LIFE’S LABOURS ARE NEVER LOST
English book, PDF p. 218
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Life’s Labours are Never Lost ~ 218 ~ LIFE’S LABOURS ARE NEVER LOST Iana Devangaddy of Bangalore was a student at Cambridge when Jawahar Lal Nehru went to study there. He developed a close association with Nehru. It was because of this relationship that his son, Deren Angaddy, heard a lot about Nehru during his childhood. Impressed with his personality, Deren used to impersonate him. Later Deren became a film actor. When Attenborough planned to produce a film on Gandhi, with an investment of about $ 25 million. Deren was selected to play the role of Nehru. However, after six months he was told by the film producers that he was being dropped from the list of actors and that Roshan Seth had been chosen to play this role instead. This decision was made six months after Deren Angaddy had been offered the role, during which time he had worked hard to perfect his role. The news shocked him to the point where he committed suicide. Why did Deren Angaddy take such a drastic step? Was it because he had worked hard to develop an

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