Popular art director Nitin Desai died by suicide on Wednesday, August 2. His body was found at his ND Studios near Karjat. His mortal remains were taken to his studio at 2 pm today for the last rites. Several Bollywood celebrities attended the funeral on Friday and paid their final tribute to the legendary art director. Many Marathi stars were also present at the funeral including Sonali Kulkarni, Manasi Naik, and Subodh Bhave among others. Nitin Desai's children, son Siddhant and daughter Mansi bid an emotional farewell to their father.
Nitin Desai was a well-known art director in Hindi cinema, who had worked with prominent filmmakers like Ashutosh Gowarikar, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani, and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. His last venture as an art director was Ashutosh Gowariker's Panipat, which released in 2019. Nitin established ND Studios in Maharashtra's Karjat in 2005. Some of his popular projects include Devdas (2002), Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003), Dostana (2008) and Mission Kashmir (2000), among many others.