N. Chandra

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Chandrashekhar Narvekar (born 4 April 1952) is an Indian producer, writer and director, known for gritty realism, in his early dark and loud films. His most successful commercial films are Ankush , Pratighaat , Tezaab and Narsimha . [1] Chandra also made moderately successful but critically scorned Style and its sequel Xcuse Me . [2]

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Early life

He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Chandra grew up in a middle-class neighbourhood in Worli Naka. [3]

Career

After his schooling, he started his career as a film editor at Film Centre in Tardeo, Mumbai, where his father worked. He received his first break in the film industry, when in 1971, as a clapper boy in Gulzar's Parichay (1972). Gradually moving up as film editor and assistant director. [3]

He worked as associate director and editor in Anil Kapoor starrer Woh 7 Din (1983). [4] Eventually, with Ankush , his directorial debut, in 1986, Chandra began his projection of the angry young man. [5] Influenced by Gulzar's Mere Apne , he wrote, directed, produced and edited the film about four frustrated unemployed men who roam the streets of Bombay, which also starred Nana Patekar. Made at a budget of Rs 12 lakh, the film and grossed Rs 95 lakh to become surprise hit of 1986, the year when many blockbusters failed. [3] [6]

The following year he remade Telugu film, Pratighatana (1986) as Pratighaat (The Revenge, 1987), starring Sujata Mehta and Nana Patekar, a film on the gruesome reality of politics in India. It also brought the strong mental make-up of the Indian woman to the thoughts of the Indian youth. [5] In 1988, he made Tezaab , the film that effectively launched Madhuri Dixit's career. [7] It was the beginning of the Bollywood diva's long and successful pairing with Anil Kapoor, and her mastery of dancing through the song Ek Do Teen . [7] With Tezaab, N Chandra scored a box office hat-trick at his previous hits, Ankush (1986) and Pratighaat (1987). [3]

In early 2014, reports of a sequel of hit film Tezaab with a new cast made news. [8]

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorProducerEditorWriterNotes
1983 Woh Saat Din Yes
1984 Dharm Aur Qanoon Yes
1985 Mohabbat Yes
1986 Mera Dharam Yes
Ankush YesYesYesYes
1987 Pratighaat YesYesYes
1988 Tezaab YesYesYesYes
1991 Narsimha YesYesYesYes
1992 Humlaa YesYes
1993 Yugandhar YesYes
1994TejaswiniYes
1996 Beqabu YesYesYes
1998 Wajood YesYesYes
2000 Shikari Yes
2001 Style YesYesYes
2003 Xcuse Me YesYes
Kagaar: Life on the Edge Yes
2009 Y.M.I : Yeh Mera India YesYesYes

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