Dev Anand was an award-winning actor, writer, director, and producer of Indian films in Hindi. Although his autobiography has been his only work, Dev Anand penned the story for 13 of his own films. Anand s writing style is pacy and effervescent, as he keeps the readers hooked to his every word. Anand s full name was Dharam Dev Pishorimal Anand. He was born on 26 September, 1923, in Gurdaspur. He graduated in English Literature from Government College, Lahore, and started his career as a Clerk in Accountancy. He then joined his elder brother Chetan Anand in the latter s theatrical engagements, from where he moved on to Hindi films. In a career spanning over sixty five years, Dev Anand acted in 114 films. He played the lead role in 104 of them. Anand received the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002. He received several Filmfare awards and international honors and recognitions during his lifetime. Due to his resemblance to Hollywood star Gregory Peck, Dev Anand was accepted as one of Hindi cinema s best looking actors. Anand succumbed to a cardiac arrest on December 3, 2011, in London.
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In 'Romancing with Life', the first-ever full-fledged memoir by a leading Bollywood star, Dev Anand tells his remarkable life story like only he can. Here are tales from Dev's youth in 1930s Gurdaspur and Lahore; his years of struggle in 1940s Bombay; his... SEE MORE