All about late actor and director Vijay Anand

Vijay Anand was born on January 22, 1934 in Gurdaspur, Punjab and was the youngest of the three Anand brothers. His elder brothers have been director Chetan Anand and actor Dev Anand. Although Vijay, affectionately generally known as Goldie, some say due to his curly hair,  is thought in the present day as a director, he really began his profession as an actor in 1955 in a household drama known as Joru Ka Bhai (1955), directed by brother Chetan. He didn’t pursue performing, nonetheless, preferring to be behind the digital camera for many half. His greatest movie as an actor is claimed to be Kora Kagaz (1974). The movie, directed by Anil Ganguly, was based mostly on the 1963 Bengali movie Saat Pake Bandha directed by Ajoy Kar, and starred Suchitra Sen and Soumitra Chatterjee. He performed a university professor who marries a a lot youthful woman (Jaya Bhaduri),  from a rich household. The woman’s mom doesn’t like the truth that their son-in-law isn’t prosperous like them and her fixed interference creates acrimony between the couple. In Tere Mere Sapne (1971), a movie starring Dev Anand and Mumtaz, he performed a physician who’s drunk on a regular basis. Although he’s a drunkard, he acts because the conscience keeper of the protagonist and was well-liked for his small however important position. He additionally directed the movie. It’s mentioned to be his most severe movie until date because it revolved across the real-life career of docs forgetting the Hippocratic Oath and blindly pursuing lucre. It reportedly modified the fortunes of Mumtaz, whose performing as a stoic spouse was a lot admired within the movie. Individuals began taking her significantly as an actor after this. In Most important Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978), he performed a debauched landlord who marries one other, a lot youthful lady (Asha Parekh) and brings turmoil into the lifetime of his spouse (Nutan). In 1994, he appeared as detective Sam D’Silva within the hit TV collection Tehkikaat. The serial grew to become fairly well-liked and his chemistry with Saurabh Shukla, who performed Gopichand, his accomplice, was a lot admired.
When it got here to filmmaking, Vijay, like his brothers, too was influenced by the neo-noir Hollywood movies. That was very a lot evident in his directorial debut Nau Do Gyarah (1957), the place a truck driver (Dev Anand) and a runaway bride (Kalpana Kartik) fall in love, resulting in many misadventures. His subsequent directorial enterprise Kala Bazar (1960) had all of the three brothers performing collectively for the primary time. Dev Anand performed a black marketeer who begins off by promoting movie tickets in black however is later reformed by means of love. It’s mentioned that Vijay’s childhood reminiscences of seeing film tickets of Dev Anand’s movies being offered in black gave him the thought for this movie. The movie used footage of the premiere of the movie Mom India (1957) to nice benefit and with actors like Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Geeta Dutt, Guru Dutt, Raaj Kumar and Rajendra Kumar being featured in it. It grew to become one of many speaking factors of the movie.
His subsequent movie was Tere Ghar Ke Saamne (1963), a romantic comedy. It’s mentioned Goldie favored Nutan as an actress, who was mentioned to have the proper photogenic face. He shot probably the greatest songs of the actress, Dil ka bhanwar kare pukar within the movie. The track was mentioned to be shot on the spiral staircase of Qutub Minar and is a marvel of track picturisation. Nutan and Dev Anand climb up the tower as pals however come down as lovers, the entire courtship being performed out amidst the journey.

Certainly, capturing songs aesthetically and utilizing them as extensions of the narrative grew to become one thing of a trademark for Vijay Anand. Within the Tere mere sapne track from Information (1965), as an example, the morning solar turns into a metaphor for the new-found love between Raju and Rosie. The sunshine Goldie needed was out there just for quarter-hour per day early morning so he timed it to perfection and shot for these quarter-hour every day until he was glad. The track Hothon mein aisi baat from Jewel Thief (1967) was shot on the royal palace of Gangtok, Sikkim and confirmed the heroine in a dilemma as she has learnt a fateful secret. The fast-moving track appeared nearly like an uncut take. Pal bhar ke liye koi hame pyar kar le from Johny Mera Naam (1970) was filmed on a set representing a home with a number of doorways and home windows. You possibly can see Dev Anand in a steady movement serenading Hema Malni from varied nooks and crannies. Pal pal dil ke paas from Blackmail (1973) was designed like a daydream. The heroine, Raakhee, reads the letters written to her by the hero, Dharmendra, and imagines he’s there alongside her. It charges as being probably the most romantically picturised songs ever. In Akela gaya tha primary (Rajput, 1982), the daydream motif is once more utilised, this time on Rajesh Khanna, who’s proven driving a horse and desirous about Hema Malini. The movie might have flopped however the fantastic thing about the track hasn’t diminished. Composers Laxmikant-Pyarelal too cleverly included the tick-tock sound made by the hooves of the horse into the soundtrack.

Information, his most well-known movie, is claimed to have come to him by means of accident. The movie relies on the 1958 novel The Information, by R. Ok. Narayan, and was conceived as a world venture between Dev Anand and author Pearl S Buck, who introduced in American director Tad Danielewski to direct her model of the movie. Dev Anand introduced in his elder brother Chetan Anand to helm his model, which might have in depth songs and dances. It’s mentioned the American workforce didn’t gel properly with the Indian workforce. Then, Chetan needed to make the warfare drama Haqeeqat (1964). Therefore, he exited the venture and Goldie was requested to helm it. The director gave it the poetry and the pathos of a Guru Dutt movie and the grandeur of a Raj Kapoor movie. And its songs are one thing Sanjay Leela Bhansali continues to be emulating. Right this moment, it’s thought-about a basic and will get taught in movie faculties. By the way, it’s mentioned that Narayan himself didn’t like each the Indian and the American variations and wittily described Information as being misguided. By the by, Vijay was one of many protagonists of Haqeeqat.  The movie opened with an extended panoramic shot of him driving a jeep by means of rugged mountains. Individuals usually mentioned Vijay Anand excelled as a result of he solely labored with Navketan movies, Dev Anand’s banner. Maybe to show them incorrect, he selected to direct Teesri Manzil (1966), which was produced by Nasir Hussain and starred Shammi Kapoor and Asha Parekh. The noir parts have been once more evident within the movie because it chronicled the exploits of the hero wrongly accused of the homicide of her sister by the heroine. It had some evergreen tunes composed by RD Burman, was shot on picturesque locales and showcased crackling chemistry between the 2 leads. It proved to be a blockbuster hit and silenced his critics as soon as for all. It’s a pity the workforce couldn’t come collectively once more.