Name: Chetan Anand
Birthday: Sunday, January 03, 1915
Star Sign : Aquarius
First Film : Neecha Nagar


Biography
Chetan Anand was an acclaimed film producer and director from India, and the elder brother of Dev Anand and Vijay Anand. Chetan Anand was born in Gurdaspur in Punjab. He served as an active Congress worker in the 1930s after graduating from Government College in Lahore.He entered the Hindi film industry as a hero in Phani Majumdar's film Rajkumar, which was released in 1944. He soon took to film direction with the well-acclaimed movie, Neecha Nagar which bagged an award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1946. After the critical acclaim of his directorial debut, Chetan along with his younger brother Dev Anand set up `Navketan Productions' in the early 50s. Afsar, starring Dev Anand and Suraiya, was the first film made by him under the banner. It turned out to be a moderate success. Taxi Driver and Andhiyan were other notable films he directed for Navketan.He passed away on July 6 1997 at the age of 82.


Filmography

Films	Year
Hindustan Ki Kasam	1999