---
name: "Samir Chanda"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/samir-chanda"
fi1m_id: "samir-chanda"
imdb_id: "nm0151287"
tmdb_id: 53681
wikidata_id: "Q13115036"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1957"
died: "18 August 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:23:03.314764+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Samir Chanda

## Identity

Samir Chanda

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/samir-chanda
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** samir-chanda
- **IMDb ID:** nm0151287
- **TMDB ID:** 53681
- **Wikidata ID:** Q13115036
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samir_Chanda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13115036, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151287/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53681

Production designer. Born 1 January 1957 in West Bengal. Died 18 August 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1957, West Bengal
- **Died:** 18 August 2011
- **Also known as:**  Sameer Chanda 
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samir_Chanda, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13115036, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151287/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53681

## Biography

Samir Chanda was an Indian art director and production designer who worked across Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Tamil cinema. Born in West Bengal in 1957, he trained as a painter at the Government College of Art & Craft in Kolkata before moving to Mumbai. He began his film career as an assistant to art director Nitish Roy on Shyam Benegal’s *Mandi* (1983) and made his independent debut with Subhash Ghai’s *Ram Lakhan* (1989).

Chanda contributed production design or art direction to films including *Dil Se..* (1998), *Rang De Basanti* (2006), *Omkara* (2006), *Guru* (2007), *Kaminey* (2009) and *Raavan* (2010). He also directed the Bengali film *Ek Nadir Galpo* (2008). He received four National Film Awards for Best Art Direction and a Filmfare Award. Chanda died in Mumbai on 18 August 2011.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, upperstall.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rang De Basanti* (2006), Fi1m 76, Production Design, Art Direction, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/rang-de-basanti.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ek Nadir Galpo* (2015), Director, Screenplay
- *Chittagong* (2012), Production Design
- *Mausam* (2011), Production Design
- *7 Khoon Maaf* (2011), Production Design
- *Moner Manush* (2010), as Art Direction
- *Raavanan* (2010), as Art Direction · Production Design
- *Raavan* (2010), Production Design
- *Kaminey* (2009), Production Design
- *Delhi-6* (2009), Production Design
- *Kaalbela* (2009), as Art Direction
- *Ghajini* (2008), as Art Direction
- *Blood Brothers* (2007), Production Design
- *The Blue Umbrella* (2007), Production Design
- *Ek Chalis Ki Last Local* (2007), Production Design
- *Yatra* (2007), Production Design
- *Guru* (2007), Production Design
- *Omkara* (2006), Production Design
- *Krrish* (2006), Production Design, Art Direction
- *Rang De Basanti* (2006), Production Design, Art Direction — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/rang-de-basanti.md)
- *Ek Nodir Galpo* (2006), Director
- *Bose: The Forgotten Hero* (2005), Production Design
- *Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...* (2004), as Art Direction
- *Makdee* (2002), as Art Direction
- *Aalavandhan* (2001), as Art Direction
- *Aks* (2001), as Art Direction
- *Jungle* (2000), as Art Direction
- *Mast* (1999), as Art Direction
- *Dil Se..* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Daya* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Bombay Blue* (1997), series, Production Design
- *Iruvar* (1997), as Art Direction
- *Shastra* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Mammo* (1994), as Art Direction
- *Rudaali* (1993), as Art Direction
- *Rukmavati's Mansion* (1991), as Art Direction
- *Ram Lakhan* (1989), as Art Direction

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