`Guide would not have had to be shot twice, if produced now`

Panaji, Nov 30: Veteran actor Dev Anand has said he would not have had to shoot his film `Guide` twice deleting certain content, if it was produced in the current days."Guide was made in two versions. One was American, based on the Novel by R K Narayan. Indian version was not the book

one and had to change as there was little adultery content which was not considered as ethical during those times," Dev Anand told reporters. Anand was felicitated at International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2008 on Saturday here in presence of Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat, Actor Jackie Shroff and festival director S M Khan. "Certain part of the American version dealt with adultery so we had to shoot the film once again," Anand said. The 1965 movie starring Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman was directed by Vijay Anand, who had also contributed in the screenplay. A 120-minute US version was made with additional direction and writings. The US version was produced by Ted Danielswki. "Now the country is ready for such subject matter and things are already being discussed on television and films," the veteran actor said. These changes in outlook may be because of globalisation, he said. Talking about his forthcoming film, `Chargesheet`, Dev Anand refused to talk much as according to him he would like to keep "suspense" over the film. "It`s a suspense thriller," he said, refusing to divulge the star-cast in it. "There are some new faces and old ones too," he added.However, the evergreen actor could not resist himself from declaring during his felicitation that Jackie Shroff is acting in it. "He is working in my next film `Chargesheet`. I am also there in the film," Dev Anand said. The actor was at his usual best during the felicitation. "Three years I have been coming to Goa. Even if I was not invited I would have come," he said. When asked about his plan to produce a film on Goa, which he announced last year, he said that the plan still exists but he is busy in his new movie. "`Chargesheet` is 40 per cent complete and it will be ready by January-February next year," he said. And if completed in time, Dev Anand intends to go to Cannes Film Festival with the movie. Bureau Report