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{{short description|Indian journalist and actress}} | {{short description|Indian journalist and actress}} | ||
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{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| name = Uma | | name = Uma | ||
| image = | | image = | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth | | 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}} | ||
| death_place = | | death_place = | ||
| 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]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''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 | ==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. | |||
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> | |||
==Filmography== | ==Filmography== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Anand, Uma}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Anand, Uma}} | ||
[[Category:Actresses from Lahore]] | [[Category:Actresses from Lahore]] | ||
[[Category:Journalists from Lahore]] | [[Category:Journalists from Lahore]] | ||
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[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]] | [[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]] | ||
[[Category:Indian film actresses]] | [[Category:Indian film actresses]] | ||
[[Category:Anand–Sahni family]] | |||
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Uma | |
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| Born | 1923 Lahore, British India |
| Died | 13 November 2009 (aged 85–86) |
| Occupation | Journalist, Actress, Broadcaster |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2; Ketan Anand and Vivek Anand |
| Family | Anand family |
Uma Anand (1923 – 13 November 2009) was an Indian journalist, actress, and a broadcaster in the mid-1900s.
Life[edit | edit source]
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 (married in 1943)[1] and mother of Ketan Anand and Vivek Anand. She worked as an actress in Neecha Nagar (1946). She also wrote Taxi Driver with her husband Chetan and her brother-in-law Vijay Anand, that starred her mother's cousin Kalpana Kartik[2] and her brother-in-law Dev Anand.[3] After estrangement from her husband, she became a companion of Ebrahim Alkazi.[4]
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.[5] Her last book, Chetan Anand: The Poetics of Film, was co-authored with her eldest son Ketan Anand,[6] and it portrayed life in the theatre and cinema in Mumbai, India in the early 1940s and 1950s.
She died on 13 November 2009.[7]
Filmography[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Chetan Anand - The Dynasty Founder". film ka ilm. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ↑ "Kalpana Kartik – Interview". cineplot.com. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ↑ "www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fri". thehindu.com. Retrieved 7 September 2017. [dead link]
- ↑ "'Mother India' Uma Anand". The Hindu. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ↑ Suresh, Kohli (20 November 2009). "'Mother India' Uma Anand". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Aditi, Tandon. "Family Affair". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ↑ Singh, Khushwant. "Flowers appear on plant". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)