Kalpana
Alternate title(s): Imagination
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Date: January 01, 1948 to December 31, 1948
Dates Note: 1948
Country of Origin:
India
Place of Origin: India
Languages:
Hindi
Color: B&W
Silent: No
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Additional Info:
Restored in 2008 by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project at Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata in association with the family of Uday Shankar, the National Film Archive of India, and Dungarpur Films; restoration funding provided by Doha Film Institute
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Safeguarding Cinema: Film Archivists in PersonDescription:
A cinematic ballet and a visual feast, this experimental drama, the only film by celebrated dancer Uday Shankar (brother of sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar), is the semi-autobiographical story of a young man’s dream to establish an arts academy in the Himalayas. With influences ranging from German Expressionism to Indian folk and classical forms, the film captured the ethos of a newly independent India eager to fuse modernity and tradition.
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