Birthday Special Kalpana Kartik: There has been an actress named Kalpana Karthik in Hindi cinema who did many great films. But after marriage, she was not very active in films and hence got lost in obscurity. Kalpana Karthik is the wife of Bollywood’s veteran actor Dev Anand. Today, even though Dev Anand is not in this world, his wife Kalpana Karthik is still alive and now she will celebrate her 93rd birthday.
Kalpana Kartik was born on 19 September 1931 in Shimla. Kalpana Kartik made her Bollywood debut in 1951 with the film ‘Baazi’. She appeared opposite Dev Anand in this film and this film was a superhit. Kalpana Kartik did many films with Dev Anand and they got into a relationship on the sets itself.
kalpana kartik dev anand love story
There was a time when the love story of Suraiya and Dev Anand was very much in the news in the industry. Both loved each other but could not unite. According to reports, Suraiya’s grandmother did not approve of this marriage because Dev was a Hindu. Dev Anand tried a lot to marry Suraiya, who was born in a Muslim family, but it could not happen. After being in a relationship for 3-4 years, both separated and Dev Anand started living liberally.
Dev Anand’s elder brother Chetan Anand thought of making a film to relieve him from this sorrow because at that time Dev Anand was refusing to do films with everyone but he was unable to refuse his elder brother. The name of this film was ‘Taxi Driver’ and Kalpana Kartik was the lead actress in it. Kalpana and Dev Anand came close to each other during the shooting of this film and then fell in love.
Got married during lunch break
According to reports, during the shooting of the film ‘Taxi Driver’, there was a lunch break and suddenly Dev Anand announced his marriage to Kalpana in front of everyone. It is said that they got married during that time and overnight this news was conveyed to the people through newspapers and Akashvani. Dev Anand and Kalpana had two children, Sunil and Devina Anand.
kalpana kartik dev anand movies
After marriage, Kalpana Kartik did films for some time but later distanced herself from them. Kalpana Kartik has worked with Dev Anand in films like ‘Teen Deviyan’, ‘Nau Do Gyarah’, ‘Baazi’, ‘House No. 44’, ‘Humsafar’ and ‘Andhiyan’.
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