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On Dev Anand's 100th birth anniversary, looking back at the legacy of Navketan Films and how the Anand brothers were the 'other first family' of Bollywood that laid the foundation for Hindi cinema as we know it today.

Here are some interesting reads from this week's issue!

The birth centenary of Dev Anand is an occasion to celebrate how this romantic hero went beyond his stardom to make cinematic gems, put the spotlight on new talent, and lived by the song 'Main zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya'.

There was the black-and-white Dev Anand – debonair, elegant, at ease in the world – and then there was him in colour.

Composed by RD Burman and written by Anand Bakshi, Dum Maro Dum from Hare Rama Hare Krishna has a rather unique story.

40 years ago, Rahul Rawail's Betaab marked the debut of Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh. The film industry and the world has changed massively since then but Sunny's formula has stayed the same.

Rani Mukerji thinks that her generation of actors and the one before that were more hardworking as they knew they had to take care of their families.

A source close to the Monarch once hinted that the King did not see a future for Prince Andrew - and Prince Edward - as working members of the Royal Family.

Mahesh Bhatt's Arth truly understood that falling in love with yourself is perhaps the best kind of love story.

He sang of the common man’s hopes, anguish and transcience of life. On his centenary, remembering playback singer Mukesh