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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 . [1]
Edit page. Kalpana: Directed by Uday Shankar. With Uday Shankar, Amala Shankar, Lakshmi Kanta, G.V. Subbarao. Kalpana is a dramatic dance fantasy, about the story of a young dancer and his dream of setting up a dance academy.
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- Musical
- Uday Shankar
- 1948
Oct 28, 2021 · Udayan and Uma are a married couple and talented classical dancers who wish to set up a dance academy. They face numerous obstacles in their way but eventually achieve it. ...more. Udayan and Uma...
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Unfolding as an epic film within a film, Kalpana tells the story of a dancer (the director himself) who is determined to open a cultural center and breathe new life into India’s traditional artistic forms.
- Udayan, Film Director
Sep 28, 2022 · Constructed as a film within a film, a dream within a dream, Kalpana is framed by a story about a desperate director, played by Shankar himself, who attempts to convince a greedy, box-office-obsessed producer to finance his film.
The only film directed by dance maestro Uday Shankar, Kalpana is a hallucination-inducing, trippy work of expressionism that primarily uses the grammar of dance and music in various forms. All musical instruments used in this film are of Indian origin.
Kalpana is a 1948 Hindi film featuring a dance-drama, written and directed by noted 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.
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