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Dharam Dev Pishorimal Anand (26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011), better known as Dev Anand, was an Indian film actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema. Part of the Anand family, he co-founded Navketan Films in 1949, with his elder brother Chetan Anand

• The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 2001
•  and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 for his contribution to Indian cinema.
• His career spanned more than 65 years with acting in 114 Hindi films of which 109 have him play the main solo lead hero and did 2 English films.

Dev Anand has also been politically active.

•  He led a group of film personalities who stood up against the Internal Emergency imposed by the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.
•  He actively campaigned against her with his supporters in Indian parliamentary elections in 1977.
• He also formed a party called the "National Party of India", which he later disbanded.

The 1978 hit Des Pardes, directed by Dev Anand was the debut movie of actress Tina Munim and this film’s success gave him the tag of evergreen hero.

• By 2011, he held the record for being the first actor from Hindi films who has played the central solo lead character in maximum films—109.