Editing Dev Anand (section)

===Comparison with Gregory Peck===
Anand was often compared to the famous Hollywood actor [[Gregory Peck]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Bollywood+Gregory+Peck+Anand+dies/5808642/story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207033621/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Bollywood+Gregory+Peck+Anand+dies/5808642/story.html|url-status=dead |title=Montreal Gazette|archive-date=7 December 2011|access-date=25 December 2019}}</ref> Anand said that he didn't feel ecstatic hearing the tagline bestowed on him in his heyday. "When you are at an impressionable age you make idols, but when you grow out of the phase, you develop your own persona. I don't want to be known as India's Gregory Peck, I am Dev Anand".<ref name="Mid Day">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130922150336/http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2003/jun/55922.htm I am not India's Gregory Peck: Dev Anand]}}. Mid Day (14 June 2003). Retrieved on 9 November 2018.</ref> Acquainted with the Bollywood actor, Peck's personal interactions with him spanned four to five long meetings in Europe and Mumbai.<ref name="Mid Day"/><ref>Afsana Ahmed and Smrity Sharma (14 June 2003) [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bombay-times/when-gregory-peck-bowled-dev-anands-girlfriend-over/articleshow/22674.cms When Gregory Peck bowled Dev Anand's girlfriend over] . ''Times of India''. Retrieved on 9 November 2018.</ref>

Dev Anand and Suraiya met Peck for the first time at Bombay's Willingdon Club, after the Filmfare Awards in 1954. He knew of the "Indian Star" as an actor, more so probably because his romance with Suraiya was grabbing the headlines. The second time they met was in [[Rome]] when Dev Anand was on his way back from the Venice Film Festival, and they exchanged pleasantries. The third meeting was in [[London]] on the set of ''Moby Dick''. However, Suraiya asked for an exclusive meeting with her idol at her house. Though Anand says jealousy was natural for anyone in love, he didn't mind that he was not invited. "I didn't quite feel anything. It wasn't as if they were going to fall in love or make love. Even if they would have, it wouldn't have mattered. I was mature enough. Moreover, he wasn't my rival. I too was a big star by then," says Anand.<ref>{{cite web |title=The romance that caused Dev Anand to be known as 'Gregory Peck of India' |work=Scroll.in |date=6 April 2017 |access-date=28 October 2020 |url=https://scroll.in/reel/833826/the-romance-that-caused-dev-anand-to-be-known-as-gregory-peck-of-india |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816142138/https://amp.scroll.in/article/833826/the-romance-that-caused-dev-anand-to-be-known-as-gregory-peck-of-india |url-status=live }}</ref>