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'''Kamna Chandra''' is an Indian film writer who has written plays for radio ([[All India Radio|AIR]]), stories and dialogues for films ''[[Chandni (film)|Chandni]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/4120|title=Women in Yash Chopra's films {{!}} Latest Movie Features - Bollywood Hungama|last=Hungama|first=Bollywood|website=www.bollywoodhungama.com|access-date=2016-07-02}}</ref>'', [[1942: A Love Story|1942 A Love Story]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-part-of-the-cost-of-the-set-was-borne-by-jackie-shroff/20120404.htm#1|title=How 1942 A Love Story was made|access-date=2016-07-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/friends-and-neighbours/15737153|title=Friends and neighbours|access-date=2016-07-02}}</ref> and ''[[Prem Rog]]'' and television show ''[[Kashish (TV show)|Kashish]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/jun/02tanu.htm|title=Rediff On The Net, Movies: Writer, director, likely star|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref>

==Biography==
Kamna hails from [[Muzaffarnagar]] (UP) and did part of her schooling from MKP College, Dehradun,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amarujala.com/dehradun/interview-of-kamna-chandra|title='रेडियो पर सुना आजादी का ऐलान तो झूम उठे थे हम'- Amarujala|language=hi-IN|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> after which she did her bachelor's degree from [[University of Allahabad|Allahabad University]], and was then married to business executive Navin Chandra<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shaaditimes.com/celebrities/wedding-stories/kamna-navin-040412|title=Kamna & Navin Chandra|website=shaaditimes|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> She is the mother of author [[Vikram Chandra (novelist)|Vikram Chandra]], film critic [[Anupama Chopra]] and film director [[Tanuja Chandra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/tanuja-chandras-film-is-stuck/87598|title=Tanuja Chandra's film is stuck|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref>

== Filmography<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133781/|title=Kamna Chandra|website=IMDb|access-date=2016-06-30}}</ref> ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! Year !! Movie Name !! Credited For
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| 1982 || ''[[Prem Rog]]'' || Story
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| 1984 || ''[[Trishna (TV series)]]'' || Screenplay
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| 1989 || ''[[Chandni (film)|Chandni]]'' || Story
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Kashish (TV show)|Kashish]]'' (TV) || Story
|-
| 1994 || ''[[1942: A Love Story]]'' || Story & Dialogues
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Kareeb]]'' || Story & Dialogues
|-
|2017||''[[Qarib Qarib Singlle]]''|| Story & Dialogues
|-
|}
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cinemaspotter.com/2017/12/16/kamna-chandra-the-writer-who-made-raj-kapoor-give-life-to-her-story-in-prem-rog/ | title=Kamna Chandra: The writer who made Raj Kapoor give life to her story in Prem Rog | date=16 December 2017 | publisher=Cinemaspotter | first=Hamida | last=Parkar | accessdate=15 November 2018 }}</ref>
<ref>http://boxofficeindia.co.in/keeping-it-fresh-5/</ref>

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