This insightful socially relevant drama provides a stark picture about the clear cut class delineation in society. Class division 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 landowner’s sewage flows around the poor people’s huts, spreading disease. Eventually the rich man dies in a long- drawn-out heart attack.
Cast: Rafiq Anwar, Uma Anand
Crew: Chetan Anand (Director), Bidyapati Ghosh (Director of Photography), Ravi Shankar (Music Director)
Rating: U (India)
Release Dates: 01 Sep 1946 (India)
Hindi Name: नीचा नगर
Did you know? The film is based on a Hindi story, Neecha Nagar, written by Hayatullah Ansari, which in turn was inspired by Russian writer Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths. Read More
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Black & White
Sound Mix:
Mono
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Trivia:
This film was never released in India.
This is the first Indian movie to be critically acclaimed internationally, winning the Grand Prix award at the first Cannes Film Festival in 1946.
The film is based on a Hindi story, Neecha Nagar, written by Hayatullah Ansari, which in turn was inspired by Russian writer Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths.
This film paved the way for making many such 'parallel cinema' films.
This is the first Indian movie to be critically acclaimed internationally, winning the Grand Prix award at the first Cannes Film Festival in 1946.
The film is based on a Hindi story, Neecha Nagar, written by Hayatullah Ansari, which in turn was inspired by Russian writer Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths.
This film paved the way for making many such 'parallel cinema' films.
