First Indian film to go to Cannes Festival
Since its inception in 1946, Indian cinema has a great history at Cannes Festival. India has seen several jury members including Mrinal Sen, Arundhati Roy, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Sharmila Tagore in this prestigious ceremony. But, do you know which film started in the Cannes Film Festival with which film started? India’s first film to be honored at the Cannes Festival was Chetan Anand’s ‘Nicha’ city which was made on the 1946 social issue. It was awarded the highest award for the Grand Prix Do Festival International Do Film – Festival. The film, which has illuminated the name of India globally, was never released in its country.
‘Nicha Nagar’ was craving for widespread release
Interestingly, it also means that Dev Anand’s elder brother was the first Indian to go to Cannes Festival and also won the award for his film. Written by Khwaja Ahmed Abbas and Hayatullah Ansari and directed by Cheta Anand, ‘Nicha Nagar’ was a film based on social theme. The film also starred by Chetan Anand’s wife Uma Anand as well as Rafiq Anwar, Kamini Kaushal, Murad, Rafi Pir, Hamid Butt and Zohra Sehgal. ‘Nicha Nagar’ is the only Indian film that was once awarded Palme D’Or, but never got a widespread release in India. It was aired on Doordarshan in the 1980s.
Chetan Anand’s film created history
‘Nicha Nagar’ was screened with many of the best films around the world, such as Roberto Roselini’s ‘Rome’, ‘Open City’ (Italy), David Lean’s ‘Brief Encounter’ (UK) (UK) and Billy Wilder’s ‘The Lost Weekend’ (USA) (USA) (USA) (USA) and the special thing is that its music was prepared by the music pandit. Released earlier 79, the film made history at the Cannes Film Festival. Inspired by Maxim Gorky’s play ‘The Lower Depths’, ‘Nicha Nagar’ shows the difference between rich and poor in the society. The film shows the world that has been separated on the basis of class.
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