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KARACHI, Dec. 13 -- Deven Verma was an actor who, with his perfect timing and subtle changes of expressions aided by hand gestures, made people laugh and enjoy any film scene that he was in.
Basu Chatterjee's Khatta Meetha (1978) fixated all and sundry with the song, Mummy O mummy tu kab saas banegi, featuring Deven Verma as a young man anxious to get married. More than the lyrics, it was his character of Dara, helplessly urging his mother to get him married, that still represents the emotions of frustrated bachelors everywhere.
Unmindful of the length of his screen presence, Deven had an uncanny way of selecting films which are considered classics today. He was lucky to act in films directed by auteurs like Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Gulzar and Basu Chatterjee who specialised in making domestic comedies.
Verma didn't begin his career as a humourist. He essayed roles like the protagonist's friend, a villain and a husband, among other characters, till Gumraah (1963) with his would be father-in-law, the legendary actor Ashok Kumar.
Watch these Deven Verma films and chuckle away to glory
Here, Images on Sunday shares a few Deven Verma's films that one is likely to enjoy for their sheer beauty.
Devar (1966)
This was a film by Mohan Sehgal and probably the only role that Verma played that had shades of grey. With Sharmila Tagore (Madhumati) paying...