Basu Chatterjee

Indian film director (1930–2020)

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). 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.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 14 films (1969–1980) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Color
1969	Sara Akash	Basu Chatterjee	100 min
1972	Piya Ka Ghar	Basu Chatterjee	135 min	Color
1974	Rajnigandha	Basu Chatterjee
1976	Chhoti Si Baat	Basu Chatterjee	123 min	Color
1976	Chitchor	Basu Chatterjee	105 min	Color
1977	Swami	Basu Chatterjee
1978	Chakravyuha	Basu Chatterjee
1978	Khatta Meetha	Basu Chatterjee	125.6 min	Color
1978	Tumhare Liye	Basu Chatterjee
1979	Baton Baton Mein	Basu Chatterjee	113 min	Color
1979	Do Ladke Dono Kadke	Basu Chatterjee
1979	Manzil	Basu Chatterjee
1979	Prem Vivah	Basu Chatterjee		Color
1980	Man Pasand	Basu Chatterjee