
degree in English Literature from the Government College, Lahore in British India. He did his schooling till matriculation from Sacred Heart School, Dalhousie, (then in Punjab) and went to Government college Dharamshala before going to Lahore to study. Court) and Chetan Anand and the younger one was Vijay Anand. His older brothers were Manmohan Anand (Advocate, Gurdaspur Dist. One of Dev's younger sisters is Sheel Kanta Kapur, who is the mother of film director Shekhar Kapur. Dev was the third of four sons born to Anand. His father Pishori Lal Anand was a well-to-do advocate in Gurdaspur District Court. 5.5 International honours and recognitionsĪnand was born Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand on 26 September, 1923 in the Shakargarh Tehsil of the Gurdaspur district in the Punjab Province of British India (now in Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan) into a Punjabi Hindu Khatri family of the Anand clan.2.6 Later career and Evergreen Hero Image.2.5 Political activism during the Emergency in the late 1970s.


2.4 Directorial debut and the Versatile Hero Image in 1970s.2.1 Late 1940s and romance with Suraiya.
