Chandrashekhar Narvekar (born 4 April 1952) is an Indian producer, writer and director, known for gritty realism, in his early dark and loud films. His most successful commercial films are ''

Ankush ''Ankush'' is a 1986 Hindi action drama movie starring Nana Patekar, which was written, directed, edited and co-produced by N. Chandra. Made on a modest budget of Rs 13 lakhs, the film grossed Rs 95 lakhs to become a surprise hit of 1986, th ...

'', ''

Pratighaat ''Pratighaat'' () is a 1987 Hindi feminist drama film directed by N. Chandra, starring Sujata Mehta as lead. It was a remake of the Telugu film '' Pratighatana'' (1985), directed by T. Krishna, with Vijayshanti as the lead. Made on a low-bud ...

'', ''

Tezaab ''Tezaab'' () is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language action romance film starring Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit in lead roles. The film gave Dixit her first big break, making her an overnight star. in addition to reaffirming Kapoor's star status, afte ...

'' and '' Narsimha''. Chandra also made moderately successful but critically scorned ''

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'' and its sequel ''

Xcuse Me ''Xcuse Me'' is a 2003 Hindi comedy-drama film. It is the sequel to N. Chandra's 2001 film ''Style''. News18 called the movie one of the five best performances by actor Sharman Joshi. Plot Bantu/Nehal (Sharman Joshi) and Chantu/Amit ( Sahil Kh ...

''.Style
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Early life

He was born in

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, Maharashtra, Chandra grew up in a middle-class neighbourhood in

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Naka.

Career

After his schooling, he started his career as a film editor at Film Centre in

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, Mumbai, where his father worked. His received break in film industry came in 1971, as a clapper boy in Gulzar's '' Parichay'' (1972). Gradually moving up as film editor and assistant director. He worked as associate director and editor in Anil Kapoor starrer '' Woh 7 Din'' (1983). Eventually, with ''

'', his directorial debut, in 1986, Chandra began his projection of the angry young man.The highs and lows - a recollection
Bhawana Somaaya for The Hindu, 2000-11-24. Retrieved on 2007-08-10 Influenced by Gulzar's ''

Mere Apne ''Mere Apne'' is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language film written and directed by Gulzar and produced by Romu, Raj and N. C. Sippy. It was Gulzar's first directorial venture and was almost a frame by frame remake of the National Award-winning Bengali fi ...

'', he wrote, directed, produced and edited the film about four frustrated unemployed men who roam the streets of Bombay, which also starred

Nana Patekar Vishwanath Patekar (born 1 January 1951), better known as Nana Patekar, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, film maker, and a former Indian Territorial Army officer, mainly working in Hindi and Marathi cinema. He is regarded as one of the finest an ...

. Made at a budget of Rs 12 lakh, the film and grossed Rs 95 lakh to become surprise hit of 1986, the year when many blockbusters failed. The following year he remade Telugu film, ''

Pratighatana ''Pratighatana'' () is a 1985 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by T. Krishna. The film is produced by Ramoji Rao under Ushakiran Movies. The plot follows a woman's fight against corruption and criminalization of poli ...

'' (1986) as ''

'' (The Revenge, 1987), starring Sujata Mehta and Nana Patekar, a film on the gruesome reality of politics in India. It also brought the strong mental make-up of the Indian woman to the thoughts of the Indian youth. In 1988 he made ''

'', the film that effectively launched

Madhuri Dixit Madhuri Dixit Nene (née Dixit; born 15 May 1967) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. A leading actress of Indian cinema, she has appeared in over 70 films. Noted by critics for her beauty, dancing skills, and characters ...

's career.Bollywood’s evergreen diva
Shubhra Gupta for The Hindu Business Line, 2007-06-29. Retrieved on 2007-08-10 It was the beginning of the

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

diva's long and successful pairing with

Anil Kapoor Anil Kapoor (born 24 December 1956) is an Indian actor and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, besides television and international films and television. In a career spanning over 40 years as an actor and since 2005 as a producer, Kapo ...

, and her mastery of dancing through the song '' Ek Do Teen''. With ''Tezaab'', N Chandra scored a box office hat-trick at his previous hits, ''Ankush'' (1986) and ''Pratighaat'' (1987). In early 2014, reports of a sequel of hit film ''Tezaab'' with a new cast made news.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chandra, N 1952 births Living people Hindi-language film directors Film directors from Mumbai 20th-century Indian film directors Indian male screenwriters Hindi film producers 21st-century Indian film directors Film producers from Mumbai Hindi screenwriters 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Indian dramatists and playwrights People from Bandra Screenwriters from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian male writers 21st-century Indian male writers