Fame and fortune always attracted a certain kind of people and back in the 1940s, when being a movie star was one of the only ways of getting famous and living a glamorous life, it attracted young boys and girls from all over the country. Dev Anand was one of those people, as he decided to move to Bombay (now Mumbai) from Lahore with just Rs 30 in his pocket, all because he wanted to become a movie star.

This was the era when the understanding of cinema was still in its nascent stage so when someone expressed their wish to be a star, it didn’t have much to do with their acting abilities. It was assumed that a charming, good-looking person would be fit for the silver screen and while Dev’s ambitions started with being a learned man in England, they eventually landed him in a place

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