SONG:DHEERE DHEERE CHALnMUSIC:SHANKAR JAIKISHANnLYRICS:HASRAT JAIPURInSINGER:MOHAMMAD RAFI & LATA MANGESHKARnFILM:LOVE MARRIAGEnnnLove Marri...
SONG:DHEERE DHEERE CHALnMUSIC:SHANKAR JAIKISHANnLYRICS:HASRAT JAIPURInSINGER:MOHAMMAD RAFI & LATA MANGESHKARnFILM:LOVE MARRIAGEnnnLove Marriage is a 1959 Hindi Bollywood film directed by Subodh Mukherji.The film stars Dev Anand,Mala Sinha and Helen.The music was given by Shankar Jaikishan while the lyrics were written by Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra.nnnDev Anand (born 26 September 1923) is a famous Indian Bollywood actor, director and film producer. Dev is the second of three brothers who were active in Bollywood. His elder brother Chetan Anand was a film director, as was his younger brother, Vijay Anand. Their sister, Sheel Kanta Kapur, is the mother of renowned Hindi and English film director Shekhar Kapur.nnDev was offered his first big break by Ashok Kumar. Kumar spotted Dev hanging around in the studios and picked him as the hero for the Bombay Talkies production, Ziddi, costarring Kamini Kaushal (1948) which became a success. In 1949, Dev turned producer and launched his own company Navketan, which continues to produces movies.nnDev was successful after that. Dev relied on Guru Dutt as director for the crime thriller, Baazi (1951). The dice rolled in favour of this creative collaboration; the Sahir Ludhianvi, lyricist song, Tadbeer se bigdi huyee taqdeer bana de, proved prophetic and Dev became a true star.nnHe also played a few characters with a negative shade, like in Jaal (1952). His films Rahee and Aandhiyan, were screened there along with Raj Kapoor's Awaara. In the same year, Taxi Driver was declared a hit. Dev's heroine was Kalpana Kartik nee Manorama Singha again, and the two decided to marry in a quiet ceremony.nnMarriage and the birth of son Suneil in 1956 did not affect Dev's career. A rapid-fire style of dialogue delivery, an array of hats , and a penchant for nodding while speaking became Dev's style in films like Munimji, C.I.D. and Paying Guest. His style was lapped up by the audience and was widely imitated. He starred in a string of box office successes for the remainder of the 1950s. In 1955 he also co-starred with Dilip Kumar in Insaniyat.nnDespite his characteristic style, Dev's detractors cast aspersions on his acting abilities. However, with his acting in Kala Pani (1958), as the son who is willing to go to any lengths to clear his framed father's name, he won the Best Actor Award for the film.nnHe was romantically involved with singer-actress Suraiya and the two of them paired in six films together. She fell in love with him when — during the shooting of a song sequence in the film — a boat capsized and Dev Anand saved Suraiya from drowning. Her grandmother opposed the relationship as they were Muslims and so,Suraiya remained unmarried all her life.nnHis first film in colour, Guide with Waheeda Rehman was based on the novel of the same name by R. K. Narayan. Dev Anand himself was the impetus for making the film version of the book. He met and persuaded Narayan to give his assent to the project. Dev Anand tapped his friends in Hollywood to launch an Indo-US co-production that was shot in Hindi and English simultaneously and was released in 1965. This is regarded by many as his best work to-date.nnGuide, directed by younger brother Vijay Anand, was an acclaimed movie with Waheeda Rehman.He reunited with Vijay Anand for the Jewel Thief, featuring a bevy of beauties led by Vyjayanthimala and including Tanuja, Anju Mahendru, Faryal and Helen.Their next collaboration, Johnny Mera Naam (1970) was a big hit. Unlike Raj and Dilip, who slowed down in the Seventies, Dev continued to be a romantic hero.nnHis maiden attempt at direction drama Prem Pujari, flopped, but Dev got lucky with his 1971 directorial effort, Hare Rama Hare Krishna . Zeenat Aman, who played the mini-skirt sporting, pot-smoking Janice, became an overnight sensation. Dev also became known as a filmmaker of trenchantly topical themes. This same year, he starred with Mumtaz in Tere Mere Sapne,The film was directed by Dev's brother, Vijay.nnThe presence of his discoveries — the Zeenat and later, the Tina Munim (heroine of Dev's last recognised hit Des Pardes in 1978) — fuelled Dev's image as the evergreen star even when he was well into his fifties.nnDev Anand's films are well known for their successful songs. Some of the most popular Bollywood songs were from his films.His association with music composers Shankar-Jaikishen, O. P. Nayyar, S.D Burman and his son R.D Burman, lyricists Hasrat Jaipuri, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Neeraj, Shailendra, Anand Bakshi, and playback singers Mohammad Rafi, Mukesh and Kishore Kumar produced some very popular songs.nnDev Anand died in his sleep on Dec 3, 2011 after Cardiac arrest at the Washington Mayfair Hotel in London . Less
