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Dev Anand

Indian actor, writer, director and producer with a six-decade career.

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He was born Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand on 26 September 1923 in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, British India.[1] Over a career lasting more than six decades, Dev Anand acted in over 100 Hindi films and was also a writer, director, and producer.[2]

Key facts and history

His first commercial success was Ziddi (1948), which Ashok Kumar cast him in.[3] Anand won his first Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Kala Pani (1958).[4] He directed his first film, the espionage drama Prem Pujari, which was a flop.[5] While struggling in Mumbai, Anand took a job as a clerk at an accounting firm, earning a monthly wage of Rs. 85.[6]

Anand's first leading role was in the 1946 Prabhat Films production Hum Ek Hain, a movie whose theme was unity between Hindus and Muslims.[7] Together with his older brother Chetan Anand, he established Navketan Films in 1949.[8] Anand produced 35 films in total, and out of that number, 18 turned out to be commercial hits.[9] Critics universally condemned his final movie, Chargesheet (2011), and it performed poorly at the box office.[10]

What the cited sources add

A Rediff.com article notes that Anand was called "DD" by his school peers.[6] The same source states that his first car was a Hillman Minx, bought with earnings from Vidya.[6] According to that article, Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan was Anand's original choice for a role in Awwal Number.[6] A Rediff.com account of his romance with Suraiya says he proposed to her during the shooting of Afsar (1950) and gave her a diamond ring worth Rs 3,000.[11][12]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Dev Anand" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ceylan Yeginsu, "Dev Anand: Best Moments Before he Died [PHOTOS]", Ibtimes.com, 4 December 2011; Dev Anand (2007) Romancing With Life, An Autobiography. Penguin/Viking. p. 1 .; "Remembering Dev Anand with facts on the evergreen Bollywood star", 26 September 2016; Singh, "Dev Anand's 96th birth anniversary: Some lesser-known facts about the legend", India TV News, 25 September 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Dev Anand" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Raheja, "Dev Anand: Bollywood's man for all seasons", Rediff.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Dev Anand" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Dev Anand [Biography] Movies, Songs, Age, Height, Wife, Wiki & More", 1 May 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Dev Anand" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Women in Dev Anand's life", Rediff.com; "Legend Dilip Kumar Passes Away At 98", Box Office India, 7 July 2021; "Dev Anand turns 85", NDTV Movies (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Dev Anand" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Royal friend Dev Anand to visit Kathmandu" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. 88 Facts You Didn't Know About Dev Anand . Rediff.com (7 December 2011). Retrieved on 9 November 2018.. facts only, no text reused. rediff.com
  7. Wikipedia, "Dev Anand" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Top Earners 1948", Box Office India; "Top Actors", Box Office India; Nishad, "Remembering Dev Anand: Romantic hits of the actor that will make you fall in love again", Mid Day, 13 December 2022; "Sridevi – A Very Rare Female Star", 1 March 2018; "Trade Guide Classification 1978"; "Dev Anand's Top 15 Movies", 5 December 2011; Gupta, "Teen Deviyan (1965)", The Hindu, 24 December 2010; "Bollywood legend Dev Anand dies at 88 in London", BBC News, 4 December 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Dev Anand" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "With Navketan Films, Anand brothers among Bollywood's first families", Economic Times, 5 December 2011; "60 yrs of Dev Anand behind the scenes", Economic Times, 30 August 2009; Jai Arjun Singh, "History of a forward-looking studio", The Sunday Guardian (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Dev Anand" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Dev Anand turns 85", NDTV Movies; "Dev Anand", The Daily Telegraph, 4 December 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Dev Anand" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Chargesheet – Movie – Box Office India", boxofficeindia.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. "How the Dev Anand-Suraiya love affair ended", Rediff.com, 9 December 2011. facts only, no text reused. rediff.com
  12. Wikipedia, "Dev Anand" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "How the Dev Anand-Suraiya love affair ended", Rediff.com, 9 December 2011; "Suraiya: the reluctant goddess", Indian Express; "Suraiya", 31 January 2004; "An affair to remember", The Sunday Tribune, 9 March 2008 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

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