Dev Anand Age, Death Cause, Wife, Children, Biography & More

Bio
Real Name	Dharam Dev Pishorimal Anand
Profession	Actor, Producer, Director
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 7”
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 55 kg in Pounds- 121 lbs
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	26 September 1923
Date of Death	3 December 2011
Age (as on 3 December 2011)	88 Years
Birth Place	Shankargarh, Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan)
Place of Death	London, England
Death Cause	Cardiac Arrest
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Libra
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Gharota, Gurdaspur, Punjab
School	Sacred Heart School, Dalhousie
College	Government College, Lahore (Pakistan)
Educational Qualifications	B.A. in Literature
Debut	Film: Hum Ek Hain (1946) Producer: Afsar (1950) Political: Dev Anand started a campaign in 1970 against the internal emergency leading a group of othe actors, this emergency was imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi Direction: Prem Pujari (1970)
Family	Father- Pishori Lal Anand (Advocate) Brother- Manmohan Anand(Advocate), Chetan Anand(Producer, Director, Screenwriter and Actor), Vijay Anand Sister- Sheel Kanta Kapur
Religion	Hinduism
Address	2nd Iris Park, Juhu, Mumbai
Hobbies	Reading, writing, collecting pens, jackets and pair of shoes, yoga
Controversies	Dev Anand's movie 'Kala Pani' was a big hit. But after the success of this movie, Dev Anand was banned to wear black suit. It is said that whenever he went into public wearing black suit, girls would go crazy on seeing him and most of them used to faint and fall unconscious
Favourite Things
Favourite Actors	Ashok Kumar, Charlie Chaplin
Favourite Actress	Snehprabha Pradhan
Favourite Colours	Yellow, Brown, Black
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Suraiya, Actress (1948-1951)
Spouse(s)	Kalpana Kartik, Actress (m. 1954 - 2011; his death)
Marriage Date	Year - 1954
Children	Son- Suniel Anand Daughter- Devina Anand (Narang)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Dev Anand

• Did Dev Anand smoke : No

• Did Dev Anand drink alcohol : No

• Dev Anand wanted to join Royal Indian Navy of the British Armed Forces, but he got rejected. So he started working in the military censor’s office, Churchgate. His salary was INR 165/month.

• Dev Anand decided to become an actor when he saw Ashok Kumar’s ‘Achhut Kanya’ and ‘Kismet’. He was really impressed by his performance in the movie. Interestingly, Ashok Kumar had selected Dev Anand for the blockbuster movie Ziddi.

• Dev Anand and Guru Dutt shared a very warm relationship. They had decided that all Guru Dutt movies will have Dev Anand as the lead and all movies produced by Dev Anand will be directed by Guru Dutt.

• Dev Anand wanted to cast Mumtaz in ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’ (1971), but mumtaz had already signed seven films for the year. That time, one actor had the restriction on signing more than seven movies a year. But Dev Anand fought with everyone and took Mumtaz to Nepal under Police Protection and shot for the film.

• Many actresses were offered the role of Dev Anand’s sister in ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’, but all of them refused to act as Dev Anand’s sister. Later the role was played by Zeenat Aman

• Dev Anand was banned to wear Black suit after the super hit movie ‘Kala Pani’ (1958). Whenever he went into the audience in a black suit, the girls used to faint ‘courtesy’ to his charmed look.

• A Father got to find his missing daughter, as she was in one of the songs of ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’. When he saw her in the movie, he contacted the film makers and got to meet his daughter.

• Dev Anand has also worked in a Hollywood movie, ‘The Evil Within’ (1970).

• Dev Anand was the first choice for the movies Junglee (1961) and Teessri Manzil (1966); however, due to some unknown reasons, he declined both the offers. His loss eventually became Shammi Kapoor’s gain as he accepted both the movies, which later proved to be a huge commercial success. In a similar instance, he even refused the offer for the 1973 cult classic- Zanjeer.

• Dev Anand and Actress Surraiya fell in love during the shooting of the film ‘Vidya’ (1948). Dev Anand proposed to her with a diamond ring worth Rs 3000. But Surraiya could not accept the proposal because of her maternal grandmother, who refused to let Surraiya out of her religion. Surraiya stayed single till her death.

• Dev Anand was a big fan of Charlie Chaplin. He once got a chance to meet the latter in Switzerland. During the entire meeting, he kept on screaming “Hail Charlie”, raising his arms as the Nazi Soldiers used to do.

• Guide (1965) was the only movie in his entire career, in which he had died in the end.

• Dev Anand was also interested in politics. He had campaigned against the internal emergency (25 June 1975 to 21 March 1977) along with other film actors. Also he had established a political party and named it “National Party of India”, which he disbanded after a few years.

• Room Number 11 at Fredrick Hotel in Mahabaleshwar, a hill station in Maharashtra, was always reserved for Dev Anand. He had always stayed in that room whenever he was in the town.

• Dev Anand never worked in a commercial in his entire career.

• He loved collecting jackets and had a collection of over 800 jackets.

• Dev Anand has worked only in one film which had more than one lead actors.