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DEV ANAND won two FILMFARE AWARDS for 'BEST ACTOR'--in 1958 for his performance in the film "Kala Paani", and in 1966 for his performance in Navketan Intemational's "Guide" .
In 1993, DEV ANAND received the FILMFARE 'Lifetime Achievement Award'.
In 1996 he received the SCREEN VIDEOCON 'Lifetime Achievement Award'.
In 1997 he was given the MUMBAI ACADEMY OF MOVING IMAGES Award for his outstanding services to the Indian Film Industry.
In 1998, he was given a
'Lifetime Achievement Award' by the Ujala Anandlok Film Awards
Committee in Calcutta.
In the year 2000, he was awarded the Film Goers
'Mega Movie Maestro of the Millenium' Award in Mumbai.
In July 2000, in New York City, DEV ANAND was honored by an Award at the hands of the then First Lady of the United States of America--Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton--for his outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema.
And again DEV ANAND was awarded the Indo-American Association 'Star of the Millenium' Award in the Silicon Valley, California.
The PRESIDENT OF INDIA honored DEV ANAND with the prestigious 'PADMA BHUSHAN' Award on India's Republic Day-- August 15, 2001.
And yet again, Donna Ferrar--Member New York State Assembly honored and issued a New York State Assembly Citation to DEV ANAND for his 'Outstanding Contribution to the Cinematic Arts, Worthy of the Esteem and Gratitude of the Great State of New York' on May 1, 2001.
In April 2003, the IFFA Awards Committee in Johannesburg, South Africa gave DEV ANAND a 'Lifetime Achievement Award'.
The Dadabhai Naoroji Millenium Award - 2003 was conferred on DEV ANAND in Mumbai for his 'Lifetime Magnificent Achievements and Devotions and Dedication to the Indian Film Industry'.
Mr. DEV ANAND has earned a place in the LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS making him the only person in the world who has been playing a hero in films for 58 years.
Most recently, on September
26, 2003, the Thespian DEV ANAND was Honored by the County
of Los Angeles, and Member of Congress, Mr. Bob Filner in
Los Angeles, U.S.A., 'In Recognition of Your Achievements in Indian
Cinema'.
For an INDIAN MOVIE ICON who has hobnobbed
with Royalty, Heads of State, International Movie Personalities and Celebrities
from every discipline imaginable, DEV ANAND remains approachable and accessible
to his innumerable fans and well wishers the world over. He is known to
even receive his own phone calls himself inspite of the hundreds of staff
and technicians under his employ. DEV ANAND's monumental body of work has
left an indelible impression on the Indian Psyche forever. And now, the
indefatigable DEV ANAND continues to forge ahead with his new American Film
project which is to be shot entirely in the U.S.-"SONG OF LIFE".
On 17th January 2004,
Indo-
American Society felicitates Dev Anand