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Basu Chatterjee is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Indian born on 10 january 1930 at Ajmer (Inde)

Basu Chatterjee

Basu Chatterjee
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Nationality Inde
Birth 10 january 1930 at Ajmer (Inde)
Death 4 june 2020 (at 90 years)
Awards Filmfare Awards

Basu Chatterjee (Bengali: বাসু চ্যাটার্জ্জী) (born 10 January 1930) 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.

Biography

Son œuvre est proche de celle de Hrishikesh Mukherjee, préoccupée du devenir des classes moyennes.

Parmi ses succès figurent Rajnigandha (1974), Dillagi, Chitchor, Choti Si Baat, Khatta Meetha, Ek Ruka Hua Faisla.

Usually with

Utpal Dutt
Utpal Dutt
(9 films)
A. K. Hangal
A. K. Hangal
(8 films)
Asrani
Asrani
(8 films)
Amol Palekar
Amol Palekar
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Basu Chatterjee (35 films)

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Actor

Celluloid Man, 2h30
Directed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Genres Biography, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Krzysztof Zanussi, Lester James Peries, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, Gulzar, Naseeruddin Shah
Roles Self
Rating75% 3.7916753.7916753.7916753.7916753.791675
P. K. Nair’s fascination with cinema began as a child and he watched his first few films lying on the white sand floor of a cinema in Trivandrum. He was a collector even then - collecting ticket stubs, lobby cards, even weighing machine tickets sporting pictures of the stars of the day. He grew up to be a great collector of films.

Director

Hochheta Ki, 1h50
Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Romantic comedy
Actors Prosenjit Chatterjee, Arunima Ghosh, Paoli Dam, Rajatava Dutta, Paran Bandopadhyay
Rating62% 3.1404553.1404553.1404553.1404553.140455
Hochheta Ki is the story of a medical representative (chhaposha Bangalibabu) who falls in love with another woman four years into his marriage. That may not be a problem; the problem is the way he looks into the camera and starts telling the story of his life. The two girls are Gharwali (Paoli Dam) and Baharwali (Arunima Ghosh).
Hothat Brishti
Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Origin Bangladesh
Actors Ferdous Ahmed, Priyanka Upendra, Raisul Islam Asad, Manoj Mitra, Sreelekha Mitra, June Malia
Rating79% 3.985573.985573.985573.985573.98557
Deepa Nandy (Priyanka Trivedi) lives in Taramati with her sister and brother in law Premendra (Raisul Islam Asad). Tired of being a burden on her relatives, Deepa goes to Kolkata to look for a job. She stays with her friend Aruna. Despite appearing at a number of interviews, she does not manage to get a job and decides to go back to Taramati. On her way back, a pickpocket snatches her bag from the train window. This bag contained all her certificates. The co-passengers chip in to pay for her ticket and she manages to reach home. Her brother-in-law makes a sarcastic remark on seeing her back.
Gudgudee
Gudgudee (1997)

Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Anupam Kher, Prateeksha Lonkar, Pratibha Sinha, Satish Kaushik, Jugal Hansraj, Dolon Roy
Rating38% 1.9316251.9316251.9316251.9316251.931625
Naive and easily influenced Ajay Prasad has been married for several years, and lives in remote India with his wife and a son. The family receive an invitation to attend a wedding in Bombay. As Mrs. Prasad and their son are unable to attend, Ajay is asked to attend on his own, which he agrees to do so. Upon arrival in Bombay, he is met at the airport by Ravindranath, who welcomes him, and drives him to his apartment, located in a good upper class locality. Ajay finds out that his next door neighbor is a single woman, who acts in commercials and short advertisements. Ajay decides to indulge in an affair with her, with hilarious results.
Kamla Ki Maut, 1h35
Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Drama
Actors Pankaj Kapur, Supriya Pathak, Roopa Ganguly, Ashutosh Gowariker, Irrfan Khan, Akhil Mishra
Rating74% 3.7170653.7170653.7170653.7170653.717065
The film is set in a lower middle class chawl, an apartment building in Mumbai, a 20-year-old and unmarried Kamla, unable to handle the news of her pregnancy commits suicide. This makes her neighbourhood examine their own secrets and the choices they have made in their own lives.
Chameli Ki Shaadi
Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Anil Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Amjad Khan, Pankaj Kapur, Satyen Kappu, Om Prakash
Rating74% 3.744743.744743.744743.744743.74474
Charandas is a fledgling wrestler who lives with Bhajandas. According to Bhajandas, Charandas should marry and start a family of his own. But Charan is hell bent on becoming a wrestler & is even ready to remain a bachelor until 40 as per the norms of Mastram. However, one day, Charan's thoughts are challenged when he sees Chameli on Kallumal's coal depot. He realizes that to marry her, he may have to leave Mastram's Akhara.
Sheesha
Sheesha (1986)
, 2h10
Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Drama
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Moon Moon Sen, Vijayendra Ghatge, Mallika Sarabhai, Arvind Deshpande
Rating70% 3.5128253.5128253.5128253.5128253.512825
Sheesha is a family thriller, featuring Mithun Chakraborty and Moon Moon Sen in lead roles and supported by Vijayendra Ghatge and Mallika Sarabhai. The film is a court room drama as well. The movie was based on a Bengali novel authored by Shankar (Mansamman) and was first movie about sexual harassment in office a bold concept movie did well at box office some bold scene was also present in movie Mallika Sarabhai play an woman who case against Mithun Chakraborty and Moon Moon Sen help to mithun .
A Standstill Decision, 1h57
Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Drama
Actors Pankaj Kapur, K. K. Raina, Annu Kapoor, Hemant Mishra, S.M. Zaheer, M.K. Raina
Rating82% 4.1398654.1398654.1398654.1398654.139865
The story begins in a courtroom where a teenage boy from a city slum is on trial for stabbing his father to death. Final closing arguments have been presented, and the judge then instructs the jury to decide whether the boy is guilty of murder. The judge further informs them that a guilty verdict will be accompanied by a mandatory death sentence. The twelve-man jury retires to a private room, where they spend a short while getting acquainted before they begin deliberating. It is immediately apparent that the jurors have already decided that the boy is guilty, and that they plan to return their verdict quickly, without taking time for discussion – with the sole exception of Juror Number 8 (K.K. Raina). His is the only "not guilty" vote in a preliminary tally. He explains that there is too much at stake for him to go along with the verdict without at least talking about it first. His vote annoys the other jurors, particularly Juror 7 (M. K. Raina), who has tickets to Dilip Kumar's movie Mashal.
Kirayadar
Kirayadar (1986)

Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Raj Babbar, Padmini Kolhapure, Utpal Dutt, Vidya Sinha
Rating61% 3.0926753.0926753.0926753.0926753.092675
Although scores of people migrate to Bombay, from all over India, most do not even have a roof to live under. Some who are lucky manage to find accommodations but pay very high rents, and others who find accommodations refuse to vacate under any circumstances. Two such tenants are Mrs. Laxmi Abhyankar and her employed daughter, Jaya, who live in a flat in Pali Hill area. They had rented this flat from Lucknow-based Kundanlal Choudhury 15 years ago and have been paying him the same amount of Rs.500/- since then. Kundanlal's son, Anil, comes to Bombay to seek employment, and does get employed. His dad wants him to go and live with the Abhyankars, which he does. He falls in love with Jaya and both plan to get married soon. While in Lucknow, Kundanlal misses his son and re-locates to Bombay, and would like the Abhyankars to vacate the flat. Jaya and Laxmi refuse to vacate, and ask Anil to leave, which he does. Now both Anil and his father reside in a small room, and file a complaint in the local court to arrange to evict the Abhyankars, who have also sworn to fight this matter right to the very end. Watch as lawyers take over their respective lives, get their fees, and get adjournment after adjournment - leaving the Abhyankars and the Choudhurys hanging in suspense as to what is going to happen next.
Lakhon Ki Baat
Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Comedy
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Farooq Sheikh, Anita Raj, Utpal Dutt, Dinesh Hingoo, Javed Khan Amrohi
Rating65% 3.2824153.2824153.2824153.2824153.282415
Sports photographer Alok Prakash (Farooq Shaikh) is shooting a female hockey game when he's hit with a stray puck. Prakash is hospitalized but only suffers from minor injuries, though his enterprising brother-in-law, Prem Sagar (Sanjeev Kumar), sees an opportunity to make some easy money. Sagar, a lawyer, asks Prakash to exaggerate his injury so he can file a lawsuit and they can live off the settlement. Soon, the whole family is involved, and Prakash and Sagar find the ruse hard to keep up.
Pasand Apni Apni, 2h5
Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Ashok Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Atul Agnihotri, Utpal Dutt, Rati Agnihotri, A. K. Hangal
Rating71% 3.5851553.5851553.5851553.5851553.585155
An insane misunderstanding that leads to love. Here, an almost-out-of-work actress - Geeta - accepts a ride from the chauffeur of wealthy industrialist Sandeep Anand. She is seen descending from Sandeep's limo and assumed to be his fiancé, all unbeknownst to herself. As a result, wonderful things begin to happen to her - her theatre company makes her the leading lady of all their productions, she is courted and fêted wherever she goes and a journalist becomes her constant shadow. She finds herself falling for him only to find out that he is none other than Sandeep Anand!
Shaukeen
Shaukeen (1982)

Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Ashok Kumar, Utpal Dutt, A. K. Hangal, Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Gita Siddharth
Rating71% 3.5875153.5875153.5875153.5875153.587515
Shaukeen has 3 lecherous old men (played by Ashok Kumar, Utpal Dutt and A.K. Hangal) who decide to go away for a while to have some enjoyment late in their lives. They hire a driver Ravi (Mithun Chakraborty), a friend of the son of Choudhuri (Ashok Kumar), who takes the name Sakhram. He ends up convincing them to go to Goa where he has his lover, who works as a singer/dancer at a local club. While in Goa, the three old men get in hilarious situations with Rati (Rati Agnihotri) as they try to impress her and try to get lucky with her, oblivious to the fact that she is their driver's lover.
Hamari Bahu Alka
Directed by Basu Chatterjee
Genres Drama
Actors Rakesh Roshan, Bindiya Goswami, Utpal Dutt, Asrani, Prema Narayan, Sudha Shivpuri
Rating66% 3.3420653.3420653.3420653.3420653.342065
Collegian Pratapchand alias Pratap lives with his father, Badriprasad, a building contractor, his housewife mom, and a younger brother named Ramu. Badriprasad is always critical of Pratap, and never a day passes without Pratap being reminded of his shortcomings. When Pratap's friend, Sunil gets married to Sudha, Badriprasad arranges Pratap's marriage with a village belle named Alka, much to Pratap's chagrin. After the marriage takes place, Pratap finds Alka attractive, and both fall in love with each other, and would like some time together. But that is not to be so, as Pratap has exams coming up, and Badriprasad will not permit them to be close to each other. So both of them scheme up a plot to leave on the pretext of visiting Alka's parents in another distant town. Instead both of them go to Bombay, rent a room, and decide to be intimate. But fate has other plans, rather comical, for them, and will make rue their decision of coming to Bombay.