J.C. Anand
Jagdish Chand Anand better known as J.C. Anand (1922 – 1977) was a Pakistani film producer and distributor. One of the largest distributors within the country, he founded Eveready Pictures in Karachi. Background. Anand was born in 1922 in Bhera, Sargodha District, British India. His father was a businessman. His family opted to stay back in Pakistan at the time of Partition in 1947. Anand was the Uncle of Juhi Chawla (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 Eveready Pictures to produce and distribute films. Pakistan's pioneer film producer Agha G. A. Gul 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 to Pakistan to make "Miss 56" (1956 film). Meena Shorey was born in Raiwind, Punjab near Lahore and had become famously known as the "Larra Lappa girl" after the success of Indian film Ek Thi Ladki (1949).