Neecha Nagar
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Neecha Nagar
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Chetan Anand directs this Indian Peoples' Theatre Association-funded, expressionist look at social injustice in rural India. The film centers on a fantastically wealthy and capacious landlord who lives in a palatial estate high up on a mountain while the poor toil and starve in the valley below. The villagers' hatred for the landlord is inflamed further by the fact that his sewage is dumped directly into the village -- spreading a variety of diseases. Fortunately, the landlord dies a terrifically painful death thanks to a drawn out series of heart attacks. This film was Ravi Shankar's debut as a film composer. ~ Jonathan Crow, RoviCredit
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Neecha Nagar
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| Directed by | Chetan Anand |
| Produced by | India Pictures |
| Written by | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Hayatullah Ansari |
| Starring | Kamini Kaushal Uma Anand |
| Music by | Ravi Shankar |
| Cinematography | Bidyapati Ghosh |
| Release date(s) | 1946 |
| Running time | 122 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Neecha Nagar (Hindi: नीचा नगर; English: Lowly City) is a 1946 Hindi film directed by Chetan Anand. Written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, this film was a pioneering effort in social realism in Indian cinema, and paved the way for many such 'Parallel Cinema' films by other directors and many of them written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. It starred Chetan Anand's wife, Uma Anand, Rafiq Ahmed, Kamini Kaushal, and Zohra Sehgal.
It became the very first Indian film to gain international recognition, after it shared the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (Best Film) award at the first Cannes Film Festival in 1946.[1]
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Overview
It was based on a Hindi story, Neecha Nagar, written by Hayatulla Ansari, which in turn was inspired by Russian writer Maxim Gorky’s Lower Depths. It took an expressionist look at the gulf between the rich and poor in the society.[2][3]
The film is the debut film of actress Kamini Kaushal and for Ravi Shankar as a music director.
Cast
- Kamini Kaushal
- Uma Anand
- Rafiq Ahmed
- Zohra Sehgal
Awards
References
- ^ Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (1939-54)
- ^ History will never forget Chetan Anand 13 June 2007.
- ^ Maker of innovative, meaningful movies The Hindu, 15 June 2007.
- Neecha Nagar at the New York Times
- Remembering Chetan Anand and Neecha Nagar, Hindustan Times, 29 September 2007
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