Kalpana is a dramatic dance fantasy, about the story of a young dancer and his dream of setting up a dance academy.Kalpana is a dramatic dance fantasy, about the story of a young dancer and his dream of setting up a dance academy.Kalpana is a dramatic dance fantasy, about the story of a young dancer and his dream of setting up a dance academy.
Amala Shankar
- Uma
- (as Amala Uday Shankar)
G.V. Subbarao
- Drawing Master
- (as Dr. G.V. Subbarao)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaKalpana (1948) is entirely based on Uday Shankar's personal experience in 1938 of opening the 'Uday Shankar India Cultural Centre', at Simtola in Uttarakhand Himalayas. The Centre closed after four years for want of funds, whereupon he regrouped and moved to Madras to make the film Kalpana (1948). By 1965 he had settled in Ballygunge, Kolkata opened the "Uday Shankar Center for Dance" and been awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime contribution to Indian dance.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Century of Cinema: And the Show Goes On: Indian Chapter (1996)
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Watch it for the Cinematography
It's a genuine film. You could say an advertisment for Uday's future school and it will do its most to covey importance of purity and sincerity in your act (and in life). Taunts on the classless capitalists, disgust on prostitution, corruption of innocense and ultimately greed, you go through it all along the journey.
But you'll find a few shots, some sequences that'll stay with you forever. A sequence of typhoon could work well in a horror film. A shot of an agonized Uday could be a cover of a tragic novel. Film's dark sequnces can get really haunting sometimes.
No need to emphasize on the dance and choreography (not that I can if I wanted to), the main showpiece. Masters at play with their storytelling, I wouldnt know what to make of most of the moves. But its classical dancing in wide continuous shots, it's what every dance film/musical should aspire to be.
But you'll find a few shots, some sequences that'll stay with you forever. A sequence of typhoon could work well in a horror film. A shot of an agonized Uday could be a cover of a tragic novel. Film's dark sequnces can get really haunting sometimes.
No need to emphasize on the dance and choreography (not that I can if I wanted to), the main showpiece. Masters at play with their storytelling, I wouldnt know what to make of most of the moves. But its classical dancing in wide continuous shots, it's what every dance film/musical should aspire to be.
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- baijubhatt
- Jan 16, 2024
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- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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