The son of Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva, Iosif was seven-years-old, when her mother's father and famous grandfather died in March 1953.
Many personalities including Indira Gandhi, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, Lal Pratap Singh, Sumitranandan Pant, Brajesh Singh, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Dinesh Singh were associated with Kalakankar.
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He entered the list of Top 10 most popular actors of 1971, was invited to the Soviet Council of Ministers's party and received by way of appreciation a luxurious flat (formerly that of Svetlana Alliluyeva) in the legendary House on the Embankment.
Svetlana about Svetlana is a 2008 film that explores the life and literary works of Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin's daughter.
In 1967, McCall's magazine published her exclusive interview with Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Joseph Stalin.