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Basu Bhattacharya is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Assistant Director Indian born on 1934 at Kolkata (Inde)
Basu Bhattacharya (1934–1997) was a Hindi film director, most famous for his 1966 film Teesri Kasam, starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman (based on a short story - "Maare Gaye Gulfam" by Phanishwar Nath 'Renu'), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1967; he also produced Sparsh in 1985 starring Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah, which won the Filmfare Best Movie Award and the most famous box office hit and critically acclaimed film directed by him remains Avishkaar starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore which received five stars in Bollywood Guide "Collections" and Rajesh Khanna received Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1975. In 1981 he was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.
He started his career in 1958 by assisting, Bimal Roy in films like, Madhumati and Sujata and later married, Bimal Roy's daughter, Rinki Bhattacharya, much to Bimal Roy's disapproval. This created a rift between him and his mentor. The couple had a son Aditya Bhattacharya (director), and two daughters: Chimmu and Anwesha Arya (a writer). Later after much domestic abuse, his wife Rinki moved out in 1983, and the couple formally divorced in 1990. Rinki went on to write an anthology on Domestic Violence in India, titled, Behind Closed Doors – Domestic Violence in India and became a successful writer, columnist and documentary filmmaker.
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Basu Bhattacharya
Nationality Inde
Birth 1934 at Kolkata (Inde)
Death 27 august 1997 (at 63 years)
Awards Filmfare Award for Best Film, National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film, Filmfare Awards
Birth 1934 at Kolkata (Inde)
Death 27 august 1997 (at 63 years)
Awards Filmfare Award for Best Film, National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film, Filmfare Awards
Basu Bhattacharya (1934–1997) was a Hindi film director, most famous for his 1966 film Teesri Kasam, starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman (based on a short story - "Maare Gaye Gulfam" by Phanishwar Nath 'Renu'), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1967; he also produced Sparsh in 1985 starring Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah, which won the Filmfare Best Movie Award and the most famous box office hit and critically acclaimed film directed by him remains Avishkaar starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore which received five stars in Bollywood Guide "Collections" and Rajesh Khanna received Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1975. In 1981 he was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.
He started his career in 1958 by assisting, Bimal Roy in films like, Madhumati and Sujata and later married, Bimal Roy's daughter, Rinki Bhattacharya, much to Bimal Roy's disapproval. This created a rift between him and his mentor. The couple had a son Aditya Bhattacharya (director), and two daughters: Chimmu and Anwesha Arya (a writer). Later after much domestic abuse, his wife Rinki moved out in 1983, and the couple formally divorced in 1990. Rinki went on to write an anthology on Domestic Violence in India, titled, Behind Closed Doors – Domestic Violence in India and became a successful writer, columnist and documentary filmmaker.
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Filmography of Basu Bhattacharya (8 films)
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, 3h30Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Rekha, Om Puri, Dinesh Thakur, Navin Nischol, Daisy Irani, Suparna Anand
Rating63%
Mansi (Rekha) and Amar (Om Puri) have been married for years, and have a daughter by this marriage. Amar is employed full-time, while Mansi looks after the household chores and their daughter. Amar earns a steady income, which enables the family to live comfortably, but they cannot afford to be extravagant at all. One day while buying shoes for her daughter, Mansi realizes that shoes are really expensive, and wants to leave the store without purchasing them. Another woman customer named Reena (Daisy Irani) offers to pay for the shoes, as she feels sorry for Mansi. Mansi reluctantly accepts Reena's offer to pay for the shoes, not realizing that Reena has paid for these shoes with a secret agenda that will open a new door in Mansi's life dragging her to prostitution to satisfy materialistic needs.
Griha Pravesh (1979)
Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Sarika, Danny Denzongpa, Kanu Roy, Gulzar
Rating75%
Madhu Malti (1978)
Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Prema Narayan, Gulshan Grover, Sachin, Sarika, Dinesh Thakur, Arvind Deshpande
Avishkaar (1974)
, 1h48Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Satyen Kappu, Dina Pathak
Rating72%
Amar and Mansi are in love, and decide to get married. They do so, and still continue to be in love. They get to their first wedding anniversary, and decide to hire a taxi-cab for a day, just to drive around and have fun. Thereafter, to their joy they are blessed with a child. But then their bliss is cut short, when Amar starts work with his advertising agency, which grooms beautiful young women, to further their careers as models, and both cannot stand each other anymore.
