Kalpana is a 1960 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by R.K. Rakhan. It stars Ashok Kumar, Padmini and Ragini, with Iftekhar and Achala Sachdev in supporting roles. The film was written by Akhtar-Ul-Iman with contributions from Jalal Malihabadi and Rakhan himself. The music was composed by O. P. Nayyar, with lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri, Qamar Jalalabadi, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan and Jan Nisar Akhtar.
Widower Amar (Ashok Kumar) leads a middle-class lifestyle in Bombay along with his widowed mother and a daughter, Munni (Baby Farida). His wife died soon after giving birth to Munni. Amar is the principal of Bharti Kala Kendra. While vacationing in Kashmir with his butler D'Souza (Sunder), he meets and falls in love with Kalpana (Padmini). They meet several times and are drawn to each other, but when Amar goes to propose he finds that Kalpana has left suddenly. On the train home, he meets Asha (Ragini), who he hires as a dance teacher at his academy. AmarâÂÂs mother and daughter approve of Asha, hoping she will marry him. However, Amar later sees Kalpana perform in a theatre production, rekindling their romance. Asha, heartbroken, steps aside. Amar introduces Kalpana to his family, but her brother Johar (Iftekhar) reveals her background and their motherâÂÂs past, which causes a crisis. The resolution of these conflicts forms the rest of the story.
The soundtrack was composed by O. P. Nayyar, with lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri, Qamar Jalalabadi, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, and Jan Nisar Akhtar.