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50 years of Joshila: Vijay Anand had asked for more money than Dev Anand and was replaced by Yash Chopra - Exclusive

Dev Anand and Hema Malini's Joshila was a popular film back in the early 70s. Even though the film's memory may have faded in the subsequent years, the film's legacy remains undeniable, 50 years after its release. Apart from having Dev Anand, Hema Malini and Raakhee in the cast, the film was also directed by Yash Chopra. Film expert Dilip Thakur spoke to ETimes about the film's release back in 1973 and how it was compared to Dev-Hema's much more iconic Johny Mera Naam from a few years ago.
Revealing the perceptions that were prevalent at the time of the release Dilip Thakur says, "When Joshila had released, there was a big hangover of Johny Mera Naam, which had been a huge hit and was still going strong. Gulshan Rai had turned producer with Johny Mera Naam under his Trimurti Films banner. After Johny Mera Naam, director Vijay Anand (Dev Anand's brother) had made Tere Mere Sapne, which did not work. Vijay Anand and Gulshan Rai

Joshila

1973 Indian film

Joshila (English: Spirited) is a 1973 Bollywoodthriller film directed by Yash Chopra. The film stars Dev Anand, Hema Malini and Raakhee.[1] Most outdoor parts of the movie were shot in Darjeeling, West Bengal. The film is loosely inspired by James Hadley Chase's 1959 novel, Shock Treatment.[2]

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Plot

Jailor Manmohan Krishan is responsible for looking after convicts undergoing sentences of rigorous imprisonment. He has a young, beautiful and captivating daughter named Shalini. Shalini is a poet, one day while reciting her poetry, she meets with a young man, who introduces himself as Amar, who also happens to be a poet himself. The two of them spend beautiful moments together and finds themselves attracted to each other. Shalini wants to find out why Amar is in jail. She is told in no uncertain terms that Amar is in jail for murder - for killing the brother of his former lover, Sapna. She also found out that this is not true and would strive to the best of her merit to get Amar release from jail because she

Dev Anand: Saluting The Legend

 ‘Romancing with life’- the title of DevAnand’s autobiography, aptly summed up the way in which the superstar lived his life. He lived it on his own terms and lived it to the fullest. With his demise, Indian cinema has lost its one of the most loved and admired icons.


As an advocate’s son and an Honors graduate in English literature, Dev could well have chosen to lead a pen-pusher’s cushy, comfortable life. But instead he chose to chase a dream. He left his Lahore-based ancestral home and came to Mumbai to make it big in films.

Of course, there were hurdles aplenty in this path. For three years, he struggled to make ends meet and did sundry jobs like working in British Military’s Censor Office, where all he did was to read and edit soldiers’ letters to their families! Finally he got his break in Prabhat films’ Hum Ek Hain in 1946.

It was only in the post-Independence India that he came to be truly recognized and how! He went on to become Hindi film industry’s one of the most shining

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