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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 being films 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).
Chatterjee directed the Bengali film Hothat 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.
Some of his most critically acclaimed films are Sara Akash (1969), Piya Ka Ghar (1971), Us Paar (1974), Rajnigandha (1974), Chhoti Si Baat (1975), Chitchor (1976), Swami (1977), Khatta Meetha, Priyatama, Chakravyuha (1978 film), Jeena Yahan (1979), Baton Baton Mein (1979), Apne Paraye (1980), Shaukeen and Ek Ruka Hua Faisla.
Other films include Ratnadeep, Safed Jhooth, Man Pasand, Hamari Bahu Alka, Kamla Ki Maut and Triyacharitra.
He has also directed many Bengali films such as Hothat Brishti, Hochcheta Ki and Hothat Shei Din.
Chatterjee directed the television series Byomkesh Bakshi and Rajani for Doordarshan. He was a member of the jury at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival in 1977 and a member of the International Film And Television Club of the Asian Academy of Film & Television. A retrospective of Chatterjee's work was held as part of the Kala Ghoda Art Festival Mumbai in February 2011.
A book on the work of Basu Chatterjee, titled 'Basu Chatterji: And Middle of the road cinema', written by author and music historian Anirudha Bhattacharjee, has been published by Penguin Random House in 2023.
| 1969 | Sara Akash | ||||
| 1971 | Piya Ka Ghar | Tarachand Barjatya | |||
| 1974 | Rajnigandha | Suresh Jindal, Kamal Saigal | |||
| Us Paar | |||||
| 1975 | Chhoti Si Baat | B. R. Chopra | |||
| 1976 | Chitchor | Tarachand Barjatya | |||
| 1977 | Safed Jhooth | Ashim Kumar | |||
| Swami | |||||
| Priyatama | |||||
| 1978 | Khatta Meetha | Gul Anand, Romu Sippy | |||
| Dillagi | Bikram Singh Dehal, Kanwar Ajit Singh | ||||
| Tumhare Liye | Raj Tilak | ||||
| 1979 | Do Ladke Dono Kadke | ||||
| Manzil | |||||
| Chakravyuha | |||||
| Prem Vivah | |||||
| Ratnadeep | |||||
| Baton Baton Mein | |||||
| 1980 | Man Pasand | ||||
| Apne Paraye | |||||
| 1981 | Jeena Yahan | ||||
| 1982 | Hamari Bahu Alka | Shyamsunder Seksaria | |||
| Shaukeen | Senmit Movie Visuals | ||||
| 1983 | Pasand Apni Apni | ||||
| 1984 | Lakhon Ki Baat | ||||
| 1986 | Ek Ruka Hua Faisla | ||||
| Kirayadar | B. R. Chopra | ||||
| Chameli Ki Shaadi | Ramesh Ningoo, Sushil Gaur | ||||
| Sheesha | Sattee Shourie | ||||
| 1989 | Kamla Ki Maut | NFDC | |||
| 1990 | Hamari Shadi | ||||
| 1997 | Triyacharittar | ||||
| Gudgudee | Mahesh Bhatt | ||||
| 1998 | Hothat Brishti | Bangladesh and India joint production | Bengali language film | ||
| 2001 | Chupi Chupi | ||||
| 2002 | Tak Jhal Mishti | ||||
| 2007 | Prateeksha | ||||
| Kuch Khatta Kuch Meetha | |||||
| 2008 | Hochheta Ki | Bengali language film | |||
| 2011 | Kalidas o Chemistry | ||||
| Trishanku | |||||
| 1972 | Piya Ka Ghar | Tarachand Barjatya | |
| 1974 | Rajnigandha | Suresh Jindal, Kamal Saigal | |
| 1978 | Khatta Meetha | Gul Anand, Romu Sippy | |
| Dillagi | Bikram Singh Dehal, Kanwar Ajit Singh | ||
| 1982 | Hamari Bahu Alka | Shyamsunder Seksaria | |
| 1984 | Lakhon Ki Baat | Basu Chatterjee | |
| 1969 | Sara Akash | Basu Chatterjee | |
| 1974 | Rajnigandha | Suresh Jindal, Kamal Saigal | |
| Us Paar | Self | ||
| 1977 | Safed Jhooth | Ashim Kumar | |
| 1978 | Khatta Meetha | Gul Anand, Romu Sippy | |
| Dillagi | Bikram Singh Dehal, Kanwar Ajit Singh | ||
| 1982 | Hamari Bahu Alka | Shyamsunder Seksaria | |
| 1984 | Lakhon Ki Baat | Basu Chatterjee | |
| 1979 | Baton Baton Mein | Self | |
| 1983 | Pasand Apni Apni | ||
| 1984 | Lakhon Ki Baat | Basu Chatterjee | |
| 1986 | Ek Ruka Hua Faisla | Self | TV film |
| 1985 | Rajani | DD National | |
| Darpan | |||
| 1986 | Ek Ruka Hua Faisla | (TV film) | |
| 1988 | Kakaji Kahin | ||
| 1988 | Jodi Emon Hoto | DD Bangla | |
| 1990-91 | Bheem Bhavani | DD National | |
| 1993 & 1997 | Byomkesh Bakshi | 2 seasons 32 episodes | |
| 2005 | Ek Prem Katha | 26 episodes | |
| 1966 | Teesri Kasam | Shailendra | Directed by Basu Bhattacharya |
| 1968 | Saraswatichandra | Vivek | Directed by Govind Saraiya |
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