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Neecha Nagar (नीचा नगर) 1946

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DirectorChetan Anand
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ProducerIndia Pictures
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CharacterActor / Actress
BalrajRafiq Anwar
MayaUma Anand
Rupa (as Kamni Kaushal)Kamini Kaushal
SarkarRafi Peer
SagarS.P. Bhatia
Yaqoob Chacha (as Hamid Butt)Hameed Butt
RazaMohan Saigal
BhabiZohra Segal
BhaiVyas
Chetan Anands IPTA-supported film loosely adapted from Gorkys classic forms a trio with Abbas Dharti Ke Lal and Shantarams Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani (both 1946). Class divisions is signified by a rich landowner (Rafi Peer) who lives on a mountain while the poor starve in the Neecha Nagar, a village in the valley below. The landowners sewage flows around the poor peoples huts, spreading disease. Eventually the rich man dies in long-drawn-out heart attack. Anands debut featured several judgement high-and low-angle shots, sacrificing realism for quasi-expressionist emotional intensity. This film and Dharti Ke Lal mark Ravi Shankars debut as film composer.
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Release dateSep-46
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1946 Cannes Film Festival - Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
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Soundtrack

Lyrics: Vishwamitra Adil, Manmohan Anand | Music: Pandit Ravi Shankar

1. Dil Men Samake | दिल में समाके     

2. Ek Nirali Jot | एक निराली जोत     

3. Haiya Re Haiya | हैया रे हैया     

4. Hum Rukenge Bhi | हम रुकेंगे भी     

5. Kab Tak Gahari | कब तक गहरी     

6. Sona O Nanhin | सोना ओ नन्हीं     

7. Utho Ki Hamen | उठो की हमें     

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