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Photographic still of Kalpana Kartik from the Hindi film, Taxi Driver
Unknown1954
Museum of Art & Photography
Bangalore, India
Photographic still produced for the Hindi film, Taxi Driver, featuring Kalpana Kartik. Taxi Driver is a 1954 Hindi movie produced under the Navketan Films banner. The film is directed by Chetan Anand and stars his brother Dev Anand, Dev's wife-to-be Kalpana Kartik and Johnny Walker. The film was written by Chetan himself, along with his wife Uma Anand and his other brother Vijay Anand. The film's music director is S. D. Burman and lyrics were written by Sahir Ludhianvi.
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- Title: Photographic still of Kalpana Kartik from the Hindi film, Taxi Driver
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1954
- Location: India
- Physical Dimensions: H. 28.3 cm, W. 22.2 cm
- Type: Photographic Film Still
- Contributor: Banner: Navketan Productions; Producer: Dev Anand; Written by Uma Anand (story) and Vijay Anand (dialogue, story); Music by S. D. Burman, Lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi; Cinematography by V. Ratra; Edited by M. D. Jadhav Rao
- Medium: Silver gelatin print on photo paper
- Photographic Subject(s): Kalpana Kartik (born Mona Singha) is a former Hindi film actress. She starred in six films in the 1950s, quitting cinema after marrying the late Hindi film actor and film maker, Dev Anand. She was introduced to films by Chetan Anand (Dev Anand's brother) of Navketan Films — who also gave her the screen name Kalpana Kartik — with the film Baazi in 1951. She co-starred with Dev Anand, whom she worked with in all her subsequent films: Aandhiyan (1952), Humsafar (1953), Taxi Driver (1954), House No. 44 (1954) and Nau Do Gyaraah (1957).
- Department: Popular Art
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