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Bansi Chandragupta

Bansi Chandragupta

Bansi Chandragupta

1924-02-06

Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan

ART

Biography

Bansi Chandragupta (born in Sialkot, 1924) was an Indian art director and production designer, regarded among the greatest of art directors of Indian film industry for collaborating with Satyajit Ray. He won Filmfare Best Art Direction Award thrice, for Seema in 1972, for Do Jhoot in 1976 and for Chakra in 1982.

Best known for:

Pather Panchali

Aparajito

Apur Sansar

The Music Room

Charulata

The River

The Big City

The Hero

Devi

The Coward

The Chess Players

Two

The Adversary

Days and Nights in the Forest

The Holy Man

Three Daughters

The Expedition

Kanchenjungha

The Philosopher's Stone

Rabindranath Tagore

Chiriyakhana

In Search of Famine

36 Chowringhee Lane

27 Down

The Wedding Day

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Filmography:

The River (1951)
5.9
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Pather Panchali (1955)
6.7
WORK AS:
Producer, Art Direction, Production Design
Aparajito (1956)
6.7
WORK AS:
Production Design, Art Direction
The Music Room (1958)
6.3
WORK AS:
Production Design, Art Direction
The Philosopher's Stone (1958)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Apur Sansar (1959)
6.9
WORK AS:
Production Design, Art Direction
Khelaghar (1959)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Devi (1960)
6.3
WORK AS:
Production Design

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The Wedding Day (1960)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Three Daughters (1961)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Rabindranath Tagore (1961)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Over Again (1961)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Lost Jewels (1961)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Expedition (1962)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Kanchenjungha (1962)
WORK AS:
Production Design
The Big City (1963)
6.6
WORK AS:
Production Design, Art Direction

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Palatak (1963)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
And at Last (1963)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Charulata (1964)
6.4
WORK AS:
Production Design, Art Direction
The Representative (1964)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Coward (1965)
5.9
WORK AS:
Production Design
Two (1965)
6.3
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Holy Man (1965)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Up in the Clouds (1965)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Ektuku Basa (1965)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Hero (1966)
6.7
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Chiriyakhana (1967)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Hathat Dekha (1967)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Guru (1969)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)
WORK AS:
Art Direction, Production Design
The Adversary (1970)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Jangal Mein Mangal (1972)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
27 Down (1974)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Trimurti (1974)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
The Chess Players (1977)
5.8
WORK AS:
Art Direction
Manzil (1979)
WORK AS:
Production Design
Apne Paraye (1980)
WORK AS:
Art Direction
36 Chowringhee Lane (1981)
WORK AS:
Art Direction, In Memory Of
In Search of Famine (1981)
WORK AS:
Production Design

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