Jagdish Chand Anand better known as J.C. Anand (1922 – 17 May 1977) was a Pakistani film producer and distributor. One of the largest distributors within the country, he founded

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Background

Anand was born in 1922 in

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. His father was a businessman. His family opted to stay back in

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at the time of Partition in 1947. Anand was the Uncle of

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(Indian actress) as she was his sister's daughter. His son, Satish Chand Anand continues to make films in Pakistan under their home banner Eveready Pictures.

Career

Soon after independence in 1947, Anand founded

to produce and distribute films. Pakistan's pioneer film producer

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was his colleague and a friend. Film producer J. C. Anand played a key role in inviting Indian film maker Roop K. Shorey and his then popular actress wife

Meena Shorey Meena Shorey (13 November 1921 – 3 September 1989) was a Pakistani film actress who worked first in Indian cinema and later Pakistani cinema. She appeared in Hindi/Urdu and Punjabi films. Credited in films by her mononym, Meena, her real ...

to Pakistan to make ''Miss 56'' (1956 film). Meena Shorey was born in

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, Punjab near

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and had become famously known as the ''Larra Lappa girl'' after the success of Indian film Ek Thi Ladki (1949).

Death

J.C. Anand died on 17 May 1977 in Karachi, Pakistan.

Films

* Sassi (1954) (first

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film of Pakistan) * Heer (1955) (with highly popular music and film songs by music director Safdar Hussain) * Miss 56 (1956) *

Ishq-e-Laila ''Ishq-e-Laila'' is a 1957 Pakistani Urdu language fantasy romance film directed by Munshi Dil and produced by J.C. Anand. The film is primarily known for its blockbuster music by Safdar Hussain and lyrics by Qateel Shifai. It stars Sabiha K ...

(1957) * Murad (1957) *

Noor-e-Islam ''Noor-e-Islam'' is a 1957 Pakistani costume drama film directed by Nazir and produced by J.C. Anand under banner Eveready Pictures. The cast included Swaran Lata, Darpan, Naeem Hashmi, Majid, Nazar, Asha Posley and Nazir himself in ...

(1957) (with super-hit Naat song ''Shah-e-Madina Yasrab Ke Waali') * Hasrat (1958) * Alam Ara (1959) * Dulhan (1963)

References

External links

IMDb Profile of J.C. Anand

Eveready Group of Companies
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