Editing Dev Anand (section)

== Production ==
Dev Anand has produced 35 films. Of the 35 films he produced, 18 were commercially successful at the box office. He wrote the stories for 13 of his films. Anand's films are well known for their hit songs. He is known to have been an active participant in the music sessions of a number of his films. His association with music composers [[Shankar-Jaikishen]], [[O. P. Nayyar]], [[Kalyanji-Anandji]], [[Sachin Dev Burman]] and his son [[Rahul Dev Burman]], lyricists [[Hasrat Jaipuri]], [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]], [[Gopaldas Neeraj]], [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]], [[Anand Bakshi]], and [[playback singer]]s [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Mohammed Rafi]] and [[Hemant Kumar]] produced some very popular songs. [[Guru Dutt]], [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Pran (actor)|Pran]], [[Dilip Kumar]], [[Raj Kapoor]], [[Sunil Dutt]], [[Nargis]], [[Vyjayanthimala]], [[S. D. Burman|S.D. Burman]], [[Shammi Kapoor]] and [[R. D. Burman|R.D. Burman]] were his closest friends from the film industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/gallerydetails.aspx?category=Movies&id=2574&picno=13&section=Bollywood&ShowID=0#BD |title=Dev Anand turns 85 |publisher=NDTV Movies |access-date=14 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311222043/http://movies.ndtv.com/gallerydetails.aspx?category=Movies&id=2574&picno=13&section=Bollywood&ShowID=0#BD |archive-date=11 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/8934494/Dev-Anand.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Dev Anand | date=4 December 2011 | access-date=5 February 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109112000/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/8934494/Dev-Anand.html | archive-date=9 November 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Anand is credited with giving actors such as [[Zarina Wahab]] in ''[[Ishk Ishk Ishk]]'' (1974), [[Jackie Shroff]] in ''[[Swami Dada]]'' (1982), [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] in ''[[Hum Naujawan]]'' (1985) and [[Richa Sharma (actor)|Richa Sharma]] (Sanjay Dutt's first wife) a break in the film industry, discovering Zeenat Amaan, Tina Munim and encouraging music composer [[Rajesh Roshan]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Amit Khanna started his career with Navketan as executive producer in 1971 and had been secretary to Dev Anand in the 1970s. He adds, "The uniqueness of Navketan today is that it's the only film company in the world still run by the one who started it."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-08-30/news/27641581_1_dev-saab-des-pardes-hare-rama-hare-krishna |title=60yrs of Dev Anand behind the scenes |publisher=Economic Times |access-date=14 November 2011 |date=30 August 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707051320/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-08-30/news/27641581_1_dev-saab-des-pardes-hare-rama-hare-krishna |archive-date=7 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Shatrughan Sinha disclosed in an interview that it was Dev Anand who gave him a break in films by giving him a role in ''Prem Pujari'' and since Dev had given Sinha a very small role in that film, he compensated for it by giving Sinha another role in his next film ''Gambler''. Sinha quoted: "Later on we worked together in ''Sharif Badmash'' and it was really a privilege to work with him".<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/dev-anand-ruled-hearts-of-youths-for-long-cm/articleshow/10983721.cms Dev Anand ruled hearts of youths for long: CM] . ''The Times of India'' (4 December 2011). Retrieved on 9 November 2018.</ref> It was under Dev Anand's Navketan Banner where Guru Dutt, Raj Khosla, Waheeda Rehman, S.D. Burman, Jaidev, Sahir Ludhianvi, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Yash Johar, Shekhar Kapur and Kabir Bedi were given breaks into Hindi films and Dev launched actors Zaheera, [[Zaheeda Hussain]], Zarina Wahab, Natasha Sinha, [[Ekta Sohini]] and Sabrina.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>