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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. This film was the debut film for Kamini Kaushal . 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 . After seperation from his wife he had a long time relationship with the actress Priya Rajvansh , she was the heroine of his film '' Haqeeqat '' and all films after that. He had a relationship with her till his death. He passed away on July 6 1997 at the age of 82. In the year 2000 Priya Rajvansh was murdered and subsequently his sons Ketan Anand and Vivek Anand were convicted of her murder |
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