Not many know it, but Neecha Nagar, a film by Chetan Anand - one of Indian cinema's pioneers - preceded Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali by nine years to win the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival ...

Being an Anand is not easy, and being son of filmmaker Chetan Anand means more expectations to live up to. But that didn’t deter Ketan Anand from going on to make acclaimed films such as ...

Chetan, the elder brother of Dev Anand, had won Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for Neecha Nagar (1946) and was known to be a director who would not fall in line with commercial diktats.

Two years after the 1962 Indo-China war, when the wounds were still fresh, director and producer Chetan Anand did what few could have ever imagined. He made Haqeeqat, one of Indian cinema’s more ...

Eventually, Raj Khosla was replaced by Chetan Anand.” However, it did not solve the problem as Chetan wanted a different heroine for the film, but Dev Anand was adamant.

Unfortunately, Priya and Chetan's happy life turned upside down when he passed away in 1997. After his death, Priya, along with his sons from first marriage, Ketan and Vivek, inherited his property.

Then came the double good news of 1994. Malayalam director Shaji N. Karun’s ‘Swaham’ was nominated for the Palme d’Or — an honor that has come 30 long years later to Payal Kapadia.

Throwback: Chetan Anand's light and sound show at Red Fort in 1963 featured Balraj Sahni, Meena Kumari, Kamini Kaushal Ranjan Dasgupta / etimes.in / Updated: May 28, 2022, 11:01 IST ...

After Chetan's 'Afsar', based on Gogol's 'Inspector General', bombed at the box office, Dev chose Guru Dutt as the director for the crime-thriller 'Baazi' (1951), which was a big success and ...

He was 71. He is survived by his wife and son. The director was admitted to a private hospital here after a heart attack on Saturday. The younger brother of actor Dev Anand and the late director ...

This actress became an overnight star after working with Dharmendra, later did all films with one director, Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman were her… In 2000, this actress was found murdered in her ...