In 2001, Dev Anand directed and produced 'Censor', starring himself, Hema Malini, Jackie Shroff, Amrish Puri, and others. Despite its star-studded cast, the film didn't perform well commercially, yet its launch was a notable event attended by Bollywood luminaries, highlighting Dev Anand's enduring impact.
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00:00Dev sahib's phone call is a big deal.
00:03Dev sahib said it and we said, we are here.
00:07First I was a little reluctant, then I felt I can't say no to Dev sahib.
00:12To Dev sahib I can't say no, whatever role he is giving, I am just doing it.
00:15So don't ask me what is the role or not, I am sure he will be giving it.
00:20Dev sahib, congratulations.
00:22Thank you.
00:23Take one more.
00:25What is this all about?
00:29Read that censor? It's on censorship.
00:33We have seen all types of pictures being made in this country.
00:39No one has made a film on censorship.
00:41It should be made.
00:42There is drama, there is censorship.
00:44Our country has censorship.
00:46For people, for children, for adults, for orthodox people,
00:50for conservative people, for sophisticated people.
00:54What is censorship? What is it? How is it?
00:57We have made a drama on it. It's a fun thing.
00:59Censors will also like it. No one has made it.
01:02People will open their minds.
01:03They will get a light that what is this?
01:06What are our rights? What are our fundamental rights?
01:08It's very nice. I wanted to make this.
01:10I was charged and I planned it.
01:12I have done seven days of work already.
01:15Today I called the press to tell them who all are in my picture,
01:20which I shall a little while later.
01:22I will pick up the microphone and tell everybody who all are working in the picture.
01:26This is the main purpose.
01:27So I wanted to meet the press today.
01:29After I have finished seven days of work,
01:31I mean to finish it in about six to eight months' time.
01:34So by the time we reach the end of 1999
01:37and get on to the 21st century,
01:39we will have a film on censorship.
01:42After 50 years of Indian independence,
01:44no one has made it.
01:45If we make it, it's a good thing.
01:47It should be made.
01:49How is its birth?
01:52How is the birth of a film?
01:55While roaming, walking, getting up, sitting, reading,
01:59a person gets a thought,
02:01hears it from someone,
02:03reads it in a newspaper,
02:04reads it in a book,
02:05and that thought stays with you,
02:07sticks to you,
02:09disturbs you,
02:10spoils your sleep.
02:11You start thinking that this thought is mine.
02:13I want to give the world a thought.
02:16Look, it has to be original.
02:19If you have made a picture of an original thought
02:22and you have given the world your thoughts,
02:24it's not a big deal.
02:26Let people think.
02:27Enlighten their minds.
02:30Controversy, censorship,
02:34the film stops,
02:35then it passes,
02:36then it stops.
02:37What is this?
02:38Some people don't know what it is.
02:40What is it?
02:41It's a beautiful drama.
02:42We have made the film.
02:44Can you tell us what is the cast?
02:47I'll tell you.
02:48I'll take the microphone now.
02:51I'll tell the press
02:53what the cast is.
02:54It's my duty because
02:55this evening is primarily meant
02:57to meet the press
02:58and tell them
02:59who all are in my picture,
03:00some very beautiful young girls,
03:02Heeni, Mohini,
03:04plus very fantastic veteran actors
03:07besides myself.
03:08So I'll pick up the microphone.
03:09People are coming.
03:10Let them come.
03:11And you carry the entire tale with you.
03:14The tale of this picture,
03:15people involved with it,
03:16people working in it,
03:18the technicians and the actors and the actresses.
03:20It's a very fine set of people.
03:23How are you planning to shoot it?
03:25At a stretch?
03:26I'll finish it in six to eight months.
03:28I've done seven days' work already.
03:30I think I should finish it
03:31in six to eight months' time.
03:33I want to release it by the end of the year
03:35if I can.
03:36Definitely by the first half,
03:39by February next year,
03:41early 21st century.
03:42How much are you excited?
03:44Very much.
03:45Don't I look excited?
03:47I'm more confused.
03:49What beliefs do you have?
03:51Beliefs?
03:53At the moment, I'm believing in this picture.
03:56I'm living with it.
03:57I have to.
03:58Unless I live with a movie,
04:00how can I project it, put it across?
