Biography
Basu Chatterjee ( 10 January 1927 – 4 June 2020) was an Indian film director and screenwriter in Hindi Cinema.Through the 1970s and 1980s, he became associated with what came to be known as middle cinema or middle-of-the-road cinema filmmakers, such as Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Bhattacharya, whom he assisted on Teesri Kasam (1966). Like their films, his films dealt with light-hearted stories of middle-class families often in urban settings, focusing on marital and love relationships.
The exceptions such as Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (1986) and Kamla Ki Maut (1989), which delved into social and moral issues. He is best known for his films Us Paar, Chhoti Si Baat (1975), Chitchor (1976), Rajnigandha (1974), Piya Ka Ghar (1972), Khatta Meetha, Swami (1977), Baton Baton Mein (1979), Priyatama (1977), Man Pasand, Hamari Bahu Alka, Shaukeen (1982), and Chameli Ki Shaadi (1986), which was his last commercially successful movie.Chatterjee directed the Bengali film Hothath Brishti (1998), which featured actors from both Bangladesh and India. The film featured Ferdous Ahmed from Bangladesh, and Priyanka Trivedi and Sreelekha Mitra from West Bengal. Chatterjee continued to cast Ahmed in subsequent Indian-Bengali films, including Chupi Chupi (2001), Tak Jhal Mishti (2002) and Hotath Shedin (2012), another joint production of Bangladesh and India. He wrote the script for the Bangladeshi film Ek Cup Cha, directed by Noyeem Imtiaz Neamul.
Filmography
all 41
Movies 38
Director 38
TV Shows 3
self 2
Producer 1
Celluloid Man (2012)
Chupi Chupi (2011)
Prateeksha (2006)
Tok Jhal Mishti (2002)
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai (2002)
Hothat Brishti (1998)
Gudgudee (1997)
Triyacharitra (1994)
Byomkesh Bakshi (1993)
Kamla Ki Maut (1989)
Kakkaji Kahin (1988)
Zevar (1987)
Sheesha (1986)
Kirayadar (1986)
Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (1986)
Chameli Ki Shaadi (1986)
Lakhon Ki Baat (1984)
Pasand Apni Apni (1983)
Shaukeen (1982)
Hamari Bahu Alka (1982)
Apne Paraye (1980)
Man Pasand (1980)
The Jewelled Lamp (1979)
Jeena Yahan (1979)
Manzil (1979)
Baton Baton Mein (1979)
Do Ladke Dono Kadke (1979)
Chakravyuha (1978)
Khatta Meetha (1978)
Safed Jhooth (1978)
Tumhare Liye (1978)
Dillagi (1978)
Priyatama (1978)
Swami (1977)
Chhoti Si Baat (1976)
Chitchor (1976)
Rajnigandha (1974)
Us-Paar (1974)
Piya Ka Ghar (1972)
Sara Akash (1969)
Girl Friend (1960)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1930-01-10
Deathday2020-06-04 (90 years old)
Birth PlaceAjmer, India
CitizenshipsIndia
Also Known Asबासु चटर्जी
AwardsIIFA Lifetime Achievement Award, Filmfare Award for Best Director
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