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</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Basu Chatterjee</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption">Chatterjee in October 2012</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1927-01-10</span>)</span>10 January 1927<br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="Ajmer" title="Ajmer">Ajmer</a>, <a href="Ajmer-Merwara" title="Ajmer-Merwara">Ajmer-Merwara</a>, <a href="British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">4 June 2020<span style="display:none">(2020-06-04)</span> (aged 93)<br><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>, <a href="Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, <a href="India" title="India">India</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">Indian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Film director</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2 daughters</td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Basu Chatterjee</b> (10 January 1927 – 4 June 2020) was an Indian film director and screenwriter in <a href="Hindi_cinema" title="Hindi cinema">Hindi Cinema</a>. 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 <a href="Teesri_Kasam" title="Teesri Kasam">Teesri Kasam</a> (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.

</p><p>The exceptions such as <i><a href="Ek_Ruka_Hua_Faisla" title="Ek Ruka Hua Faisla">Ek Ruka Hua Faisla</a></i> (1986) and <i><a href="Kamla_Ki_Maut" title="Kamla Ki Maut">Kamla Ki Maut</a></i> (1989), which delved into social and moral issues. He is best known for his films <i><a href="Us_Paar" title="Us Paar">Us Paar</a></i>, <i><a href="Chhoti_Si_Baat" title="Chhoti Si Baat">Chhoti Si Baat</a></i> (1975), <i><a href="Chitchor" title="Chitchor">Chitchor</a></i> (1976), <i><a href="Rajnigandha" title="Rajnigandha">Rajnigandha</a></i> (1974), <i><a href="Piya_Ka_Ghar" title="Piya Ka Ghar">Piya Ka Ghar</a></i> (1972), <i><a href="Khatta_Meetha_(1978_film)" title="Khatta Meetha (1978 film)">Khatta Meetha</a></i>, <i><a href="Swami_(1977_film)" title="Swami (1977 film)">Swami</a></i> (1977), <i><a href="Baton_Baton_Mein" title="Baton Baton Mein">Baton Baton Mein</a></i> (1979), <i><a href="Priyatama" title="Priyatama">Priyatama</a></i> (1977), <i><a href="Man_Pasand" title="Man Pasand">Man Pasand</a></i>, <i><a href="Hamari_Bahu_Alka" title="Hamari Bahu Alka">Hamari Bahu Alka</a></i>, <i><a href="Shaukeen" title="Shaukeen">Shaukeen</a></i> (1982),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="Chameli_Ki_Shaadi" title="Chameli Ki Shaadi">Chameli Ki Shaadi</a></i> (1986).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Chatterjee directed the Bengali film <i><a href="Hothat_Brishti" title="Hothat Brishti">Hothath Brishti</a></i> (1998), which featured actors from both <a href="Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> and <a href="India" title="India">India</a>. The film featured <a href="Ferdous_Ahmed" title="Ferdous Ahmed">Ferdous Ahmed</a> from Bangladesh, and <a href="Priyanka_Trivedi" class="mw-redirect" title="Priyanka Trivedi">Priyanka Trivedi</a> and <a href="Sreelekha_Mitra" title="Sreelekha Mitra">Sreelekha Mitra</a> from <a href="West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>. Chatterjee continued to cast Ahmed in subsequent Indian-Bengali films, including Chupi Chupi (2001), <a href="Tak_Jhal_Mishti" title="Tak Jhal Mishti">Tak Jhal Mishti</a> (2002) and Hotath Shedin (2012), another joint production of Bangladesh and India. He wrote the script for the Bangladeshi film Ek Cup Cha, directed by Noyeem Imtiaz Neamul.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div>

<p>Basu Chatterjee was born in <a href="Ajmer" title="Ajmer">Ajmer</a>, <a href="Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, India, in a Bengali family. His middle class upbringing reflected in his movies that explored areas which were far removed from the glitz and glamour of the blockbusters of the time.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div>

