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Navketan Films is a film production house based in Mumbai, India. Started in 1949 by actor-director and producer Dev Anand and his elder brother Chetan Anand, whose debut film, Neecha Nagar, received the Palme d'Or (Best Film) award, at the first ever Cannes Film Festival in 1946. Younger brother Vijay Anand, also directed numerous films for the company, like Guide (1965), Jewel Thief (1967) and Johny Mera Naam (1970). Chetan and Vijay parted ways with company later and today Dev's son Suneil Anand is currently heading the production house.[1][2][3] The last film released by Navketan films was Chargesheet in 2011. Navketan’s latest venture is a Hollywood film titled Vagator Mixer (2023) which is being directed by Suneil Anand. It stars Suneil in the lead with a host of Hollywood actors.
Filmography
edit| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Afsar | Chetan Anand | First Film |
| 1951 | Baazi | Guru Dutt | |
| 1952 | Aandhiyan | Chetan Anand | |
| 1953 | Humsafar | A N Bannerjee | |
| 1954 | Taxi Driver | Chetan Anand | |
| 1955 | House No. 44 | M K Burman | |
| 1956 | Funtoosh | Chetan Anand | |
| 1957 | Nau Do Gyarah | Vijay Anand | |
| 1958 | Kala Pani | Raj Khosla | |
| 1960 | Kala Bazar | Vijay Anand | |
| 1961 | Hum Dono | Amarjeet | India's entry for the Berlin International Film Festival, In 2011 coloured version came |
| 1963 | Tere Ghar Ke Samne | Vijay Anand | |
| 1965 | Guide | Vijay Anand |
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| 1967 | Jewel Thief | Vijay Anand | |
| 1970 | Prem Pujari | Dev Anand | |
| 1971 | Tere Mere Sapne | Vijay Anand | |
| 1971 | Hare Raama Hare Krishna | Dev Anand | |
| 1973 | Chhupa Rustam | Vijay Anand | |
| 1973 | Shareef Budmaash | Raj Khosla | |
| 1973 | Heera Panna | Dev Anand | |
| 1974 | Ishk Ishk Ishk | ||
| 1976 | Jaaneman | Chetan Anand | |
| 1976 | Bullet | Vijay Anand | |
| 1978 | Des Pardes | Dev Anand | |
| 1980 | Lootmaar | ||
| 1982 | Swami Dada | ||
| 1984 | Anand Aur Anand | ||
| 1985 | Hum Naujawan | ||
| 1989 | Sachché Ká Bol-Bálá | ||
| 1990 | Awwal Number | ||
| 1991 | Sau Crore | ||
| 1993 | Pyaar Ka Tarana | ||
| 1994 | Gangster | ||
| 1998 | Main Solah Baras Ki | ||
| 2001 | Censor | ||
| 2001 | Master | Suneil Anand | First Martial Arts Film |
| 2003 | Love at Times Square | Dev Anand | |
| 2005 | Mr Prime Minister | ||
| 2011 | Chargesheet |
References
edit- ^ "With Navketan Films, Anand brothers among Bollywood's first families". Economic Times. 5 December 2011. Archived from the original on 31 May 2013.
- ^ "60 yrs of Dev Anand behind the scenes". Economic Times. 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 31 May 2013.
- ^ "History of a forward-looking studio". The Sunday Guardian.
- Romancing With Life, An Autobiography, by Dev Anand. Penguin/ Viking, 2007. ISBN 0-670-08124-8.
- Cinema Modern: Navketan Story, by Sidharth Bhatia. Harpercollins, 2011. ISBN 978-93-5029-096-5.