'For me, Nitin Chandrakant Desai will always be associated with masti-mazaak.'
'He was always coming up with something new, which is why his sudden demise is so shocking!'
'His time had not come, he went away before his time was up.'
Desai, 57, was found dead at his studio in Karjat near Mumbai last August.
He was known for his art work in films like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Jodhaa Akbar and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo.
The financial creditor had approached district authorities in Raigad to take possession of ND Studio a few months ago.
'Why go to the trouble to build elaborate sets when it could all be done in front of a green screen?'' 'Nitin lost out on a lot of good work; film-makers no longer needed his lavish studio in Karjat as much as they did earlier.'
In one of these clips or voice notes, he is heard stating that his company could not come out of the financial crisis it was facing because of the procedure adopted by the financial services firm.
'Always smiling, creative, problem solver, ambitious and a man who walked ahead of an Industry.'
We must stop stigmatising business failures. Particularly when startups are mushrooming all around, the financial system, backed by the RBI and the government, can explore ways of extending support to restart the journey of a failed entrepreneur by finance as well as counselling, recommends Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Edelweiss ARC, in a statement, denied that any undue pressure was brought to bear on Desai for loan recovery.
The petitioners had sought interim order of protection from any coercive action and for the probe to be stayed in the case pending the hearing of their pleas.
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'At a time when there's a lot of conversation happening around how AI has made art directors and production designers jobless, we will simply say that if your work speaks for you, you will never be out of work.'
Shelar demanded that Desai's death should not be treated just as a case of accidental death, but must be dealt with from a larger perspective.
'He said the N D Studios wasn't functioning, shootings were not happening.'
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"We will probe all aspects, including finding out if there was a sabotage angle involved," a fire brigade official said.
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