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{{Short description|1960 Indian film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Kalpana
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| director = R. K. Rakhan
| producer = T. S. Ganesh Ashok Kumar
| writer = Akhtar-Ul-Iman Jalal Malihabadi R. K. Rakhan
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = [[Ashok Kumar]] [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] [[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]]
| narrator =
| music = [[O. P. Nayyar]]
| cinematography = Ratan L. Nagar
| editing = [[Bimal Roy]]
| studio = Ashok Pictures Pvt. Ltd.
| distributor =
| released = 1960
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Kalpana''''' is a romantic [[Bollywood films of 1960|1960]] [[Bollywood]] film starring [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]], [[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]] in lead roles and music was composed by [[O. P. Nayyar]].

==Plot==
Widower Amar ([[Ashok Kumar]]) leads a middle-class lifestyle in Bombay along with his widowed mom, and a daughter, Munni. Amar's wife passed away soon after giving birth to Munni. Amar is working as the Principal of Bharti Kala Kendra. When he goes for a vacation to Kashmir with his butler, D'Souza, he meets with and falls in love with a woman named Kalpana ([[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]]) and includes her in his painting. They meet several times and are drawn to each other. One day when Amar goes to propose, he finds out they have left for an unknown destination. When he returns home by train he meets with another young woman, Asha ([[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]]), who he subsequently hires as the Kendra's dance teacher. He takes her home to meet his mom, and Munni and both approve of her hoping that she will marry Amar. Then Amar watches Kalpana performing a dance item in the theater, meets with her and both rekindle their romance. Asha notices this and steps away, albeit heartbroken. Amar asks Kalpana to go and meet his mother and Munni, which she does. It is during this meeting that they get an unexpected visitor, Johar, who is Kalpana's brother, and this is when the truth about Kalpana, her mom, and their background surfaces - creating a furore in the lives of all of them.
How things are sorted out makes up the latter part of the movie.

==Cast==
* [[Ashok Kumar]] as Amar
* [[Padmini (actress)|Padmini]] as Kalpana
* [[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]] as Asha
* [[Achala Sachdev]] as Kishori Bai
* [[Sunder (actor)|Sunder]] as D'Souza
* [[Baby Farida]] as Munni
* [[Iftekhar]] as Johar

==Soundtrack==
{|class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Sawan Mein Hoon Bekarar"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Phir Bhi Hai Dil Bekarar"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Bekasi Hadh Se Jab"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Hamen Maro Na"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Aana Aana Atariya Pe"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Humko Samajh Na Lijiye"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Assalaam Aalekum Babu, Kaho Kaisa Haal Hai"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Sudha Malhotra]]
|-
| "Main Khidki Pe Aaungi, Jab Sham Ko Suraj Dhalega"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Pyara Pyara Hai Sama, Saiyan Jate Ho Kahan"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Tu Hai Mera Prem Devta, In Charanon Ki Dasi Hoon"
| [[Manna Dey]], [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
|}

==External links==
{{IMDb title|0271587}}

[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by O. P. Nayyar]]
[[Category:Indian films]]

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Kalpana 1960 film - Revision history

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