![]() Early Life of Chetan Anand Chetan Anand was born on 3rd January 1921 in Lahore, British India. His father Pishori Lal Anand was an advocate by profession. Chetan Anand was the eldest siblings of the Anand family. His younger brothers Dev Anand and Vijay Anand also worked for the Hindi film industry. Shekhar Kapur, the acclaimed Indian film director is the son of his younger sister Sheel Kanta Kapur. Chetan Anand did his graduation from Government College Lahore and afterwards, in 1930, joined Indian National Congress. He also used to work for the BBC and for a brief period taught at the Doon School, Dehradun. Later he moved to Mumbai for selling a film script authored by him. Career of Chetan Anand While Chetan Anand was teaching History in the early 1940s he penned a film script about king Ashoka and then went to Mumbai to show his script to director Phani Majumdar. The director however offered him the lead role in 1944 Hindi film Rajkumar. Chetan Anand also joined Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) in Mumbai. Soon he ventured into the arena of film direction and made his debut with critically acclaimed movie Neecha Nagar which bagged a prestigious award at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was marked as the first Indian film to have gained international recognition. He founded Navketan Productions in Mumbai along with Dev Anand by early 1950s and the first film under the production house was Afsar featuring Dev Anand and Suraiya. The film performed moderately at the box office and was followed by the films Taxi Driver and Andhiyan. ![]() Achievements of Chetan Anand Chetan Anand won Palme d'Or (Best Film), Cannes Film Festival in 1946 for the film Neecha Nagar. In 1965 he won National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film for his film Haqeeqat. He was also awarded the Filmfare Best Story Award in 1982 for the movie Kudrat. Death of Chetan Anand Chetan Anand died at the age of 76, on 6th July 1997, in Mumbai. Filmography of Chetan Anand
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