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'', '' Pratighaat'', ''

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, after ...

'' and ''

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

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'' and its sequel '' Xcuse Me''.Style
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Early life

He was born in

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. 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. He received his first break in the film industry, when 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 '' Ankush'', his directorial debut, in 1986, Chandra began his projection of the angry young man.The highs and lows - a recollection

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for The Hindu, 2000-11-24. Retrieved on 2007-08-10 Influenced by Gulzar's '' Mere Apne'', he wrote, directed, produced and edited the film about four frustrated unemployed men who roam the streets of Bombay, which also starred

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. 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'' (1986) as '' Pratighaat'' (The Revenge, 1987), starring

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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

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's career.Bollywood’s evergreen diva
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diva's long and successful pairing with

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, 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 Indian male screenwriters Hindi film producers Film producers from Mumbai Hindi-language 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