Let’s Go - When A Foreigner Got Into The Car - Mistaking Dev Anand For A Taxi Driver

 

It was known about the famous Bollywood actor Dev Anand that he leaves no stone unturned in his work as well as his get-up to bring the character to life, which is why he was once mistaken for what he looked like.

According to showbiz website Koi Moi, Dev Anand’s close friend Mohan Choudhary Wala, while talking to ‘Mumbai Mirror’, narrated an interesting incident when a foreigner not only mistook him for a real taxi driver, but also instructed him to ‘go to such and such a place’ while sitting inside.

He said that the shooting of the film ‘Taxi Driver’, in which Dev Anand was playing the lead role, was going on in a street in Mumbai near the Taj Mahal Hotel.

According to the scene, he was supposed to pick up Sheila Ramani, who was playing the role of a club dancer in the film, from in front of the hotel.

Mohan Choudhary recalled that time and said, Suddenly, a foreigner, who looked like he was from a Western country, came out of nowhere and went straight to Dev Anand, looked at him, got into the car and told him the address of some area of the city.

He said that everyone was surprised by this. It took Dev Anand several minutes to explain to him that he was not a taxi driver and that a film was being shot there.

According to him, “The foreigner immediately apologized and got out of the car and moved on.”
Mohan also said that members of the taxi drivers’ union were specially invited to the premiere of the film Taxi Driver and taxis were seen outside the Minerva Theatre.

This film was released in 1954 and was directed by Chetan Anand. Apart from Dev Anand, it also starred Kalpana Karthik, Sheela Ramani and Johnny Walker.

Dev Anand is a prominent name in Bollywood who has worked in over a hundred films spanning almost six decades. He has also been awarded the Padma Bhushan and Dadasaheb Phalke Awards.

Some of his famous films include Baazi, Taxi Driver, CID, Guide, Jewel Thief and some other films.

His last film was ‘Charge Sheet’ which released in 2011. He also directed the film. The senior actor passed away the same year at the age of 88.