Oscars 2024 pays tribute to art director Nitin Desai

The Oscars tribute to those weve lost included art director and producer Nitin Desai in the memorial section on Monday morning He was remembered alongside Tina Turner Matthew Perry and others Desai passed away at the age of 57 by suicideOscars 2024 pays tribute to art director Nitin DesaiHe often teamed up with Sanjay Leela Bhansali contributing to the set designs of memorable movies like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Bajirao Mastani Additionally he collaborated with filmmakers such as Rajkumar Hirani Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Ashutosh GowarikerSome of his other notable works include Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dostana Lage Raho Munna Bhai Munna Bhai MBBS Mission Kashmir Josh and Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha His final film was the 2019 war epic drama Panipat directed by Ashutosh GowarikerOscars 2024 pays tribute to art director Nitin Desai this decision moved netizens Take a looknitin desai smiling from heavenmdash carey mulligan 4 Oscar doug_1399 March 11 2024Heartening to see NITIN_DESAI_ being remembered in the InMemoriam section of the Oscars mdash Barobar Ahey Numberrs March 11 2024Nitin Desai is the only Indian film professional to be featured in the In Memoriam section What a lossOscarsmdash PrayRona PrayRona_ March 11 2024About Oscars 2024Jimmy Kimmel started off the 96th Academy Awards with some jokes He made fun of things like Greta Gerwig not getting nominated for Best Director and how some of the movies on the list were really long He also took a jab at Robert De Niro making a wisecrack about his younger girlfriend while they were at the Dolby Theatre in LADuring his opening monologue Jimmy said ldquoHerersquos some fun Oscar trivia 48 years ago Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster were nominated for Taxi Driver and theyrsquore both nominated again tonight 1976 was the year He was talking about the acclaimed Martin Scorsese feature film that starred Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster and earned Oscar nominations for both stars in Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress race respectivelyHe further added In 1976 Jodie Foster was young enough to be Robert De Nirorsquos daughter Now shersquos 20 years too old to be his girlfriendWhen the camera showed Jodie she nodded in agreement with the joke Robert sitting with his 45yearold girlfriend Tiffany Chen also seemed entertained by the humor He became a father with Tiffany in April last year Their relationship began while filming The Intern and in 2021 they were seen enjoying a romantic vacation in the south of France