Kalpana (1948)

Directed by

Uday Shankar

Genre

fantasy film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 34m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young dancer dreams of founding his own dance academy. The film is presented entirely as a fantasy ballet, blending classical dance with dream sequences.

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What happens

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 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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