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Filmmaker Basu Chatterjee, known for his ‘common man’ sensibilities that were reflected in films such as Rajnigandha, Baaton Baaton Mein, Ek Ruka Hua Faisla and Chitchor, has died at the age ...
Jun 4, 2020 · Basu Chatterjee almost single-handedly transformed ‘The Common Man’s’ tales into a genre. His cinema mostly was about ‘day to day life’, his characters were people on the street, people in the neighborhood, his settings usual, his dialogues conversational, and his dialogue delivery, natural.
Jun 4, 2020 · Basu Chatterjee directed some popular TV shows in the Eighties and Nineties - Rajani, Darpan, Kakaji Kahin are a few of them. Basu Chatterjee helmed two seasons of Doordarshan's Byomkesh Bakshi ...
Basu Chatterjee's films are still loved today thanks to cable and OTT platforms. Anirudh Bhattacharjee's book tells you why it is so and what are the common themes/threads in his films. The main theme is that this is a cinematic reflection of Chatterjee's own middle-class upbringing and the daily commute by Mumbai local trains before he became famous as a director.
- Anirudha Bhattacharjee
Jun 5, 2020 · Basu Chatterjee: Chronicler of middle-class life. Basu Chatterjee. The 1970s were all about extremes. We had Ramesh Sippy with the once-in-a-lifetime Sholay . We had Yash Chopra with the action-packed Deewar . Then we had Manmohan Desai’s over-the-top Amar Akbar Anthony . Not to forget his Dharam Veer , Chacha Bhatija and Parvarish .
Jun 4, 2020 · Basu Chatterjee was 93. (Express Archive Photo) “Aisa kewal filmon mein hota hai!” (This happens only in films!) That is a common refrain when we express the desire to do something that seems out of the ordinary.
Jun 4, 2020 · Basu Chatterjee was the man behind the 1970s fan favourites such as Rajnigandha, Chitchor, Chhoti Si Baat and Baton Baton Mein, all extraordinary everyday celluloid gems that looked at the lives of ordinary people, their ordinary problems, romances and dreams.
