I went through a similar time: Hansal Mehta on Nitin Desai

August 03, 2023 11:01

Filmmaker Hansal Mehta

Filmmaker Hansal Mehta on the death of art director Nitin Desai. Desai had a debt of Rs 252 crore.

Mehta writes, "Financial pressures in an industry run on emotions can be debilitating. I have faced many a crisis particularly after Omerta and Simran. The failure of the film and the cycle of debt I got into had led me towards a very dark place.

"The involvement of 'powerful' mediators or shall I say coercive forces made things even worse. It was a scary time. I fought the impulse very often in the not so distant past to do something harmful to myself.

"This was mostly because of the comfort given by family and some true friends who I could talk to. But in times that I Was alone it always felt like a deep, dark and endless tunnel. I wouldn't have original ideas to share, I wouldn't have any creative thoughts and I often succumbed to considering myself much inferior to many around me - both as an artist and as a human being.

"Somehow the faith that this darkness would end and even more by seeking professional help and of course being blessed enough to be immersing myself in work I've managed to emerge out of that awful phase. The great Nitin Desai's tragic passing away and talks of his troubles got me revisiting that time. Am terribly sad at the loss of a remarkable artist. Om Shanti."

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