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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicDev Anand

Topic: Dev Anand

Goldie Anand was the architect of cinematic rebellion. Guide centered a morally complex woman

Tanuja Chaturvedi explores the cinematic universe of Dev and Goldie Anand in her book Hum Dono. At the book discussion in Delhi she said she believes the namesake film was directed by Goldie.

Anand Hi Anand—an event celebrating Dev Anand and brothers is an opportunity half missed

Sohaila Kapur’s engaging reading combined professional highlights with personal anecdotes, but the accompanying visual presentation did not do justice to Dev Anand’s flamboyance.

Girls threatened to kill me on learning I was Dev Anand’s niece. They said, ‘How dare you?’

My family never encouraged their girls to join films, even though we were attractive, talented, and some of us, eager. But uncle Chetan was keen to cast me as his heroine’s younger self.

India lost 80% film heritage by 1950s. These workshops preserve what’s left & screen them

A 10-day film preservation and restoration workshop at the Biennial Audio-Visual Archival Summer School (BAVASS) 2023 was organised by FHF at India International Centre in New Delhi.

‘Log mujhe pyaar karte hain’ — if Dev Anand was alive at 100, he would still be making films

There was no point at which he felt that ‘I have done enough and I should maybe take a little break,’ recalls film critic Anupama Chopra.

Zeenat Aman makes her Instagram debut — ‘Actor. Mother. Maverick’

In one of her posts, the actress talked about Bollywood in the 70s, its male domination and how, at times, she was the only woman on set.

Forget Gehraiyaan, Dev Anand & Waheeda Rehman’s Guide is the OG film of complex characters

The three-hour-long film is a cocktail of romance, melodrama, brilliant music-dance sequences, and a thought-provoking story.

Taxi Driver — one of India’s first ‘cabbie films’, which sealed Dev Anand’s romantic hero image

On Dev Anand's 98th birth anniversary, ThePrint revisits a film close to his heart — a complete Anand family production, whose heroine he married.

In Hum Dono, lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi turns melodrama into a meditation on love, war & life

Starring Dev Anand in a double role, along with Sadhana and Nanda, Hum Don is film takes on the classic lookalike trope, set against the backdrop of World War 2.

Sachin Pilot & Co will be 49th breakaway from Congress. But only 16 survived on their own

Sachin Pilot should learn a few lessons from Dev Anand, while Rahul Gandhi would do well to remember Amitabh Bachchan’s exit from politics in 1987.

On Camera

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

India’s inflation figures tell a growth story, a cautiously optimistic one

Based on inflation figures for the last three months, RBI is expected to look for confirmatory evidence that can mark the beginning of a sustained decline in core inflation.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.