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{{short description|Indian art director}}
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| occupation = [[Art director]], production designers, filmmaker
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'''Aradhana Seth''' is an Indian [[art director]], artist, [[production designer]] and filmmaker who has worked in the [[Hindi film industry]] as well as for [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] productions like Wes Anderson's ''[[The Darjeeling Limited]]'', ''[[London Has Fallen]]'' and ''[[The Bourne Supremacy]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elle.in/elle-old-site/article/aradhana-seth-incredible-home-goa/|title=Film-maker and scenographer Aradhana Seth takes us through her incredible home in Goa|website=Elle India|access-date=2022-12-30|archive-date=2022-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230094528/https://elle.in/elle-old-site/article/aradhana-seth-incredible-home-goa/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/brunch/master-of-many-arts-aradhana-seth/story-cDaLIfsHjPO2E7GtEhxYlO.html|title=Master of many arts: Aradhana Seth|date=November 5, 2011|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> As an artist, Seth has exhibited her works at [[Chemould Prescott Road]] Gallery, [[Grosvenor Gallery]], [[KHOJ (arts organization)|KHOJ New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/homing-in/870395/|title=Homing In - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref> Seth also produced the 2020 [[A Suitable Boy (TV series)|BBC adaptation]] of her brother, [[Vikram Seth]]'s novel ''[[A Suitable Boy]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/streaming/asia/a-suitable-boy-bbc-netflix-1234708044/|title=BBC’s ‘A Suitable Boy’ Vikram Seth Adaptation Heads to Netflix|first1=Patrick|last1=Frater|date=July 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/arts/television/suitable-boy-mira-nair.html|title=‘A Suitable Boy’ Finally Finds Its Perfect Match: Mira Nair|first=Bilal|last=Qureshi|date=December 7, 2020|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> She is based in [[Goa]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.in/story/inside-aradhana-seths-goa-home-where-magic-and-susegad-collide/|title=Inside Aradhana Seth's Goa home where magic and susegad collide|date=November 9, 2021|website=Architectural Digest India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elle.in/article/aradhana-seth-incredible-home-goa/|title=Film-maker and scenographer Aradhana Seth takes us through her incredible home in Goa - Elle India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-09 |title=In Delhi, artists from two countries tie up for exhibition of hand-painted signs |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/in-delhi-artists-from-two-countries-tie-up-for-exhibition-of-hand-painted-signs-8546303/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

==Biography==
Seth's mother was the Indian Chief Justice [[Leila Seth]], and her brothers are the novelist [[Vikram Seth]] and the Buddhist teacher Shantum Seth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/a-class-apart/article9711263.ece|title=A class apart|date=May 24, 2017|website=frontline.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/a-suitable-couple-justice-leila-seth-and-her-husband-had-together-pledged-to-donate-organs-297133|title=‘A suitable couple’: Justice Leila Seth and her husband had together pledged to donate organs|first=Tribune News|last=Service|website=Tribuneindia News Service}}</ref>

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|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=House of Enquiry |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/house-of-enquiry-1618818-2019-11-14 |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
Seth has been involved in art direction or production design for:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb187af68|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106113332/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb187af68|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 6, 2018|title=Aradhana Seth|website=BFI}}</ref>
*''[[The Bourne Supremacy]]'' (2004) - art department (India unit)
*''[[Don (2006 Hindi film)|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==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0786006|name=Aradhana Seth}}

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ConradQ41114 at 13:46, 16 July 2025