Aradhana Seth is an Indian art director, artist, production designer and filmmaker who has worked in the Hindi film industry as well as for Hollywood productions like Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, London Has Fallen and The Bourne Supremacy.[1][2] As an artist, Seth has exhibited her works at Chemould Prescott Road Gallery, Grosvenor Gallery, KHOJ New Delhi.[3] Seth also produced the 2020 BBC adaptation of her brother, Vikram Seth's novel A Suitable Boy.[4][5] She is based in Goa, India.[6][7][8]
Aradhana Seth | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Art director, production designers, filmmaker |
| Years active | 1995-present |
| Relatives | Vikram Seth (brother) Leila Seth (mother) |
Biography
editSeth's mother was the Indian Chief Justice Leila Seth, and her brothers are the novelist Vikram Seth and the Buddhist teacher Shantum Seth.[9][10]
Seth graduated with a master’s degree from the Mass Communications Research Centre at the Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi. Following graduation she first worked as an assistant director for the film In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones written by Arundhati Roy. She also worked as the designer for the film. In 1992, she met the director Deepa Mehta on the set of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles which led her to design the sets for Mehta's films Fire in 1996 and Earth in 1998.[11]
Selected filmography
editSeth has been involved in art direction or production design for:[12]
- The Bourne Supremacy (2004) - art department (India unit)
- Don: The Chase Begins Again (2006) - production designer
- The Darjeeling Limited (2007) - art director
- London Has Fallen (2016) - art director
- The Sky Is Pink (2018) - production design
References
edit- ^ "Film-maker and scenographer Aradhana Seth takes us through her incredible home in Goa". Elle India. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ "Master of many arts: Aradhana Seth". Hindustan Times. November 5, 2011.
- ^ "Homing In - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.
- ^ Frater, Patrick (July 16, 2020). "BBC's 'A Suitable Boy' Vikram Seth Adaptation Heads to Netflix".
- ^ Qureshi, Bilal (December 7, 2020). "'A Suitable Boy' Finally Finds Its Perfect Match: Mira Nair" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Inside Aradhana Seth's Goa home where magic and susegad collide". Architectural Digest India. November 9, 2021.
- ^ "Film-maker and scenographer Aradhana Seth takes us through her incredible home in Goa - Elle India".
- ^ "In Delhi, artists from two countries tie up for exhibition of hand-painted signs". The Indian Express. 2023-04-09. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ "A class apart". frontline.thehindu.com. May 24, 2017.
- ^ Service, Tribune News. "'A suitable couple': Justice Leila Seth and her husband had together pledged to donate organs". Tribuneindia News Service.
- ^ "House of Enquiry". India Today. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ "Aradhana Seth". BFI. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018.