Click to play videoMumbai: He is the evergreen star of the Indian silver screen and as he turns 83 years young, the ageless Dev Anand remembers the days gone by with a hint of emotion.
"It's a hell of a span - 61 years of active life. I came to Bombay in 1943 - hardly 19 years old,” says Devsaab, as he is fondly called.
So, what keeps the octogenarian veteran fighting fit? One, he never smoked in real life and barring a few scenes, he didn’t light up even on screen.
But that is not the only reason. "When I'm working I'm energetic. I get energy from work,” he says.
One of the greatest stars the Hindi film industry has seen, Dev Anand was handsome and debonair.
He was the epitome of the suave, urban gentleman in his heydays. And at 83, the zest for learning has not stopped as he readies to shoot his pet project - an international film based in Croatia.
"I'm learning all the time. I want to prove to myself that I can be as good or as bad while making an international film," he says, adding, "Time flies all the time but luckily I haven't had a pause because my mind is so made I am flying with it as well. I finished it last year in December. The last chapter will be from Croatia and next year it will hit the market."
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