Must Read! From Oscar nominated Lagaan to Devdas; Nitin Desai did art direction for these famous movies

MUMBAI: This morning, we woke up with the shocking news that art director and owner of ND Studios, Nitin Chandrakant Desai, died by suicide. He was one of the most famous art directors in the industry and had worked on multiple biggies. Desai worked for more than three decades in the Indian film industry.    

As today, he is no more with us; let’s look at the list of movies for which he did art direction...

1942 A Love Story

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Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s 1942 A Love Story starring Anil Kapoor and Manisha Koirala was released in 1994. Nitin Chandrakant Desai had done art direction for the film and also won Filmfare Best Art Direction award for it.

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Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love

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Not just Indian movies, Desai had worked on international films as well. One of them was Mira Nair’s Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love which was released in 1997.

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

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Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam had grand sets that grabbed our attention. The film looked beautiful on the big screens and those sets were designed by Desai. He even won a National Film Award for Best Art Direction for the movie.

Devdas

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SLB and Nitin Chandrakant Desai once again created a wonderfully looking movie together. The sets of Devdas were just fantastic and Desai once again won the National Film Award for Best Art Direction.

Lagaan

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Aamir Khan starrer Lagaan was India’s official entry to Oscars. Desai had done art direction for the film and even for this movie he won a National Award.

Jodhaa Akbar

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Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer Jodhaa Akbar was visually a beautiful romantic film, and visually it was very appealing. Desai had worked on this movie as well.

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

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For Salman Khan starrer Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Desai had done production design and well, that movie too had some beautiful sets that grabbed everyone’s attention.

Panipat

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Ashutosh Gowariker’s Panipat starring Arjun Kapoor failed to make a mark at the box office. However, the film was made on a grand scale and Desai had also worked on it.

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The news of his demise will surely leave the industry shocked.

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