Dev Saab felicitated

Legendary actor-filmmaker Dev Anand’s production banner Navketan Films completes 60 years in 2009 and on this occasion the Indian government will be felicitating the evergreen actor. Dev Anand will be felicitated by Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni at a function on the 3rd of September in Delhi called ‘Navketan at 60’.




Five of his films from the Navketan banner will be screened over three days which include Guide, Baazi, Taxi Driver, Hum Dono and Jewel Thief. Navketan has been making progressive films since 1949 and next in the offing is a film called Chargesheet . Each of the films whether Guide or Hare Rama Hare Krishna or Jewel Thief have had a cult fan-following and have been legendary. We have made films which look modern even today.

The Navketan Films banner was launched in 1949 by Dev Anand and elder brother Chetan Anand with the film Afsar starring Dev Anand and Suraiya. Legendary actor-filmmaker Dev Anand’s production banner Navketan Films completes 60 years in 2009 and on this occasion the Indian government
will be felicitating the evergreen actor. Dev Anand will be felicitated by Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni at a function on the 3rd of September in Delhi called ‘Navketan at 60’.

Five of his films from the Navketan banner will be screened over three days which include Guide, Baazi, Taxi Driver, Hum Dono and Jewel Thief. Navketan has been making progressive films since 1949 and next in the offing is a film called Chargesheet . Each of the films whether Guide or Hare Rama Hare Krishna or Jewel Thief have had a cult fan-following and have been legendary. We have made films which look modern even today.

The Navketan Films banner was launched in 1949 by Dev Anand and elder brother Chetan Anand with the film Afsar starring Dev Anand and Suraiya.One of the highlights of ‘Navketan at 60’ will be the premiere of the re-worked, coloured version of Dev Anand’s war-drama Hum Dono .

From Best Actor, Best Producer to Lifetime Achievement Awards and even the prestigious Padma Bhushan, Dev Anand has won it all but is still full of energy when it comes to films and filmmaking.He is still making films and his latest attempt is a film called Chargesheet.

One of the highlights of ‘Navketan at 60’ will be the premiere of the re-worked, coloured version of Dev Anand’s war-drama Hum Dono .From Best Actor, Best Producer to Lifetime Achievement Awards and even the prestigious Padma Bhushan, Dev Anand has won it all but is still full of energy when it comes to films and filmmaking.

He is still making films and his latest attempt is a film called Chargesheet.