Romancing with life biography of deodato

Romancing with Life is the latest addition to my collection of biographies, and autobiographies to be specific. I have always loved Dev Anand for all the melodious songs that have been screened on him. Having grown in the Doordarshan era, have grown on all those black-and-white numbers, which still keep resonating in the ears. The book Romancing with Life moves in an absolute chronological order.

Milton's early life found in Edward Phillips' life and in the anonymous biography are largely derived from Milton's own account of himself in Defensio.

Except at the beginning where Dev Anand remembers his life before he moves to Bombay while on a train from Gurdaspur to Bombay. He briefly talks about his family. And what he felt when he left them to pursue his dreams. Throughout the book, Dev Anand comes across as a constant dreamer. Who lives in his dreams and then wakes up to make those dreams come true.

Both in his life and his films. His life is all about films and the woman who walked with him on his journey. Especially the ones who painted the silver screen with him. At times he met them while being a part of the film and other times, he met them and then went ahead and made films for them. From the early forties to the 21st century what has not changed is the age of the women he fancied and romanced, it was less than twenty then and continues to be the same now.

Keeping in line with his image of an evergreen, timeless hero, he does not mention the years anywhere. Though you can make it out by the rough timing of the films he mentions.