Dev Was Dev

Ali Peter John

It was 1962. Dev Anand was already a legend and had worked with all the big female stars. It was at this time that Sadhana had become a major star after doing a string of successful films. She was offered two big films at the same time, “Asli Naqli"with Dev and “Mere Mehboob",a Muslim social with the Jubilee Star Rajendra Kumar. Sadhana was in a fix about doing“Mere Mehboob"because she did not feel confident about doing the role. She talked to Dev who advised her not to give up the film under any circumstances because he told her that if the film had Rajendra Kumar in it, there must be something special about it. Sadhana did what“Asli Naqli"and“Mere Mehboob"and Dev Anand's advice to her worked wonders as“Mere Mehboob"turned out to be a superhit and a cult film, making Sadhana a superstar and giving the female Muslim character in films a new image.

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