New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Here is a fact file on evergreen star Dev Anad, who turned 85 Friday.

- Name: Dev Anand

- Original Name: Devdutt Pishorimal Anand

- Nick Name: Chiru

- Born: Sep 26, 1923

- Zodiac Sign: Libra

- Birth Place: Gurdaspur, Punjab

Family

- Father: Advocate Pishorimal Anand

- Brothers - Chetan Anand (director) Vijay Anand (actor-director).

- Sister - Sheel Kanta Kapur (mother of renowned Hindi and English film director Shekhar Kapur)

- Wife - Kalpana Kartik

- Son - Suniel Anand

- Daughter - Devina

Education

- B.A. (English honors) from Government College, Lahore (now in Pakistan)

Career

- First Job: Joined military censor office, Mumbai

- First Assignment: Hum Ek Hain (1946)

- First Hit: 'Ziddi' (1948)

- First Double Role - 'Hum Dono' (1961)

- First Heroine - Kalpana Kartik, Geeta Bali

- First Filmfare Award - 1958 for 'Kala Pani'

- First Car: Black Hillman

- First Autobiography: 'Romancing with Life - an autobiography by Dev Anand' (2007)

- First Film as Director: 'Prem Pujari' (1970)

- In 1949, Dev and his elder brother Chetan Anand launched their home banner, Navketan

Landmark films

1951: 'Baazi' - co-stars: Kalpana Kartik, Geeta Bali

1954: 'Taxi Driver' - co-star: Kalpana Kartik

1956: 'CID Shakila' - co-star: Waheeda Rehman

1957: 'Paying Guest' - co-star: Nutan

1958: 'Kala Pani' - co-stars: Madhubala, Nalini Jaywant

1961: 'Hum Dono' - co-stars: Sadhana, Nanda

1963: 'Tere Ghar Ke Saamne' - co-star: Nutan

1965: 'Guide' - co-star: Waheeda Rehman

1967: 'Jewel Thief' - co-star: Vyjayanthimala Bali

1970: 'Johnny Mera Naam' - co-star: Hema Malini

1972: 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna' - co-stars: Mumtaz, Zeenat Aman

Awards

Filmfare Awards

- 1958 - Best Actor for Kala Pani

- 1966 - Best Actor for Guide

- 1966 - Best Film for Guide

- 1991 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

National Honours

- 1996 - Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award

- 1997 - Mumbai Academy of Moving Images Award for Outstanding Services to the Indian Film Industry.

- 1999 - Sansui 'Lifetime Achievement Award' for his 'Immense Contribution to Indian Cinema'

- 2001 - Padma Bhushan Award (India's third highest civilian award from the Government of India)

- 2001 - Special Screen Award for his contribution to Indian cinema.

- 2001 - Evergreen Star of the Millennium Award at the Zee Gold Bollywood Awards

- 2002 - Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award for cinematic excellence

- 2003 - Lifetime Achievement Award for 'Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema' at IIFA Award in Johannesburg, South Africa.

- 2004 - Legend of Indian Cinema Award at Atlantic City (US)

- 2004 - Living Legend Award by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in recognition of his contribution to the Indian entertainment industry.

- 2007 - Punjab Ratan (Jewel of Punjab) Award by the World Punjabi Organisation (European Division)

- 2008 - Lifetime Achievement Award by Rotary Club of Bombay

International Honours

- In July 2000, in New York City, Dev Anand was honoured by an Award at the hands of the then First Lady of the US - Hillary Rodham Clinton - for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.

- In 2000, he was awarded the Indo-American Association Star of the Millennium Award in the Silicon Valley, California.

- Donna Ferrar, Member New York State Assembly, honoured him with a 'New York State Assembly Citation' 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 2005, he was honoured with a 'Special National Film Award' by the Government of Nepal at Nepal's first National Film Festival.