Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Kalpana Kartik

Kalpana Kartik (original name Mona Singha) is a former Hindi film actress. She starred in six films in the 1950s. She is the wife of Hindi film actor and film maker Late Dev Anand.
Mona Singha was a beauty queen while studying at St. Bede's College,Simla. She was introduced to films by Chetan Anand of Navketan Films  in 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 time.
Her other films were Aandhiyan (1952), Taxi Driver (1954),Husafer (1953),House no 44 (1954) House44 and Nau Do Gyar
aah (1957)