04:02So I'm thinking about this.
04:04I'm eating it.
04:05I'm drinking it.
04:06I'm getting the work done,
04:07talking to my actors,
04:08explaining to them,
04:09charging everybody,
04:11and making them perform,
04:13making them understand
04:14what I want to put across
04:15so that the world sees it
04:17in the shape that is in my memory.
04:20I wish you all the best.
04:21Thank you very much.
04:41How are you?
04:42How are you?
04:43Namaste.
04:44Namaste.
04:45I saw your film in the theater.
04:47Very nice.
04:48My children liked it very much.
04:50My girls were...
04:52Many times they saw the film.
05:05I keep meeting you only in parties.
05:08Behave as you like.
05:10She is a good mother.
05:12She is very good.
05:14She is a good mother.
05:18I want to come and see you
05:19when you go to dance.
05:22That's where we dance.
05:23Oh, yeah.
05:24You have in Bombay?
05:25Bombay, no.
05:27Don't forget.
05:41Wow, wow, amazing.
05:43How are you, sir?
05:58Come, come forward.
05:59Then we'll all have drinks together.
06:01Then we'll open everything.
06:03Now, this is...
06:11This is a very, very, very, very, very beautiful moment.
06:17Basically, this is the moment
06:19to launch my picture.
06:21Some very dear friends of mine,
06:24long lost friends,
06:26friends that we have met,
06:27we have not met for many, many years,
06:30I gave myself an opportunity.
06:33I wrote to them,
06:34please come and be by my side,
06:36on my right, on my left,
06:38so that we can celebrate this together.
06:40And this is the industry.
06:42The industry is very large.
06:44I have not invited the whole industry
06:45because it's not a birthday party,
06:47it's not a release party,
06:48it's not a party of...
06:49It is a party of celebration,
06:51but it's also a launch party with the press.
06:54I have some very close people
06:55who make some good pictures
06:57and who have tremendous regard
07:01and respect for,
07:02in terms of their art
07:04and their motion picture making.
07:06Now, I must tell you
07:08who all are in my picture.
07:10This is for the press.
07:11That's important.
07:13Great actors
07:14who left their mark in the industry
07:17and they leave their mark in this picture.
07:19The one I chose,
07:20he said, we will work with you.
07:22First of all,
07:23my most favorite leading lady,
07:25Emma Mullin.
07:31Emma, come here.
07:34Come here.
07:37Is a fact.
07:38There's no better lady,
07:40leading lady also,
07:42in terms of stardom,
07:43in terms of acting,
07:44in terms of human relationships,
07:46in terms of temperament than Emma.
07:48I have remembered her for hours.
07:52And again,
07:53she's playing my wife in the picture.
07:59He just came,
08:01he came home,
08:02he said,
08:03I'm making a film
08:04and you have to work.
08:05First, I was a little reluctant.
08:07Then I felt,
08:08I can't say no to Dev sir.
08:10Though I'm very, very busy with my dances.
08:14That's the reason I'm not accepting any films.
08:16But to Dev sir,
08:17I can't say no.
08:18Whatever role he is giving,
08:19I'm just doing it.
08:20So, don't ask me,
08:21what is the role?
08:22I'm sure he will be giving a good one.
08:28I'm very much honored.
08:32One last question,
08:33do you think legends never die?
08:35Do you think he's also part of that legend?
08:37Yeah, he is.
08:38And most of the success cannot be gauged directly.
08:40No, nobody can gauge.
08:41He is a legend.
08:46Emma, there are so many people in the cast.
08:49You've got all the big stars,
08:51all the new coming stars.
08:52Let's say,
08:53you being yourself,
08:54one of the most popular actors,
08:56you're happening there.
08:58How do you feel,
08:59is it working?
09:00What are your expectations?
09:01I think you should ask me this question,
09:03once I start doing the shooting.
09:07I'll be coming to the set,
09:10maybe after a month or so.
09:12Then you should ask me this.
09:13Not now.
09:15What belief do you have?
09:17What belief?
09:18What expectations do you have?
09:20Nothing.
09:21I don't expect anything.
09:22I don't expect anything.
09:25He's asked me to do this film,
09:27I'm doing it for him.
