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(Redirected from Sameer Chanda)

Samir Chanda

Born

1957
West Bengal, India

Died

18 August 2011 (age 53)

Other names

Sameer Chanda

Occupation(s)

art director, production designer

Years active

1983–2011

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).[1][2]

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.[1][4]

For film Delhi-6 directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Chanda recreated inner lanes of Old DelhiatSambhar 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.[1][7]

Filmography

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Year

Title

Note

1989

Ram Lakhan

1992

Yodha

Malayalam film

1993

Rudaali

1993

Gandharvam

Malayalam film

1995

Nirnayam

Malayalam film

1995

Agar Aisa Ho To

Hindi Serial

1996

Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin

Hindi film

1997

Iruvar

Tamil film

1998

Dil Se..

1998

Daya

Malayalam film
Kerala State Film Award for Best Art Director

2001

Aalavandhan/Abhay

Tamil-Hindi Bilingual film

2001

Zubeidaa

2001

Aks

2005

Kisna: The Warrior Poet

2005

Mr Ya Miss

2006

Krrish

2006

Omkara

Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction

2006

Rang De Basanti

2006

Kantatar

Bengali film

2006

Faltu (Bengali)

2006

Galli Galli Sim Sim (TV series)

Hindi adaptation of Sesame Street

2007

Guru

Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction

2007

Blood Brothers (short film)

2008

Dasavathaaram

Tamil film

2008

Welcome to Sajjanpur

2008

Ghajini

2009

Kaalbela

2009

Kaminey

2009

Delhi-6

2009

Well Done Abba!

2010

Raavan

2010

Raavanan

Tamil film

2011

7 Khoon Maaf

2015

Ek Nadir Galpo

Bengali film (Posthumous)

Awards

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "Art director Samir Chanda passes away". NDTV. NDTV. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  • ^ "Remembering Samir Chanda..." The Times of India. 21 August 2011. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012.
  • ^ "Indian entries for IFFI". The Hindu. 17 October 2007. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007.
  • ^ "Upperstall Profile: Samir Chanda". Upperstall.com.
  • ^ Deepanjana Pal (September 2013). "Places Other Than This". The Big Indian Picture. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  • ^ "Wasiq Khan: How to blend in and stand out". Livemint. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  • ^ Subhash K Jha (19 August 2011). "Art director Samir Chanda dies at 54S". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012.
  • [edit]

    1980

    1981–2000

  • Manzoor (1982)
  • Nitish Roy (1983)
  • Nitish Roy (1984)
  • Nachiket Patwardhan and Jayoo Patwardhan (1985)
  • Sham Bhutker (1986)
  • P. Krishnamoorthy (1987)
  • Thota Tharani (1988)
  • T. Vaikundam (1989)
  • P. Krishnamoorthy (1990)
  • Nitish Roy (1991)
  • Samir Chanda (1992)
  • Samir Chanda (1993)
  • Suresh Sawant (1994)
  • Sabu Cyril (1995)
  • Sabu Cyril (1996)
  • Thota Tharani (1997)
  • Ramesh Desai (1998)
  • Nitin Chandrakant Desai (1999)
  • P. Krishnamoorthy (2000)
  • 2001–present

  • Nitin Chandrakant Desai (2002)
  • Indranil Ghosh and Sharmishta Roy (2003)
  • Samir Chanda (2004)
  • C. B. More (2005)
  • Rashid Rangrez (2006)
  • Sabu Cyril (2007)
  • Gautam Sen (2008)
  • Samir Chanda (2009)
  • Sabu Cyril (2010)
  • Indranil Ghosh (2011)
  • Boontawee 'Thor', Taweepasas and N. Ilayaraja (2012)
  • Ashim Ahluwalia, Tabasheer Zutshi and Parichit Paralkar (2013)
  • Aparna Raina (2014)
  • Shriram Iyengar, Saloni Dhatrak, and Sujeet Sawant (2015)
  • Subrata Chakraborthy, Shreyas Khedekar, and Amit Ray (2016)
  • Santhosh Raman (2017)
  • Vinesh Banglan (2018)

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