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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Kalpana Mohan<br />
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| image = Kalpana-Mohan-pic.jpg<br />
| image_size = 222px<br />
| birth_name = Kalpana Mohan<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1946|7|18}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|01|04|1946|07|18}}<br />
| death_place = Pune, Maharashtra<br />
| other_names = <br />
| yearsactive =1962–1967<br />
| known_for = ''[[Professor (1962 film)|Professor]]''<br />
| occupation = Actress<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kalpana''' (18 July 1946 – 4 January 2012), born '''Archana Mohan''', was an Indian actress who worked in [[Bollywood|Hindi cinema]] in the 1960s. She appeared with [[Shammi Kapoor]] in the 1962 film ''[[Professor (1962 film)|Professor]]'', with [[Shashi Kapoor]] and [[Kishore Kumar]] in ''[[Pyar Kiye Jaa]]'' (1966), with Dev Anand in ''[[Teen Devian]]'', with Pradeep Kumar in ''Saheli'' and with Feroz Khan in ''Tasveer'' and ''Teesra Kaun''. Daughter of revolutionary Avani Mohan, she was also an accomplished Kathak dancer trained under Pandit [[Shambhu Maharaj]]. She lived in [[Pune]] with her family.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shelke|first=Gitesh|title=Professor's beauty found|url=http://www.punemirror.in/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=62&contentid=2011060320110603063832874146d3db3|access-date=7 September 2011|newspaper=Pune Mirror|date=3 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907175151/http://www.punemirror.in/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=62&contentid=2011060320110603063832874146d3db3|archive-date=7 September 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>She lived for some time in Ambala Cantt. For some years she went to a school in Ambala Cantt. Her father was working in Khadi and village Industries Commission in the state office situated on Nicklson road in Ambala Cant during 1962-63.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Kalpana Mohan was born as Archana Mohan in Srinagar on 18 July 1946. She is of [[Punjabis|Panjabi]] and [[Dogra]] descent. Her father, Avani Mohan, a freedom fighter and an active member of the [[All India Congress Committee]], was close to Pandit [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and other top Congress stalwarts.<ref name="Hindu"/> She was trained in [[Kathak]] and often invited by Nehru to dance at the Rashtrapati Bhavan whenever dignitaries visited.<ref name="TOI"/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Kalpana was spotted by actor Balraj Sahani and Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai, who encouraged her to come to [[Mumbai]]. Kalpana's first film, ''Pyaar Ki Jeet'', lasted a week in theatres. Her second film was ''Naughty Boy'' (1962). Her third film, ''Professor'', released in 1962 was a rare entertainer, which left the viewers delighted and satisfied.<ref name="Hindu"/> It starred [[Shammi Kapoor]], who earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Actor. In 1965, she had another successful film, ''Teen Devian'', with [[Dev Anand]]. Her next film, the comedy ''Pyar Kiye Jaa'' came out in 1966. Kalpana also starred in ''Biwi aur Makan'' opposite Biswajit in 1966. <ref name="TST">{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120219/spectrum/main9.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604211126/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120219/spectrum/main9.htm|archive-date=4 June 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She had a brief but successful stint in Bollywood in the 60's and 70's but stopped after she got married. Some of her last films were ''Saheli'' (1965), ''Picnic'' (1966), ''Tasveer'' (1966) and ''Nawab Siraj ud Daula'' in 1967.<ref name="TOI" /><ref name="Hindu"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ultraindia.com/film-details/1108-picnic|title=Picnic - 1966 - Rights|website=Ultra Media and Entertainment Pvt Ltd.|access-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510200454/http://www.ultraindia.com/film-details/1108-picnic|archive-date=10 May 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
=== Filmography ===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"<br />
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! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film<br />
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|1962<br />
|''Pyaar Ki Jeet''<br />
|Debut Film<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osianama.com/film-titles/pyar-ki-jeet-1962?classification=FILM+TITLE&cdt=Film+Title|title=The world's leading knowledge-base on the Indian arts, cinema & cultural heritage|website=www.osianama.com|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|1962<br />
|''[[Naughty Boy (film)|Naughty Boy]]''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|''[[Professor (1962 film)|Professor]]''<br />
|<ref name="Hindu"/><br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=3|1965<br />
|''Saheli''<br />
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|-<br />
|''[[Teen Devian]]''<br />
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|-<br />
|''Teesra Kaun''<br />
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osianama.com/film-titles/teesra-kaun-1965?classification=FILM+TITLE&cdt=Film+Title|title=The world's leading knowledge-base on the Indian arts, cinema & cultural heritage|website=www.osianama.com|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=4|1966<br />
|''Pyar Kiye Jaa''<br />
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|-<br />
|''Picnic''<br />
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|-<br />
|''Tasveer''<br />
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|-<br />
|''[[Biwi Aur Makan|Biwi aur Makan]]''<br />
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|-<br />
|1967<br />
|''Nawab Siraj ud Daula''<br />
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|-<br />
|1972<br />
|''[[Ek Bechara]]''<br />
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.osianama.com/film-titles/ek-bechara-1972?classification=FILM+TITLE&cdt=Film+Title|title=The world's leading knowledge-base on the Indian arts, cinema & cultural heritage|website=www.osianama.com|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref><br />
|}<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Kalpana was married twice. In the mid-1960s, she married and quickly divorced [[screenwriter]] and [[film director]] [[Sachin Bhowmick]]. In 1967, she married an [[Indian Navy]] officer, with whom she had her only daughter. She divorced him in 1972.<ref name="TST" /> Despite raising her daughter alone, she made sure to give her best education as possible. She continued to live in [[Mumbai]] for a while but stopped acting to take care of her daughter. She moved to Kalyani Nagar in the eastern region of Pune in the early 1990s and spent her remaining life there after doctors advised a cleaner climate for her health. Her daughter married and moved to the [[United States]] with her husband. Kalpana lived by herself in [[Pune]] and her health started deteriorating.<ref name="TOI"/><br />
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== Death ==<br />
In 2011, she had lodged a complaint at a Khadak police station in Pune stating three people had allegedly made a fake memorandum of understanding by forging her signature. She alleged that they then sold her 56.18 hectare plot of land she owned in Mauje Visagar village to Sahara City builders in 2007 with her forged signature. The stress over this matter weakened her health even more. <br />
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Her daughter and son-in-law came from the [[US]] to take care of her as she was in treatment for [[cancer]] and suffered from a bout of [[pneumonia]]. She died at the age of 65 in the early hours of 4 January 2012 at the [[Pune]] Hospital and Research Centre due to cancer. She is survived by her daughter Preeti Mansukhani, son-in-law Harish and grandchildren Yash and Khushi. Her final rites were performed at the Vaikunth crematorium amidst family and close friends. The news of her death was brought to public several days later as her family knew that many people had their eye on her property.<ref name="TOI">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Shammi-Kapoors-Gulbadan-Kalpana-Mohan-dies-at-65/articleshow/11433606.cms|title=Shammi Kapoor's 'Gulbadan', Kalpana Mohan, dies at 65 - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=10 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708220856/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Shammi-Kapoors-Gulbadan-Kalpana-Mohan-dies-at-65/articleshow/11433606.cms|archive-date=8 July 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Hindu">{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/A-beautys-successful-Bollywood-stint/article13372167.ece|title=A beauty's successful Bollywood stint|first=V.|last=Gangadhar|date=19 January 2012|work=The Hindu|access-date=28 April 2019|via=www.thehindu.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428052556/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/A-beautys-successful-Bollywood-stint/article13372167.ece|archive-date=28 April 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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