Basu Chatterjee
Indian film director (1930-2020) · India · On the map · Directors · Died at 90
Basu Chatterjee was an Indian film director and screenwriter in Hindi Cinema and Bengali. 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).
Basu Chatterjee is read about 106 times a day, in 22 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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Celluloid ManFilm2003
Main Prem Ki Diwani HoonFilm, Writer2002Jeena Isi Ka Naam HaiSeries, Himself
Tok Jhal MishtiFilm, 2002Director1998
Hothat BrishtiFilm, Director1994
TriyacharitraFilm, Director1993
Byomkesh BakshiSeries, Director, Writer1990Hamari ShaadiFilm, Director1988
Kakkaji KahinSeries, Director1987ZevarFilm, Director, Producer1984
Lakhon Ki BaatFilm, Director, Writer1982Hamari Bahu AlkaFilm, Director1980
Apne ParayeFilm, Director, Writer1978Filmfare Award for Best DirectorAwardChakravyuhaFilm, 1978Director1976
Chhoti Si BaatFilm, Director, Writer1974
RajnigandhaFilm, Director, Writer1969Sara AkashFilm, Director, Writer1930Born10 January 1930People around Basu
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Dharmendra Basu directed Chhoti Si Baat and Swami
Mithun Chakraborty Basu directed Prem Vivah and Shaukeen
Ashok Kumar Basu directed Chhoti Si Baat and Khatta Meetha
Amol Palekar Basu directed Chhoti Si Baat and Rajnigandha
Utpal Dutt Basu directed Swami, Prem Vivah and Shaukeen
Vidya Sinha Basu directed Chhoti Si Baat and Rajnigandha
Amitabh Bachchan Basu directed Chhoti Si Baat and Piya Ka Ghar
Rakesh Roshan Basu directed Khatta Meetha and Hamari Bahu Alka
A. K. Hangal Basu directed Manzil, Shaukeen and Sara Akash
Zarina Wahab Basu directed Chitchor and Zevar
Pankaj Kapur Also in Ek Ruka Hua Faisla and Kamla Ki Maut
Bindiya Goswami Basu directed Prem Vivah and Hamari Bahu Alka
Hema Malini Basu directed Chhoti Si Baat and Swami
Shabana Azmi Basu directed Swami and Apne Paraye
Anupam Kher Basu directed Gudgudee and Zevar
Neetu Singh Basu directed Priyatama and Chakravyuha
Sanjeev Kumar Basu directed Tumhare Liye and Lakhon Ki Baat
Rati Agnihotri Basu directed Shaukeen and Pasand Apni Apni
Priyanka Upendra Basu directed Hothat Brishti and Tak Jhal Mishti
Ashalata Wabgaonkar Basu directed Shaukeen (1982)- Satyen Kappu Basu directed Manzil and Chameli Ki Shaadi
- Vinod Mehra Basu directed Us Paar and Chakravyuha
Amit Khanna Produced Man Pasand and Gudgudee
Jalal Agha Basu produced Sara Akash (1969)
Filmography 40
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Television 3
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About this person
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 being films such as Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (1986) and Kamla Ki Maut (1989), which delved into social and moral issues.
