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Deven Verma
Born	(1937-10-23)23 October 1937 Cutch State, British India
Died	2 December 2014(2014-12-02) (aged 77) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Rupa Verma (née Ganguly)

Deven Verma (23 October 1937 – 2 December 2014) was an Indian film and television actor, particularly known for his comic roles, with Bollywood directors like Basu Chatterji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar. He also produced and directed films, including Besharam. He won Filmfare Best Comedian Award for Chori Mera Kaam, Chor Ke Ghar Chor and Angoor.

Life

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Verma was born on 23 October 1937 in Kutch, to Baldev Singh Verma and Sarala Devi and was brought up in Pune. His father was Rajasthani and mother belonged to Kutch. His father was a film distributor. He studied at the Nowrosjee Wadia College for Arts and Science (University of Pune) (1953–57), graduating with Honours in Politics and Sociology. He married Rupa Ganguly, daughter of veteran Bollywood actor Ashok Kumar and sister of Preeti Ganguly.

The original name of Deven Verma was Devendu Verma, which he changed to Deven when he was in college. He had four sisters, two of whom were older and two of whom were younger. The two younger sisters were twins. The names of his sisters are Nirupama, Tushar, Amita, and Parul.

Apart from Hindi films, Verma acted in a few Marathi and Bhojpuri films.

He died at 2 a.m IST on 2 December 2014 in Pune, following a heart attack and kidney failure.

Filmography

Television

Producer

Director

Awards

Filmfare Best Comedian Award
1976 Chori Mera Kaam – Pravin Chandra Shah
1979 Chor Ke Ghar Chor – Pravinbhai
1983 Angoor – Bahadur

References

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3. "Best Comedians of Bollywood". NDTV Movies. 26 March 2009.
4. Hasna Mana Hai: Bollywood's best comedies Indiatimes, 27 May 2005. Archived 10 July 2012 at archive.today
5. "Just breathe and reboot". Indian Express. 25 March 201. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
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7. "Deven Verma at a musical do". The Times of India. 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
8. Flashback to fun Archived 29 August 2003 at the Wayback Machine Indian Express, Preeti Mudliar, 9 August 2003.
9. "Veteran actor Deven Verma dies of heart attack in Pune - Hindustan Times". 2 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
10. Banerjee, Shoumojit (7 April 2016). "Deven Verma no more". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
11. Lokapally, Vijay (11 December 2014). "Chori Mera Kaam (1975)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
12. "Deven Verma : Filmography and Profile". Bollywood Hungama. 22 February 2008. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
13. "List of Filmfare Award Winners and Nominations, 1953–2005" (PDF). googlepages.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

External links

• Deven Verma at IMDb

• 1937 births
• 2014 deaths
• Filmfare Awards winners
• Indian male comedians
• Indian male film actors
• 20th-century Indian people
• Film producers from Maharashtra
• Male actors in Hindi cinema
• Indian male television actors
• Male actors from Pune
• Savitribai Phule Pune University alumni
• Hindi-language film directors
• 21st-century Indian people
• Film directors from Maharashtra