Dev Anand, Prem Chopra honoured

Monday, November 22, 2004

It was no ordinary event for the stars of yesteryears - Dev Anand, Prem Chopra and Vyjayantimala and their likes - were presented with Bollywood Awards at a glittering function at Atlantic City (United States) on November 21.

The stars relived their heydays as young artists danced to the tunes of once popular numbers enacted by them several decades ago and mimicked their acting styles.

Among those honoured with 'Legend of Indian Cinema' Awards last night was evergreen Dev Anand who gave his own recipe for keeping young in old age in his acceptance address.

He got a prolonged standing ovation as he stepped on the stage to accept the award from the audience, which included youngsters who would have heard about him only from their parents.

Dev Anand, who gave the longest acceptance speech, spoke about the movies he is still making and how he searches for new ideas and said that keeps him young.

Boy chasing girl round trees is important for a movie but then there is also something beyond that, said the 81-year old Dev Anand. The audience sang "happy birthday" to him when informed that his birthday was on September 26.

Jeetendra, who looked much younger for his age, and Feroz Khan and Fareed Khan, who could not make it because of visa problem, too were on the honour roll.

Vijayantimala, Padmani, Moushumi Chatterjee and Zeenat Aman, who dominated the sliver screen and set new trends, were among the heroines of yesteryears who got the award.

PTI

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