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<b>Kamna Chandra</b> is an Indian writer who has written plays for <a href="All_India_Radio" title="All India Radio">All India Radio</a> and stories and dialogues for the screen which include the films <i><a href="Chandni_(film)" title="Chandni (film)">Chandni</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="1942%3A_A_Love_Story" title="1942: A Love Story">1942: A Love Story</a></i> (directed by her son-in-law <a href="Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="Prem_Rog" title="Prem Rog">Prem Rog</a></i> and the television show <i><a href="Kashish_(TV_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kashish (TV show)">Kashish</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2></div>
<p>Kamna hails from <a href="Muzaffarnagar" title="Muzaffarnagar">Muzaffarnagar</a> and did part of her schooling from MKP College, Dehradun,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after which she did her bachelor's degree from <a href="University_of_Allahabad" title="University of Allahabad">Allahabad University</a>, and was then married to business executive Navin Chandra.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is the mother of author <a href="Vikram_Chandra_(novelist)" title="Vikram Chandra (novelist)">Vikram Chandra</a>, film critic <a href="Anupama_Chopra" title="Anupama Chopra">Anupama Chopra</a> (who is married to filmmaker <a href="Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a>) and film director <a href="Tanuja_Chandra" title="Tanuja Chandra">Tanuja Chandra</a>. Her granddaughter, through Anupama, <a href="Zuni_Chopra" title="Zuni Chopra">Zuni Chopra</a> is also a writer.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2></div>
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<td>1982</td>
<td><i><a href="Prem_Rog" title="Prem Rog">Prem Rog</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Story
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<td>1984</td>
<td><i><a href="Trishna_(TV_series)" title="Trishna (TV series)">Trishna</a></i></td>
<td>Screenplay
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<td>1989</td>
<td><i><a href="Chandni_(film)" title="Chandni (film)">Chandni</a></i></td>
<td>Story
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<td>1992</td>
<td><i><a href="Kashish_(TV_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kashish (TV show)">Kashish</a></i></td>
<td>Story
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<td>1994</td>
<td><i><a href="1942%3A_A_Love_Story" title="1942: A Love Story">1942: A Love Story</a></i></td>
<td>Story and dialogues
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<td>1998</td>
<td><i><a href="Kareeb" title="Kareeb">Kareeb</a></i></td>
<td>Story and dialogues
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<td>2017</td>
<td><i><a href="Qarib_Qarib_Singlle" title="Qarib Qarib Singlle">Qarib Qarib Singlle</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td>
<td>Story and dialogues
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133781/">Kamna Chandra</a> at <a href="IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li></ul>
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