Kamna Chandra is an Indian writer who has written plays for

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and stories and dialogues for the screen which include the films '' Chandni'', '' 1942: A Love Story'' (directed by her son-in-law

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), ''

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'' and the television show '' Kashish''.

Biography

Kamna hails from Muzaffarnagar and did part of her schooling from MKP College, Dehradun, after which she did her bachelor's degree from

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, and was then married to business executive Navin Chandra. She is the mother of author Vikram Chandra, film critic

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(who is married to filmmaker

) and film director Tanuja Chandra. Her granddaughter, through Anupama, Zuni Chopra is also a writer.

Filmography

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian women screenwriters Indian television writers People from Muzaffarnagar Indian women television writers Women writers from Uttar Pradesh 20th-century Indian women writers 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights Hindi-language screenwriters Screenwriters from Uttar Pradesh University of Allahabad alumni {{India-film-bio-stub