Chetan Anand (director)

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Chetan Anand
Chetan Anand on a 2013 stamp of India
Born(1921-01-03)3 January 1921
Lahore, Punjab, British India[1]
Died6 July 1997(1997-07-06) (aged 76)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)Producer, director, actor, screenwriter
Years active1944–1994
Spouse
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(m. 1943)​
PartnerPriya Rajvansh
Children2; Ketan Anand and Vivek Anand
RelativesSee Anand-Sahni family
AwardsCannes Film Festival: Palme d'Or (Best Film): Neecha Nagar (1946)

Chetan Anand (3 January 1921 – 6 July 1997) was a Bollywood film producer, screenwriter and director from India, whose first film, Neecha Nagar, was awarded the Grand Prix Prize (now Golden Palm) at the first ever Cannes Film Festival in 1946. Later, he co-founded Navketan Films with his younger brother Dev Anand in 1949.[2]

  1. ^ Page 1, Romancing with Life — an autobiography by Dev Anand, Penguin books India 2007
  2. ^ "With Navketan Films, Anand brothers among Bollywood's first families". The Economic Times. 5 December 2011.