Guru Dutt and Dev Anand first met on the sets of ‘Hum Ek Hain’ in 1946, when they were both struggling to get a foothold in the Hindi film industry. From then until Guru Dutt's death in 1964, the two remained close friends.
Dev Anand, known for his charm and timeless screen presence, worked with Hema Malini in several iconic films like Johny Mera Naam, Amir Garib, Joshila, and Shareef.
She shared how the hippie extras were thrilled not only to participate in a Bollywood film but also to enjoy free food, hashish, and get paid for it!
Guru Dutt centenary begins: Ahead of his 99th birth anniversary, and stepping into his 100th, on July 9, here’s a look at the legendary actor-director-producer’s cinematic heritage and his influences and tributes in Hindi films.
That '70s thing, Zeenat Aman, the evergreen gorgeous model turned actor, who's now turned into an internet sensation, on working in Hindi films in one of the more progressive and revolutionary decades of Bollywood and Hindi cinema.
On the birth centenary of Dev Anand, September 26, a deep dive into the journey of celebrity lookalike Kishor Bhanushali, or Jr Dev Anand, who has kept the Hindi film legend alive through him. He features in Geetika Narang Abbasi's latest documentary 'URF/a.k.a.' on Bollywood duplicates.
”I’m very happy and doubly happy because it is Dev Anand’s birthday. I think, ’taufa unko milna tha, mujhe mil gaya’,” Rehman told PTI.
Over the course of his 65-year career, which began in 1946, Dev Anand had become one of the country's iconic actor-directors.
If the Dev Anand of the 1950s (Baazi, Jaal, CID, Taxi Driver) was pure gorgeousness in stark black and white, the later, Eastmancolor avatars (Guide and Jewel Thief and Johny Mera Naam) had a slightly different texture of charm and confidence still lighting up the screens.
Ahead of the evergreen superstar’s 100th birth anniversary on September 26, here's a list of some of the many memorable songs picturised on him that are a commentary on the journey called life.
A film festival celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of screen icon Dev Anand will be held later this month, and the actor's films restored by the Film Heritage Foundation will be screened in cinema halls across 30 cities.
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Bollywood denizens and fans today remembered evergreen actor Dev Anand as "flamboyant, energetic, charismatic" at the memorial meeting.
Legendary Bollywood actor Dev Anand once said that a song from his film Hum Dono gave him the philosophy he has lived by all his life. As the last strains of Mai zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya fade, they leave a void in memory no other star of the Indian film industry can ever fill in grace, compassion and style.