09:28And I'm sure he will be doing
09:30a very good film.
09:31And I wish and I pray to God
09:34that it should be a very big,
09:35successful film for him.
09:39We have beside Emma,
09:40we have Shammi Kapoor.
09:43He's not here.
09:45He was not well,
09:46so he telephoned to say he's not here.
09:49We have Vinod Khanna.
09:52We have Shatrughan Sena.
09:56My very, very close to my heart,
09:59Jackie Shroff.
10:04Tell me this,
10:05you're working with Dev Saab.
10:07Right.
10:08Another film for him,
10:09another film for you.
10:10What do you have to say to Dev Saab?
10:13For censors,
10:14I have to say that
10:15it reaches the masses,
10:16it hits the bull's eye.
10:18And it gives people an insight
10:21about censors, I hope.
10:25What Dev Saab has in his heart.
10:28People see it and accept it.
10:40Dev Saab is topical.
10:43It has to be something
10:44which is interesting and exciting.
10:49And I'm much looking forward to
10:52see it myself,
10:53what he has in his mind.
10:55I know about my role.
10:59The rest of the film,
11:00I have not heard.
11:02But what I have heard
11:03of my role, I like it.
11:08I'm playing a professor.
11:15Maybe I'm part of the censor board.
11:20Maybe I have my point of view
11:21in the film.
11:22We have Tamarish Puri.
11:24I have worked with her for 7 days.
11:27She will be here in a minute.
11:31Amrish, tell me,
11:32your instant reaction
11:34when you received
11:35Dev Saab's call,
11:36when he called you,
11:37was it instant?
11:39Dev Saab's call
11:40is a big deal.
11:42Dev Saab said it.
11:44And I said,
11:45Dev Saab, I'm here.
11:47A lot of respect for him.
11:49Such a senior person.
11:51And I wanted to work with him
11:52sometime.
11:53This time his script
11:54is very good.
11:56The role is very good.
11:58I told him,
11:59don't worry.
12:01Just tell him
12:02to work with us.
12:04I said, Dev Saab,
12:05this is a big deal.
12:13That is the regard
12:14for Dev Saab
12:15that everybody
12:18is included in this.
12:20And
12:22I know
12:23the kind of respect
12:24people have for him.
12:25For a seniority,
12:28they wouldn't say
12:29no to him.
12:30If he needs them,
12:32they will say yes.
12:38Very positive.
12:39I am working in the film.
12:41If I am working in the film,
12:42I am convinced
12:43that the outcome
12:44will be good.
12:47Thank you very much.
12:49Come, let's sit on the stage.
12:54Tell me,
12:56when you got this proposal,
12:58what was your immediate reaction?
13:01My immediate reaction was
13:02that it wasn't like
13:04what is my role
13:05in this film.
13:07My immediate reaction was
13:08that I am getting a chance
13:09to work with Dev Anand.
13:11And I really feel
13:13that after 15-20 years
13:14when I see this,
13:15when I look back
13:16at my career path,
13:17I will have people like
13:19Dev Anand,
13:20Kamal Haasan,
13:21Mr. Bachchan,
13:22Manav Patel,
13:23and all these people
13:24with whom I have worked.
13:25And I will feel
13:26very happy about it.
13:27And that was
13:28my main reason
13:29to do this film.
13:30Did you ever think
13:31that this day
13:32would come?
13:34No, I didn't think
13:35but I always
13:36wished
13:37that I should
13:38get a chance
13:39to work with
13:40all these legends.
13:42And I still want
13:43to work with
13:44a lot of them.
13:45It's great.
13:47How do you feel
13:48that you are
13:49getting involved
13:50in such a big film?
13:52I feel so good
13:54that in such a big cast,
13:56Mr. Dev Anand has
13:57selected so many people.
14:01He has selected
14:02so many people
14:03with a lot of thought.
14:04And I really feel
14:05that I am also
14:06one of those lucky few
14:07whom he himself
14:08called and
14:10suddenly he just said
14:11that I am Dev Anand
14:12and I want you
14:13to work in this film
14:14and I want you
14:15to be a part of me.
14:17And I really felt great
14:18and I went to him
14:19and I think
14:20he has given me
14:21this honour
14:22so I have to be with him.
