There are many interesting facts about a learned thespian.
Navy : Dev Anand was all set to join Royal Indian Navy as a commissioned officer.
But, British intelligence flagged his family association with Independence movement.
During World War 2nd , he worked as a clerk in Military Censor office.
Friendship : He was a close friend of Nepalese King Mahendra Shah.
He was a special guest during marriage of crown prince Birendra (later king) in 1970.
Latter invited him to shoot Hare Rama Hare Krishna, a known movie in Nepal.
Well read : Dev Anand happened to be a well read man who preferred company of scholars.
His close friend Pearl S Buck ,a Nobel laurate, wrote English script of Guide, an Indian classic.
Filipino : Dev Anand acted in only foreign movie, The Evil Within (1970)
It had Zeenat Aman starring opposite him along with Indian and Filipino actors.
Privacy : Unlike his onscreen public image , he was a private man.
He hardly allowed anyone to breach his privacy.
Fact : Dev Anand was a learned man , ahead of his times.
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