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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]], | 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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Uma | |
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| Born | 1923 Lahore, British India |
| Died | 13 November 2009 (aged 85–86) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Journalist, Actress, Broadcaster |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2; Ketan Anand and Vivek Anand |
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 (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] She died on 13 November, 2009.[5]
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.[6] Her last book, Chetan Anand: The Poetics of Film, was co-authored with her eldest son Ketan Anand,[7] and it portrayed life in the theatre and cinema in Mumbai, India in the early 1940s and 1950s.
Filmography
References
- ↑ "Chetan Anand - The Dynasty Founder". film ka ilm. 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.
- ↑ Singh, Khushwant. "Flowers appear on plant". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
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