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{{Infobox person
| name = Chhel Vayeda
| birth_date = {{birth year|1935}}
| birth_place = [[Dwarka]], [[Baroda State]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|11|12|1935|||df=y}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], India
| occupation = Art director, production designer
| father = Anandji
| mother = Jayakunvar
| spouse = {{marriage|Kusum|1964}}
| children = [[Sanjay Chhel]], [[Alpana Buch]]
}}

'''Chhel Anandji Vayeda''' (1935 – 12 November 2014) was a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] art director and production designer from India.<ref name="tix15">{{cite news| title=Curtain call for Chhel | website=The Indian Express | date=12 November 2014| url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/curtain-call-for-chhel/ | access-date=4 January 2015}}</ref>

==Early life==
Chhel was born in 1935 in [[Dwarka]] (now in [[Gujarat]]) to Anandji and Jayakunvar. He was the youngest in seven siblings. His family moved to [[Bhuj]] when he was ten years old. He completed [[matriculation]] and joined School of Arts, Bhuj affiliated with [[University of Bombay]]. He started his job as assistant draftsman in state bus transport, [[GSRTC]]. His elder brother practicing law in Mumbai introduced him to Dr. D. G. Vyas who was an art critic and director of [[Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art|Sir J. J. School of Arts]]. He resigned from GSRTC and moved to [[Mumbai]] to study in Sir J. J. School of Arts in 1960.<ref name="Sandeshv2014">{{cite web | title=લૂગડાંનો માણસ, લાકડાંનો માણસ... | website=Sandesh Gujarati Newspaper | date=19 November 2014 | url=http://www.sandesh.com/printarticle.aspx?newsid=3010820&lang=Read%20in%20English | language=gu | access-date=29 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305202948/http://www.sandesh.com/printarticle.aspx?newsid=3010820&lang=Read%20in%20English | archive-date=5 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="divyabhaskarc2011">{{cite web | title=ગુજરાતી રંગભૂમિ પર છેલભાઈની છેલછબલી જીવનયાત્રા | website=divyabhaskar | date=7 February 2011 | url=http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/mag-chhelbhai-chhelchhabili-life-on-gujarati-stage-1824709.html | language=gu | access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref>

==Career==
Gujarati stage director actor [[Honey Chhaya]] brought him in the field of art direction and production design in 1963 at Rangbhoomi Natya Academy. His first Gujarati play as an independent set designer, ''Parinita'', produced by Rangbhoomi won him the first prize in state level play competition.<ref name="Sandeshv2014"/><ref name="divyabhaskarc2011"/>

He joined Paresh Daru in 1966 and the duo was called '''Chhel-Paresh''' thereafter.<ref name="Sandeshv2014"/> Together they designed sets of more than 700 plays in five languages including Gujarati, Marathi, Hindi, English, Sanskrit and Oriya; and 55 films in six languages and TV serials in three languages. These films include ''[[Train to Pakistan (film)|Train to Pakistan]]'' (1998), ''[[Ankahee (1985 film)|Ankahee]]'' (1985), ''Tere Shahar Mein'', ''Khubsoorat'' and ''Lorie'' (1984).<ref name="tix15"/><ref name="toikk">{{cite news| title=Bollywood and theatre mourns veteran art director Chhel Vayeda's demise |publisher=The Times of India Mobile Site | date=21 November 2014| url=http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/theatre/Bollywood-and-theatre-mourns-veteran-art-director-Chhel-Vayedas-demise/articleshow/45218348.cms | access-date=4 January 2015|first=Hiren|last=Kotwani}}</ref><ref name="Sandeshv2014"/> He was an art director of some Gujarati films including ''[[Kanku]]'' (1969), ''Upar Gagan Vishal'', ''Dada Ho Dikri'', ''Lakho Fulani''.<ref name="divyabhaskarc2011"/>

He died on 12 November 2014 at [[Mumbai]].<ref name="tix15"/><ref name="toikk"/><ref name="movietalkies 2014">{{cite web | title=Rishi Kapoor, Tabu, Madhur Bhandarkar Pay Tribute To Sanjay Chhel's Father Chhel Vayeda | website=movietalkies | date=17 November 2014 | url=http://www.movietalkies.com/news/26173/rishi-kapoor-tabu-madhur-bhandarkar-pay-tribute-to-sanjay-chhel's-father-chhel-vayeda | access-date=4 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305090415/http://www.movietalkies.com/news/26173/rishi-kapoor-tabu-madhur-bhandarkar-pay-tribute-to-sanjay-chhel's-father-chhel-vayeda | archive-date=5 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="dnasy2014">{{cite news | title=Set designer Chhel Vayeda passes away |publisher=DNA| date=13 November 2014 | url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/dna_english_news_and_features/Set-designer-Chhel-Vayeda-passes-away/DNAHM77238 | access-date=4 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Chitralekha 2015">{{cite web | author=Chitralekha | title=જાણીતા દિગ્દર્શક સંજય છેલના પિતાનું અવસાન (Death of popular director Sanjay Chhel's father) | website=Chitralekha | date=12 November 2014 | url=http://www.chitralekha.com/mumbai/sanjay-chhel-s-father-passed-away/ | language=gu | access-date=4 January 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104180356/http://www.chitralekha.com/mumbai/sanjay-chhel-s-father-passed-away/ | archive-date=4 January 2015 }}</ref><ref name="divyabhaskarc2011"/>

==Personal life==
He married Kusum in 1964. His son [[Sanjay Chhel]] is also writer and director.<ref name="Chitralekha 2015"/> His daughter [[Alpana Buch]] is an TV actress who is married to actor-director [[Mehul Buch]].<ref name="Sandeshv2014"/><ref name="divyabhaskarc2011"/>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian art directors]]
[[Category:Indian production designers]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Gujarati people]]
[[Category:1935 births]]
[[Category:Gujarati theatre]]
[[Category:People from Devbhoomi Dwarka district]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian designers]]
[[Category:Artists from Gujarat]]

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