Nitin Chandrakant Desai

Movies

Panipat
Production Design
During 18th century India, the Marathas emerged as the most powerful empire in the nation until the Afghan King Ahmad Shah Abdali plans to take over India. Sadashiv Rao Bhau is brought in to save the empire from the king which then leads to the third battle of Panipat.
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
Art Direction
While recovering from an assassination attempt four days before his coronation, a stern prince is replaced by a romantic lookalike.
Once Upon a Time in Bihar
Writer
This story is based on real incidents, set in the year 2003 - 2004 in ravenous terrains of Buxar District of Bihar.
Once Upon a Time in Bihar
Director
This story is based on real incidents, set in the year 2003 - 2004 in ravenous terrains of Buxar District of Bihar.
Manjhi: The Mountain Man
Production Design
After his wife passes away trying to cross a mountain, Manjhi, out of sheer rage, sets on a quest to carve a road through the treacherous mountain.
The Lovers
Art Direction
The Lovers is an epic romance time travel adventure film. Helmed by Roland Joffé from a story by Ajey Jhankar, the film is a sweeping tale of an impossible love set against the backdrop of the first Anglo-Maratha war across two time periods and continents and centred around four characters — a British officer in 18th century colonial India, the Indian woman he falls deeply in love with, an American present-day marine biologist and his wife.
Rang Rasiya
Production Design
A look a the life of 19th century Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma.
R... Rajkumar
Production Designer
Rajkumar, an aimless youth, works for a drug baron and is sent to kill a rival dealer. His life is changed forever when he meets Chanda, and has no idea she is the adopted daughter of the man he is supposed to kill.
Hello Jai Hind!
The bravery of the Martyr Police Constable Tukaram Ombale during the terrorist attack in Mumbai.
बालगंधर्व
Producer
Balgandharva, the eminent towering singer from the bygone golden era of Marathi "sangeet natak" (musical dramas) definitely deserved some modern celluloid space. This film does well to document his life, the younger generation who is unaware of his charisma will get to know him. The film chronicles his life , his acting career well. It gives a good overview of how the drama companies were run and how he influenced the running. His values and character stand out amidst all the tragedies in his life.
बालगंधर्व
Lokmanya Tilak
Balgandharva, the eminent towering singer from the bygone golden era of Marathi "sangeet natak" (musical dramas) definitely deserved some modern celluloid space. This film does well to document his life, the younger generation who is unaware of his charisma will get to know him. The film chronicles his life , his acting career well. It gives a good overview of how the drama companies were run and how he influenced the running. His values and character stand out amidst all the tragedies in his life.
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
Art Direction
1930, British India: In the province of undivided Bengal lies the sleepy, peaceful port of Chittagong. In this unassuming little town a revolution is about to begin; a revolution which will forever wake all of Chittagong and inspire the entire nation.
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey
Production Design
1930, British India: In the province of undivided Bengal lies the sleepy, peaceful port of Chittagong. In this unassuming little town a revolution is about to begin; a revolution which will forever wake all of Chittagong and inspire the entire nation.
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
Art Direction
A tale of two gangsters from the eras of past and present, whose lives enter parallel paths as they struggle to survive within Bombay's criminal underworld.
Ishqiya
Production Design
While on the run from goons, a man and his nephew fall for a kidnapper's seductive widow.
Fashion
Production Design
A small-town girl finally realizes her dream of becoming a famous supermodel but soon finds out that there's a price for her glamorous new life.
God Tussi Great Ho
Art Direction
When a rival steals his presentation and takes the credit for making it, a man gets fired from his job and lashes out on God for making his life miserable. However, God appears before him in human form and gives him his powers with a challenge to do better than him.
Jodhaa Akbar
Production Design
A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a Mughal emperor and a Rajput princess.
Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal
Art Direction
A bankrupt soccer team must win the championship or break apart.
Marigold
Production Design
Marigold Lexton, an American actress who gets stranded in Mumbai and lands a minor role in a Bollywood musical. She meets Prem, the film's choreographer, and undergoes a personal transformation as she experiences Bollywood firsthand.
The Memsahib
Production Design
This film examines two East-meets-West marriages shifting between the 1850s and 2000s. In 2005, a Gujarati student falls in love with a British woman. In flashback, a king married to an Englishwoman tries his best to blend multiple cultures.
