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	\| name = Uma		\| name = Uma
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	\| birth_date = {{Birth ~~year~~\|1923}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date text\|1923}}
	\| birth_place = [[Lahore]], British India		\| birth_place = [[Lahore]], British India
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2009\|11\|13\|1923}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2009\|11\|13\|1923}}
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	~~\| nationality = [[India]]n~~
	\| occupation = [[Journalist]], [[Actress]], [[Television presenter\|Broadcaster]]		\| occupation = [[Journalist]], [[Actress]], [[Television presenter\|Broadcaster]]
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|[[Chetan Anand (director)\|Chetan Anand]]\|1943\|1997\|end=died}}		\| spouse = {{marriage\|[[Chetan Anand (director)\|Chetan Anand]]\|1943\|1997\|end=died}}
	\| children = 2; [[Ketan Anand]] and [[Vivek Anand]]		\| children = 2; [[Ketan Anand]] and [[Vivek Anand]]
			\|family = [[Anand family]]
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	'''Uma Anand''' (1923 – 13 November 2009) was an Indian journalist, actress, and a broadcaster in the mid-1900s.		'''Uma Anand''' (1923 – 13 November 2009) was an Indian journalist, actress, and a broadcaster in the mid-1900s.

	She was born in 1923 in [[Lahore]], Punjab, British India to a ~~prominent~~ Bengali Christian family. One of her sisters, [[Indu Mitha]], is a ~~Bharatnatyam~~ exponent based in Pakistan. Uma was the wife of the ~~prominent~~ Bollywood film director [[Chetan Anand (director)\|Chetan Anand]] (married in 1943)<ref name="filmkailm">{{cite web\|url=http://www.filmkailm.com/chetan-anand-the-dynasty-founder/\|~~title~~=~~Chetan Anand - The Dynasty Founder~~\|website=film ka ilm\|~~access~~-date=7 September 2017}}</ref> and mother of [[Ketan Anand]] and [[Vivek Anand]]. She worked as an actress in ''[[Neecha Nagar]]'' (1946). She also wrote ''[[Taxi Driver (1954 film)\|Taxi Driver]]'' with her husband Chetan and her brother-in-law [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)\|Vijay Anand]], that starred her mother's cousin [[Kalpana Kartik]]<ref name="cineplot">{{cite web\|url=http://cineplot.com/kalpana-kartik-interview/\|~~title~~=~~Kalpana Kartik – Interview~~\|website=cineplot.com~~\|access-date=7 September 2017~~}}</ref> and her brother-in-law [[Dev Anand]].<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web\|~~url~~=~~http://~~www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fri\|~~website=thehindu.com\|title~~=www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fri\|access-date=7 September 2017}} {{~~deadlink~~\|date=November 2018}}</ref> After estrangement from her husband, she became a companion of [[Ebrahim Alkazi]].<ref name="thehindu2">{{cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/lsquoMother-India-Uma-Anand/article15940540.ece\|title='Mother India' Uma Anand\|~~newspaper~~=The Hindu\|date=20 November 2009\|access-date=11 ~~November 2018~~}}</ref> ~~She died on 13 November~~, ~~2009.~~<ref>{{cite web\|last=~~Singh~~\|first=~~Khushwant~~\|title=~~Flowers appear on plant~~\|url=http://www.~~telegraphindia~~.com/~~1091128~~/~~jsp~~/~~opinion/story_11786835~~.~~jsp~~\|~~publisher~~=The ~~Telegraph~~\|access-date=28 December 2012}}</ref>		==Life==
			She was born in 1923 in [[Lahore]], Punjab, British India to a Bengali Christian family. One of her sisters, [[Indu Mitha]], is a Bharatanatyam exponent based in Pakistan.

			Uma was the wife of the Bollywood film director [[Chetan Anand (director)\|Chetan Anand]] (married in 1943)<ref name="filmkailm">{{cite web \|title=Chetan Anand - The Dynasty Founder \|url=http://www.filmkailm.com/chetan-anand-the-dynasty-founder/ \|access-date=7 September 2017 \|website=film ka ilm \|archive-date=8 September 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908021458/http://www.filmkailm.com/chetan-anand-the-dynasty-founder/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref> and mother of [[Ketan Anand]] and Vivek Anand. She worked as an actress in ''[[Neecha Nagar]]'' (1946). She also wrote ''[[Taxi Driver (1954 film)\|Taxi Driver]]'' with her husband Chetan and her brother-in-law [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)\|Vijay Anand]], that starred her mother's cousin [[Kalpana Kartik]]<ref name="cineplot">{{cite web \|title=Kalpana Kartik – Interview \|url=http://cineplot.com/kalpana-kartik-interview/ \|access-date=7 September 2017 \|website=cineplot.com}}</ref> and her brother-in-law [[Dev Anand]].<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web \|title=www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fri \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fri \|access-date=7 September 2017 \|website=thehindu.com}} {{dead link\|date=November 2018}}</ref> After estrangement from her husband, she became a companion of [[Ebrahim Alkazi]].<ref name="thehindu2">{{cite news \|date=20 November 2009 \|title='Mother India' Uma Anand \|newspaper=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/lsquoMother-India-Uma-Anand/article15940540.ece \|access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref>

