Kalpana Kartik

Kalpana Kartik
Kalpana Kartik in Nau Do Gyarah (1957)
Born
Mona Singha

(1931-08-19) 19 August 1931 (age 93)
Lahore, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
OccupationActress
Years active1951–1957
Spouse
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(m. 1954; died 2011)​
Children2; including Suneil Anand

Kalpana Kartik (born Mona Singha; 19 September 1931) is a retired Hindi film actress. She starred in six films in the 1950s. She is the widow of the late Hindi film actor and film maker Dev Anand.

Mona Singha was a beauty queen while studying at St. Bede's College, Shimla. She was introduced to films by Chetan Anand of Navketan Films with the film Baazi in 1951. She co-starred with Dev Anand, whom she worked with in all her subsequent films. Her screen name – Kalpana Kartik – was given to her by Chetan Anand during this period.[1] Her other films were Aandhiyan (1952), Humsafar (1953), Taxi Driver (1954), House No. 44 (1955) and Nau Do Gyarah (1957).

  1. ^ Anand, Dev (2007). Romancing with Life - an autobiography. Penguin Viking. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-670-08124-0.