Bansi Chandragupta was an Indian art director and production designer, regarded among the greatest of art directors of Indian film industry.
10 Facts About Bansi Chandragupta
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Bansi Chandragupta won Filmfare Best Art Direction Award thrice, for Seema in 1972, for Do Jhoot in 1976 and for Chakra in 1982.
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Bansi Chandragupta was born in 1924 in Sialkot, Punjab, British India and died on 27 June 1981 in Brookhaven, New York, United States.
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Bansi Chandragupta worked with renowned film directors like Jean Renoir, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Basu Chatterjee, Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, Tarun Majumdar and Aparna Sen.
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Bansi Chandragupta's family moved from Pakistan to Kashmir when he was a young boy.
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Bansi Chandragupta spent most of his working life in this city.
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Later, Ray asked Bansi Chandragupta to be set designer for his film Pather Panchali.
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Some best examples of Bansi Chandragupta's work are from the Ray films: Pather Panchali, Jalsaghar and Charulata.
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Apart from Ray's films, best works of Bansi Chandragupta's works are visible in 36 Chowringhee Lane by Aparna Sen, Umrao Jaan by Muzzafar Ali and Chakra by Rabindra Dharamraj.
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All these were shot in 1981, the year Bansi Chandragupta died of a heart attack in New York.