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India.com
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
'Dekho baby, I still have options...': Dev Anand said to an actress when three girls were found in his room, the actress was...
In the Bollywood industry there have been many actors and actresses whose redefining charm and beauty created huge stirs amongst their fans. Many of them took the craze to new heights while many took drastic steps just to prove their unconditional love for their favourite star. Among these, there was one actor whose magnificent screen presence and personality created a huge benchmark amongst his ardent fans, especially for the girls and women who crossed their heights of craziness in the love of this actor. The Evergreen Star Of Bollywood Yes, here we are talking about none other than the legendary actor of Indian Cinema, Dev Anand also known as Dev Saab by his fanbase and lovers. The actor not only had charming looks but also made an iconic contribution and reshaped cinema with a new genre. He starred in many crime-investigation thrillers in that period that includes, 'Guide', 'Jewel Thief', 'Johnny Mera Naam', 'Hum Dono', 'Kaala Bazaar' and many more. When Dev Anand Gave An Important Piece Of Advice To… Recently, during a candid conversation with Radio Nasha veteran actress Mumtaz, who shared a very pleasant bond with Dev Saab shared some interesting stories about him. The actress shared that Dev Saab always remained very careful with his looks, she said that once the actor told her that if an actor dies, his corpse should look good. She further shared a bit of advice that was especially given to her by the actor. He said 'You should take care of your hair, your figure and yourself because you are what you look like and when you walk on the road, both men and women should turn their heads and see you, if you take care of yourself, you will never have to worry about your age. When The Actor Proved That Age Was Just A Number For Him During the same conversation, Mumtaz shared an interesting anecdote about Dev Anand. She said 'At the age of 85, Dev Sahab tried to prove her with an example that age is merely just a number for him. The actor asked his makeup man to open the door of his room and she saw that three women were standing outside as they were trying to get a glimpse of Dev Saab. Later, he told all three of them that he'd meet them again. He closed the door and said to me in his style 'Dekho baby, I still have options' and I just sat there and said, wow.' For the unversed, the two stalwarts of cinema featured together in two films which were both released in year 1971 titled 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna' and 'Tere Mere Sapne' which received a huge round of applause from audiences and critics.
India Today
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Dev and Vijay Anand: It takes two to tango
(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated April 28, 2025)A large number of Indian cinema publications are anecdote-driven or based on salacious behind-the-scenes stories. Occasionally, though, a book is written with such care and attention to detail that it makes you want to drop everything and head straight to the films being discussed—so you can savour what the author saw in them, or disagree with her, or both at the same time. Tanuja Chaturvedi's Hum Dono—a 'guru-dakshina' for Vijay (also known as Goldie) and Dev Anand and the classics they made together—is in this relationship with the Anand brothers' Navketan Films began in childhood (she got to meet Dev Anand at age five, an overwhelming experience for a girl who had only watched the charismatic star on the big screen), but took a new shape at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) where she learnt to appreciate Vijay Anand's technical proficiency and 'command over every aspect of filmmaking'. This was followed by a professional stint as Dev Anand's chief assistant facet of this long-lasting bond is represented here. The book has two dominant tones. One is that of the awestruck fan: the child who was rapt while watching films like Guide, as well as the adult who retained her passion for the Navketan flair, the songs, the modern approach to city life. The second tone, more pedantic, is that of the scholar and practitioner who knows a great deal about film history and likes to show off this knowledge, making references and connections that may seem whimsical or pretentious to a casual reader: from Camille Paglia's take on the differences between men and women (in the context of gender roles in the 1961 film Hum Dono) to fleeting invocations of Jungian psychology to a mention of Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood (while discussing the process of adapting R.K. Narayan's The Guide for the screen)And yet, somehow, these two modes come together very well in Chaturvedi's chronological examinations of individual films—from 1957's Nau do Gyarah to 1971's Tere Mere Sapne. Notably, though, the book is presented as a 'Dev and Goldie story', and though the author is a big fan of Dev Anand (the star and the person), she focuses a little more on Vijay Anand's special qualities as a director. This includes analyses of the celebrated song sequences in films like Jewel Thief, Guide and Johny Mera Naam, as well as Goldie's intuitive understanding of framing and camera movement, the gambles he took with narrative structure, and how he incorporated a progressive sensibility into even his early work such as Kala Bazar. To read Hum Dono is to see an egalitarian passion for the medium, unconcerned with the usual labels and hierarchies—popular vs art, serious vs entertaining—that often restrict film to India Today Magazine Must Watch
