Dev Anand

Dev Anand

Date of Birth: 26 Sep 1923

Country: India

Total Credits at Criticker: 35 (Actor), 9 (Director), 8 (Writer)

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    Love at Times Square
    A love triangle emerges in America between two Indian men and one Indian woman. The two men fall in love with a young co-ed at American University--who also happens to be the daughter of an Indian billionaire. (IMDB)
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    Guide
    Raju makes a living by acting as a guide for tourists on one hand, and a con-man on another. He meets with Rosie Marco during one of his tours, and is attracted to her. He finds out that Rosie is unhappily married, would like to separate from her spouse, and take up acting and dancing... (imdb)
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    Taxi Driver
    Take a nostalgic journey circa 1960s Bombay with it's quiet, peaceful and scenic background, trams, and a unique taxi driver, Mangal, who is called "Hero" by his friends. A driver who drives a cab by day, then drinks at night, listens to his singer girlfriend, Sylive, and then goes into a drunken stupor - and wakes up with a hangover. One day, while assisting another taxi driver, Mangal comes to the assistance of a damsel in distress, who is being molested by two thugs. (imdb)
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    Baazi
    Madan (played by Dev Anand) is a former cabbie who is a genius at gambling. His sister becomes sick with tuberculosis and to pay her hospital bills, he's drawn into a life of crime.
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    Jaal
    Carlos lives with his sister, Maria, off of the Indian coast in a fishing village. One day a mysterious young woman, Lisa, enters their lives, followed by a mysterious man, Tony. Maria and Tony fall in love with each other. The question remains: who exactly are Lisa and Tony, and what is the reason behind their presence on this fishing community; and whether or not Maria is being drawn into a web of lies and deceit at the hands of Tony. (imdb)
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    C.I.D.
    A newspaper editor, Shrivastav, is killed when he was about to expose the underworld links of a very rich and influential person. C.I.D. Inspector Shekhar is assigned to this case. (imdb)
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    Hum Dono
    After making a heroic solo stand to save his men from the advancing Japanese, Major Verma (Dev Anand) is missing in action, presumed dead. The task of informing Verma's family falls to Captain Anand (Dev Anand in a double role), who happens to be the spitting image of his commanding officer. (channel4.com)
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    Haré Raama Haré Krishna
    Mr and Mrs Jaiswal separate, leaving Jasbir with her dad, and Prashant with his mom. Eventually Prashant and his mom travel to India, leaving father and daughter behind in Montreal. Years later, Prashant has grown up to be a pilot. He has received a letter from his dad that Jasbir, who had rebelled and left home, is now located in Kathmandu, Nepal, with a group of hippies. Prashant undertakes to find his sister and hopefully get her back to the family. (imdb)
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    Jewel Thief
    A Police Commissioner's son comes under suspicion for being a jewel thief. (imdb)
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    Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
    Bollywood has fascinated the world with its stories of romance and its spectacular choreographies. Some say it's the only culture that holds India together. Others say it's the most corrupting influence on Indians. The directors try to analyze Bollywood, but instead give in to its overpowering beat and sensuality, preferring to give you an experience of Bollywood. (IKSV)
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    Kala Bazar
    A man sells movie tickets on the black market, but starts to have a change of heart after he falls in love. (imdb)
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    Anand Aur Anand
    Arun Anand has been married for several years now, but his wife is unable to conceive. Arun's has an affair with his personal secretary, Kiran, and as a result Kiran gets pregnant. Arun does not want a scandal to upset his wife, so he asks an impotent union leader, Pratap Singh, to marry Kiran, sire the child, and then divorce her, all for a hefty sum of money. Pratap agrees to this arrangement, and soon a boy is born. (imdb)
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    Shrimanji
    The year is 1942 and Advocate M.L. Gupta lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his wife, Maya, in Churchgate, Bombay. One day he travels to Calcutta, and during an air raid by Japanese fighter aircraft, takes shelter with a prostitute, Panna, who drugs and then seduces him. The next day Gupta returns home and decides to forget about this affair. Shortly thereafter he and Maya become parents of a male child and name him Johar. (imdb)
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    Film Hi Film
    Producer Gyan Chand attempts to make a film. Whilst in production his partner refuses to co-operate with the financial aspect of completing the movie and Gyan Chand ends up being imprisoned for 5 years - being unable to return the borrowed money from the investors. After being released from prison Gyan Chand decides to make a low budget film with 4 unknown faces with a smaller budget. Gyan Chand starts facing several obstacles to get his film released on the big screen. (imdb)
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    Return of Jewel Thief
    Multi-millionaire Vinay Kumar owns a show-room with Jewels found all over the world in different shape, style and fashion. In order to exhibit something new he seeks permission from the British Government to loan him the priceless Kohinoor diamond who agrees and laid down a condition that he will have to mortgage his entire show-room with them as guarantee that the diamond will be return. Thus Police Commissioner Surya Dev Singh is entrust with the task of securing the diamond from thieves. (imdb)
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    Censor
    Depicts a filmmaker's struggle to pass his controversial film for family viewing, follows many hardships in the process. (imdb)
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    Prem Pujari
    Ramdev Bakshi is the only son of widower and former Indian Army General Durgaprasad, who has been decorated several times with various medals for bravery shown in the line of duty. Alas this did leave him crippled, after he lost a leg during the war with Pakistan. Ramdev is also enlisted in the army, but he is peace-loving and detests war. He has a sweetheart in village belle Suman Mehra, and both hope to get married soon. (imdb)
