Imagination) is a 1948 Indian Hindi-language dance film written and directed by dancer Uday Shankar.

Kalpana was the first film to present an Indian classical dancer in the leading role, and was entirely shot as a dance ballet and a fantasy.

[5] Well known Tamil actress and dancer, Lakshmikantham, credited in the film as "Lakshmi Kanta" plays Kamini.

[8] In 2009, the film process of digital restoration was taken up by NFAI in collaboration with France-based Thomson Foundation.

[9] In 2010, it was being restored by the World Cinema Foundation (director Martin Scorsese is a founding member).