Dev Anand - on or off-the-screen - was always immaculate in his attire. One can never imagine him in an informal attire. The same goes with his on & off-the-screen persona too. They were never at odds with each other. 
The boyish-looking romantic hero of 1950s & 60s re-invented himself as a dashing & debonair hero in the action-flicks of 70s and 80s.
Dev Anand and Geeta Bali in the movie Baazi(1951). The movie was directed by Dev's life-long friend Guru Dutt. Dev Anand produced the film. Guru Dutt later spearheaded the Golden Era of Hindi cinema of 1950s & 60s and made unforgettable classics which earned him the name among the top 25 Asian directors of all times. Guru Dutt is also known as the Orson Welles of India. 
Dev Anand with his wife & actress Kalpana Kartik (above)in Baazi(The Gamble).They got married in 1954.
Dev Anand and Zeenat Aman(above)in the super-hit movie Hare Rama Hare Krishna(1971) written, produced & directed by Dev Anand. The movie is about a brother in search of his sister who was lost among the hippies. 
Dev Anand was a well-read and articulate individual who could make a conversation on any subject. In this mid-1990s photo, Dev Anand chats with Hillary Clinton, then the first-lady of U.S.
Dev Anand and Mira Nair. As film-makers, they are different as chalk and cheese. Dev was a pure entertainer while Mira Nair is world-renowned for her realistic, artistic movies. But both were pioneers in documenting the lives of overseas-Indians in their movies. 
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