Kalpana Iyer

Kalpana Iyer (born 26 July 1956) is an Indian actress, singer, and model, who is best known for her works in Hindi cinema throughout the 1980s and 1990s. She appeared in over 100 films, and is accredited for her performances in many popular dance numbers as well as for her supporting and guest roles in many films.

Kalpana Iyer
Born (1956-07-26) 26 July 1956
Mumbai, then Bombay, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActress • singer • model
Years active1978–1995

Career

Modelling

After being first runner-up at Miss India in 1978,[1] she went on to represent her country at the Miss World 1978 beauty pageant where she placed as a top 15 semi-finalist.

Acting

Kalpana started making full-fledged appearances as a vamp character in a number of Hindi films, continuing in the tradition of Bindu, Helen and Aruna Irani. Some of her famous dance numbers were to the songs "Hari om Hari" in Pyaara Dushman (1980), "Tu Mujhe Jaan" in Wardat (1981) and "Rambha Ho" in Armaan (1981).[2] Some of her renowned films are Satte Pe Satta (1982), Disco Dancer (1982), Anjaam (1994), Raja Hindustani (1996), and Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999).[3] She was critically acclaimed for her performance as a prison warden in Anjaam (in which she was hanged to death) which also features Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan in a negative role. As of 2019, Iyer has appeared in a variety of films, as well as working on television.[4]

Other ventures

Iyer is also a pop singer, and is best known for her performances in many shows.[5] She is currently managing a restaurant in Dubai.[6][7]

Personal life

Despite being considered one of the more daring actresses in her time, Iyer mentioned how she was rather conservative and misunderstood, and due to this had also never married.[6] Iyer told FirstPost in 2019:

"I was always misunderstood, you know, as the ‘it-girl’ personifying glamour and oomph. A Miss India, a model, an actress. Everyone assumed I was bold but I was actually very simple… God-fearing, always concerned about ruffling the feathers of my conservative Tam Bram family who were quiet and simple, and into Carnatic music… telling too many white lies to protect too many people."

— Kalpana Iyer

Filmography

Film

Throughout her career, Iyer has appeared in over 100 films.

Television
YearSerialRoleChannel
1992-1993KashishMrs. Anand (Rahul's mother)DD National
1994JunoonParvati
FarmaanTasneem Pasha

References
  1. Miss India at Miss World: Femina Miss India and Eve's Weekly Delegates to the Miss World Pageant
  2. Soparrkar, Sandip (29 December 2015). "Revisiting old memories with Kalpana Iyer". The Asian Age. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. "Kalpana Iyer". Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. Bhattacharya, Roshmila BhattacharyaRoshmila; Aug 5, Mumbai Mirror | Updated; 2019; Ist, 09:21. "Kalpana Iyer: I want to work for as long as I can". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "FirstPost". Archived from the original on 27 October 2019.
  7. "raja hindustani actress kalpana iyer now working restro dubai | 'राजा हिंदुस्तानी'मधील 'ही' अभिनेत्री पहा आता कशी दिसते ! आर्थिक अडचणींमुळे झाले 'हाल' आता करते 'असं' काम". पोलीसनामा (Policenama). 4 October 2019. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.


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