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Happy Birthday David Dhawan: One of the most iconic song of Mohd Rafi Saab’s tremendous career was Teri Galiyon Mein Na Rakhenge Sanam, Aaj Ke Baad. So also, one of the top songs of Kishore Kumar Dada’s amazing career was Ye Jeevan Hai, Is Jeevan Ka. Both were picturised on Anil Dhawan.
While Anil Dhawan was popular, his popularity is nothing in comparision to his superstar Director brother David Dhawan. Today 16th August is his birthday. Let us reminiscence some rare trivia on his life and career.
David Dhawan’s real name was Rajinder Dhawan but his loving Christian neighbours out of affection called him David and the nickname stuck, so much so that his parents asked him to officially change it legally to David. He too wanted to be an actor like his brother and had enrolled in FTII where his peers were Suresh Oberoi and Satish Shah, but he felt he did not have the talent and hence took up editing. Film Direction followed.
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While David had a couple of drama movies early in his career as for instance Swarg, and a huge success in Aankhen which was an action thriller, his forte was comedy. His 1st movie was with Govinda and Sanjay Dutt, named Taaqatwar, and it was with Govinda that he had some of the most successful and best comedy movies in a row. One of the highlights of their movies was catchy songs, such as Kishore Kumars “I am John D’mello, Ding Dong wala” in Taaqatwar.