Dev Anand helped strugglers: Shatrughan Sinha

By Shatrughan Sinha

Dev Anand was the first person I met in the film industry who did not make strugglers feel small. He used to take me around in his Fiat and once or twice dropped me to FTII, where I was studying. He gave me my first role in Prem Pujari.

Later, he offered me Gambler, which had a bigger role. I remember director Amarjeet pulling me up for shouting at Dev saab in a scene where I had to put a knife to his neck.

“How dare you speak that way to Dev Anand?” he yelled. Dev saab stopped Amarjeet. “Shatru is in character. Let him do the scene.” I was much appreciated for that scene later.