Biography

Dev Anand look a like.

Also known as I.P. Sharma.

In the Stardust magazine November 1983 edition, there was a article stating there was a man named "Habib" who was a Gujarati Muslim, who was a Dev Anand look a like. He worked as Dev Anand's duplicate. He used the the screen name "Sev Anand" and acted in a few film with I.S. Johar. He would go on to produce and direct a film titled Taqdeer Ki Baazi. There were allegations that Dev Anand got the film shelved by telling distributors not to touch the film. Falling in depression Sev Anand became a alcoholic and later took his own life. Years later another man named Sharma claimed he was "Sev Anand and acted in Khoon Aur Pani , Om Shanti Om etc. The mystery continues as two why there are two "Sev Anand"s or is it the same man who is now using a different name (I.P. Sharma).