Basu Chatterjee

Basu Chatterjee is an Indian screenplay writer and director. He was born on 10th January 1930 in Ajmer, Rajasthan. Chatterjee kicked-off his career in Mumbai, then Bombay, by joining the weekly magazine, Blitz. He worked there for 18 years as a cartoonist and an analyst. He changed his career preferences when he joined Basu Bhattacharya Bio coming soon... >> Read More... as an assistant director for the Raj Kapoor Raj Kapoor was a renowned actor, director, and pro >> Read More... and Waheeda Rehman She took birth in a Tamil Urdu speaking Muslim fam >> Read More... as lead cast 'Teesri Kasam', the film won the National Film Award for the Best Feature Film. He directed his first movie in the year 1969; it was named 'Sara Akash'; the movie won the Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay.

The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Rajendra Yadav. 'Sara Akash' along with 'Uski Roti' of Mani Kaul Mani Kaul undoubtedly was one of the greatest dire >> Read More... and 'Bhuvan Shome' of Mrinal Sen changed the face of Indian cinema and placed the base of Indian New Wave Cinema. These films portrayed obstacles, emotions, relationships and desires of the ordinary peoples. Few notable films made by Chatterjee are ' Rajani ‘Rajani’ was a popular TV series telecast in Doord >> Read More... gandha', 'Baaton Batton Mein', 'Ek Ruka Hua Faisla', 'Dillagi', ' Swami Click to look into! >> Read More... ' for which he won the Filmfare award for Best Director, 'Shaukeen', for 'Choti Si Baat' he received Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay and many more. He has also worked with Dev Anand Dev Anand would be nostalgically remembered by fil >> Read More... , Rajesh Khanna Born as Jatin Khanna on 29th December 1942, the ch >> Read More... , and Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was conceived on October 11, 1942 >> Read More... though there films together were not much noticed. Chatterjee has directed some Bengali movies too.

Chatterjee's popular TV series are ' Byomkesh Bakshi Indian television industry has many detective seri >> Read More... ' and 'Rajani'. In 1977, he was among the judges team at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. He was honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at IIFA.