One of the legends of Hindi cinema, Dev Anand today said an American publisher would soon be bringing out his autobiography.

Talking to newspersons at a reception given to him by another legend of the south Akkineni Nageswara Rao at the latter's Annapurna Studios here, Dev Anand said he was writing the trials and travails he had undergone in his life in the book.

Dev Anand said he was missing his brothers Chetan and Vijay with whom he had made some memorable films for his production house 'NavKetan'.

The 82-year-old actor said he was also missing the Burmans, 'SD and RD', the former who was one of the pillars of 'NavKetan'.

When a correspondent asked him about his trade-mark cap he appeared with at the press conference, Dev Anand said ''wait for the book. There is a chapter on the cap.''

''I came to Bombay with mere 19 rupees in my pocket from what was then in India-- Lahore-- in 1945. By 1947 Lahore was part of a foreign country. I chose to stay back. I started my production company by 1949 to basically to expose the talent of my elder brother Chethan Anand. Prior to that, we produced a film in 1947. It was never released as no distributor came forward. From 1949, we have been producing films till 2005. After 'Mr Prime Minister' I also have plans,'' he said.

''I am not rich. The money I earn from my films more I plough back to the film industry,'' Dev Anand added.