doweshowbellyad=0; SOCIAL SUCCESS:Imtiaz and Rubi with Leela Kalyanaraman. (TOI Photo)More picsWomen threw themselves at him, while male fans too wanted a piece of their favourite screen icon.It’s not everyday that you meet an icon. And when you do, there’s bound to be hysteria coupled with adulation. When the evergreen Dev Anand entered the hall, his beret and trademark gait evident, he received a standing ovation.
Women threw themselves at him, while male fans too wanted a piece of their favourite screen icon. “Bangalore is one of my favourite cities,” announced the 84-year-old charmer. And charmed Bangalore was! Devsaab spoke of the days when he shot Heera Panna in a location a few kilometres out of Bangalore and about his association with RK Narayan who lived in Mysore in those days. After that, the eternal romantic urged the gathering to ask him anything they ever wanted to know. When a socialite asked him who his favourite leading lady was, he fielded the question intelligently. “All of them are my favourites. When they’re acting with me, they’re all my women. So it’s my responsibility to be protective about them,” he said. The Kannada industry was there in full force, represented by Ambarish, Dwarkeesh, Ramesh Aravind, Anirudhh, Sumalatha Ambarish and Adithya with dad Rajendra Singh Babu. Along with them, the regular P3Ps were seen hobnobbing with their favourite Devsaab.