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	'''Chandrashekhar Narvekar''' (born 4 April 1952) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ producer, writer and director, known for gritty realism, in his early dark and loud films. His most successful commercial films are ''[[Ankush]]'', ''[[Pratighaat]]'', ''[[Tezaab]]'' and ''[[Narsimha (1991 film)\|Narsimha]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030627225834/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/04/stories/2002010401090202.htm Style] Ziya us Salam for The Hindu, 2002-01-04. ,Retrieved on 2007-08-10</ref> Chandra also made moderately successful but critically scorned ''[[Style (2001 film)\|Style]]'' and its sequel ''[[Xcuse Me]]''.<ref name="Ziya">[https://web.archive.org/web/20030627225834/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/04/stories/2002010401090202.htm Style] Ziya us Salam for The Hindu, 2002-01-04. Retrieved on 2007-08-10</ref>		'''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]]'' and ''[[Narsimha (1991 film)\|Narsimha]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030627225834/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/04/stories/2002010401090202.htm Style] Ziya us Salam for The Hindu, 2002-01-04. ,Retrieved on 2007-08-10</ref> Chandra also made moderately successful but critically scorned ''[[Style (2001 film)\|Style]]'' and its sequel ''[[Xcuse Me]]''.<ref name="Ziya">[https://web.archive.org/web/20030627225834/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/04/stories/2002010401090202.htm Style] Ziya us Salam for The Hindu, 2002-01-04. Retrieved on 2007-08-10</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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'''Chandrashekhar Narvekar''' (born 4 April 1952) is an [[India]]n producer, writer and director, known for gritty realism, in his early dark and loud films. His most successful commercial films are ''[[Ankush]]'', ''[[Pratighaat]]'', ''[[Tezaab]]'' and ''[[Narsimha (1991 film)|Narsimha]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030627225834/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/04/stories/2002010401090202.htm Style] Ziya us Salam for The Hindu, 2002-01-04. ,Retrieved on 2007-08-10</ref> Chandra also made moderately successful but critically scorned ''[[Style (2001 film)|Style]]'' and its sequel ''[[Xcuse Me]]''.<ref name="Ziya">[https://web.archive.org/web/20030627225834/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/04/stories/2002010401090202.htm Style] Ziya us Salam for The Hindu, 2002-01-04. Retrieved on 2007-08-10</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], Chandra grew up in a middle-class neighbourhood in [[Worli]] Naka.<ref name=today>{{cite web | title =Mean street Moghul: Hit director N. Chandra brings realism to films|work= India Today| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hit-director-n.-chandra-brings-realism-to-films/1/323160.html |author=Madhu Jain|date=28 February 1989|accessdate = 2014-09-24 }}</ref>

==Career==
After his schooling, he started his career as a film editor at Film Centre in [[Tardeo]], Mumbai, where his father worked. His received break in film industry came in 1971, as a clapper boy in Gulzar's ''[[Parichay (film)|Parichay]]'' (1972). Gradually moving up as film editor and assistant director.<ref name=today/>

He worked as associate director and editor in Anil Kapoor starrer ''[[Woh 7 Din]]'' (1983).<ref>{{cite web | title = Director Bapu helped shape careers of Mithun, Anil Kapoor | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Director-Bapu-helped-shape-careers-of-Mithun-Anil-Kapoor/articleshow/41448016.cms |author=Avijit Ghosh|date= 1 September 2014| accessdate = 2014-09-25 | work = The Times of India}}</ref> Eventually, with ''[[Ankush]]'', his directorial debut, in 1986, Chandra began his projection of the angry young man.<ref name="recollection">[https://web.archive.org/web/20040101090803/http://www.hindu.com/2000/11/24/stories/09240222.htm The highs and lows - a recollection] [[Bhawana Somaaya]] for The Hindu, 2000-11-24. Retrieved on 2007-08-10</ref> 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 [[Nana Patekar]]. 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.<ref name=today/><ref name=toi>{{cite web | title = I sold my house for 'Ankush': N Chandra | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-sold-my-house-for-Ankush-N-Chandra/articleshow/16833019.cms |date=16 October 2012| accessdate = 2014-09-25| work =The Times of India}}</ref>

The following year he remade Telugu film, ''[[Pratighatana]]'' (1986) as ''[[Pratighaat]]'' (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.<ref name="recollection"/> In 1988 he made ''[[Tezaab]]'', the film that effectively launched [[Madhuri Dixit]]'s career.<ref name="diva">[http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2007/06/29/stories/2007062950120400.htm Bollywood’s evergreen diva] Shubhra Gupta for The Hindu Business Line, 2007-06-29. Retrieved on 2007-08-10</ref> It was the beginning of the [[Bollywood]] diva's long and successful pairing with [[Anil Kapoor]], and her mastery of dancing through the song ''[[Ek Do Teen (song)|Ek Do Teen]]''.<ref name="diva"/> With ''Tezaab'', N Chandra scored a box office hat-trick at his previous hits, ''Ankush'' (1986) and ''Pratighaat'' (1987).<ref name=today/>

In early 2014, reports of a sequel of hit film ''Tezaab'' with a new cast made news.<ref>{{cite web | title = Director N Chandra to start 'Tezaab' sequel soon | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Director-N-Chandra-to-start-Tezaab-sequel-soon/articleshow/32604190.cms | author=Hiren Kotwani|date= 24 March 2014|accessdate = 2014-09-25 | work = The Times of India}}</ref>

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Year
! scope="col"|Film
! scope="col"|Director
! scope="col"|Producer
! scope="col"|Editor
! scope="col"|Writer
! class="unsortable" scope="col"|Notes
|-
|1983
!scope="row"|''[[Woh Saat Din]]''
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| {{yes}}
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|1984
!scope="row"|''[[Dharm Aur Qanoon]]''
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| {{yes}}
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|1985
!scope="row"|''[[Mohabbat (1985 film)|Mohabbat]]''
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| {{yes}}
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|-
|1986
!scope="row"|''[[Mera Dharam]]''
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| {{yes}}
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|-
|1986
!scope="row"|''[[Ankush]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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|-
|1987
!scope="row"|''[[Pratighaat]]''
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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|-
|1988
!scope="row"|''[[Tezaab]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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|-
|1991
!scope="row"|''[[Narsimha (1991 film)|Narsimha]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
|1992
!scope="row"|''[[Humlaa]]''
| {{yes}}
|
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| {{yes}}
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|-
|1993
!scope="row"|''[[Yugandhar (1993 film)|Yugandhar]]''
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
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|-
|1994
!scope="row"|''Tejaswini''
| {{yes}}
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|-
|1996
!scope="row"|''[[Beqabu]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
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|-
|1998
!scope="row"|''[[Wajood (1998 film)|Wajood]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
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|-
|2000
!scope="row"|''[[Shikari (2000 film)|Shikari]]''
| {{yes}}
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|-
|2001
!scope="row"|''[[Style (2001 film)|Style]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
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|-
|2003
!scope="row"|''[[Xcuse Me]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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|-
|2003
!scope="row"|''[[Kagaar: Life on the Edge]]''
| {{yes}}
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|-
|2009
!scope="row"|''[[Yeh Mera India|Y.M.I : Yeh Mera India]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
| {{yes}}
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|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0151504|N. Chandra}}

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