Eulogies poured in after Dev Anand's recent demise at 88. I had to change my opinion of him: from that as an actor with laughable mannerisms who never liked to age or die, to that of someone who had some rare intelligence for Bollywood actors and a combination of business acumen and
talent for acting, directing, and knowing what makes a movie click.
In '60s, Dev Anand stormed Mysore when he came to sign up for movie rights to R K Narayan's 'The Guide' . I heard stories how his fast talk had made the writer sign up in a hurry and get a raw deal. I also heard how from Hotel Metropole in Mysore Dev Anand cast a roving eye for beauties from Maharani's College across the road. 'The Guide' itself was a huge success albeit with an ambiguous end.
I therefore read up more about Dev Anand and how after being cast opposite superstar heroines he finally attained his own star status with his role in 'Kala Pani' in 1958. I decided to get the movie DVD and watch it.
My attempt to get the DVD from Seventymm.com (where I regrettably took a 90 day membership for rentals) was a failure. This company has proved to be one of the worst in customer service. Not only do they have almost no good movies for rental immediately, they also do not update you when you make wish-lists. They further claim they came to deliver the DVD and you were not at home (they never ring up in advance) and so you lose your turn. They send wrongly labelled DVDs and poor quality DVDs. They don't pick up returns. They don't answer calls to Support well. All in all something totally avoidable.
In contrast, my experience with online shopping with Flipkart.com has been wonderful. I placed an online order with Flipkart.com for payment on delivery for this DVD. It came within 3 days. and my total cash payment was Rs. 92/- including RS. 30/- delivery charges!
Let me give you a great movie song clip on You Tube:
