Chetan Anand

Directing·January 2, 1915·† July 10, 1997 — 82 years old·Lahore, Punjab, British India

Chetan Anand was a Hindi film producer, screenwriter and director from India, whose debut film, Neecha Nagar, was awarded the Grand Prix Prize at the first ever Cannes Film Festival in 1946. Later he co-founded Navketan Films with his younger brother Dev Anand in 1949.