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    Awwal Number
    The DGP of Police discovers a terrorist plot hatched by a sacked cricketer to blow up the stadium where an important cricket match is in progress. (imdb)
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    Love marriage
    Sunil Kumar rents a room in the city where he is to play cricket for the home team. He meets with the landlord's daughter, who instantly dislikes him. But after watching him play cricket, she falls in love with him, and both decide to get married. After the marriage both decide to re-locate and do so, living harmoniously for sometime, before differences arise, threatening to break up their "love marriage".
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    Hum Naujawan
    A Professor searching for his missing daughter comes to know that she is not alive, and he suspects who is responsible for that but does not have the evidence. Later the culprit is caught red handed. (imdb)
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    Lootmaar
    Airforce pilot Bhagat's wife Raksha and his father are killed in a bank robbery where his father works on the day he was celebrating his wedding anniversary and son's birthday. Bhagat notices that one of the robbers had a torn shoe and finds a locket similar to what his wife had. His investigation takes him to hilly regions where he introduces himself as Jim Darcy.
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    Prem Shastra
    Writer Sagar Sharma is in love with a much younger woman named Barkha. When Sagar meets his ex-wife, Neelima, she tells him that Barkha is her daughter. Perturbed that he is dating his ex-step-daughter, Sagar disbelieves her and continues to have his affair with Barkha. And then Neelima tells him that she had an affair with his elder brother and that Barkha is his daughter. Sagar will now decide to end this affair, as neither the community nor his very own brother will permit him...
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    Nirala
    A doctor unknowingly spurns a woman who loves him, compelling her to marry a wealthy king whose three wives allegedly killed themselves.
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    Aaram
    Attractive Leela has three suitors. The first one is Shyam, an artistic painter, who offers her his heart, and a room he shares with his friend, Chamanlal. While the trio is busy conning others, Leela meets with Sita, who is a Rani of a region, she takes a fancy to Leela, invites her to her palace, introduces her to her son, Kumar, who instantly falls in love with her. When Leela indicates that she loves Shyam, Kumar and his mom conspire to be friendly with...
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    House No. 44
    Ashok is a petty thief working under a notorious gangster named Sunder. When Ashok comes across a dead body of a watchman, he reports this matter to the police, much to the anger of some of Sunder's men. Ashok then meets Nimmo, and both fall in love with each other. Nimmo convinces Ashok to give up this life of crime, and begin anew. Ashok agrees, and then when he has not eaten for two or three days, he realizes that it is not that easy to be an honest man...
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    Rahi
    After leaving British Army Ramesh joins a tea plantation as a supervisor, where he is required to harass Indians. Gradually his heart changes and falls in love with a local girl and revolts against his British employer.
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    Tamasha
    Fed up with Dilip's involvement with gold-digging actress Nayantara, Dilip's uncle pretends to be gravely ill in hopes of guilting him into marrying a decent girl. Dilip convinces reluctant Kiran to pretend to be his fiancée. Dilip and Kiran soon fall in love, and Nayantara decides to intervene.
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    Sazaa
    While driving her car, Kamini (Shyama) runs over a young man (Dev Anand), who is seriously injured. She stops the car, and takes him to a hospital, where it takes several weeks for him to recover. Kamini visits him daily even while he is unconsious. When he recovers, she is attracted to him, and offers him employment with her dad Seth Mothumal's (Gope) business as a manager... (imdb)
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    Solva Saal
    A woman elopes with her boyfriend but finds that he has ditched her and made off with her family heirloom. Now she, along with a helpful news reporter, have to retrieve the necklace and get back to her home within the span of a single night. (imdb)
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    Bullet
    Plain-clothes Inspector Dharam Dev is hot on the tracks of notorious underworld don, Durgaprasad, alias "D.P." But Durgraprased is not only elusive, but shrewd and cunning as well, and spreads of web of lies and deceit, and entraps Dharam in it, and a result of which Dharam himself becomes a suspect for murder, and is arrested. (imdb)
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    Jeet
    India has finally won independence from British rule, and there are signs of progress among the population. One such sign of progress is in the village where two childhood sweethearts, namely Jeet and Vijay live. Vijay lives with his mom and brother Ratan. Ratan, who lives abroad, returns home to India, with all new ideas of progress and advancement.
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    Sau Crore
    After her husband Raj (Raman Kapoor) is murdered, Kamlesh (Fatima Sheikh) receives a shock and doesn't speak for days. The cause of this is that she indeed witnessed her husband's murder. But who did murder Raj? Was it really the politician Somnath (Naseeruddin Shah) who fell in love with Kamlesh and wanted to marry her? Was it a plot created by Somnath's rival candidate Mohanbhai (Anupam Kher) to win the elections? Or was it Kamlesh herself who wanted to leave Raj and run off with Somnath? It's
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    Insaniyat
    A once loyal soldier faces many challenges after turning into a rebel. (imdb)
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    Dilruba
    Efforts are underway by the owner of a dancer troupe to ensnare an Engineer in the theft of a necklace.
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    Vidya
    Born in a low-caste family of chamars (cobblers), Chandu alias Chandrashekhar (Dev Anand) helps his father repair shoes and other footware for a small pittance. One day a girl from a rich and wealthy family, Vidya (Suraiya) stops by to get her shoe repaired. She wants Chandu to stop doing this menial job, and go to school, study and become someone important. She offers help financially, and gets Chandu to school.
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