Updated On: 23 September, 2012 07:02 AM IST | | Ranjan Das Gupta
On the eve of late Dev Anand's 89th birth anniversary on September 26, senior journalist Ranjan Das Gupta tells the little-known details of the star's affection and work relationship with the much-troubled actor-director, Guru Dutt
Friendships in the film industry are brittle. Egos, image-conscious stars and the theory of the survival of the fittest hardly allow any friendships to endure. Amid this, a friendship that survived the times was the one between Dev Anand and Guru Dutt. Had the latter not separated from Anand’s production house, Navketan, and later committed suicide, the country would have seen classics from the duo.
