Uma Anand

Uma
Born 1923
Lahore, Pakistan
Died 13 November 2009(2009-11-13) (aged 85–86)
Nationality Indian
Occupation Journalist, Actress, Broadcaster
Spouse(s)
Chetan Anand (m. 1943)
Children 2; Ketan Anand and Vivek Anand

Uma Anand (1923 – November 13, 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 November 13, 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

  1. ↑ "Chetan Anand - The Dynasty Founder". film ka ilm. 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.
  4. ↑ "‘Mother India' Uma Anand - DELI". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Singh, Khushwant. "Flowers appear on plant". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  6. ↑ Suresh, Kohli. "'Mother India' Uma Anand". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Aditi, Tandon. "Family Affair". The Tribune. Retrieved 28 December 2012.



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