Indian artwork director Nitin Desai, who died in Karjat by suicide last year, changed into paid tribute at the Oscars 2024 in Memoriam section on Monday. Nitin Desai became popularly known for his collaboration with filmmaker Sanjay leela Bhansali for films along with Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Bajirao Mastani. 

Apart from Bhansali, he has worked with numerous regarded filmmakers together with Ashutosh Gowarikar, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, and Rajkumar Hirani. He made his debut as an art director in 1989 with Parinda and went on paintings on numerous different initiatives. These encompass 1942: A Love Story (1993), Khamoshi: The Musical (1995), Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998), Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), Mission Kashmir (2000), Raju Chacha (2000), Devdas (2002), Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003), Dostana (2008), and Once Upon a Time in Mumbai (2010) to name a few.His ultimate task as an art director turned into Ashutosh Gowariker helmed Panipat, which launched in 2019 and Paurashpur (2020), where he was credited as production clothier. In 2005, Nitin Desai mounted the famous ND studios at Karjat, which become spread over fifty two acres. It has performed host to numerous moves like Jodha Akbar, Traffic Signal and greater. 

Apart from Nitin, the Oscars also remembered Matthew Perry, Harry Belafonte, Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens, Melinda Dillon, Norman Jewison, Piper Laurie, Ryan O’Neal, Julian Sands, Carl Weathers, Treat Williams and Burt Young inside the Memoriam phase.

After his loss of life in 2023, India TV Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma additionally remembered Nitin Desai and paid tribute to the late art director. The senior journalist additionally shared a video on his social media money owed mentioning Nitin's reference to India's maximum famous information display 'Aap Ki Adalat'.

The complete set of the display was fabricated in Nitin Desai's studio and changed into transported to Delhi. From fitting to giving the very last touches to the set, Nitin became here with us for so many days on this studio. Today, Nitin Desai is not any more but the set he created for the display will always take me back to the fact of him,'' India TV chairman Rajat Sharma stated within the video.