FILM DIRECTOR

Basu Chatterjee

1930 - 2020

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Basu Chatterjee (10 January 1927 – 4 June 2020) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Basu Chatterjee is the 1,836th most popular film director (down from 1,779th in 2024), the 1,138th most popular biography from India (down from 1,063rd in 2019) and the 40th most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Basu Chatterjee ranks 1,836 out of 2,041. Before him are David Dhawan, Brad Silberling, Amy Heckerling, Kornél Mundruczó, Mehboob Khan, and Dan Povenmire. After him are Michael Dante DiMartino, Detlev Buck, Virgil Widrich, Oskar Roehler, Colin Trevorrow, and Mia Hansen-Løve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Basu Chatterjee ranks 637. Before him are Sally Ann Howes, K. Balachander, Joan Sims, Allison Hayes, Timothy Findley, and Wendy Beckett. After him are Tom Mboya, Indrani Rahman, Ronnie Corbett, Bill Brock, Grace Ogot, and Windsor Davies. Among people deceased in 2020, Basu Chatterjee ranks 823. Before him are Lyle Waggoner, César Zabala, Bob Armstrong, Linda Manz, Marián Čišovský, and Sheila Ingram. After him are Gita Ramjee, Rahat Indori, Jagdeep, Dick Garmaker, Pop Smoke, and Ezio Bosso.

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In India

Among people born in India, Basu Chatterjee ranks 1,138 out of 1,861. Before him are Mallika Sarabhai (1954), Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (1953), Tara Sutaria (1995), Prabha Atre (1932), Mehboob Khan (1907), and Sidharth Shukla (1980). After him are Tessy Thomas (1963), Rahat Indori (1950), Prakash Padukone (1955), Vijayashanti (1966), Sanjay Kapoor (1965), and Raj Babbar (1952).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Basu Chatterjee ranks 40. Before him are AR Murugadoss (1974), Aditya Chopra (1971), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922), Aishwarya R. Dhanush (1982), David Dhawan (1955), and Mehboob Khan (1907). After him are Farah Khan (1965), Puri Jagannadh (1966), Shakti Samanta (1926), Sai Paranjpye (1938), S. S. Rajamouli (1973), and Rajkumar Hirani (1962).

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