			From 1965 to 1981, Anand was an editor of ''Sangeet Natak'', a journal published by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]. She also wrote many children books that were translated and published in different Indian languages by the [[National Book Trust]] of India.<ref>{{cite web \|last=Suresh \|first=Kohli \|title='Mother India' Uma Anand \|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/11/20/stories/2009112050040100.htm \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125152301/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/11/20/stories/2009112050040100.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=25 January 2013 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|date=20 November 2009 \|access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref> Her last book, ''Chetan Anand: The Poetics of Film'', was co-authored with her eldest son Ketan Anand,<ref>{{cite web \|last=Aditi \|first=Tandon \|title=Family Affair \|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060326/society.htm \|work=The Tribune \|access-date=28 December 2012 \|archive-date=14 June 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614025347/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060326/society.htm \|url-status=dead }}</ref> and it portrayed life in the theatre and cinema in [[Mumbai]], India in the early 1940s and 1950s.

	~~==Life==~~		She died on 13 November 2009.<ref>{{cite web \|last=Singh \|first=Khushwant \|title=Flowers appear on plant \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091128/jsp/opinion/story_11786835.jsp \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203120830/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091128/jsp/opinion/story_11786835.jsp \|archive-date=3 February 2013 \|access-date=28 December 2012 \|publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref>
	~~From 1965 to 1981, Anand was an editor of Sangeet Natak, a journal published by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]].~~ She ~~also wrote many children books that were translated and published in different Indian languages by [[National Book Trust]] of India~~.<ref>{{cite web\|last=~~Suresh~~\|first=~~Kohli~~\|title=~~'Mother India' Uma Anand~~\|url=http://www.~~hindu~~.com/fr/~~2009~~/11/~~20/stories/2009112050040100~~.~~htm~~\|archive-url=https://archive.today/~~20130125152301~~/http://www.~~hindu~~.com/~~fr/2009/11~~/20/~~stories~~/~~2009112050040100~~.~~htm\|url-status=dead~~\|archive-date=~~25 January~~ 2013~~\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2009-11-20~~\|access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref> Her last book, ''Chetan Anand: The Poetics of Film'', was co-authored with her eldest son Ketan Anand,<ref>{{cite web\|last=Aditi\|first=Tandon\|title=Family Affair\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060326/society.htm\|~~work~~=The ~~Tribune\|access-date=28 December 2012~~}}</ref> ~~and it portrayed life in the theatre and cinema in [[Mumbai]], India in the early 1940s and 1950s.~~

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	'''Uma Anand''' (1923 – 13 November 2009) was an Indian journalist, actress, and a broadcaster in the mid-1900s.		'''Uma Anand''' (1923 – 13 November 2009) was an Indian journalist, actress, and a broadcaster in the mid-1900s.

	She was born in 1923 in [[Lahore]], ~~Pakistan~~ to a prominent Bengali Christian family. One of her sisters, [[Indu Mitha]], is a Bharatnatyam exponent based in Pakistan. Uma was the wife of the prominent Bollywood film director [[Chetan Anand (director)\|Chetan Anand]] (married in 1943)<ref name="filmkailm">{{cite web\|url=http://www.filmkailm.com/chetan-anand-the-dynasty-founder/\|title=Chetan Anand - The Dynasty Founder\|website=film ka ilm\|access-date=7 September 2017}}</ref> and mother of [[Ketan Anand]] and [[Vivek Anand]]. She worked as an actress in ''[[Neecha Nagar]]'' (1946). She also wrote ''[[Taxi Driver (1954 film)\|Taxi Driver]]'' with her husband Chetan and her brother-in-law [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)\|Vijay Anand]], that starred her mother's cousin [[Kalpana Kartik]]<ref name="cineplot">{{cite web\|url=http://cineplot.com/kalpana-kartik-interview/\|title=Kalpana Kartik – Interview\|website=cineplot.com\|access-date=7 September 2017}}</ref> and her brother-in-law [[Dev Anand]].<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fri\|website=thehindu.com\|title=www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fri\|access-date=7 September 2017}} {{deadlink\|date=November 2018}}</ref> After estrangement from her husband, she became a companion of [[Ebrahim Alkazi]].<ref name="thehindu2">{{cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/lsquoMother-India-Uma-Anand/article15940540.ece\|title='Mother India' Uma Anand\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=20 November 2009\|access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref> She died on 13 November, 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Singh\|first=Khushwant\|title=Flowers appear on plant\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091128/jsp/opinion/story_11786835.jsp\|publisher=The Telegraph\|access-date=28 December 2012}}</ref>		She was born in 1923 in [[Lahore]], Punjab, British India to a prominent Bengali Christian family. One of her sisters, [[Indu Mitha]], is a Bharatnatyam exponent based in Pakistan. Uma was the wife of the prominent Bollywood film director [[Chetan Anand (director)\|Chetan Anand]] (married in 1943)<ref name="filmkailm">{{cite web\|url=http://www.filmkailm.com/chetan-anand-the-dynasty-founder/\|title=Chetan Anand - The Dynasty Founder\|website=film ka ilm\|access-date=7 September 2017}}</ref> and mother of [[Ketan Anand]] and [[Vivek Anand]]. She worked as an actress in ''[[Neecha Nagar]]'' (1946). She also wrote ''[[Taxi Driver (1954 film)\|Taxi Driver]]'' with her husband Chetan and her brother-in-law [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)\|Vijay Anand]], that starred her mother's cousin [[Kalpana Kartik]]<ref name="cineplot">{{cite web\|url=http://cineplot.com/kalpana-kartik-interview/\|title=Kalpana Kartik – Interview\|website=cineplot.com\|access-date=7 September 2017}}</ref> and her brother-in-law [[Dev Anand]].<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fri\|website=thehindu.com\|title=www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fri\|access-date=7 September 2017}} {{deadlink\|date=November 2018}}</ref> After estrangement from her husband, she became a companion of [[Ebrahim Alkazi]].<ref name="thehindu2">{{cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/lsquoMother-India-Uma-Anand/article15940540.ece\|title='Mother India' Uma Anand\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=20 November 2009\|access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref> She died on 13 November, 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Singh\|first=Khushwant\|title=Flowers appear on plant\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091128/jsp/opinion/story_11786835.jsp\|publisher=The Telegraph\|access-date=28 December 2012}}</ref>

