"'Jewel Thief" became a huge hit. I flew all the way from Darjeeling to Delhi to attend its premiere at the Odeon Cinema. The crowds were jumping up and down with delirious joy as I alighted from the car outside the theatre, crazily picking me up on their shoulders, pinching me all over to make sure I was real, loading me with garlands, grabbing and shaking my hands, falling all over me. Suddenly, a hand brushed my hip pocket. I checked for my purse, and found it missing. But I did not react, for the euphoria of the moment was too immense to cry over a meagre sum of fifteen thousand rupees, lost in the enormous wave of goodwill and popularity. Stardom cannot be earned or bought at a price. I let the pickpocket dance away in joy with my cash-filled purse."
-- Dev Anand, "Romancing with Life"
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