Ketan Anand, son of late Sri Chetan Anand, has made the ducu-drama 'Chetan Anand-The Poetics of Film' to commemorate the death anniversary of his father. This 90 minutes long dedication will be screened at Stuttgart Film Festival in Germany on 11 th July 2007.

'Chetan Anand-The Poetics of Film' speaks about contribution of Chetan Anand to Hindi film industry. This short film traverses through Chetan Anand's work along with the inner self of the man himself.  It showcases scenes from his films, his rare photographs and interesting inputs from friends, family and colleagues. All the details are woven together through narration by Tom Altar. This film is shot on video format and then blown up to 35mm.

Uma Anand, wife of Sri Chetan Anand, has contributed towards the making of this docu-drama as much as Ketan Anand. Noted writer of films like Taxi Driver and actress of her own times, Uma Anand, has helped in shaping this short film through her writing and scripting along with her son Ketan Anand.

Chetan Anand, elder brother of Dev Anand and Vijay Anand , was an acclaimed film producer and director of Hindi films. His first film Rajkumar was in 1944 as a hero. But his heart was in direction and his first film as director was Neecha Nagar. It was well appreciated and had even received an award at the Cannes Film Festival as far back as in 1946.

After the critical acclaim of his directorial debut, Chetan Anand formed `Navketan Productions' along with his younger brother Dev Anand 1949. His first film as producer was Afsar, starring Dev Anand and Suraiya. It turned out to be a moderate success. Then came Andhiyan and Taxi Driver. Both were
successful films. Later on Chetan Anand separated and began his own production company.

His most memorable films as independent producer were Haqeeqat, Heer Ranjha , Hanste Zakhm , Hindustan Ki Kasam and Akhaari Khat.