Chetan Anand, My Father
Premankur Biswas
Posted: Nov 16, 2007 at 0000 hrs IST
Though his much acclaimed Haqeeqat is commonly hailed as Chetan Anand’s most accomplished work, son Ketan Anand begs to differ. “I feel his Aakhri Khat was a greater achievement, not only for him, but also for Indian Cinema. It was a masterpiece and my father started with a bare outline of a script and a 15-month-old infant who he let loose in the city, following him with his camera,” says Ketan who was in the city to screen his documentary, Chetan Anand-The Poetics Of Film, at the Kolkata Film Festival.
Indeed,...
continue reading...