Kalpana

…made the semi-autobiographical dance-based film Kalpana (1948; “Imagination”), starring himself, his wife (Amala Shankar), and a cast of young dancers including Padmini, who would later star opposite Raj Kapoor in films such as Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960; “The Country Where the Ganges Flows”) and Mera Naam Joker…