The song Saare rishte naate tod ke aa gayee ley main tere vaaste sab chhor ke aa gayee from Raj Kumar Kohli’s Jaani Dushman describes to perfection the 38-year relationship between Chetan Anand and his muse and soul mate Priya Rajvansh, who left her life in London behind to join Chetan Anand in Mumbai and never looked back.
The Cannes Film Festival 2025 began with great pomp on May 13. The 78th Cannes Film Festival will continue till May 24. Over the years, several Indian films, filmmakers, technicians and actors have been felicitated at this film festival. While five Indian movies will be premiering this year, it will be exciting to see if some can bag major awards this year. However, 2024 was a wonderful year for Indian films at Cannes. The country bagged three major awards last year. Hence, let’s have a look at Indians who have been honoured at Cannes.
Haqeeqat (1964),directed by Chetan Anand, is a landmark Indian war film
It depicts 1962 Sino-Indian war’s Battle of Rezang La with raw, intense scenes
The film stars Balraj Sahni, Dharmendra, and Priya Rajvansh in pivotal roles
As part of our Retro Review series on Hindi films from the past, we revisit ‘Haqeeqat’, the epic that soothed India’s pain of the 1962 war.
