‘The Kashmir Files’ Director Vivek Agnihotri Gives Tribute To Dev Anand On His Birth Anniversary

On Twitter, ‘The Kashmir Files’ director Vivek Agnihotri penned how Dev Anand taught him the value of time. 

New Delhi: Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri is a big Dev Anand fan and always has great stories to tell about the late superstar. The OG superstar of Indian cinema, Dev Anand was born on September 26, 1923 and breathed his last in December 2011. ‘The Kashmir Files’ director Vivek Agnihotri has now opened up on his meeting with the icon. He took to social media and wrote a heartfelt anecdote from an incident in the past. 

The director wrote how the later movie megastar taught him the value of time which has played an important part in his life. 

He wrote “ “Sorry, I made you wait” said Dev Anand, after making me wait for 5 mnts.

“It’s ok” I said.

“No, it’s not. Never say OK when it’s not. You know Time is half of a film’s budget. Money is only second half” said Devsaab.

My tribute to Devsaab on his b’day”.

Check out his tweet here:

Recently, Agnihotri’s film ‘The Kashmir Files’ was officially selected for ‘Seattle Film Festival 2022’. The film starring Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi, Darshan Kumaar, and Mithun Chakraborty has successfully garnered praise and appreciation from the global audience. 

Vivek Agnihotri, an Indian film director, saw the result of his labour this year with the release of ‘The Kashmir Files’, a film that captured the attention of the whole country and served as the year's box office's early bellwether. A record-breaking amount of revenue was earned despite the film's low budget of 15 crores. The film was successfully made it's position as one of the highest grossing films worldwide with ₹340 crores.