Celebrating Dev Anand’s enduring legacy through timeless songs

Legendary actor, late Dev Anand's death anniversary was observed last week.

- SUBHASH KJHA

But have we paid him a deserving tribute, especially as far as his iconicsongs are concerned? Let us take a good look at his oeuvre.When Dev Anand sang Yeh dil na hota bechara qadam na hotey awarato khubsoorat koi apna humsafar hota, little did we know that there was a story behind this buoyant tune by Sachin Dev Burman.

Originally, the tune was meant to be the title song in Guru Dutt’s Baharen Phir Bhi Ayengi. When, for some reason, Burman Dada couldn't do the film, he saved the tune for a later time. Who would have thought that the song with the vibrant visuals of Dev Anand with a fishing rod, stumbling in front of Tanuja and her friends’ car in Jewel Thief, would become a roaring hit?