And in early May, the celebrity looked contentedly on as India’s new Ambassador to Nepal, Rakesh Sood, launched the volume at an educational fair in Kathmandu.Ĭontroversial tycoon Srichand P Hinduja’s association with Anand’s most famous film, Guide, is already well known. In December, actor Cary Grant’s wife released it at Marawha Ranch, in Malibu. In October 2007, Amitabh Bachchan unveiled Romancing with Life in Bombay. But, like most of Anand’s films, his book too will probably be forgotten, once the current series of ‘launching ceremonies’ are over. An autobiography is by definition self-centred, of course, but it is rare that a writer says almost nothing else. The very first paragraph of the first chapter opens with six I’s and eight me’s. If you are not a diehard fan, there is little reason to even open the tome. And that about sums up the content of the book, as well: it is a story of Dev Anand’s obsession with himself. He is surrounded by tiny silver stars apparently, he considers himself quite the superstar. The dust-jacket displays an imposing colour mug-shot of the actor, in a new toupee and his trademark attire. Likewise, his newly released autobiography can be fairly judged by its cover. Dev Anand has always been better known for his wigs than his films, his looks than his talents, and his mannerisms than his acting or directing abilities.
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