Navketan Films
{{Short description|Former film production company which was based in Mumbai, India}}
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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.{{cite news |title=With Navketan Films, Anand brothers among Bollywood's first families|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-12-05/news/30477546_1_dev-anand-anand-brothers-navketan-films |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531110145/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-12-05/news/30477546_1_dev-anand-anand-brothers-navketan-films |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 May 2013 |publisher=Economic Times |date=5 Dec 2011 }}{{cite news |title=60 yrs of Dev Anand behind the scenes |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-08-30/news/27641581_1_dev-saab-des-pardes-hare-rama-hare-krishna |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531084233/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-08-30/news/27641581_1_dev-saab-des-pardes-hare-rama-hare-krishna |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 May 2013 |publisher=Economic Times |date=30 Aug 2009}}{{cite news |title=History of a forward-looking studio |url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/bookbeat/history-of-a-forward-looking-studio |publisher=The Sunday Guardian }} 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
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! Year ! Film ! Director ! Notes | ||
| 1950 | First Film | |
| 1951 | Guru Dutt | |
| 1952 | Chetan Anand | |
| 1953
|Humsafar | A N Bannerjee | |
| 1954 | Chetan Anand | |
| 1955 | M K Burman | |
| 1956 | Chetan Anand | |
| 1957 | Vijay Anand | |
| 1958 | Raj Khosla | |
| 1960 | Vijay Anand | |
| 1961 | Amarjeet | Vijay Anand|India's entry for the Berlin International Film Festival, In 2011 coloured version came |
| 1963 | Vijay Anand | |
| 1965 | Vijay Anand | *Dev Anand co-produced English version of the film with the American Nobel Laureate Pearl S. Buck
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| 1967 | Vijay Anand | |
| 1970 | Dev Anand | |
| 1971 | Vijay Anand | |
| 1971 | Dev Anand | |
| 1973 | Vijay Anand | |
| 1973 | Raj Khosla | |
| 1973
|rowspan="2"|Dev Anand | | ||
| 1974 | ||
| 1976 | Chetan Anand | |
| 1976
|Vijay Anand | ||
| 1978
|rowspan="12"|Dev Anand | ||
| 1980 | ||
| 1982 | ||
| 1984 | ||
| 1985 | ||
| 1989 | ||
| 1990 | ||
| 1991 | ||
| 1993 | ||
| 1994 | ||
| 1998 | ||
| 2001 | ||
| 2001
| Master | First Martial Arts Film | ||
| 2003
|rowspan="3"|Dev Anand | ||
| 2005 | ||
| 2011 |
References
{{Reflist}}
- 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}}.
External links
- [http://www.navketanfilms.com/ Navketan Films, Official website]
- [https://www.imdb.com/company/co0108259/ Navketan Films] at Internet Movie Database
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120222221106/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/company/type/view/id/38633 Navketan Films] at Bollywood Hungama
Category:Mass media companies established in 1949
Category:Film production companies based in Mumbai