{"id":413272,"date":"2026-01-14T22:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/413272\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T22:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:40:10","slug":"dev-anand-was-left-waiting-outside-amitabh-bachchans-jalsa-after-amar-singh-promised-big-bs-presence-at-autobiography-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/413272\/","title":{"rendered":"Dev Anand was left waiting outside Amitabh Bachchan\u2019s Jalsa after Amar Singh promised Big B\u2019s presence at autobiography launch |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768430410_124_image.jpg\" alt=\"Dev Anand was left waiting outside Amitabh Bachchan\u2019s Jalsa after Amar Singh promised Big B\u2019s presence at autobiography launch\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Dev Anand\u2019s 2007 autobiography launch was expected to be a star-studded celebration, but it quietly turned into an awkward episode. Years later, his close associate Mohan Churiwala recalled how the legendary actor was left waiting outside Amitabh Bachchan\u2019s Jalsa, leaving Dev Anand wondering if he had unknowingly upset someone.Recalling the 2007 book launch, Churiwala revealed that Amar Singh had personally volunteered to bring Amitabh Bachchan to the event. \u201cHe asked, \u2018Hum Amitabh ji ko bula lein?\u2019 I said, \u2018Bula lo\u2019,\u201d Mohan recalled in an interview with Vickey Lalwani, adding that Amar had promised to arrive with Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Ambani and Tina Ambani. <\/p>\n<p>Amitabh Bachchan Admits Feeling \u2018Stuck\u2019 After KBC Wraps Up | WATCH<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said they would stay for dinner\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite assurances, things took an unexpected turn. Amar Singh and the Bachchans left before the event concluded. \u201cDev saab wondered, \u2018Did they feel bad about something?\u2019\u201d Mohan shared, recalling the veteran actor\u2019s quiet confusion after the guests departed without staying for dinner. <\/p>\n<p>Zeenat Aman recalls how Dev Anand did not like having choreographers and hairdressers on his set; says &#8216;He wanted plain look with just a parting&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t come out for 15 minutes\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Determined to personally hand over copies of his autobiography, Dev Anand accompanied Mohan Churiwala to Jalsa the next day. \u201cI honked. The watchman came out, asked us about our visit and went inside. He didn\u2019t come out for 15 minutes,\u201d Mohan said. Amar Singh emerged another ten minutes later, prompting Dev Anand to ask, \u201cIt has been a while. Why is it taking so long?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was glad this came out after Dev saab\u2019s death\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Dev Anand\u2019s passing in 2011, Amar Singh revealed that permission from Amitabh Bachchan was required to allow guests inside Jalsa. \u201cIf Dev saab had heard that someone had to seek permission to let him in, he would have felt very bad,\u201d Mohan said, adding, \u201cI was glad this came out after his death.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dev Anand\u2019s 2007 autobiography launch was expected to be a star-studded celebration, but it quietly turned into an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[218473,218477,218472,64,63,447,218479,218471,218476,218475,218474,134,81894,218478],"class_list":{"0":"post-413272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-amar-singh-dev-anand","9":"tag-amitabh-bachchan-controversy","10":"tag-amitabh-bachchan-jalsa","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-celebrities","14":"tag-dev-anand-amitabh-bachchan-jalsa","15":"tag-dev-anand-autobiography-launch","16":"tag-dev-anand-biography","17":"tag-dev-anand-guests-dinner","18":"tag-dev-anand-story-2007","19":"tag-entertainment","20":"tag-jalsa","21":"tag-mohan-churiwala-interview"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}