Chetan Anand
Film director
1921 – 1997
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Who was Chetan Anand?
Chetan Anand was a Hindi film producer, screenwriter and director from India, whose debut film, Neecha Nagar, bagged the Palme d'Or award, at the first ever Cannes Film Festival in 1946. Later he co-founded Navketan Films with his younger brother Dev Anand in 1949.
He was the eldest brother of the Anand family as he was the elder brother to Hindi film actor-directors, Dev Anand and Vijay Anand. His younger sister, Sheel Kanta Kapur, is the mother of Hindi and English film director Shekhar Kapur.
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- Born
- Jan 3, 1921
Lahore - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Uma Anand
- Priya Rajvansh
( - 1997/07/06)
- Children
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Education
- Government College University
- Died
- Jul 6, 1997
Mumbai
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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