KALPANA MOHAN,FORGOTTEN HINDI ACTRESS BORN 1946 JULY 18 - 2012 JANUARY 4
KALPANA MOHAN,FORGOTTEN HINDI ACTRESS BORN 1946 JULY 18 - 2012 JANUARY 4 . On January 04 , 2012 Kalpana , yesteryear actor a.k.a. Kalpana Mohan , died in a Pune hospital at the age of 65 . She was battling cancer for 5 years . I do know , the name Kalpana does not ring a familiar bell . Today’s generation is oblivious of her name and ignorant of her work . It is sad state of affair that news of her death appeared in national news papers 6 days later . Even a film news paper like Screen failed to report her death in the latest issue ., But cine – goers of my generation will always remember her fondly . She did two super hit films like ; ” Professor ” and ” Teen Devian ” in 1962 and 1965 respectively . Born in Srinagar in a family of freedom fighters , Kalpana was a trained Kathak dancer . At the insistence of Balraj Sahani and Ismat Chughtai she moved to Bombay [ now Mumbai ] and made debut in ” Professor ” [ 1962 ] , a Shammi Kapoor starrer . ...