It is because of his attitude towards life. In a word, carefree. Or if you prefer the hyphens, happy-go-lucky. In Hindi/Urdu, zinda-dil.
He was an actor, producer, director. What may not be so well-known is that he and Guru Dutt were good friends who started in the industry around the same time. But of course, they took different paths, Dev Anand a much longer one but to my mind, no less distiguished.
His film persona usually matched his real self- he was debonair, self-confident, incurably romantic (his autobiography is titled Romancing With Life too). Some of his characters were unforgettable. The guy who sang Main zindagi ka saath nibhaata chala gaya, har fikr ko dhuen mein udaata chala gaya in Hum Dono. Or Yeh dil na hota bechara in Jewel Thief.
Hema Malini's first big hit, many years later, was with him in Johny Mera Naam. O mere raja is a great hit from the film. He would also sing another duet with her in Shareef Badmaash- Neend Churake raaton mein, humne baaton baaton mein dekho baat badal di hai.
He introduced Zeenat Aman in Hare Rama Hare Krishna, a film about drug abuse with the iconic song Dum Maro Dum. He also introduced Tina Munim in Des Pardes, which had some of my favourite songs- Nazar lage na saathiyon, and Tu pee aur jee, among them.
His songs were the highlights of his films, right from Hai apna dil to awara (Hemant Kumar sang this) to Dil ka bhanwar kare pukar (Rafi) to Are yaar meri tum bhi ho ghazab and Khwaab ho tum ya koi haqeeqat kaun ho tum batlao (both from Teen Deviyan, Kishore Kumar). Some other great songs were Tu kahaan yeh bataa is nashili raat mein, Maana janaab ne pukara nahin, Wahan kaun hai tera, musafir, jaega kahaan, Chudi nahin yeh mera dil hai, Dil aaj shaayar hai gham aaj naghma hai, Hey maine kasam li, Abhi na jao chhod kar ke dil abhi bhara nahin.....
He was an actor, producer, director. What may not be so well-known is that he and Guru Dutt were good friends who started in the industry around the same time. But of course, they took different paths, Dev Anand a much longer one but to my mind, no less distiguished.
His film persona usually matched his real self- he was debonair, self-confident, incurably romantic (his autobiography is titled Romancing With Life too). Some of his characters were unforgettable. The guy who sang Main zindagi ka saath nibhaata chala gaya, har fikr ko dhuen mein udaata chala gaya in Hum Dono. Or Yeh dil na hota bechara in Jewel Thief.
Hema Malini's first big hit, many years later, was with him in Johny Mera Naam. O mere raja is a great hit from the film. He would also sing another duet with her in Shareef Badmaash- Neend Churake raaton mein, humne baaton baaton mein dekho baat badal di hai.
He introduced Zeenat Aman in Hare Rama Hare Krishna, a film about drug abuse with the iconic song Dum Maro Dum. He also introduced Tina Munim in Des Pardes, which had some of my favourite songs- Nazar lage na saathiyon, and Tu pee aur jee, among them.
His songs were the highlights of his films, right from Hai apna dil to awara (Hemant Kumar sang this) to Dil ka bhanwar kare pukar (Rafi) to Are yaar meri tum bhi ho ghazab and Khwaab ho tum ya koi haqeeqat kaun ho tum batlao (both from Teen Deviyan, Kishore Kumar). Some other great songs were Tu kahaan yeh bataa is nashili raat mein, Maana janaab ne pukara nahin, Wahan kaun hai tera, musafir, jaega kahaan, Chudi nahin yeh mera dil hai, Dil aaj shaayar hai gham aaj naghma hai, Hey maine kasam li, Abhi na jao chhod kar ke dil abhi bhara nahin.....
No comments:
Post a Comment