Bansi Chandragupta

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Bansi Chandragupta
Born(1924-02-06)6 February 1924
Punjab, British India
Died27 June 1981(1981-06-27) (aged 57)
Brookhaven, New York, US
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
Occupation(s)Art Director, Production Designer

Bansi Chandragupta (1924–1981) was an Indian

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

James Ivory, Tarun Majumdar and Aparna Sen
.

Early life

Bansi Chandragupta was born at Sialkot in Pakistan. Chandragupta's family moved from Pakistan to

Calcutta to pursue his ambition in painting. He spent most of his working life in this city.[2]

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.[2] 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, Chidananda Dasgupta, Harisadhan Dasgupta and others, to form the Calcutta Film Society.

Later, Ray asked Chandragupta to be set designer for his film

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.[2] 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

Art Director

Set Decorator

Miscellaneous Crew

Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)

References

  1. ^ "Bansi Chandragupta, 57, Is Dead; Art Director on Satyajit Ray Films". nytimes.com. The New York Times. 29 June 1981. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  2. ^
    ISBN 81-7991-066-0

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