Swades
Production Design
A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.
Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
Art Direction
A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
Pitaah
Art Direction
A small town in rural India gets to witness a confrontation between two fathers - one a rich, powerful, influential, and cruel Zamindar Thakur Avadh Narayan Singh - who wants the man who filed a police complaint against his two sons to be killed immediately. And the other is Rudra, a poor laborer employed by Avadh, who wants justice when he finds out that his nine year old daughter, Durga, has been beaten and brutally raped by Avadh's sons, Bachhu, and Bhola. Amidst this background we have a corrupt doctor, who is willing to change his medical report after he is bribed appropriately; and a Police Inspector, Ramnarayan Bhardwaj, who is willing to drop any charges against Avadh's sons provided he gets his "dues" from the Thakur.
Pitaah
Production Design
A small town in rural India gets to witness a confrontation between two fathers - one a rich, powerful, influential, and cruel Zamindar Thakur Avadh Narayan Singh - who wants the man who filed a police complaint against his two sons to be killed immediately. And the other is Rudra, a poor laborer employed by Avadh, who wants justice when he finds out that his nine year old daughter, Durga, has been beaten and brutally raped by Avadh's sons, Bachhu, and Bhola. Amidst this background we have a corrupt doctor, who is willing to change his medical report after he is bribed appropriately; and a Police Inspector, Ramnarayan Bhardwaj, who is willing to drop any charges against Avadh's sons provided he gets his "dues" from the Thakur.
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Production Design
In 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match.
One 2 Ka 4
Art Direction
When a cop's partner is killed in the line of duty, he assumed guardianship of his orphaned children while investigating the murder.
Mission Kashmir
Production Design
A police officer adopts the son and sole survivor of a family he has massacred while pursuing a terrorist. After some time the foster son finds out what the stepfather did.
Mission Kashmir
Art Direction
A police officer adopts the son and sole survivor of a family he has massacred while pursuing a terrorist. After some time the foster son finds out what the stepfather did.
Jung
Art Direction
The son of Police Inspector Veer Chauhan requires a near impossible to find bone-marrow transplant. With time running out, Veer finds a viable candidate, a criminal he was responsible for apprehending.
Baadshah
Art Direction
A small time detective is mistaken as a CBI agent and gets embroiled in a deadly mission to save the Chief Minister from an assassination attempt.
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Art Direction
Nandini has to choose between Sameer, the man who taught her to fall in love; and Vanraj, the man from whom she learnt how to abide and fulfill promises of love.
Maachis
Art Direction
A realistic, hard-hitting portrayal of terrorism and youth in the Punjab after the 1984 riots.
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Art Direction
Tara and Maya are two inseparable friends in India. Their tastes, habits, and hobbies are the same. Years later, the two have matured, but have maintained their friendship. Tara gets married to the local prince, Raj Singh, who soon succeeds the throne as the sole heir. After the marriage, Raj gets bored of Tara and starts seeking another female to satisfy his sexual needs. He notices Maya and is instantly attracted to her. He has her included as one of his courtesans, and is intimate with her. Watch what happens when Tara finds out and the extent she will go to keep her marriage intact.
Khamoshi: The Musical
Art Direction
The daughter of deaf-mute parents seeks their understanding when she discovers a love for music.
Rangeela
A poor young woman, who dreams of Bollywood fame, is caught in a love triangle between her childhood friend and a famous actor.
Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India!
Art Direction
Miss India and an aspiring actor spend a night together roaming the streets of Mumbai and unwittingly clash paths with a megalomaniacal gangster planning to take over India.
Pehla Nasha
Art Direction
A down and out actor,Deepak Bakshi,sees a woman getting attacked. He lands himself into trouble with the police as he is now a suspect for murder.
Anmol
Art Direction
Anmol is made to work as a maid in her own house by her step-mother and step-sisters. Later, a singer falls for her and decides to free her from her family.
Salaam Bombay!
Art Direction
After destroying his older brother's motorbike in retaliation for his constant bullying, 11-year-old Krishna is sent to a traveling circus to earn money to pay for the bike's repairs, but soon winds up in the streets of Bombay's poorest slums. There, he befriends the drug dealer Chillum and young prostitute Sola Saal, while trying to make enough money at a neighborhood tea stall to repay his debt to his family.