Art Director Nitin Desai's Exclusive Interview (Yr 2000) | Flashback Video
Renowned art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai died by suicide at his studio in Karjat. He was known for working on films like "Lagaan", "Mission Kashmir", "Josh", "Devdas", "Munna Bhai MBBS" etc. Remembering him with his throwback interview from the year 2000 where he talked about recreating mountain valley Kashmir in coastal city Mumbai for the film "Mission Kashmir".
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00:00 Mission Kashmir mein sabse mushkil tha
00:02 Kashmir ko Kashmir ke bahar banana
00:04 Aur is kaam ka jimma saunpa gaya
00:06 Award winning art director Nitin Desai ko
00:09 Jinho ne 1942 A Love Story mein Dalhousie
00:12 Aur Josh mein Goa
00:14 Dono ko Mumbai ke film city mein hi banaya tha
00:17 Mission Kashmir mein he has outdone himself
00:20 And we are proud to welcome on our set
00:22 Namaste Nitin ji and welcome to Blockbuster
00:24 Namaste
00:25 Srinagar aur Mumbai mein zameen aasman ka fark hai
00:28 Yeh sab kaise sambhav kiya aapne?
00:30 Vinod Chopra jis tarah ke director hai
00:33 Unko authenticity aur reality bahut pasand hai
00:37 Aur jo bhi wo kaam karte bohot
00:39 Jigar ke saath
00:42 Aur jo subject Vinod kar raha hai
00:45 Woh khud Kashmir ke the
00:46 To unko wahi cheez Mumbai mein recreate karna
00:50 Bahut hi mushkil isliye ho gaya tha
00:52 Kyuki structures to humne jaake
00:54 Waha pe study karke aur select karke
00:57 Apna set model banaya tha
01:00 Lekin jab film city yaar Mumbai mein usko karna hai
01:04 Toh sabse dikkat yeh thi ki locations
01:06 Kyuki landscape you can't match
01:09 Nitin ji aapki kitni filme Diwali par release hui hain
01:13 Aur unmein kya khaas baat the?
01:15 Diwali is a good occasion
01:17 Kyuki ismein sab khushiya manate hai
01:20 But Mission Kashmir ke saath
01:22 Yeh jaruri acha hai kyuki yeh
01:25 Aisa message Vinod de raha hai
01:29 Ki yeh Diwali hai jisse hum log yahan banaya raha hai
01:31 Toh next year humein Kashmir mein bhi waise hi dekhne mile
01:34 Toh uske liye yeh film Diwali mein aani jaruri hai
01:38 Yeh pehli meri film hai jo Diwali mein aayi hai
01:41 Mene 86 film aap tak kar chuka hu
01:43 Aur wo alag alag alag alag dinon pe release hui hain
01:48 But jo yeh film
01:51 Jo message ke saath aayi hai
01:53 Toh mujhe acha lag raha hai ki yeh Diwali pe aayi hai
01:55 Film ki climax ke set ko banane mein kitna time laga?
01:58 Aur isse banane mein aapki saath aur kitni log involved the?
02:01 Pura structure create karne mein
02:04 We took 25 days
02:06 Because we are using new technique in the film sets
02:11 Which is scrap holding
02:13 Toh wo set isliye kathind aur time taking tha
02:19 Ki aada set paani ke andar tha
02:22 Aur mere assistants ne under water jaake uski markings ki thi
02:28 Aur 40% set float ho raha tha paani pe
02:32 Kyuki jis tarah se Kashmir ko study kiya tha
02:35 Dal lake ke in and around atmosphere ko capture karte hue
02:39 Toh jis vak Jackie Sanjay Dutt ko Ritik Roshan ke liye
02:45 Climax ke set ke vak andar leke aata hai
02:49 Toh usme jo feel Vinod ko chahiye tha ki
02:55 Isme aane ke baad koi bach nahi sakta
02:57 Aur wo create karne mein humne kaafi
03:01 Jaisa drench pipe break hone ke baad moss create hota hai
03:06 Then Kashmir me jo kamal ke phool khilte the
03:10 Lekin abhi jo unke halat hue
03:13 Toh uske jo weeds aur uske jo creepers create kiye the
03:18 Aur waha andar artist jaane wale the
03:23 Toh humne ek area enclose karke usme poora mineral waters dalke
03:27 Aur muddy waters create kiya tha
03:31 Kyuki waha pe Ritik aur Sanjay ki fight hoti hai toh Sanjay usme girna tha
03:37 And artist ko comfortable lagna chahiye
03:40 Aisle Vinod ki instruction thi ki we should take care
03:43 Because Vinod apne climax mein ya kisi shot mein compromise nahi karta hai
03:47 [Music]