Dev Anand: Generation after generation has been crazy about Dev Saheb. Even today you will find Dev Anand’s fans in this country. Dev Saheb, his films and his style rule the hearts of people. In this series of anecdotes and stories, today we will tell you about Dev Saheb’s cap, which Dev Saheb had once thrown among the fans, but then after years suddenly that cap was mentioned. Let us know how?
Dev Anand’s cap
Actually, the film ‘Baji’ was released in the year 1951 and Dev Saheb had become a superstar. During a function, Dev Saheb was surrounded by fans and he threw the cap he was wearing on his head among the fans. This cap of Dev Anand fell into the hands of a fan and that fan considered himself lucky and kept Dev Saheb’s cap safely as it was his symbol.
Dev Saheb was in a hurry
Then after half a century this cap was mentioned. A family preserved this hat from generation to generation. It was a few years before Dev Saheb’s demise, when Dev Saheb went to the doctor for regular checkup of his teeth. During this time he was in a hurry and while coming out of the lift, he started going inside quickly.
Dev Anand collided with the glass shelf
Dev Saheb was in a hurry and instead of his eyes falling on a mirror shelf, his head hit it hard. The collision was strong and the glass shelf broke. Shards of glass scattered here and there and everyone turned to look at Dev Saheb to see if he was injured. A man came running towards him and started cleaning the glass shards from his coat and shoulders.
Fan told the story
During this the person asked, didn’t you realize where you were going so fast? Then laughingly Dev Saheb said that this is the reason why I keep wearing this cap and saying this he moved ahead, but then a girl’s voice came saying that you have been protecting your head in this way for many years.
The hat fell into my grandmother’s hands – fan
When Dev Saheb heard this voice, he turned and saw that there was a girl coming towards him with an autograph book. Dev Saheb gave autograph. Then the girl said that you might not remember, at the premiere of your film ‘Baaji’ you took off your cap and threw it in the air and that cap hit my grandmother standing in the crowd.
What did the fan say?
The girl said that till today my grandmother has kept that cap decorated in the house and my grandmother considers it a great heritage that it is Dev Anand’s cap and today I will take this autograph of yours and show it to her and tell her that grandmother I also have a heritage. You have Dev Anand’s cap and I have his autograph.