He won two Filmfare Awards for his performance in the film "Kala Paani" and "Guide"
He also received Filmfare 'Lifetime Achievement Award'
In 2001, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, an honour by the Government of India
Dev Anand is a head of the film production company Navketan International Films, which was founded in 1949
Dev Anand has been one of the most successful film maker of this country and till 1984 he remained so big name that if he was launching a new actress then she used to become talk of the town.
One can find Rakhi Gulzar crying along with Dev Saab when he got Dada Saheb Phalke award.
Not only actresses or actors but Dev Anand introduced several new talents in the every field of film making. Rather his Navketan can boast of introducing maximum number of new talents in Hindi cinema.
He launched his son Sunil Anand in Anand aur Anand and film did not work, but he did not make films continuously to promote his son. He has said that I launched him and now its his fate, talent and hard work to get success.