Anubhav (1971)
, 2h19Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Genres Drama
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Tanuja, Dinesh Thakur, A. K. Hangal
Rating74%
Meeta Sen (Tanuja) and Amar Sen (Sanjeev Kumar) have been married for several years. Due to Amar's hectic work schedule, the couple did not have children, as there was no time for intimacy. Meeta decides to take matters into her own hands, gets rid of the servants, save for Hari (A. K. Hangal), and decides to run the household on her own. This gets the couple to be closer, and eventually they do get intimate. And then Meeta's old flame Shashi Bhushan (Dinesh Thakur) not only re-enters Meeta's life, but also gets employed in the same organization as Amar, throwing their marriage again in jeopardy. One day while at home Amar and Shashi discuss their work and Amar tells that he'll join the office from tomorrow because he's fine now from his flu. While Shashi leaves, Amar sees him talking with his wife. The next day he asks Meeta to call for Shashi in an intimidating and arrogant tone, after Shashi leaves, Amar confronts Meeta and she explains their past relationship to him. Amar leaves the house without saying anything and asks Shashi to resign, though Shashi already has written his resignation letter because he sees himself as a reason of upheaval in their lives. Knowing this Amar says that' The past comes between us only when we aren't able to live the present completely'. After reaching home Amar tries to tell Meeta but she's circumlocuting in an amusing manner and says that she has understood and tells him that she has understood that he has understood. The movie ends with them embracing each other.
Teesri Kasam (1966)
, 2h39Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Raj Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Iftekhar, Asit Sen, A. K. Hangal, Asit Sen
Rating78%
Hiraman (Raj Kapoor) is a rustic villager, a bullock cart driver, from a remote village in Bihar. Hiraman takes two vows based on difficult situations in his life. He then meets and befriends Hirabai, a nautanki dancer. In the end, Hiramen takes a third vow.
Scriptwriter
, 3h30Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Rekha, Om Puri, Dinesh Thakur, Navin Nischol, Daisy Irani, Suparna Anand
Roles Writer
Rating63%
Mansi (Rekha) and Amar (Om Puri) have been married for years, and have a daughter by this marriage. Amar is employed full-time, while Mansi looks after the household chores and their daughter. Amar earns a steady income, which enables the family to live comfortably, but they cannot afford to be extravagant at all. One day while buying shoes for her daughter, Mansi realizes that shoes are really expensive, and wants to leave the store without purchasing them. Another woman customer named Reena (Daisy Irani) offers to pay for the shoes, as she feels sorry for Mansi. Mansi reluctantly accepts Reena's offer to pay for the shoes, not realizing that Reena has paid for these shoes with a secret agenda that will open a new door in Mansi's life dragging her to prostitution to satisfy materialistic needs.
Griha Pravesh (1979)
Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Sarika, Danny Denzongpa, Kanu Roy, Gulzar
Rating75%
Avishkaar (1974)
, 1h48Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Satyen Kappu, Dina Pathak
Rating72%
Amar and Mansi are in love, and decide to get married. They do so, and still continue to be in love. They get to their first wedding anniversary, and decide to hire a taxi-cab for a day, just to drive around and have fun. Thereafter, to their joy they are blessed with a child. But then their bliss is cut short, when Amar starts work with his advertising agency, which grooms beautiful young women, to further their careers as models, and both cannot stand each other anymore.
