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Template:Infobox person Basu Chatterjee (Template:Lang-bn) (born 10 January 1930)[1] is an Indian film director. His films are very similar to those of Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Like Mukherjee, he built his plots on middle-class lives.

Early life[edit | edit source]

Basu Chatterjee was born in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.[1]

Career[edit | edit source]

Some of his best films are Rajnigandha (1974),Baton Baton Mein, Chhoti si Baat, Shaukeen, Swami, Apane Paraye, Dillagi, Chitchor, Khatta Meetha, Ek Ruka Hua Faisla. He also directed Dev Anand in Man Pasand, Rajesh Khanna in Chakravyuh and Amitabh Bachchan in Manzil but these films did not do good business. He has also directed many Bengali films.

He directed the Detective Series Byomkesh Bakshi, as well as, the popular Rajani (TV series) for Doordarshan .

He was a member of the jury at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival in 1977.[2] Chatterjee is the member of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy Of Film & Television. He had his retrospective as part of Kala Ghoda Art Festival Mumbai in February 2011.

His daughter Rupali Guha is also a film director, with her first Hindi film "Aamras", released in September 2009, a coming of age youth film, involving four schoolgirls. She also produces TV serials under the Filmfarm banner. Her current serials include Uttaran (COLORS TV) & Dil Se Diya Vachan on ZEE TV.

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