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Tariq Umar Khan, Tariq Umar Khan, born on 12 September 1976 (Faizabad near Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) is one of the leading Indian production designer and art director, who works in Bollywood (Hindi cinema). He has worked with some of the best and well known film directors like Anurag Kashyap, Anand L Rai, Abhinav Kashyap, Radhika Rao, Vinay Sapru and Gyan Correa for his internationally acclaimed film The Good Road. It was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards.
Contents
- Early life and background
- Career
- Awards and Recognitions
- As Art Director
- As Production Designer
- Miscellaneous
- References
Beside art direction and production design, he is the founder of one the emerging production company called Alt-J films. He recently produced an experimental feature film Mona Darling which is distributed By Vashu Bhagnani. His next film as producer is Mi'raj (Post Production)
Early life and background
Khan was born and brought up in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. He is married to Nadiri Tariq Khan and is a father of two beautiful daughter Filzah khan (8yrs old) and Hifza khan (4yrs old). Tariq is the son of Late Abdul Sattar Khan, who was working as a bus conductor in Mumbai. Under his elder brother, Haris Umar Khan, a known Art Director, he got a chance to work in the crown studio with a studio manager. Tariq got inspired by the passion of late Mr. Sameer Chanda, who had the office in the same studio. This incident attracted him to art direction. He worked in the crown studio for twelve years. Later on, in 2005, he worked as a manager for Wasiq Khan from 2005 onward then he become team leader but during working with him Wasiq Khan slowly pushed him into art direction. For 9 year, from 2005 to 2013 August in more than 40 films Wasiq and Tariq were together., .
Career
He is known for his gritty-realism in Anurag Kashyap films like No Smoking (2007 film), Victory (2009 film), Lamhaa, Wanted (2008 film), Maharathi (2008 film), Tanu Weds Manu, Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, Gangs of Wasseypur (film series), Bobby Jasoos, Dolly Ki Doli, and the Oscar nominee The Good Road. He has also worked in mainstream films including Shagird, Besharam, Dabangg(2010), Rowdy Rathore, Raanjhanaa (2013), and Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013) directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Interestingly, he started his career as an antique bike dealer and mechanic from 1990 to 1994. Then he joined crown studio as a manager worked there from 1995 to 2004 and got inspired by late Samir Chanda (4 times national award winner production designer) as his office was in a same studio. Tariq got the opportunity to observe his work carefully and started learning art direction and production design. He also learned art direction under his brother HARIS UMAR KHAN during his job in crown studio, then he joined Wasiq Khan as a team leader and accountant but during working with him Wasiq Khan slowly pushed him into art direction. For 9 year, from 2005 to 2013 August in more than 40 films Wasiq and Tariq were together.
Tariq Umar Khan's name came in major news when The Good Road went to Oscar from India. His upcoming projects are Isamail Darbar Directed Film Tigdam (tentative title) & Pradip Shingrole film Robinhood Ke potte..on floor film is ..Irada (Arshad warshi & Naseeruddin Shah) directed by Aparna Malhotra & Nishant Tripathi & film Pranam Directed By Sanjive Jaisawal. His first Directorial Debut Film Guilt (short) won Jury award in Mumbai film festival. He was also a recipient of the Sanchar time media award (New Delhi) in 2015 for his remarkable work in Indian cinema production design field.
Tariq also worked as art director and production designer in commercial for many reputed production houses like chrome pictures, Jamic films, Blink pictures, Dungarpur films, wild baba production, CINEVIDYA (wow) and Serial promos for Star plus, life OK and hot star. Currently his three feature films Robinhood ke pote, Pranaam and Jhalki with national award-winning director Brahmanand S. Siingh are under production. He is also doing new age web series for many production houses and internet company.
Awards and Recognitions
He was honored for his work by Sanchar Time media group for production design work. Tariq won jury award in Paraj Film Festival for his directorial Debut Short Film “Guilt” and won Festival mention award in MSIFF for the same short film as a Director. His short film was additionally welcomed for screening in Amity University Noida for Time Code Film Festival and he gave the lecture on Production Designing.[1]</ref>