Then And Now

Dev Anand

THEN 

Name: Devdutta Pishorimal Anand

Place of Birth: Gurdaspur, Punjab

Birthday: September 26, 1923

Father: Advocate Devdutt Pishorimal Anand

Education: English literature, Government College, Lahore, Pakistan

Siblings: Chetan Anand, Vijay Anand

First Job: military censor office, Mumbai. Monthly salary Rs 160.

First break in Bollywood: Hum Ek Hain (1946).

First big success: Ziddi (1948) costarring Kamini Kaushal

First successful movie as director: Hare Rama Hare Krishna 1971

Marriage: Actress Kalpana Kartik in 1954

Romance: Suraiya

Children: Sunil (1956)

Political involvements: Led film personalities who protested the Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and actively campaigned against her in the 1977 elections.

Awards: Filmfare Best Actor Kala Pani (1958) and Guide (1966)

1991 Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

NOW

Age: 83 years

Recent films: Censor (2001), Aman Ke Farishtey (2003), Love at Times Square (2003), Mr. Prime Minister (2005), When Heartbeats Are The Same (2007) and Chargeheet (2007)