N. Chandra or Chandrashekhar Narvekar is an Indian producer, writer and director, known for gritty realism, in his early dark and loud films such as Ankush, Pratighaat, Tezaab and Narsimha (1991). Chandra also made the successful but critically scorned Style and its sequel Xcuse Me.He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Chandra grew up in a middle-class neighbourhood in Worli Naka.After his schooling, he started his career as a film editor at Film Centre in Tardeo, Mumbai, where his father worked. His received break in film industry came in 1971, as a clapper boy in Gulzar's Parichay (1972). Gradually moving up as film editor and assistant director.