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]
He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Chandra grew up in a middle-class neighbourhood in Worli Naka. [3]
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]
Year | Film | Director | Producer | Editor | Writer | Notes |
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1983 | Woh Saat Din | Yes | ||||
1984 | Dharm Aur Qanoon | Yes | ||||
1985 | Mohabbat | Yes | ||||
1986 | Mera Dharam | Yes | ||||
Ankush | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
1987 | Pratighaat | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
1988 | Tezaab | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
1991 | Narsimha | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
1992 | Humlaa | Yes | Yes | |||
1993 | Yugandhar | Yes | Yes | |||
1994 | Tejaswini | Yes | ||||
1996 | Beqabu | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
1998 | Wajood | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2000 | Shikari | Yes | ||||
2001 | Style | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2003 | Xcuse Me | Yes | Yes | |||
Kagaar: Life on the Edge | Yes | |||||
2009 | Y.M.I : Yeh Mera India | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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