by Chaitanya Padukone
While ardent-loyal fans of iconic star Dev Anand both in India and overseas will joyfully celebrate the 100th birthday of their favourite icon-idol in various ways, the bereaved Anand family will avoid any revelry or celebration. That's because not even a month has passed, ever since there was a tragic loss in the Anand family,. When Mrs Sushma Anand ( wife of legendary Vijay-'Goldie' Anand--younger brother of Dev Anand) ) suddenly expired on August 27th and the entire Anand parivaar was deeply saddened and shocked...
Speaking exclusively to me, nephew Ketan (Chetan) Anand said , " I am making a special six-episode Tribute docu-series on my uncle Dev Anand-saab and we were planning to organise a special event to mark the 100th birthday event on Sept 26th. Unfortunately, since my aunt Mrs Sushma-jee (Vijay Anand's wife) suddenly passed away. on August 27th, and since we are still observing the mourning period .it has been decided to to defer ( postpone) my docu-series project. In the near future, we shall keep Dev-saab's fans updated thru the news-media, accordingly, " informed Ketan
Previously the sentimental Ketan Anand had told me, " Legendary charismatic actor-director Dev-saab is timeless, he will always live in the minds and hearts of millions of all his loyal loving fans, with all his memorable movies and evergreen songs. " shared Ketan.
Meanwhile in Mumbai, multiple live musical events are being organised to commemorate legend Dev Anand's 100th birthday Among the major ones is this grand musical live event (for Invitees Only) has been organised on Tuesday Sept 26th at 6.30 pm by Dev-saab super-crazy senior fan dynamic Govind Sharma-jee (of Global Dev Anand Fans Forum) at Nehru Centre Auditorium in Mumbai.
On Friday Sept 29th, multi-talented Deepa Buty a Nagpur-based eminent musicologist and a die-hard jabraa fan of Dev-saab will launch her Coffee Table book in Mumbai . The Dev-saab dedicated book with curated rare photos and precious trivia inputs is perfectly titled "Ke Dil Abhi Bhara Nahi " Which means debonair Dev Anand's star screen-charisma is infinite-- ardent Fans can never ever get enough of him.
Sau Saal pehle humey Dev-sey pyaar thha,---Aaj bhi hai, aur Kal bhi rahega.