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Neecha Nagar is a indian film directed by Chetan Anand with Kamini Kaushal
Neecha Nagar (1946)
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Add to a movie listNeecha Nagar (Hindi: नीचा नगर; English: Lowly City) is a 1946 Hindi film directed by Chetan Anand. Written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and 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 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.
Actors
Kamini Kaushal
(Rupa)
Zohra Sehgal
(Bhabi)
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