Kalpana Kartik

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{{Infobox person
| name = Kalpana Kartik
| image = Kalpana Karthik.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Kalpana Kartik in ''[[Nau Do Gyarah]]'' (1957)
| birth_name = Mona Singh
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1931|08|19}}
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])
| occupation = [[Actress]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Dev Anand]]|1954|2011|end=died}}
| children = 2; including [[Suneil Anand]]
| years_active = 1951–1957
}}

'''Kalpana Kartik''' (born '''Mona Singh'''; 19 August 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 Singh was a beauty queen while studying at [[St. Bede's College, Shimla]]. She was introduced to films by [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]] of [[Navketan Films]] with the film ''[[Baazi (1951 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.<ref>{{Cite book | last= Anand | first= Dev | authorlink= Dev Anand | title= Romancing with Life - an autobiography | publisher= Penguin Viking | year= 2007 | page=108 | isbn= 978-0-670-08124-0}}</ref>
Her other films were ''[[Aandhiyan (1952 film)|Aandhiyan]]'' (1952), ''[[Humsafar]]'' (1953), ''[[Taxi Driver (1954 movie)|Taxi Driver]]'' (1954), ''[[House No. 44]]'' (1954) and ''[[Nau Do Gyarah]]'' (1957).

==Career==
Mona Singh, aka Kalpana Kartik, was born in a [[Punjabi Christian]] family in [[Lahore]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Reginald |last=Massey |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dev-anand-actor-and-director-who-towered-over-indias-film-industry-6276475.html |title=Dev Anand: Actor and director who towered over India's film industry - Obituaries - News |work=The Independent |date=2011-12-14 |access-date=2012-02-10 |archive-date=25 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225005835/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dev-anand-actor-and-director-who-towered-over-indias-film-industry-6276475.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Her father was a [[Tehsildar]] of [[Batala]] in [[Gurdaspur District]] and she was the youngest of five brothers and two sisters. After the partition, her family moved to [[Shimla]].

She was a student of the [[St. Bede's College, Shimla]]. In her graduation year, she won the Ms. Shimla contest and was noticed by [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]], a film-maker from Bombay. He was there with his wife [[Uma Anand]], whose mother is Mona's cousin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cineplot.com/kalpana-kartik-interview/|title=Kalpana Kartik – Interview – Cineplot.com|first=Bollywood Box Office|last=says|access-date=8 September 2016|archive-date=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919130542/http://cineplot.com/kalpana-kartik-interview/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He convinced her family to allow her to join his fledgling film company, [[Navketan Films]], as a leading lady. Thus, Mona Singh was re-christened Kalpana Kartik and she moved to Bombay (now known as [[Mumbai]]). Her first film ''[[Baazi (1951 film)|Baazi]]'' was a huge success and went on to become a landmark in Indian cinema.

She then acted in ''[[Taxi Driver]]'', which was the 'coming of age' film of the Navketan banner. It was Navketan's first super-success and also the film on whose sets Dev Anand secretly married Kalpana Kartik during a lunch break. Kalpana's time in Navketan saw four different directors take reign - [[Guru Dutt]], [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]], [[S. D. Burman]] and [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]]. ''[[Nau Do Gyarah]]'' was her last film as actress.

Kalpana Kartik worked as an associate producer for ''[[Tere Ghar Ke Samne]]'' (1963), ''[[Jewel Thief]]'' (1967), ''[[Prem Pujari]]'' (1970), ''[[Shareef Budmaash]]'' (1973), ''[[Heera Panna]]'' (1973), and ''[[Jaaneman (1976 film)|Jaaneman]]'' (1976). Dev Anand played the lead role in these movies.

==Personal life==
In 1954, Mona and [[Dev Anand]] got married secretly while on a break during the shooting of ''[[Taxi Driver (1954 film)|Taxi Driver]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/01/stories/2008110153010600.htm |title=Metro Plus Delhi / Cinema : A family drive |date=2008-11-01 |access-date=2012-02-10 |archive-date=11 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811182623/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/01/stories/2008110153010600.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/blast-from-the-past-dev-anand-weds-kalpana-kartik-during-a-shooting-break-41159.html|title=Blast from the past: Dev Anand weds Kalpana Kartik during a shooting break|website=filmfare.com|access-date=26 September 2020|archive-date=22 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622053639/https://www.filmfare.com/features/blast-from-the-past-dev-anand-weds-kalpana-kartik-during-a-shooting-break-41159.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They became parents in 1956 when [[Suneil Anand]] was born. Suneil has also acted in films. They also have a daughter named Devina. After ''[[Nau Do Gyarah]]'', Kalpana quit films to become a home maker. She was born into a Christian Family and she still practices her faith. After her marriage, she chose to stay away from the limelight and has been away from the media since then.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/kalpana-kartik/9184 |title=Kalpana Kartik - Biography, Photo, Movies, Kalpana Kartik Wallpapers, Videos, Songs |publisher=Chakpak.com |date= |access-date=2012-02-10 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721215928/http://www.chakpak.com/celebrity/kalpana-kartik/9184 |archive-date=21 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc;"
|+ As an actor
! Year
! Film
! Character
|-
| 1951
| ''[[Baazi (1951 film)|Baazi]]''
| Dr. Rajni
|-
| 1952
| ''[[Aandhiyan (1952 film)|Aandhiyan]]''
| Janki
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Humsafar (1953 film)|Humsafar]]''
| Malti
|-
| 1954
| ''[[Taxi Driver (1954 movie)|Taxi Driver]]''
| Mala
|-
| 1955
| ''[[House No. 44]]''
| Nimmo
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Nau Do Gyarah]]''
| Raksha
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|+ As an associate producer
|-
! Movie
! Year
|-
| ''[[Tere Ghar Ke Samne]]''
| 1963
|-
| ''[[Jewel Thief]]''
| 1967
|-
| ''[[Prem Pujari]]''
| 1970
|-
| ''[[Shareef Budmaash]]''
| 1973
|-
| ''[[Heera Panna]]''
| 1973
|-
| ''[[Jaaneman (1976 film)|Jaaneman]]''
| 1976
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0440235}}

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[[Category:Actresses in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:1931 births]]

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