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{{short description|Indian journalist and actress}}
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| name = Uma  
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| birth_date = {{Birth year|1923}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date text|1923}}
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], Pakistan
| 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]]
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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>
==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.


==Filmography==
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Uma
BornTemplate:Birth date text
Lahore, British India
Died13 November 2009(2009-11-13) (aged 85–86)
OccupationJournalist, Actress, Broadcaster
Spouse(s)
​
(
m. 1943; died 1997)
Children2; Ketan Anand and Vivek Anand
FamilyAnand 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]

  1. ↑ "Chetan Anand - The Dynasty Founder". film ka ilm. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Kalpana Kartik – Interview". cineplot.com. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fri". thehindu.com. Retrieved 7 September 2017. [dead link]
  4. ↑ "'Mother India' Uma Anand". The Hindu. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Suresh, Kohli (20 November 2009). "'Mother India' Uma Anand". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 December 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ Aditi, Tandon. "Family Affair". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Singh, Khushwant. "Flowers appear on plant". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 December 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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