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Neecha Nagar

Neecha Nagar
Neecha Nagar, 1946.jpg
Directed by Chetan Anand
Produced by A. Halim, India Pictures
Written by []
Hayatullah Ansari
Starring Kamini Kaushal
Uma Anand
Music by Ravi Shankar
Cinematography Bidyapati Ghosh
Release date
  • 1946 (1946)
Running time
122 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Neecha Nagar (Hindi: नीचा नगर; English: Lowly City) is a 1946 Hindi film directed by Chetan Anand. Written by [Hayatullah Ansari]] , it was a pioneering effort in social realism in Indian cinema and paved the way for many such 'parallel cinema' films by other directors, many of them written by Abbas. It starred Chetan Anand's wife Uma Anand, Rafiq Ahmed, Kamini Kaushal, Rafi Peer and Zohra Sehgal.

Neecha Nagar became the first Indian film to gain recognition at the Cannes Film Festival, after it shared the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (Best Film) award at the first Cannes Film Festival in 1946.

It was based on a Hindi story, Neecha Nagar, written by Hayatullah 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 society.

Neecha Nagar is the debut film of actress Kamini Kaushal and for Ravi Shankar as a music director.



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