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      Bansi Chandragupta (1924–1981) was an Indian art director and production designer, regarded among the greatest of art directors of Indian film industry. He won Filmfare Best Art Direction Award thrice, for Seema in 1972, for Do Jhoot in 1976 and for Chakra in 1982. He was awarded Evening Standard British Film Award posthumously for "best technical/artistic achievement" in 1983. He was born in 1924 in Sialkot, Punjab, British India and died on 27 June 1981 in Brookhaven, New York, United States.
      Chandragupta is most well known as art director/production designer of movies directed by Satyajit Ray. He also worked with renowned film directors like Jean Renoir, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Basu Chatterjee, Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, Tarun Majumdar and Aparna Sen.


      Early life


      Bansi Chandragupta was born at Sialkot in Pakistan. Chandragupta's family moved from Pakistan to Kashmir when he was a young boy. Here he met painter Shubho Tagore, on whose advice Chandragupta moved to Calcutta to pursue his ambition in painting. He spent most of his working life in this city.


      Career


      After a few stints in Bengali commercial films, Chandragupta got a chance to work as art director in Jean Renoir's movie The River (1951). Here he worked closely with production designer Eugène Lourié and learned the craft of film designing. During the shooting of this movie, he met Satyajit Ray who asked him to join a group of film enthusiasts that included Ray, RP Gupta, Sunil Janah, Chidananda Dasgupta, Harisadhan Dasgupta and others, to form the Calcutta Film Society.
      Later, Ray asked Chandragupta to be set designer for his film Pather Panchali. This collaboration sustained till Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977). Some of the best examples of Chandragupta's work are from the Ray films: Pather Panchali, Jalsaghar and Charulata.
      Apart from Ray's films, best works of Chandragupta's works are visible in 36 Chowringhee Lane by Aparna Sen, Umrao Jaan by Muzzafar Ali and Chakra by Rabindra Dharamraj. All these were shot in 1981, the year Chandragupta died of a heart attack in New York.
      36 Chowringhee Lane was dedicated to Chandragupta.


      Filmography




      = Production Designer

      =
      Akaler Sandhane (1980) directed by Mrinal Sen
      Manzil (1979) directed by Basu Chatterjee
      Mahatma and the Mad Boy (1974) directed by Ismail Merchant
      27 Down (1974)
      Pratidwandi (1972) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Seemabaddha (1971) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Aranyer Din Ratri (1970) directed by Satyajit Ray
      The Guru (1969) directed by James Ivory
      Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1968) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Chiriyakhana (1967) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Nayak (1966) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Akash Kusum (1965) directed by Mrinal Sen
      Kapurush (1965) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Mahapurush (1965) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Charulata (1964) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Mahanagar (1963) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Abhijan (1962) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Kanchenjungha (1962) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Rabindranath Tagore (1961) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Teen Kanya (1961) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Baishey Shravana' (1960) directed by Mrinal Sen
      Devi (1960) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Apur Sansar (1959) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Jalsaghar (1958) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Maya Bazaar (1958)
      Parash Pathar (1958) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Aparajito (1956) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Pather Panchali (1955) directed by Satyajit Ray


      = Art Director

      =
      Tarang (1984) directed by Kumar Sahani
      36 Chowringhee Lane (1981) directed by Aparna Sen
      Chakra (1981) directed by Rabindra Dharmaraj
      Kalyug (1981) directed by Shyam Benegal
      Umrao Jaan (1981) directed by Muzaffar Ali
      Tumhari Kassam (1978)
      Mukti (1977)
      Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977)
      Trimurti (1974)
      Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar (1973)
      Jangal Mein Mangal (1972)
      Piya Ka Ghar (1972) directed by Basu Chatterjee
      Paraya Dhan (1971)
      Balika Badhu (1967)
      Chiriyakhana (1967) directed by Satyajit Ray
      Pather Panchali (1955) directed by Satyajit Ray
      The River (1951) directed by Jean Renoir


      = Set Decorator

      =
      Balika Badhu (1967)
      Chiriyakhana (1967)


      = Miscellaneous Crew

      =
      Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)


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