Kalpana Kartik

Kalpana Kartik (born as Mona Singha) is an actress of yesteryears. She has worked in Bollywood movies and is better known as the spouse of veteran actor Dev Anand.

Kalpana Kartik was born into a Punjabi-Christian family as Mona Singha on September 19, 1931, in Shimla. Studying at the prestigious St. Bede’s College, Shimla, Kalpana Kartik won the Miss Shimla beauty pageant in her graduation year. During this time she was noticed by Chetan Anand Chetan Anand (from 3 January 1921 to 6 July 1997) >> Read More... , a Bollywood filmmaker from Bombay. He convinced her parents to work with him in his film company named Navketan Films, as the lead actress. Thus, Mona Singha became Kalpana Kartik and began her journey in the film industry.

Kalpana’s first film was Baazi, which was a huge success at the Box-Office and she worked with Guru Dutt Born on 9th July 1925, Guru Dutt was an Indian act >> Read More... in the film. Coincidentally, it was also the debut movie for Guru Dutt. After that, she did movies like Taxi Driver, Nau Do Gyarah, etc. She also worked as associate producer for movies like Tere Ghar Ke Samne, Jewel Thief, Prem Pujari, Shareef Badmaash, Heera Panna Serial Story Coming Soon... >> Read More... and Jaaneman. DevAnand, her husband, played the lead role in all of these movies.

Kalpana and Dev Anand had a beautiful affair which they turned into a husband-wife relationship. The pair got married secretly during the lunch-break on the sets of Taxi Driver. They were blessed with a son in 1956 whom they named Suneil Anand Suneil Anand is the son of veteran Indian actor De >> Read More... and also have a daughter named Devina. Kalpana Kartik called it quits after Nau Do Gyarah to focus on her kids and family.

Dev Anand Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)