Entertainment News Desk – Today is the birth anniversary of Vijay Anand alias Goldie, who is counted among the veteran actors, producers and directors of Bollywood. Another introduction to Vijay Anand is that he was the younger brother of veteran actor Dev Anand. Brother Vijay Anand had a huge contribution in Dev Anand’s superhit career. Vijay Anand produced many superhit films like ‘Kala Bazaar’, ‘Tere Ghar Ke Samne’, ‘Guide’, ‘Jewel Thief’, ‘Johnny Mera Naam’, ‘Tere Mere Sapne’ and ‘Kora Kagaz’. Vijay Anand created a special place among the audience due to his films. Apart from films and acting, he also remained in the headlines for his personal life. Especially due to his marriage, he had to face a lot of controversies. Let us know about them…
Vijay Anand was born on 22 January in Gurdaspur, Punjab. Vijay Anand was just seven years old when his mother passed away. He was brought up under the care of his elder brother and sister-in-law. By the time Vijay Anand was completing his primary education, his elder brothers Dev Anand and Chetan Anand had become big names. After completing his studies, Vijay Anand also came into the industry. Let us tell you that Vijay Anand had taken graduation degree from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. When Vijay Anand was in college, he wrote a script with his sister-in-law Uma Anand. Later, a film was made on this script, which people know by the name of ‘Taxi Driver’.
This film was released in the year 1954, which was produced by Chetan Anand, while Dev Anand was the producer and actor of the film. This film performed well at the box office, after which Vijay Anand’s understanding of the film industry improved. Vijay Anand made all types of films from thriller, romantic, comedy to family drama. He established himself well in the world of cinema. But, he remained in controversies regarding his personal life. Actually, Vijay Anand married Sushma Kohli. According to reports, Sushma Kohli was Vijay Anand’s niece.
He married his own sister’s daughter, which was quite controversial at that time. Once Sushma Kohli had shared many interesting things about her marriage in an interview given to a magazine. He had said that Goldie and I were married in the year 1978. When we got married, the shooting of the film ‘Ram Balram’ was going on. He liked my simplicity. I understood his nature. I thought he didn’t get angry easily.
I used to get angry easily. I was more mad. I used to do some things deliberately to upset him. Sometimes he would take care of me and sometimes I would take care of him. Talking about Vijay Anand’s career, as a hero he worked in films like ‘Haqeeqat’, ‘Kora Kagaz’, ‘Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki’. There came a time when Vijay Anand became a victim of stress, after which he went to Osho for a few days. He took spiritual lessons from Osho. Vijay Anand died of a heart attack on 23 February 2004.
