Ketan Anand
Ketan Anand is an Indian film director and producer, son of filmmaker Chetan Anand and actress Uma Anand, and cousin of director Shekhar Kapur. As a child, he appeared with his brother Vivek Anand in a song from Funtoosh (1956) alongside Dev Anand and Sheila Ramani.
He later assisted his father as associate producer on Heer Raanjha (1970) and worked as assistant director on Tere Mere Sapne (1971), experiences that shaped his early understanding of filmmaking.
He made his directorial debut with Toote Khilone (1978) and followed it the same year with Trishala Ka Laal (1978), establishing himself as a filmmaker in social and mythological drama.
In the 1980s, he co-directed Hum Rahe Na Hum (1984) with his father, directed Shart (1986), and appeared in acting roles in Raavan (1984) and Sheeshay Ka Ghar (1984). The 1990s saw him direct Aaja Meri Jaan (1993) and Agnichakra (1997), expanding into commercial cinema.
In 2007, he co-authored the book Chetan Anand: The Poetics of Film and in 2008 revived his father's banner Himalaya Films, also directing the tribute documentary Chetan Anand: The Poetics of Film (2008). Later credits include the Irish-Indian horror film Hexing (2017) and a supporting role in Bhagyavidhata (2020).
Anand was arrested in connection with the 2000 death of actress Priya Rajvansh alongside his brother Vivek Anand and others. He was later convicted in 2002, granted bail the same year, and subsequently acquitted on appeal in 2013 by the Delhi High Court.
His career spans more than five decades across mainstream and parallel Indian cinema work and cinematic practice.
बाद में उन्होंने 'हीर रांझा' (1970) में अपने पिता के साथ एसोसिएट प्रोड्यूसर के तौर पर काम किया और 'तेरे मेरे सपने' (1971) में असिस्टेंट डायरेक्टर के तौर पर काम किया। इन अनुभवों ने फ़िल्ममेकिंग के बारे में उनकी शुरुआती समझ को आकार दिया।
उन्होंने 'टूटे खिलौने' (1978) से डायरेक्टर के तौर पर शुरुआत की और उसी साल 'त्रिशला का लाल' (1978) बनाई, जिससे उन्होंने समाजिक और पौराणिक ड्रामा फ़िल्ममेकर के तौर पर अपनी पहचान बनाई।
1980 के दशक में, उन्होंने अपने पिता के साथ मिलकर 'हम रहे ना हम' (1984) को डायरेक्ट किया, 'शर्त' (1986) को डायरेक्ट किया इसके अलावा 'रावण' (1984) और 'शीशे का घर' (1984) में एक्टिंग भी की। 1990 के दशक में उन्होंने 'आजा मेरी जान' (1993) और 'अग्निचक्र' (1997) को डायरेक्ट किया और कमर्शियल सिनेमा में भी काम किया।
2007 में उन्होंने 'चेतन आनंद: द पोएटिक्स ऑफ़ फ़िल्म' किताब लिखी और 2008 में अपने पिता के बैनर 'हिमालय फ़िल्म्स' को फिर से शुरू किया। साथ ही उन्होंने 'चेतन आनंद: द पोएटिक्स ऑफ़ फ़िल्म' (2008) नाम की ट्रिब्यूट डॉक्यूमेंट्री भी डायरेक्ट की। उनके बाद के कामों में आयरिश-भारतीय हॉरर फ़िल्म 'हेक्सिंग' (2017) और 'भाग्यविधाता' (2020) में एक सपोर्टिंग रोल शामिल है।
आनंद को एक्ट्रेस प्रिया राजवंश की 2000 में हुई मौत के मामले में उनके भाई विवेक आनंद और अन्य लोगों के साथ गिरफ़्तार किया गया था। बाद में 2002 में उन्हें दोषी ठहराया गया, उसी साल ज़मानत मिली और आख़िर में 2013 में दिल्ली हाई कोर्ट में अपील ने उन्हें बरी कर दिया।
उनका करियर पांच दशकों से ज़्यादा का है, जिसमें उन्होंने मेनस्ट्रीम और पैरेलल भारतीय सिनेमा और फ़िल्मी कामों में योगदान दिया है।
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- "Who was Chetan Anand — and why does his cinema still carry such a deep, emotional charge? In this clip, his son Ketan Anand introduces the filmmaker behind Haqeeqat (1964), a man who ""suffered in silence for a long time,"" and the learning he received from that pain, which poured into his films. It was during this time that Kaifi Azmi wrote some of his most remarkable poems for him. The product of this collaboration was a war song that became part of India's collective memory. As Ketan Anand puts it, ""This is not a jingoistic song… this is the pain of human stupidity."" No chest-beating, but a meditation or rather a question on why we go on fighting and killing while talking of love and peace. Somewhere, it is out of this pain that one must evolve. And Anand's cinema did exactly that. This video is an excerpt from the session with Ketan Anand, Ravikant, Pavan Jha and Neville Tuli, part of the series 'Deconstructing the Film Song: A Musical Glue for Nation-Building,' presented by the Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (TRIS) as part of the 7th Self-Discovery via Rediscovering India Festival."
- “Milo Na Tum to hum Ghabrayen” from Chetan Anand's Heer Raanjha (1970) is the film's song of joy. Sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi, with music by Madan Mohan and lyrics by Kaifi Azmi, it captures the first flush of love as playful delight, capturing the confusion, the shyness, the sudden overflow of happiness that makes the heart ask, “What has happened to us?” Reminiscing about the song, filmmaker Ketan Anand revealed that this was the first time in the film that the colour yellow floods the screen. This change of palette signals the change of mood. After the earlier, more restrained tones, the arrival of yellow signals spring, joy and the fullness of life. “He went bananas with this song,” said Ketan Anand about his father, who expressed that joy in this song through Bhangra (traditional Punjabi folk dance) and the vibrant colours. This video is from 'A Musical Glue for Nation-Building: Deconstructing the Film Song', presented by the Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) at the 7th Self-Discovery via Rediscovering India Festival.
- In this clip from the workshop ""A Musical Glue for Nation-Building: Deconstructing the Film Song,"" Ketan Anand, son of legendary filmmaker Chetan Anand, recalls how he brokered the casting of Navin Nischol in the lead role of Hanste Zakhm (1973), sharing a first-hand account of the decisions that shaped the film. Featuring Ketan Anand, Ravikant, Pavan Jha, and Neville Tuli as panelists, this session was presented by the Tuli Research Centre for India Studies (T.R.I.S.) at the 7th Self-Discovery via Rediscovering India Festival.
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- ArchivedFilm ScreeningsProject 60Film on Chetan Anand by Ketan Anand16th February 20262:00pmM.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise de Delhi, 72 K.K. Birla Lane, Lodi Estate, New Delhi, 110003
