Published 23:45 IST, January 2nd 2021

Chetan Anand quiz: How well do you know the Award winning director?

Chetan Anand had directed the first film from India that won the Best Film Award at Cannes Film Festival. Take this quiz to find out how well you know his work.

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Chetan Anand was a rewned movie producer, director, and screenwriter whose debut film, Neecha Nagar, was awarded Grand Prix Prize at first-ever Cannes Film Festival in 1946. Later he co-founded Navketan Films with his younger bror and very popular actor Dev Anand in 1949. He was eldest bror of  Anand family as he was older bror of Hindi film actor-directors, Dev Anand and Vijay Anand. On his 106th birth anniversary tomorrow, on January 3, take Chetan Anand quiz to find out about how well you kw director. 

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Chetan Anand's quiz 

This quiz would be based on Chetan Anand's movies and Chetan Anand's facts.

1) Which was first movie that Chetan Anand acted in, in year 1944?

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  • Ashoka
  • Rajkumar
  • Hindustan ki Kasam
  • Neecha Nagar

2) Which musician me his debut in Chetan Anand's debut directorial, Neecha Nagar, which won  Palme d'Or award at  Cannes Film Festival in 1946?

  • Kishore Kumar
  • Mohamm Rafi
  • Pandit Ravi Shankar
  • RD Burman

3) In which of following movies, did Chetan Anand T direct and act toger? 

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  • Kanch Aur Heera
  • Kala Bazar 
  • Anjali 
  • Taxi Driver

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4) Chetan Anand is kwn for discovering which big actor to Hindi film industry?

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  • Dharmendra
  • Jeetendra
  • Rajesh Khanna
  • Shatrughan Sinha

5) Which Doordarshan television show did Chetan Anand direct in 1988?

  • Param Vir Chakra
  • Buniya
  • Nukk
  • Hum Log

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6) Which was Chetan Anand's first directorial with actor Priya Rajvansh?

  • Kinare Kinare
  • Haqeeqat
  • Heer Ranjha 
  • Kudrat

7) What was name of book his wife Uma Anand wrote for him after his death in 1997?

  • Chetan Anand: Filmmaker's Legacy
  • Chetan Anand's Journey Through Films
  • Chetan Anand: Poetics of Film
  • Chetan Anand's Life With Cinema 

8) Which was first-ever channel he worked for, before joining films?

  • BBC
  • WRGB
  • NBC
  • CBS

9) For which of his directorial, did he win National Award for Second Best Feature Film in 1965?

  • Arpan
  • Anjali
  • Kudrat
  • Haqeeqat

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10) For which of his films did he win Filmfare Award for Best Story in 1982?

  • Heer Raanjha
  • Kudrat
  • Haathon ki Lakeerein
  • Hanste Zakhm 

Answer Key to quiz

1) Rajkumar
2) Pandit Ravi Shankar
3) Taxi Driver
4) Rajesh Khanna
5) Param Vir Chakra
6) Haqeeqat
7) Chetan Anand: Poetics of Film
8) BBC
9) Haqeeqat
10) Kudrat 

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23:45 IST, January 2nd 2021