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Dev Anand has been a legendary personality in the Indian cinema since as early as 1946 and has filled in the boots of one of the most versatile romantic heroes and a producer with strong beliefs. It would be difficult to sum up his contribution to the industry which does not only include a series of exceptionally brilliant movies as an actor, but some magical movies as a producer and director as well. His movies were always the ones with the most popular music.

Born in Punjab, the actor would have never dreamt of being awarded Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution to Indian cinema but movies like Kala Bazar, Guide, Hum Dono, Love Marriage, Munimji, Hare Rama Hare Krishna paved way to mark his brilliance. Talents like Tina Munim and Zeenat Aman are his find and gift to the industry.

Dev Saab wasn’t just a romantic hero wooing beautiful ladies on screen rather he was a romantic who had a strong penchant for socially relevant topics as much as he loved his co-stars like Kalpana Kartik, Suraiya and Zeenat Aman. 

These topics found expression in his movies and once, Dev Anand also stood up against the Indian government when he felt their stand was becoming authoritarian. Not many Bollywood film-makers were as gutsy as Dev Saab and that can be one of the reasons why even after that his autobiography “Romancing with life” was launched by the Indian prime minister in 2007.

An eternal romantic is how he will always be remembered as.