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Indian actor, producer, director

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Dharam Dev Pishorimal Anand (26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011), better known as Dev Anand, was an Indian film actor, writer,  director, and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema. Part of the Anand family, he co-founded Navketan Films in 1949 with his elder brother Chetan Anand. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema.

Known for

  • Chargesheet — Gambhir Singh2011
  • Mr Prime Minister — Johnny Master2005
  • Love at Times Square — Shaan2003
  • Return of Jewel Thief — Vinay Kumar1996
  • Gangster1994
  • Sau Crore1991
  • Awwal Number — DIG Vikram Singh (Vicky)1990
  • Lashkar — Professor Anand1989
  • In Search of Guru Dutt — Self1989
  • Raj Kapoor - The Showman of Indian Cinema — Self1987

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
India
Active from
1923
Active to
2011

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1,000
Total plays
3,133

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Quotes

  • Life is too short. I don't have time to speak slowly.
  • You create a work of art. You do not know whether it will get public sanction. Sometimes outstanding films do no business, and sometimes films which are not so good work.
  • If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.
  • Life is all about taking risks, if you never take any, you will never achieve anything.
  • The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
  • Don't be a follower, be a leader.

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Born
Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand , ( 1923-09-26 ) 26 September 1923, Shakargarh , Punjab , British India (present-day Punjab , Pakistan)
Died
3 December 2011 (2011-12-03) (aged 88), London , England
Other name
Evergreen Star
Alma mater
Government College, Lahore ( BA )
Occupations
Actor producer director writer
Years active
1946–2011
Organization
Navketan Films
Works
Full list
Spouse
Kalpana Kartik ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1954 ) ​
Children
2; including Suneil Anand
Relatives
See Anand-Sahni family
Awards
Full list
Honors
Padma Bhushan (2001) Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2002)

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date of death
2011-12-03
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1923-09-26
start of work period
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end of work period
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Dev Anand
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Dev Anand ( Hindi pronunciation: [de:u ǝna:nd] ; born Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand; 26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011) was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is considered as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema. Through a career that spanned over six decades, he worked in more than 100 films. Anand is a recipient of four Filmfare Awards, including two for Best Actor. The Government of India honoured him with Padma Bhushan, Indian third highest civilian honour in 2001 and with Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002.

In 1946, Anand debuted with a lead role in Prabhat Films's Hum Ek Hain, a film about Hindu-Muslim unity. He had his first commercial success in Ziddi (1948) and gained widespread recognition with the crime thriller Baazi (1951), which is regarded as the forerunner of the spate of "Bombay Noir" films that followed in Hindi cinema in the 1950s. He consistently starred in top–grossing Indian films from the early-1950s to the 1970s, such as Jaal, Taxi Driver, Insaniyat, C.I.D., Paying Guest, Kala Pani, Kala Bazar, Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai, Hum Dono, Asli-Naqli, Tere Ghar Ke Samne, Guide, Jewel Thief, Johny Mera Naam and Haré Rama Haré Krishna. Despite the arrival of new crop of stars in the latter-half of the 1970s and 1980s, Anand continued to star in highly successful films, such as Amir Garib, Warrant, Jaaneman, Des Pardes and Lashkar. Some of his most acclaimed performances, include Munimji, Funtoosh, Baarish, Nau Do Gyarah, Solva Saal, Manzil, Jaali Note, Baat Ek Raat Ki, Sharabi, Teen Devian, Duniya, Prem Pujari, Tere Mere Sapne, Heera Panna and Lootmaar. The 2011 film Chargesheet, which Anand also directed was his final film.

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