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'''''Neecha Nagar''''' ({{trans|Lowly City}}) is a 1946 Indian [[Hindi]]-language film, directed by [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]], written by [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]] and [[Hayatullah Ansari]], and produced by Rashid Anwar. It was a pioneering effort in [[social realism]] in [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]] and paved the way for many such [[parallel cinema]] films by other directors, many of them also written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. It starred Chetan Anand's wife [[Uma Anand]], with Rafiq Ahmed, [[Kamini Kaushal]], Rafi Peer, Hamid Butt, and [[Zohra Sehgal]]. ''Neecha Nagar'' (Lowly City) was a Hindi film adaptation in an Indian setting of [[Maxim Gorky]]'s 1902 play ''[[The Lower Depths]]''. | '''''Neecha Nagar''''' ({{trans|Lowly City}}) is a 1946 Indian [[Hindi]]-language film, directed by [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]], written by [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]] and [[Hayatullah Ansari]], and produced by Rashid Anwar. It was a pioneering effort in [[social realism]] in [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]] and paved the way for many such [[parallel cinema]] films by other directors, many of them also written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. It starred Chetan Anand's wife [[Uma Anand]], with Rafiq Ahmed, [[Kamini Kaushal]],[[Murad (actor)|Murad]], Rafi Peer, Hamid Butt, and [[Zohra Sehgal]]. ''Neecha Nagar'' (Lowly City) was a Hindi film adaptation in an Indian setting of [[Maxim Gorky]]'s 1902 play ''[[The Lower Depths]]''. | ||
''Neecha Nagar'' became the first [[Cinema of India|Indian film]] to gain recognition at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], after it shared the [[Palme d'Or|Grand Prix du Festival International du Film]] (Best Film) award at the [[1946 Cannes Film Festival|first Cannes Film Festival]] in 1946 with eleven of the eighteen entered feature films.<ref>[[Palme d'Or#Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (1939–54)|Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (1939–54)]]</ref> It's the only Indian film to be ever awarded a [[Palme d'Or]]. | ''Neecha Nagar'' became the first [[Cinema of India|Indian film]] to gain recognition at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], after it shared the [[Palme d'Or|Grand Prix du Festival International du Film]] (Best Film) award at the [[1946 Cannes Film Festival|first Cannes Film Festival]] in 1946 with eleven of the eighteen entered feature films.<ref>[[Palme d'Or#Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (1939–54)|Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (1939–54)]]</ref> It's the only Indian film to be ever awarded a [[Palme d'Or]]. | ||
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* [[Uma Anand]] as Maya | * [[Uma Anand]] as Maya | ||
* [[Kamini Kaushal]] as Rupa | * [[Kamini Kaushal]] as Rupa | ||
* [[Murad (actor)|Murad]] as Hakim Yaqub Khan Sahab | |||
* Rafi Peer as Sarkar | * Rafi Peer as Sarkar | ||
* S.P. Bhatia as Sagar | * S.P. Bhatia as Sagar | ||