14:23I have to be a part
14:24of this film.
14:26And what about the censor?
14:28There is nothing
14:29about the censor.
14:30Censor means censor.
14:31Not to be told
14:32at this time.
14:33Probably a little later
14:34when the film
14:36is on floor
14:37and towards
14:38completion we will
14:39talk about it.
14:40It's too soon
14:41to talk about the script.
14:42What does the title
14:43mean to you?
14:44Well,
14:46it's going to be
14:47one of the very important
14:48films of our industry
14:49because
14:51around the censor
14:52every film
14:54goes through the censor.
14:56So,
14:57that is what
14:58he is highlighting here.
14:59And
15:01this film
15:03every film maker
15:04will watch it
15:05and
15:06every outsider
15:07will watch it
15:08to see what
15:09how our films
15:10revolve and
15:11how our films
15:12what are the problems
15:13that we have to face.
15:14It's a very daring subject
15:15and
15:16I am very happy
15:17that he has chosen
15:18to make a film on us.
15:22The latest
15:23addition
15:24to this cast
15:25is
15:28my own
15:29Navketan Ban.
15:30I directed him
15:31and now a very honourable
15:32Member of Parliament.
15:33And I was just
15:34meeting him
15:35and I said,
15:36listen,
15:37it's a great feeling
15:38to be graduating
15:39from movies
15:40into Parliament.
15:41But why just be
15:42doing something
15:43beyond that?
15:44And he said,
15:45yes,
15:46it's very much
15:47in the mind
15:48Raj Babbar.
16:12Raj Babbar.
16:13Raj Babbar.
16:14Raj Babbar.
16:15Raj Babbar.
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17:00Raj Babbar.
17:01Raj Babbar.
17:02Raj Babbar.
17:03Raj Babbar.
17:04Raj Babbar.
17:05Raj Babbar.
17:06Raj Babbar.
17:07Raj Babbar.
17:08Raj Babbar.
17:09Raj Babbar.
17:10who's first assistant is Johnny Deva.
17:12Oh!
17:14Now you can imagine the reason for that.
17:17Right?
17:40He's such a great actor.
17:42And if I'm not mistaken,
17:44he's been called for such a great role in his film.
17:48I really like it.
17:52Have you ever thought of working with Dev sir?
17:55Like, in his films,
17:56in his acting,
17:57in his direction,
17:58as a director.
18:02It's such a great role.
18:04I've never thought of it.
18:05I don't know,
18:06I don't know if I'll ever get a chance.
18:08I've got such a great role.
18:11And I'm very happy.
18:13Because I'm doing it for the first time.
18:15There can be so much spice in it.
18:19In this film,
18:20you've been seen as a big shot.
18:22And today,
18:23you've become an example.
18:24And you're a newcomer.
18:26Where were you in this film?
18:28I mean,
18:29what do you expect this film to become?
18:31I mean,
18:32were you hiding somewhere?
18:34What do you expect this film to become?
18:38Are you asking about me?
18:39No, I'm asking about the film.
18:41The story of the film,
18:43I don't know about the whole story.
18:45They've explained my role.
18:47The whole story.
18:48I've worked with him for a day.
18:50I've sat with him.
18:51I don't know the whole story.
18:52But according to what Dev sir has told me,
18:54the film is becoming something extraordinary.
18:58About the censor,
18:59what he brings,
19:00about the censor,
19:01what he wants to show.
19:03I don't know.
19:04It will be solid.
19:05Because he's very enthusiastic.
19:06Dev sir.
19:07I want to show something.
19:10Thank you, sir.
19:12This is the cast.
19:13And my sound recordist is my old recordist, Naveen Shah.
19:16He's here.
19:17Come on the stage.
19:18So we have the sound.
19:19We have the camera.
19:20We have the cast.
19:21And we have everybody working.
19:22Because the movie has 200 people working.
19:25Let them imagine they're there on the stage.
19:27It's very difficult to mention the names.
19:29But my heart is in them.
19:30Because their heart is with me.
19:32And we are a part of the same unit.
19:34And finally,
19:35about censor.
19:38I'm very sure
19:39that you're all guessing what censor is all about.
19:42And you know what it is.
19:44I can only say
19:45and assure you,
19:46it's a fact.
