1. The daughter of revolutionary Avani Mohan, Kalpana was an accomplished Kathak dancer trained under the guidance of Pandit Shambhu Maharaj.
15 Facts About Kalpana Mohan
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Kalpana Mohan, born as Archana Mohan in Srinagar on 18 July 1946, was of Panjabi and Dogra descent.
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Kalpana Mohan's father, Avani Mohan, was a freedom fighter and an active member of the All India Congress Committee.
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Kalpana Mohan was close to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and other prominent Congress stalwarts.
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Kalpana Mohan was discovered by actor Balraj Sahani and Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai, who encouraged her to come to Mumbai.
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Kalpana Mohan's second film, Naughty Boy followed by her third film, Professor, released in 1962 which was a rare entertainer, and left the viewers delighted and satisfied.
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In 1965, Kalpana Mohan starred in another successful film, Teen Devian, alongside Dev Anand.
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Kalpana Mohan had a brief but successful career in Bollywood in the 60's and 70's but retired after she got married.
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Kalpana Mohan continued to live in Mumbai for a while but stopped acting to focus on raising her daughter.
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Kalpana Mohan moved to Kalyani Nagar in the eastern region of Pune in the early 1990s and spent her remaining life there following medical advice to live in a cleaner climate for her health.
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Kalpana Mohan lived by herself in Pune where her health gradually began to deteriorate.
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In 2011, Kalpana Mohan filed a complaint at the Khadak police station in Pune claiming that three individuals had allegedly made a fake memorandum of understanding by forging her signature.
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Kalpana Mohan alleged that they used this forged document to sell her 56.18-hectare plot of land in Mauje Visagar village to Sahara City builders in 2007.
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Kalpana Mohan passed away at the age of 65 in the early hours of 4 January 2012 at the Pune Hospital and Research Centre.
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Kalpana Mohan is survived by her daughter, Preeti Mansukhani, son-in-law, Harish; and grandchildren, Yash and Khushi.