Romancing with Life, Dev Anand
Romancing with Life, Dev Anand
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Romancing with Life
An Autobiography

Author: Dev Anand

Narrator: Derek Denzel

Unabridged: 13 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/03/2019

Synopsis

In "Romancing with Life", the first-ever full-fledged memoir by a leading Bollywood star, Dev Anand tells his remarkable life story like only he can. Here are tales from Dev's youth in 1930s Gurdaspur and Lahore; his years of struggle in 1940s Bombay; his friendship with Guru Dutt and his doomed romance with Suraiya; his marriage to co-star Kalpana Kartik; his relationships with his brothers Chetan and Vijay Anand, with S.D. and R.D. Burman, with his compatriots Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor; to both of whom he was very close, and with his heroines from Geeta Bali, Madhubala, Meena Kumari, Nutan, Vyjayanthimala, Mumtaz and Hema Malini to Waheeda Rehman, Zeenat Aman and Tina Munim, all of whom he launched. Dev Anand has produced an unputdownable book chock-full of bittersweet reminiscences, written in a pacy, effervescent style that carries the reader through sixty of Bollywood's most interesting years. With rare pictures from his personal archive, "Romancing with Life" is the quintessential Dev Anand.

About The Author

Dev Anand was an award-winning actor, writer, director, and producer of Indian films in Hindi. Although his autobiography has been his only work, Dev Anand penned the story for 13 of his own films. Anand s writing style is pacy and effervescent, as he keeps the readers hooked to his every word. Anand s full name was Dharam Dev Pishorimal Anand. He was born on 26 September, 1923, in Gurdaspur. He graduated in English Literature from Government College, Lahore, and started his career as a Clerk in Accountancy. He then joined his elder brother Chetan Anand in the latter s theatrical engagements, from where he moved on to Hindi films. In a career spanning over sixty five years, Dev Anand acted in 114 films. He played the lead role in 104 of them. Anand received the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002. He received several Filmfare awards and international honors and recognitions during his lifetime. Due to his resemblance to Hollywood star Gregory Peck, Dev Anand was accepted as one of Hindi cinema s best looking actors. Anand succumbed to a cardiac arrest on December 3, 2011, in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vivek on February 09, 2020

Dev Anand narrates an honest tale of his life, which revolves around his family, friends, fans, movies, a film production house, foreign travels, award functions, love affairs, and romantic encounters. Read the complete review here [URL not allowed]-i.......more

Goodreads review by Sandhya on July 21, 2008

Love or hate this book by Dev Anand but if there's one thing going for it, it is the fact that, unlike most autobiographies that are ghost-written, this one is, without a shred of doubt, penned by the man himself. How else do you explain the fact that the book has the exact trajectory for his career-......more

Goodreads review by Sanjeev on January 31, 2019

My review might be a bit biased as I grew up loving the man, his skewed movies, and his mannerism. But nothing can take away from the fact that the man 'Dev saab' was effervescence personified. He was obviously so full of life. It would a blessing to live a life the way he did. A big life and a long......more

Goodreads review by Jyoti on September 20, 2013

Having been brought up amidst the 70s Hindi film music and many gossipy insights from my father on the lives of the 60s and 70s Hindi film actors, I've looked forward to reading their biographies to know the real humans. Over the 3-day stay at the lovely Walterre, that included many well-stocked rea......more

Goodreads review by Shaiju on March 15, 2017

Quite an interesting read. The initial chapters are nice. It gives you a lot of insight to the legend's initial career days. The memoir also gives an account of his declining career phase during the later part of his life. However, one cannot take away the fact that DEV ANAND is and will always be r......more

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