Uma
| Uma | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1923 Lahore, Pakistan |
| 13 November 2009 (aged 85–86)13 November 2009 (aged 85–86) | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Chetan Anand (m. 1943; died 1997) |
| 👶 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, 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 (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’s 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
- Neecha Nagar (1946)
- Taxi Driver (1954)
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. "'Mother India' Uma Anand". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ↑ Aditi, Tandon. "Family Affair". The Tribune. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
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