Dev Anand, the legendary film actor is no more

Dharam Dev Anand (Hindi: धर्मदेव आनन्द, Punjabi: ਧਰਮਦੇਵ ਆਨੰਦ; 26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011), better known as Dev Anand, was an Indian Hindi Cinema actor, director and film producer. Dev was the second of three brothers who were active in Hindi Cinema. His brothers were Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand. Their sister, Sheel Kanta Kapur, is the mother of renowned Hindi and English film director Shekhar Kapur. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 for his contributions towards Indian cinema.

Dev Anand, after graduating in English Literature from the Government College, Lahore, British India left his hometown and came to Bombay in the early 1940s. He began his career in the military censor office at Churchgate, Bombay, for a salary of Rs.165 ( Army Postal Clerk ) He joined his older brother Chetan as a member of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). Luck favored Dev Anand and he soon got an opportunity to work as actor in the film Hum Ek Hain in 1946. However, the first big break came when Dev Anand was offered role for the Bombay Talkies production 'Ziddi' in 1948 and it became a huge hit. 

 The history of Dev Anand's life and career took another crucial turn when he launched his own company 'Navketan' in 1949. Though his first film flopped, his next movie 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna' released in 1971 with Zeenat Aman turned out to be a blockbuster hit. Things only smoothened out further with time for Dev Anand, who essayed even negative characters like in the film Jaal. Taxi Driver was declared another mega hit.

A fast dialogue delivery style and nodding while doing do soon became the famous trademarks of Dev's acting in movies like Munimji, CID and Paying Guest. His acting was not only well received by the audiences, but also hugely copied. Though he received a moderate flaking by the critics, he shut them all up through his classic acting in 1958's Kala Pani. He won the Best Actor Award for this film.

Most of Dev Anand's movies explored his viewpoint of the world and often highlighted many socially relevant topics. Another notable feature in Anand's movie was the soul stirring music. He was on very friendly terms with most of the Bollywood music composers like O. P. Nayyar, Sachin Dev Burman and his son, Rahul Dev Burman. Others known to Dev Anand were lyricists Majrooh Sultanpuri, Neeraj, Shailendra, and playback singers Mohammad Rafi and Kishore Kumar.

Dev Anand died on the 3rd of December 2011 in London, of a heart attack.

The All India Postal Employees Union, Group-C, Bhubaneswar Division while mourns the death of the legenday actor and pays tributes, just says 'abhi na jao chodkar'

 (Information / photograph  Sources : http://en.wikipedia.org,  http://www.india-forums.com, http://www.iloveindia.com)