Kathmandu, May 8 (IANS) As Nepal’s cornered King Gyanendra awaits a countdown to the abolition of his crown, will his last days in the endangered royal palace be livened up with a visit by India’s legendary film actor Dev Anand?

That is the buzz here with the evergreen actor, who turned into a film director from reigning hero in India’s giant Hindi film industry in the course of a career spanning nearly five decades, arriving in Kathmandu Friday to promote his autobiography ‘Romancing With Life’.