19:47I assure you,
19:48censor will inspire the whole nation,
19:51this picture.
19:53It will inspire all my countrymen,
19:55including the censors.
19:58This is my word.
19:59Remember it.
20:00When you see the picture,
20:01you'll think,
20:02this picture should have been made.
20:04And it has been made.
20:05And no one has the courage.
20:07And if no one has the courage in this country,
20:09what will happen to the country?
20:11It won't be a free country.
20:12So this is censor.
20:13And I've said what I want to say.
20:15And it's a tremendous feeling
20:17meeting old friends,
20:18new friends,
20:19and launching a film.
20:20It's not my film.
20:21It's your picture.
20:22It's a film of the movie industry.
20:24Thank you very much.
20:25And I thank you for coming.
20:27Your presence gives me
20:29a very, very tremendous confidence.
20:31Tremendous confidence.
20:32And tremendous sense of joy.
20:34And keep it in your mind.
20:36We may not meet,
20:37but we are always in your hearts.
20:39You are always in my hearts.
20:40Like I'm sure,
20:41I'm always in your hearts.
20:42So I invited a few friends there.
20:44Yash John is a part of Nafket.
20:46Yash, come here.
20:47I said,
20:48this is my murat.
20:50This is my murat, actually.
20:52Right?
20:53So we have a bigger part in it.
20:54Yash, come here.
20:58And I also made a statement
21:01that the guide,
21:02our younger brother,
21:03Mr. Vijay is here.
21:04Goldie, come here.
21:06Goldie.
21:07Goldie.
21:08Goldie.
21:09I won't speak for long,
21:11but I wanted to say something.
21:13Goldie.
21:17The guide was made by Goldie.
21:20And what a picture he made.
21:22And who made it?
21:23It wasn't me,
21:24it was producer Yash's wife.
21:26Yash, come here.
21:27Yash, come here.
21:28It was fun.
21:29And Amit Khanna.
21:31Amit Khanna also joined us.
21:33But Amit Khanna saw me through
21:35Hare Ram, Hare Krishna,
21:36many, many more years.
21:37And today he's grown into
21:38a very dynamic, plus channel man.
21:41And there's no better man
21:42to be proud of him
21:43than myself.
21:46Finally,
21:47my own son.
21:51He may not be directly involved
21:52with the picture,
21:53but I'm sure indirectly
21:54his mind is in the picture.
21:56His emotions involved.
21:57So he'll come here
21:58and meet everybody.
22:00And Nagpal,
22:01he's looking out for you.
22:02Nagpal, where are you going?
22:03And everyone else is here.
22:04People from Delhi are here.
22:05Dukh is here.
22:06Rakesh is here.
22:07I'm taking everyone's names.
22:08And I thank you.
22:10I love you.
22:12That's all.
22:18Link, where are you?
22:19Come, come, come.
22:20Link, are you here?
22:21You want to be photographed?
22:22Come over.
22:23Neha, come.
22:24Neha, come, come.
22:25Come, come, come.
22:26Come, come, come.
22:27Come, come, come.
22:28Come, come, come.
22:29Come, come, come.
22:30Come, come, come.
22:31It could be more girls
22:32in the frame.
22:33Why not?
22:34Why not?
22:35Yeah.
22:37Fine.
22:44Yeah, okay.
22:45Fine.
22:46Thank you.
22:47One more.
22:48And this picture
22:49will be sent to us.
22:50We'll put it up
22:51in our drawing room.
22:52We'll write the date
22:53and the evening.
22:54Bibu is here.
22:55Bibu is here.
22:56Subash, call Bibu.
22:57Tell him to come here.
22:58Yes.
22:59Okay?
23:00Fine.
23:01Thank you.
23:02Sir!
23:04Sir!
23:05Sir!
23:06Sir!
23:07Yes.
23:08Okay.
23:11It's a very modest
23:12and untouched
23:13photograph.
23:14Oh, really?
23:15Yeah.
23:16True.
23:17I want it
23:18to be very
23:19cultural.
23:20Very cultural.
23:21Yes.
23:23And I'm going
23:24to buy
23:25Thank you.
23:26Thank you.
23:27Thank you.
23:28Thank you.
23:29Thank you.
23:30Thank you.