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Kalpana Lajmi (1954–2018) was an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. Lajmi was an independent filmmaker working more on realistic, low-budget films, which are known in India as parallel cinema .
Kalpana Lajmi is known for films like Rudaali and Daman. “She passed away at the (Kokilaben Dhirubhai) Ambani hospital at 4.30 am. She was suffering from a chronic kidney disease and liver failure.
- Nivedita Mishra
Kalpana Lajmi (1954-2018) was a director, writer and producer of films with independent heroines. She was the niece of Guru Dutt and the wife of Bhupen Hazarika.
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- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Director, Writer, Producer
Sep 23, 2018 · Kalpana Lajmi: The maker of women-centric, socially relevant cinema was a mould-breaker in every sense Guru Dutt's niece, painter Lalita Lajmi's daughter and Bhupen Hazarika's live-in partner, Kalpana Lajmi was more than the sum of those beings. She was a radical filmmaker and though her oeuvre is short, it's an important one for Hindi cinema.
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Sep 23, 2018 · Kalpana Lajmi, who began collaborating with Bhupen Hazarika soon after, and became his partner, continued to choose unconventional subjects for her films. Rudaali (1993), based on Mahashweta Devi’s short story about women hired as professional mourners, who come and weep long and hard in a house of death (‘rudaali’), toplined Rakhee and Dimple Kapadia, who was on a quest for ‘performance-oriented’ films.
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Sep 23, 2018 · That pronounces the karmic bond that noted director Kalpana Lajmi shared with the late singer, musician and filmmaker, Dr Bhupen Hazarika. At 17 she fell in love with the balladeer, 28 years her ...
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Sep 23, 2018 · Kalpana Lajmi, who died in 2018, was known for her movies that explored themes of gender, class and grief. She had a long and unconventional relationship with Bhupen Hazarika, and faced criticism for her choices.
