FILM DIRECTOR

Chetan Anand

1915 - 1997

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Chetan Anand (3 January 1921 – 6 July 1997) was a Bollywood film producer, screenwriter and director from India, whose first film, Neecha Nagar, was awarded the Grand Prix Prize (now Golden Palm) at the first ever Cannes Film Festival in 1946. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chetan Anand has received more than 13,651 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Chetan Anand is the 1,803rd most popular film director (down from 1,622nd in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 119th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Pakistani Film Director.

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  • 14k

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  • 45.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Chetan Anand ranks 1,803 out of 2,041. Before him are Michael Dante DiMartino, Peter Webber, Jeff Nathanson, Carlos Atanes, Deepak Tijori, and Xavier Giannoli. After him are David Gordon Green, Brillante Mendoza, Dagur Kári, Małgorzata Szumowska, Ben Davis, and Guy Maddin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Chetan Anand ranks 302. Before him are Barbara Billingsley, Archie Williams, Potter Stewart, George Perle, Arthur Owen, and Richard Webb. After him are Joseph Galibardy, Jean Brooks, Toby Wing, Judith Wright, and Clayton Lewis. Among people deceased in 1997, Chetan Anand ranks 324. Before him are Floyd Cramer, Polly Ann Young, Eddie Arcaro, Barry Evans, Brian Pillman, and William J. Brennan Jr.. After him are Laurie Lee, Paul Tsongas, Marjorie Reynolds, Jermaine Stewart, Sipan Shiraz, and Joyce Compton.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Chetan Anand ranks 144 out of 217. Before him are Keshav Dutt (1925), Salma Agha (1956), Bina Rai (1931), Surinder Kaur (1929), Shah Mahmood Qureshi (1956), and Shyama (1935). After him are Hamid Mir (1966), Rehman Malik (1951), Chris Van Hollen (1959), Nasirul Mulk (1950), Abida Parveen (1954), and Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (1952).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Pakistan

Among film directors born in Pakistan, Chetan Anand ranks 6. Before him are Gulzar (1934), Yash Chopra (1932), Ramanand Sagar (1917), Shekhar Kapur (1945), and Ramesh Sippy (1947). After him are Govind Nihalani (1940), and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (1978).

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