Dev Anand
Dev Anand
Dharamdev Anand, 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. Anand is regarded as one of the influential actors in the history of Indian cinema...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth26 September 1923
CountryIndia
life-is-too-short life-is speak
Life is too short. I don't have time to speak slowly.
came leading pace
I was the leading star in 1945. I slowed down my pace of acting assignments after I came into direction.
art film sometimes
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.
baby ideas execution
Motion picture making is a very, very involved affair. It is completely my baby. I'm a thorough professional. I plan films right from the conception of an idea to its final execution.
If I wanted, I could have ruled half of Bombay.
cut hard people script strikes
I keep drawing inspiration from people every day. All of a sudden, something strikes me so hard and dramatically, and then a dream comes - I sit down, cut it off and make a script out of it.