Wednesday, 2 August 2023 Noted art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai, known for his work on films such as Lagaan and Devdas, has died in a suspected suicide. His company, ND's Art World, had been struggling with repayments on two ECL Finance loans it had taken out in 2016 and 2018 worth a combined INR185 crore ($25m). The company had defaulted on its loans by March 2021 and owed INR252.48 crore as of June 2022. A request for an insolvency resolution process had been approved in July 2022.
Nitin Desai, a four-time National Award winner for Best Art Direction, was found dead at his ND Studio in Karjat. Please watch the video to know the details.
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