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| birth_place = [[Lahore]], Pakistan
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| nationality = [[India]]n
| occupation = [[Journalist]], [[Actress]], [[Television presenter|Broadcaster]]
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| children = 2; [[Ketan Anand]] and [[Vivek Anand]]
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'''Uma Anand''' (1923 – 13 November 2009) was an Indian journalist, actress, and a broadcaster in the mid-1900s.

She was born in 1923 in [[Lahore]], Pakistan to a prominent Bengali Christian family. One of her sisters, [[Indu Mitha]], is a Bharatnatyam exponent based in Pakistan. Uma was the wife of the prominent Bollywood film director [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]] (married in 1943)<ref name="filmkailm">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmkailm.com/chetan-anand-the-dynasty-founder/|title=Chetan Anand - The Dynasty Founder|website=film ka ilm|access-date=7 September 2017}}</ref> and mother of [[Ketan Anand]] and [[Vivek Anand]]. She worked as an actress in ''[[Neecha Nagar]]'' (1946). She also wrote ''[[Taxi Driver (1954 film)|Taxi Driver]]'' with her husband Chetan and her brother-in-law [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]], that starred her mother's cousin [[Kalpana Kartik]]<ref name="cineplot">{{cite web|url=http://cineplot.com/kalpana-kartik-interview/|title=Kalpana Kartik – Interview|website=cineplot.com|access-date=7 September 2017}}</ref> and her brother-in-law [[Dev Anand]].<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fri|website=thehindu.com|title=www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fri|access-date=7 September 2017}} {{deadlink|date=November 2018}}</ref> After estrangement from her husband, she became a companion of [[Ebrahim Alkazi]].<ref name="thehindu2">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/lsquoMother-India-Uma-Anand/article15940540.ece|title='Mother India' Uma Anand|newspaper=The Hindu|date=20 November 2009|access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref> She died on 13 November, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|last=Singh|first=Khushwant|title=Flowers appear on plant|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091128/jsp/opinion/story_11786835.jsp|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=28 December 2012}}</ref>

==Life==
From 1965 to 1981, Anand was an editor of Sangeet Natak, a journal published by the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]. She also wrote many children books that were translated and published in different Indian languages by [[National Book Trust]] of India.<ref>{{cite web|last=Suresh|first=Kohli|title='Mother India' Uma Anand|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/11/20/stories/2009112050040100.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125152301/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/11/20/stories/2009112050040100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2009-11-20|access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref> Her last book, ''Chetan Anand: The Poetics of Film'', was co-authored with her eldest son Ketan Anand,<ref>{{cite web|last=Aditi|first=Tandon|title=Family Affair|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060326/society.htm|work=The Tribune|access-date=28 December 2012}}</ref> and it portrayed life in the theatre and cinema in [[Mumbai]], India in the early 1940s and 1950s.

==Filmography==
* ''[[Neecha Nagar|Neecha Nagar (1946)]]''
* ''[[Taxi Driver (1954 film)|Taxi Driver (1954)]]''

==References==
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[[Category:Actresses from Lahore]]
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[[Category:2009 deaths]]
[[Category:Women writers from Punjab, Pakistan]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Pakistani film actresses]]
[[Category: Indian film actresses]]

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