Song : assalam aalekum babu kaho kaisa haal hai....
Film : Kalpana,1960,
Singers : Asha Bhosle,Sudha Malhotra,
Lyricist : Raja Mehdi Ali Khan,
Music Director : O.P. Nayyar,
Director: R.K. Rakhan,
Cast : Ashok Kumar,Padmini,Ragini,Iftekhar,Achala Sachdev,Sunder,S. Nazir,Baby Farida ,Brahm Bhardwaj,
Producer : Ashok Kumar,
Production Co:Ashok Pictures Pvt. Ltd.
Lyrics :-
assalam aalekum babu kaho kaisa haal hai
assalam aalekum
walekum salam kudiye bada changa haal hai
assalam aalekum
assalam aalekum babu kaho kaisa haal hai
assalam aalekum
walekum salam kudiye bada changa haal hai
assalam aalekum

chhed nahi babu mujhe badi hi sarir hu
jane kon hai wo ranjha jiski mai heer hu
ishk ke muaamle me bada benajir hu
karle kubul mujhe aashiko ka peer hu
o gori tere aashiko ka bada bura haal hai
assalam aalekum
assalam aalekum babu kaho kaisa haal hai
assalam aalekum
walekum salam kudiye bada changa haal hai
assalam aalekum

bholi bhali aankho wali gaon ki chhoriya
tod ke dilo ke tale karti hai choriya
kaale kaale balo wali gori gori goriya
hans ke pila deti hai pyar ki katoriya
dilo ko ye kyu na lute mufat ka maal hai
assalam aalekum
walekum salam kudiye bada changa haal hai
assalam aalekum
assalam aalekum babu kaho kaisa haal hai
assalam aalekum

tu to saanu chhediya si assi tenu kutiya
isi pala pyar wala pej bhi na chhutiya
pyar de musafir assi kaisa tenu lutiya
change pal jiunde paisa tu ta maar sutiya
uff bhi na kitti assa saddi ki majal hai
assalam aalekum
assalam aalekum babu kaho kaisa haal hai
assalam aalekum
walekum salam kudiye bada changa haal hai
assalam aalekum..

Storyline :-
Widower Amar[ashok kumar] leads a middle-class lifestyle in Bombay along with his widowed mom, and a daughter, Munni[farida jalal], whose mom passed away just 3 days after giving birth and makes a living working as the Principal of Bharti Kala Kendra. When he goes for a vacation to Kashmir with his Butler, D'Souza[Sundar], he meets with and falls in love with a woman named Kalpana[padmini] and includes her in his painting. They meet several times and are drawn to each other. One day when Amar goes to propose, he finds out they have left for an unknown destination. When he returns home by train he meets with another young woman, Asha[ragini], who he subsequently hires as the Kendra's Dance Instructress. He takes her home to meet his mom, and Munni, and both approve of her hoping that she will marry Amar. Then Amar watches Kalpana performing a dance item in the theater, meets with her and both rekindle their romance. Asha notices this and steps away... Written by rAjOo

User Reviews
A nice movie with a fabulous music and dance scores...
by dbhattac
Kalpana is a story about an artist and principal of a dance academy Amar (Ashok Kumar)falling in love with dance artist Kalpana (Padmini)but everything goes topsy turvey when Kalpana's past is disclosed being a courtesan. However the entire story was very nicely paced with some of it in picturesque Kashmir reminding some of the scenes from Madhumati with Bimal Roy being the editor of Kalpana and the opening scene resembled almost the same as in Madhumati where Vyjainthimala was singing "Aja re pardesi" and Dilip Kumar was looking her in the hills. Ashok Kumar played the role of Amar in a very dignified way and handled some of the romantic scenes very well. Ragini as Asha Devi was wonderful with her acting as well as the dance numbers. The film has some classic dance sequences with Padmini and Ragini being two of the famous Travancore sisters and with mastero O.P, Nayar's music these dance sequences were extremely well done and entertaining. The film shows Padmini's talent as a dancer with having command of almost every type of dancing including baiji, religious, Shib Jatra and Bharatnatyam. The sequence with Ragini in the dream sequence reminded me of the great competition between her and Vyjainthimala in the Telegu movie "Vanjikkootai Vaaliban :" I give Kalpana seven out of ten.