Imagine saving people in Emergency Room as doctor and acting/producing in a film the next day. That is what multi-faceted professional Kalpana Pandit is. She is an actor/ producer from the Indian Film Industry based in Arizona, USA.
Chosing a hectic career as ER doctor did not deter her from being close to her childhood love of acting in films. She acts and has also established her banner ” House of Pandit” and completed the first Hindi full fledged Feature Film ” Janleva 555″ which has released successfully in Indian theaters across the country and just finished a grand run of 150 days in the single screens circuit. It boasts of 13 foot tapping melodies and the key dance numbers have been choreographed by world renowned dance choreographer of Slumdog Millionaire fame Longinus Fernandes. The film has been captured ethereally by ace cinematographer Selvam. The direction and screenplay are by Sandeep Malani
Being a Medical Emergency Doctor by profession, Kalpana is planning on pledging a percentage of each film’s profits to critical medical causes in the remote village hospitals of India. Her first short film Jo Jo Laali, received rave reviews across the board and is a film on aids awareness. It bagged for her the coveted Best Actress Award at the South Indian Mega Film Festival in 2011.
The film also recently won Best Story by Sandeep Malani and Best Title Track awards at the Imphal International Film Festival.
Kalpana has acted in several Bollywood movies notably Moksha with Arjun Rampal, Gajagamini with Madhuri Dixit, Shah Rukh Khan and Naseeruddin Shah, Pitaah a Sanjay Dutt film and more recently Love Khichdi with Randeep Hooda.
She is currently acting and co-producing a feature film in Hindi Tum Ho Yaara which is getting ready to hit the silver screens in late 2013.
She is excited about a brand new entrepreneurship where she has teamed up with a global company brokering telecom and energy and is multilevel marketing at its refined best. Kalpana maintains filmography and latest news on her website: http://www.kalpanapandit.com/
Ritu Maheshwari
