Nitin Desai Death: A sad news is coming out from the Bollywood industry. Bollywood’s famous art director Nitin Desai has committed suicide this morning. Nitin Desai has taken the plunge at Karjat’s ND Studios. As soon as the news of his death came out, the cinema world was in mourning.
What is the reason of death?
Nitin Desai was found strangled in his ND studio in Karjat. Currently, no further information about his death has been revealed. But it is being said that he committed suicide. The police have reached the spot and joined the investigation of the matter.
According to reports, he committed suicide by hanging himself at ND Studio at 4:30 am today due to lack of money. Karjat MLA Mahesh Baldi shared the news of his death.
Nitin Desai was working as an art director since 1989. Nitin Desai has worked as a film set designer in many films. Nitin Desai has worked as a film set designer in films like Lagaan, Devdas, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo and Jodha Akbar. Nitin has won the National Film Award for Best Art Direction four times and the National Award for Best Art Director for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas.
Recently there has been a sad news from the film industry. Noted art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai was found dead at his ND studio here. It is being said that Neeti has committed suicide. Some of the employees of the studio saw the distressing scenes, after which they immediately informed the authorities.
Director Nitin Desai dies: Karjat police rush to his studio to investigate. The cause of suicide was clear. It ended just three days before Desai’s 58th birthday on Sunday, August 6. It was investigated by the police that the suicide note was really left in the studio or any other place?
Nitin Desai’s Career: Before making a name for himself in the Hindi film industry, Nitin Desai worked in Mumbai’s Sir J.J. Educated at the School of Art and specialized in photography. He gained fame with the film ‘1942 A Love Story’. He became very famous through this film. He continued to showcase his exceptional artistry and directorial skills in notable films like ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’, ‘Devdas’, ‘Lagaan’, ‘Jodha Akbar’ and ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’.
Establishment of Studio: In the year 2005, Nitin Desai founded ND Studio in Karjat near Mumbai. The studio occupies a sprawling 52 acre property. This studio produced notable films like ‘Jodha Akbar’ and ‘Traffic Signal’. Apart from this, Colors’ popular reality show ‘Bigg Boss’ was also organized. The film industry has lost a talented actor with the tragic death of Nitin Desai.
The police have found his body and are investigating. He is suspected to have taken his own life but more details will confirm how Nitin died.
There was difficulty in repaying loans worth hundreds of crores
According to reports, Nitin had trouble repaying loans worth hundreds of crores and the bankruptcy court accepted the bankruptcy petition against his company.
Nitin Desai’s company, ND’s Art World Pvt Ltd, reportedly paid Rs. 185 and 17.5 crore through two loans from ECL Finance in 2016 (£2018 million).
His financial troubles reportedly started in January 2020.
As soon as the news of his sudden death broke, celebrities paid tributes to the legendary art director.
Ritesh Deshmukh wrote: “Deeply shocked to know that legendary production designer Nitin Desai, who contributed immensely to the growth of Indian cinema, is no more.
“My heartfelt condolences to his family and loved ones.
“I have known him for years… soft spoken, humble, ambitious and a visionary… you will miss my friend. Om Shanti.”
Kangana Ranaut said: “Such terrible news!! Beyond shock… saddened beyond words… Om Shanti.”
Received National Award 4 times
Nitin Desai also won the National Award for Best Art Director 4 times. In his career spanning over two decades, Nitin Desai worked with many well-known Bollywood filmmakers, including big names like Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani, Ashutosh Gowariker. His contribution to the world of cinema has been invaluable.
Talking on this matter, Maharashtra MLA Mahesh Baldi said that Nitin Desai was facing financial crisis for a long time. Raigad SP said, we found the body of art director Nitin Desai hanging in the studio in Karjat. We are further probing the matter to ascertain all aspects in this matter. Apart from Raigarh SP, Maharashtra MLA Mahesh Baldi said, “He was financially troubled because of the money.
Desai is known for his art direction in films like ‘Lagaan’ and ‘Devdas’. He opened this studio in Khalapur taluka, on the outskirts of the country’s financial capital. Films like ‘Jodha Akbar’ have been shot in it. The Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) had on July 25 admitted Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction’s plea to initiate insolvency and bankruptcy proceedings against Desai’s company.
Vivek Agnihotri’s spilled pain
Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri tweeted paying tribute to Nitin Desai. The filmmaker wrote with a heavy heart that ‘I am heartbroken and saddened beyond control to learn about the death of my dearest friend Nitin Desai. A great production designer, a visionary who created ND Studios… Nitin not only adored Pallavi and me, he always guided me even in the films we didn’t do together. Why Nitin, why?
Nitin Desai was going through financial crisis
Talking to the media, Maharashtra MLA Mahesh Baldi told that Nitin was going through financial crisis. He himself told about it. Please inform that Nitin was about to celebrate his 58th birthday on 9th August. Significantly, Nitin was awarded the National Award 4 times. Apart from this, he also got the award for Best Director 3 times.
NCLT Member (Judicial) HV Subba Rao and Member (Technical) Anu Jagmohan Singh appointed Jitendra Kothari as interim resolution professional after hearing arguments from both the sides. The order stated that the lenders have classified the company’s account as a non-performing asset (NPA) as on March 31, 2021. The total amount of loan defaults till June 30, 2022 was Rs 252.48 crore. (agency)
Noted film art director Nitin Desai defaulted on loan payments of Rs 252 crore to his financial creditors and only last week a bankruptcy court accepted his plea to initiate insolvency proceedings against him. did. Desai’s body was found hanging in his studio in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Wednesday.