Uma | |
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| Born | 1923 (1923) Lahore, British India |
| Died | 13 November 2009(2009-11-13) (aged 85–86) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist,Actress,Broadcaster |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2;Ketan Anand andVivek Anand |
| Family | Anand family |
Uma Anand (1923 – 13 November 2009) was an Indian journalist, actress, and a broadcaster in the mid-1900s.
She was born in 1923 inLahore, Punjab, British India to a Bengali Christian family. One of her sisters,Indu Mitha, is a Bharatanatyam exponent based in Pakistan.
Uma was the wife of the Bollywood film directorChetan Anand (married in 1943)[1] and mother ofKetan Anand and Vivek Anand. She worked as an actress inNeecha Nagar (1946). She also wroteTaxi Driver with her husband Chetan and her brother-in-lawVijay Anand, that starred her mother's cousinKalpana Kartik[2] and her brother-in-lawDev Anand.[3] After estrangement from her husband, she became a companion ofEbrahim Alkazi.[4]
From 1965 to 1981, Anand was an editor ofSangeet Natak, a journal published by theSangeet Natak Akademi. She also wrote many children books that were translated and published in different Indian languages by theNational Book Trust of India.[5] Her last book,Chetan Anand: The Poetics of Film, was co-authored with her eldest son Ketan Anand,[6] and it portrayed life in the theatre and cinema inMumbai, India in the early 1940s and 1950s.
She died on 13 November 2009.[7]
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