Rafi  | Qamar Jalalabadi

## References

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1. ^ "Kalpana (1960)". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
2. ^ Hungama, Bollywood (1 January 1960). "Kalpana Cast List | Kalpana Movie Star Cast | Release Date | Movie Trailer | Review- Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

## External links

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* Kalpana at IMDb

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