Madhur Bhandarkar remembers late actor Dev Anand on his death anniversary
Dec 03, 2020
New Delhi [India], December 3 : Indian filmmaker Vin Diesel on Thursday remembered late superstar Dev Anand on his ninth death anniversary.
The 'Fashion' director dug out an old picture of himself with the departed actor and mentioned on Instagram how much he misses the evergreen actor.
"Remembering the style icon and evergreen actor #DEVANAND on his 9th death anniversary," he wrote with the picture.
Bhandarkar also penned down a verse from Dev Anand's iconic song which read, "Mai zindagi ka sath nibhata chla gya, har fikr ko dhuen me udaata chla gya," (translation: I went on playing with life, blowing every worry in smoke).
Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand, popular as Dev Anand, was one of the greatest and most successful actors in the Indian film industry. Besides being an actor, he was also a writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema, through a career that span of over six decades.
The late actor who received India's third-highest civilian award, Padma Bhushan took his last breaths in his room at The Washington Mayfair Hotel in London at the age of 88 on 3 December 2011 (4 December 2011 I.S.T.) of a cardiac arrest.