Samir Chanda
(1957 ? 18 August 2011) was an Indian
art director
and
production designer
across
Indian cinema
, including
Hindi
,
Bengali
,
Malayalam
and
Tamil
, most known for his work in films like
Yodha
(1992),
Dil Se..
(1998),
Guru
(2007),
Omkara
(2006),
Rang De Basanti
(2006), and
Raavan
(2010).
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He also directed a Bengali film,
Ek Nadir Galpo
(2008) starring
Mithun Chakraborty
. It was Indian entries for the Asian, African and Latin American Competition segment of the 38th
International Film Festival of India
(IFFI), in Goa
[3]
He was awarded the
National Film Award
for
Best Art Direction
four times, including
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero
(2005) directed by
Shyam Benegal
.
Career
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A trained painter from
Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata
, he moved to Mumbai and started his career as an assistant to noted art director
Nitish Roy
working in films like,
Mandi
(1983) by
Shyam Benegal
,
Mrinal Sen
. Subsequently, started handling films independently as art director and production designer, with
Subhash Ghai
's
Ram Lakhan
(1989). Over the years he worked with directors like
Shyam Benegal
,
Sangeeth Sivan
,
Vishal Bhardwaj
,
Rakesh Omprakash Mehra
,
Gautam Ghosh
and
Mani Ratnam
.
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[4]
For film
Delhi-6
directed by
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
, Chanda recreated inner lanes of
Old Delhi
at
Sambhar
town in Rajasthan, as it has similar architecture. Later, for some scenes, historic
Jama Masjid
was digitally added to the frame as a backdrop.
[5]
Wasiq Khan
, who later did
Gangs of Wasseypur
(2012) and
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
(2013), started his career as an assistant art director with Chanda in films,
Mani Ratnam
's
Iruvar
(1997) and
Shyam Benegal
's
Hari-Bhari
(2000), before starting out on his own.
[6]
On the later half, he started up his own film production house named as LISAC. The root of this name stands as - LI for Lila, SA for Sami and C as Chanda. One of the eminent Film under it was the
Ek Nadir Galpo: Tale of a River
.
He died in Mumbai on 18 August 2011, at the age of 53. Reportedly, he suffered a drug reaction to a painkiller he had taken for a toothache earlier that day, and suffered a heart attack. He was rushed a hospital in
Malad
, Mumbai, where he died within an hour.
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Awards
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