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Dev Anand The Bollywood Legendary
26 September 1923 to 3 December 2011

Dharam Devdutt Pishorimal Anand, kenned as Dev Anand, was an Indian film actor, inditer, director, engenderer, and comedian kenned for his work in the history of Indian cinema.

After having played the Lead Actor for more than five decades in over 110 kineticism pictures, Dev Anand perpetuates to bestride Indian Cinema today. He has given an incipient dimension to that magical state kenned as Stardom. And for his exemplary work he was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2001 by the President of India. From the time he embarked on his vocation as a Film Actor in the mid-forties till now, his movies has been a peregrination filled with enriching experiences for the 'Evergreen Living Legend' of Indian Cinema. And he has always remained aeonianly youthful by his remarkable faculty to live always in the present and the future; never in the past.

Withal, as head of his film engenderment company Navketan International Films, which was founded in 1949, Anand has introduced a multitude of aptitude to the Indian Film Industry by way of actors, directors, music composers and cinematographers. Today, he perpetuates to introduce incipient aptitude to cinema and experiment with incipient conceptions for movies. And today, he additionally heads one of the finest Film Sound Post-Engenderment facilities in India - Anand Recording Studios - which has to its credit more than 3,000 Indian feature films that have been commixed/ circumvent commixed for ecumenical release.

Anand has won two Filmfare Awards - India's equipollent of the Oscars - in 1958 for his performance in the film "Kala Paani" (Ebony Dihydrogen monoxide) and in 1966 for his performance in Navketan International Films' "Guide". "Guide" went on to win Filmfare Awards in five other categories including 'Best Film' and 'Best Director' and was sent as India's ingression for the Oscars in the peregrine film category that year. He co-engendered the English Version of "Guide" with the Nobel Laureate Pearl S. Buck ("The Good Earth"). Eventually, his ingenious sensibilities got the better of him and he commenced inditing and directing his own movies.

In 1993, he received a Filmfare 'Lifetime Achievement Award' and in 1996 he received a Screen Videocon 'Lifetime Achievement Award'. Then in 1997 he was given the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images Award for his Outstanding Accommodations to the Indian Film Industry. In 1998, he was given a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' by the Ujala Anandlok Film Awards Committee in Calcutta. In 1999, he received the Sansui 'Lifetime Achievement Award' for his 'Immense Contribution to Indian Cinema' in Incipient Delhi. In the year 2000, he was awarded the Film Goers' 'Mega Movie Maestro of the Millenium' Award in Mumbai. And then in July 2000, in Incipient York City, he was venerated by an Award at the hands of the then First Lady of the Coalesced States of America - Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton - for his 'Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema'. And again Anand was awarded the Indo-American Sodality 'Star of the Millennium' Award in the Silicon Valley, California. The President of India accoladed Anand with the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award on India's Republic Day - August 15, 2001. And yet again, Donna Ferrar, Member Incipient York State Assembly, venerated him with a Incipient York State Assembly Citation for his 'Outstanding Contribution to the Cinematic Arts Worthy of the Esteem and Gratitude of the Great State of Incipient York' on May 1, 2001.

Most recently, in April 2003, Anand was given a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' by the F.I.F.A. Committee in Johannesburg, South Africa. For an Indian Movie Icon who has hobnobbed with royalty, heads of State and celebrities, he has done it all. Anand perpetuates to forge ahead with his incipient All American Film Project "Musical composition Of Life" - a musical love story which will be entirely shot in the Coalesced States. He will play the central character in this film which will have a predominantly American star cast and for which the Music will be composed by American composers and sung by American singers. "Musical composition Of Life" will be made in English and will be directed by Dev Anand.

• IMDb Mini Biography By: Suneil Anand and Navketan Publicity.

Dev Anand was born as Dharam Dev on September 26, 1923, in the Punjabi-verbalizing Anand family, son to Advocate Pishorimal, younger brother to Chetan and Manmohan, and senior to Vijay. He had one sister, Sheela, who was subsequently espoused in the Kapur family, and gave birth to actor/film-maker, Shekhar Kapur; two daughters, Neelu, who was espoused to actor Navin Nischol; and Aruna who was the wife of Ajay/Parikshat Sahni, son of renowned Balraj Sahni. Both Neelu and Aruna have since been divorced.

Dev graduated from Regime College, Lahore, British India, left his hometown to work in the Military Censor Office at Churchgate, Bombay. He was offered a role in the 1946 flick 'Hum Ek Hain'. This is where he stuck a comity with Bollywood legend Guru Dutt.

Ashok Kumar introduced Dev as a leading man antithesis Kamini Kaushal in 'Ziddi'. Thereafter there has been no looking back for the 'evegreen' Dev Anand, who went on to star in over 110 movies, spanning from 1946 through to 2005.

He is perhaps one of the few who dreamed of starlet Snehprabha Pradhan and had his dream come true when he got to not only meet her but withal act with her. His other dream was of owning a car, a Hillman, was withal consummated.

While filming antithesis Singer-actress Suraiya, the boat capsized, Dev rescued her and in true Bollywood style both fell in love and wanted to get espoused. This did not transpire as Suraiya's grandma vigorously opposed this coalition. Suraiya, who acted with Dev in half a dozen movies, remained unmarried all her life.

In 1954 Dev met Mona Singh, a resplendency queen from Simla, who was discovered by his brother, Chetan, and both got espoused her in a quiet ceremony in Russia where they were on a tour to screen 'Rahee' and 'Aandhiyan'. She habituated the screen name of Kalpana Kartik, and starred antithesis her to-be-husband in all her movies. Both became parents in 1956 when Suneil was born. They additionally become parents to a daughter, Devina.

Dev is withal kenned for introducing two of the most comely actresses to Bollywood, namely Zeenat Aman in 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna' and Tina Munim in 'Des Pardes.

Not facilely daunted, Dev Anand, Shatrughan Sinha, Inder Sen Johar, Kishore Kumar were amongst the few that authentically stood up against the authoritarian and oppressive regime of Indira Gandhi during the Emergency, while many in the opposition preferred to flee India to elude Mrs. Gandhi's wrath. He founded the now extinct National Party of India.

The Anand Brothers founded Navketan Films which is being administered by Suneil.

He was venerated with the Padma Bhushan and Dadasaheb Palke awards during the years 2001 and 2002 respectively, in additament to winning three Filmfare Awards - one each for his performance in 'Kala Paani' and 'Guide'; and the third being the Lifetime Achievement award that was presented to him during 1991. During 1996 he received the 'Screen Videocon Lifetime Achievement' Award.

His autobiography 'Romancing with Life' was relinquished during his 2007 day of inchoation party. In February 2011 his 1961 hit 'Hum Dono' was colorized and re-relinquished.

Due to health reasons Dev and Suniel had peregrinated to London, Britain and had booked a room in The Washington Hotel. His son was present with him when at 03:30 hours GMT on Sunday December 3, 2011, he passed away in his slumber after a sudden cardiac apprehend. Paramedics were evoked but were unable to revive him. He is survived by his wife, Kalpana; son, Suniel; and daughter, Devina. On December 10, 2011, he was cremated in West London's Putney Vale Crematorium. His remains were taken to India and immersed in the Godavari River. He was 88.

Condolences poured in from every corner of India, including ones from President Pratibha Patil; Prime Minister Manmohan Singh; Parliament Verbalizer Meira Kumar; Information & Broadcasting Minister, Ambika Soni, in integration to ones from prominent Bollywood and other personalities like Salman Rushdie.

This ever-green legend with an endearing toothy grin, long-sleeved shirts, with a unique gait and dialogue distribution will never be forgotten.

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