Anubhav (1971)
, 2h19Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Genres Drama
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Tanuja, Dinesh Thakur, A. K. Hangal
Roles Writer
Rating74%
Meeta Sen (Tanuja) and Amar Sen (Sanjeev Kumar) have been married for several years. Due to Amar's hectic work schedule, the couple did not have children, as there was no time for intimacy. Meeta decides to take matters into her own hands, gets rid of the servants, save for Hari (A. K. Hangal), and decides to run the household on her own. This gets the couple to be closer, and eventually they do get intimate. And then Meeta's old flame Shashi Bhushan (Dinesh Thakur) not only re-enters Meeta's life, but also gets employed in the same organization as Amar, throwing their marriage again in jeopardy. One day while at home Amar and Shashi discuss their work and Amar tells that he'll join the office from tomorrow because he's fine now from his flu. While Shashi leaves, Amar sees him talking with his wife. The next day he asks Meeta to call for Shashi in an intimidating and arrogant tone, after Shashi leaves, Amar confronts Meeta and she explains their past relationship to him. Amar leaves the house without saying anything and asks Shashi to resign, though Shashi already has written his resignation letter because he sees himself as a reason of upheaval in their lives. Knowing this Amar says that' The past comes between us only when we aren't able to live the present completely'. After reaching home Amar tries to tell Meeta but she's circumlocuting in an amusing manner and says that she has understood and tells him that she has understood that he has understood. The movie ends with them embracing each other.
Producer
, 3h30Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Rekha, Om Puri, Dinesh Thakur, Navin Nischol, Daisy Irani, Suparna Anand
Roles Producer
Rating63%
Mansi (Rekha) and Amar (Om Puri) have been married for years, and have a daughter by this marriage. Amar is employed full-time, while Mansi looks after the household chores and their daughter. Amar earns a steady income, which enables the family to live comfortably, but they cannot afford to be extravagant at all. One day while buying shoes for her daughter, Mansi realizes that shoes are really expensive, and wants to leave the store without purchasing them. Another woman customer named Reena (Daisy Irani) offers to pay for the shoes, as she feels sorry for Mansi. Mansi reluctantly accepts Reena's offer to pay for the shoes, not realizing that Reena has paid for these shoes with a secret agenda that will open a new door in Mansi's life dragging her to prostitution to satisfy materialistic needs.
Sparsh (1980)
, 2h25Directed by Sai Parānjpye
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films about disabilities, Bollywood, La cécité
Actors Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, Om Puri, Mohan Gokhale
Roles Producer
Rating79%
This film is about the blind, in particular about the lives and feelings of blind children and the principal of their school. Sparsh refers to the sensation and feeling of touch upon which blind people rely in the absence of sight.
Griha Pravesh (1979)
Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Sarika, Danny Denzongpa, Kanu Roy, Gulzar
Roles Producer
Rating75%
Avishkaar (1974)
, 1h48Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Satyen Kappu, Dina Pathak
Roles Producer
Rating72%
Amar and Mansi are in love, and decide to get married. They do so, and still continue to be in love. They get to their first wedding anniversary, and decide to hire a taxi-cab for a day, just to drive around and have fun. Thereafter, to their joy they are blessed with a child. But then their bliss is cut short, when Amar starts work with his advertising agency, which grooms beautiful young women, to further their careers as models, and both cannot stand each other anymore.
Anubhav (1971)
, 2h19Directed by Basu Bhattacharya
Genres Drama
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Tanuja, Dinesh Thakur, A. K. Hangal
Roles Producer
Rating74%
Meeta Sen (Tanuja) and Amar Sen (Sanjeev Kumar) have been married for several years. Due to Amar's hectic work schedule, the couple did not have children, as there was no time for intimacy. Meeta decides to take matters into her own hands, gets rid of the servants, save for Hari (A. K. Hangal), and decides to run the household on her own. This gets the couple to be closer, and eventually they do get intimate. And then Meeta's old flame Shashi Bhushan (Dinesh Thakur) not only re-enters Meeta's life, but also gets employed in the same organization as Amar, throwing their marriage again in jeopardy. One day while at home Amar and Shashi discuss their work and Amar tells that he'll join the office from tomorrow because he's fine now from his flu. While Shashi leaves, Amar sees him talking with his wife. The next day he asks Meeta to call for Shashi in an intimidating and arrogant tone, after Shashi leaves, Amar confronts Meeta and she explains their past relationship to him. Amar leaves the house without saying anything and asks Shashi to resign, though Shashi already has written his resignation letter because he sees himself as a reason of upheaval in their lives. Knowing this Amar says that' The past comes between us only when we aren't able to live the present completely'. After reaching home Amar tries to tell Meeta but she's circumlocuting in an amusing manner and says that she has understood and tells him that she has understood that he has understood. The movie ends with them embracing each other.