With a career of over six decades, Dev Anand successfully showcased his talent in all aspects of filmmaking effortlessly. “Optimism is Life. If you are not optimistic you are dead,” - A quote by the legendary actor that will be cherished forever.
Born in Punjab, Dev Anand was the son of advocate Pishori Lal Anand, who had three other sons Manmohan, Chetan and Vijay Anand.
After pursuing a degree in English Literature, Dev Anand co-founded Navketan films with brother Chetan Anand in 1949.
Apparently, before Navketan films, when Dev Anand was working at the Indian People's Theatre Association along with his brother Chetan, he watched Ashok Kumar's performance and was inspired to become an actor.
In one of his interviews, Dev Anand said, "I remember when I gate-crashed into the office of the man who gave me the first break, he kept looking at me – Babu Rao Pai of Prabhat Film Studios. At that time he made up his mind that this boy deserves a break and later mentioned to his people that 'this boy struck me because of his smile and beautiful eyes and his tremendous confidence.”