Puneites will be nostalgic about Nitin Chandrakant Desai through ‘7 Wonders of World’, miss his dream ‘Shivsrushti’
Puneites will be nostalgic about
Nitin Chandrakant Desai through ‘7 Wonders of World’, miss his dream ‘Shivsrushti’
The tragic suicide by renowned Art Director and filmmaker Nitin Chandrakant Desai has set a pal of gloom in Pune. The Puneites will be nostalgic about Nitin Chandrakant Desai through ‘7 Wonders of World’ and miss his dream ‘Shivsrushti’
Infact, his cherished dream to create a ‘Shivsrishti’, a museum on Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji, in Pune city remained a dream unfulfilled due to PMC’s slow progress in granting approval for the project and has
left an indelible mark on the Pune cityscape through the `Seven Wonders of the World’ he designed at Yashwantrao Chavan Udyan in Sahakarnagar
Art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai, who was found dead on Wednesday, has touched the hearts of film buffs.
Senior Congress leader Ulhas Bagul, who was instrumental in getting the work of the garden done from Desai said he was shocked to learn about the death of the renowned art director. “Through his skill, he has contributed to the beauty of Pune city and left a mark of his own. Desai had created the replicas of Seven Wonders of the World installed in Yashwantrao Chavan Garden,” recalled Bagul and added that Desai’s creative works will always be remembered.
“The Seven Wonders Garden continues to be very popular in the city and attracts lakhs of people. However, the city will miss his proposed work of developing a Shivsrishti in the city.
According to PMC City Engineer Prashant Waghmare, Desai’s death will be a loss to the city.
The PMC was fortunate to have the service of the famous art director. He was to develop Shivsrishti in the city. He will be remembered through the Seven Wonders of the World project,” Waghmare remarked.
Desai, who was appointed the consultant for the Shivsrishti project, had given a presentation on the project in 2018. Waghmare said that Desai had chalked out an excellent plan and the project would have added to the beauty of the city.
Pune Ganesh mandal decorated by Nitin Desai since18 years mourns his death.
Incidentally, the project for developing a Shivsrishti would have been completed had it not been for the PMC’s failure to acquire land for the project.
The project was first proposed at the old garbage depot land in Kothrud but the Pune Metro Rail sought the same land to set up its depot. Following a lot of deliberation the then chief minister Devendra Fadanavis declared that the land at Kothrud garbage depot would be allotted to Pune Metro rail while the proposed Shivsrishti project will be planned at the Biodiversity Park (BDP) land in Chandni Chowk on 51 acres.
Meanwhile, there wasn’t any progress on the Shivsrishti project to be developed by Desai through his ND’s Art World Pvt Ltd for PMC, Bagul said.
Meanwhile, Nitin Desai was under debt of Rs 252 crore
There wasn’t any progress on the Shivsrishti project to be developed by Desai through his ND’s Art World Pvt Ltd for PMC.
The memorial was to focus on the life of the Maratha king and the forts built by him, nine prominent incidents on the life of Shivaji, and various moments of historical meeting of the Maratha king with Mughal emperor Afzal Khan.
Desai had once said that the structures would be made of black stone to give the feel of the real structures built by the Maratha king that would make the public understand the life of Shivaji Maharaj.
News input KV Raman
