Be it shahrukh khan or salman khan, amitabh bachchan or Dharmendra, the fan following of these stars is in crores. The stardom of many bollywood stars is such that people are surprised to see it. The same is the condition of the stars of the South Film Industry. But it is not that this is happening only in the 21st century. Earlier, even behind the heroes of the 20th century, the love of the fans for the stars was worth seeing. In the 50-60s, there was a bollywood superstar for whom fans were ready to do anything. The fans together did something for that actor that taxis disappeared from the streets of Mumbai. The only reason for this was that someone had mistaken that superstar for a taxi driver.

This actor has worked in more than 100 films

This star was none other than dev anand, who was known as the heartthrob of girls at that time. dev anand, who made his bollywood debut with Hum Ek Hain in 1946, worked in more than 100 films. He also had a film 'Taxi Driver'. Churidwala, close to dev anand, told mumbai Mirror how during the shooting of the film, a person mistook the superstar for a taxi driver.

When a man mistook the actor for a taxi driver?

Actually, dev anand had stopped outside the taj mahal hotel to pick up sheela Ramani, who played the role of club dancer Sylvie in the film 'Taxi Driver'. During this, a foreigner mistook him for a 'taxi driver' and asked him to take him to the red light area. Then dev anand told him that he was shooting a film. After this the foreigner apologized to him and left from there.

This is why taxis have disappeared

When Dev Anand's film 'Taxi Driver' was released, this incident proved to be the reason for the disappearance of taxis from the streets of Mumbai. dev anand says in his biography that when his film was released, all the taxi drivers along with their union leaders parked their taxis outside a cinema house. After this, they watched the film 'Taxi Driver' together. Because of this, taxis had disappeared from the streets of mumbai that evening.