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Bollywood rejected India's first Cannes winner Neecha Nagar as it lacked songs; Mountbatten couldn't believe France honoured the film

February 06, 2026 8:41 pm

Neecha Nagar also marked the debut of actor Kamini Kaushal and legendary music director Ravi Shankar.

'Look what happened to Rajesh Khanna': Ketan Anand says father Chetan Anand refused to work with the actor after he became a star

February 05, 2026 9:40 pm

Ketan Anand, son of Chetan Anand, added that eventually, both Rajesh Khanna and his father reunited to work together in the film Kudrat.

In the dock for ‘assault’ on AIIMS Patna doctors, who is JD(U) leader Chetan Anand

August 02, 2025 5:09 pm

AIIMS Patna's resident doctors have gone on a strike against the "misconduct and brash behaviour" of Sheohar MLA, who is the son of strongman Anand Mohan.

Dev Anand and the Anand brothers: The other 'first' family of Bollywood that formed Navketan Films

September 26, 2023 6:03 pm

On Dev Anand's 100th birth anniversary, looking back at the legacy of Navketan Films and how the Anand brothers were the 'other first family' of Bollywood that laid the foundation for Hindi cinema as we know it today.

Shekhar Kapur remembers Haqeeqat ahead of India’s 75th Independence Day: ‘Most patriotic war film to be made’

August 10, 2022 8:24 pm

The 1964 war-drama Haqeeqat was written, directed and produced by filmmaker Chetan Anand.

Song of the Month: Haqeeqat's "Ho ke majboor" finds the sweet spot between romance and pining in the time of war

August 26, 2019 11:32 am

Just as the recent blockbuster Uri had the belligerence of Narendra Modi writ all over it, Haqeeqat is soaked in Nehru-ism. The Chetan Anand film also offers newer and deeper meanings of patriotism in the Modi-era zeitgeist.

Freedom Call

October 30, 2014 12:08 am

Chetan Anand contributed to the freedom struggle through the medium of cinema, with his 1946 film Neecha Nagar.

Freedom Call

October 29, 2014 12:19 am

To commemorate Anand’s birth centenary in January next year, the iconic film will be screened as part of the 20th Kolkata International Film Festival on November 15.