Uma Anand

Uma Anand was an Indian broadcaster, actor, and journalist in the middle of the 20th century. She was born in 1923 in Lahore, Punjab, British India. Indu Mitha, one of her sisters, is an exponent of Bharatanatyam who resides in Pakistan. In 1943, Uma wed Chetan Anand Chetan Anand (from 3 January 1921 to 6 July 1997) >> Read More... , a Bollywood filmmaker. Her acting debut was in the 1946 film Neecha Nagar. Along with her husband Chetan and her brother-in-law Vijay Anand Vijay Anand also known as ‘Goldie‘ is an Indian fi >> Read More... , she co-wrote the movie Taxi Driver, which starred her mother's cousin Kalpana Kartik and her brother-in-law Dev Anand.

Following the divorce from her husband, she grew close to Ebrahim Alkazi. Anand served as an editor of Sangeet Natak, a journal published by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, from 1965 to 1981. Additionally, the National Book Trust of India translated and published several of the children's books written by her in various Indian languages. Her final book was Chetan Anand: The Poetics of Film, which depicted life in Mumbai, India's theater and cinema in the early 1940s and 1950s. She co-wrote this book with her son Ketan Anand Ketan Anand is an Indian director, actor, producer >> Read More... . She passed away on 3^rd November 2009.