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    Basu Chatterjee

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  1. 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).

  2. Jun 4, 2020 · Legendary filmmaker Basu Chatterjee, who directed simple Bollywood romances and comedies, has died aged 93. Chatterjee's films were known for telling stories of regular middle-class men and...

  3. Director: Sara Akash. Basu Chatterjee was born on 10 January 1930 in Ajmer, British India. He was a director and writer, known for Sara Akash (1969), Rajnigandha (1974) and Swami (1977). He died on 4 June 2020 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

    • January 1, 1
    • Ajmer, British India
    • January 1, 1
    • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
    • 127 min
    • Piya Ka Ghar (1972) Chatterji’s brilliant debut film Sara Akash depicted the conflicts of a newly-wed couple. In Piya Ka Ghar, Chatterjee focused on one of the major sources of stress for a couple living in a joint family in Mumbai in the 1970s: the lack of privacy.
    • Rajanigandha (1974) In Rajnigandha, an job offer takes Deepa (Vidya Sinha in her debut) to Mumbai, where she meets her old college sweetheart Navin (Dinesh Thakur).
    • Chitchor (1976) A misunderstanding about his position in the organisational heirarchy brings Vinod (Amol Palekar) close to Geeta (Zarina Wahab) and her family.
    • Chhoti Si Baat (1976) Arun (Amol Palekar) is attracted to Prabha (Vidya Sinha) who works in a nearby office, but he is too shy to make the first move. Arun also has to fight off his competitor, the flamboyant Nagesh (Asrani).
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  5. Jun 4, 2020 · New Delhi | June 4, 2020 20:18 IST. Follow Us. Basu Chatterjee was 93. (Express Archive Photo) “Aisa kewal filmon mein hota hai!” (This happens only in films!) That is a common refrain when we express the desire to do something that seems out of the ordinary.

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  6. 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).

  7. Jun 4, 2020 · Basu Chatterjee (1930-2020): The maestro of Middle Cinema. 3 min read 04 Jun 2020, 04:42 PM IST. Uday Bhatia. Basu Chatterjee made uncommon films about common lives and immortalised Mumbai...

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