<p>In 1950s, Chatterjee arrived in Bombay (now <a href="Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>) and started his career as an illustrator and cartoonist for the weekly tabloid <i>Blitz</i> published by <a href="Russi_Karanjia" title="Russi Karanjia">Russi Karanjia</a>. He worked there for 18 years before changing career paths to filmmaking, when he assisted <a href="Basu_Bhattacharya" title="Basu Bhattacharya">Basu Bhattacharya</a> in the Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman starrer <i><a href="Teesri_Kasam" title="Teesri Kasam">Teesri Kasam</a></i> (1966), which later won the <a href="National_Film_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Feature Film">National Film Award for Best Feature Film</a>. Eventually, he made his directorial debut with <span title="Hindi-language text"><i lang="hi-Latn"><a href="Sara_Akash" class="mw-redirect" title="Sara Akash">Sara Akash</a></i></span> in 1969, which won him the <a href="Filmfare_Best_Screenplay_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Best Screenplay Award">Filmfare Best Screenplay Award</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Some of his most critically acclaimed films are <span title="Hindi-language text"><i lang="hi-Latn"><a href="Sara_Akash" class="mw-redirect" title="Sara Akash">Sara Akash</a></i></span> (1969), <i><a href="Piya_Ka_Ghar" title="Piya Ka Ghar">Piya Ka Ghar</a></i> (1971), <i><a href="Us_Paar" title="Us Paar">Us Paar</a></i> (1974), <i><a href="Rajnigandha" title="Rajnigandha">Rajnigandha</a></i> (1974), <i><a href="Chhoti_Si_Baat" title="Chhoti Si Baat">Chhoti Si Baat</a></i> (1975), <i><a href="Chitchor" title="Chitchor">Chitchor</a></i> (1976), <i><a href="Swami_(1977_film)" title="Swami (1977 film)">Swami</a></i> (1977), <i><a href="Khatta_Meetha_(1978_film)" title="Khatta Meetha (1978 film)">Khatta Meetha</a></i>, <i><a href="Priyatama" title="Priyatama">Priyatama</a></i>, <i><a href="Chakravyuha_(1978_film)" title="Chakravyuha (1978 film)">Chakravyuha (1978 film)</a></i>, <i><a href="Jeena_Yahan" title="Jeena Yahan">Jeena Yahan</a></i> (1979), <i><a href="Baton_Baton_Mein" title="Baton Baton Mein">Baton Baton Mein</a></i> (1979), <i><a href="Apne_Paraye" title="Apne Paraye">Apne Paraye</a></i> (1980), <i><a href="Shaukeen" title="Shaukeen">Shaukeen</a></i> and <i><a href="Ek_Ruka_Hua_Faisla" title="Ek Ruka Hua Faisla">Ek Ruka Hua Faisla</a></i>.

</p><p>Other films include <i><a href="Ratnadeep_(1979_film)" title="Ratnadeep (1979 film)">Ratnadeep</a></i>, <i><a href="Safed_Jhooth" title="Safed Jhooth">Safed Jhooth</a></i>, <i><a href="Man_Pasand" title="Man Pasand">Man Pasand</a></i>, <i><a href="Hamari_Bahu_Alka" title="Hamari Bahu Alka">Hamari Bahu Alka</a></i>, <i><a href="Kamla_Ki_Maut" title="Kamla Ki Maut">Kamla Ki Maut</a></i> and <i>Triyacharitra</i>.

</p><p>He has also directed many <a href="Cinema_of_West_Bengal" title="Cinema of West Bengal">Bengali</a> films such as <i>Hothat Brishti</i>, <i>Hochcheta Ki</i> and <i>Hothat Shei Din</i>.

</p><p>Chatterjee directed the television series <i><a href="Byomkesh_Bakshi" title="Byomkesh Bakshi">Byomkesh Bakshi</a></i> and <i><a href="Rajani_(TV_series)" title="Rajani (TV series)">Rajani</a></i> for <a href="Doordarshan" title="Doordarshan">Doordarshan</a>. He was a member of the jury at the <a href="10th_Moscow_International_Film_Festival" title="10th Moscow International Film Festival">10th Moscow International Film Festival</a> in 1977<sup id="cite_ref-Moscow1977_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moscow1977-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a member of the International Film And Television Club of the Asian Academy of Film & Television. A retrospective of Chatterjee's work was held as part of the Kala Ghoda Art Festival Mumbai in February 2011.

</p><p>A book on the work of Basu Chatterji, titled Basu Chatterji: And Middle of the road cinema, written by author and music historian <a href="Anirudha_Bhattacharjee" title="Anirudha Bhattacharjee">Anirudha Bhattacharjee</a>, has been published by Penguin Random House in 2023.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2></div>

<ul><li>2007: <a href="IIFA_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award">IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award</a></li>

<li>1992: <a href="National_Film_Award_for_Best_Film_on_Family_Welfare" title="National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare">National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare</a> - <i><a href="Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a></i></li>

<li>1991: <a href="Filmfare_Best_Screenplay_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Best Screenplay Award">Filmfare Best Screenplay Award</a> – <i><a href="Kamla_Ki_Maut" title="Kamla Ki Maut">Kamla Ki Maut</a></i></li>

<li>1980: <a href="Filmfare_Critics_Award_for_Best_Movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie">Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie</a> – <i><a href="Jeena_Yahan" title="Jeena Yahan">Jeena Yahan</a></i></li>

<li>1978: <a href="National_Film_Award_for_Best_Popular_Film_Providing_Wholesome_Entertainment" title="National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment">National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment</a> - <i><a href="Swami_(1977_film)" title="Swami (1977 film)">Swami</a></i></li>

<li>1978: <a href="Filmfare_Best_Director_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Best Director Award">Filmfare Best Director Award</a> – <i><a href="Swami_(1977_film)" title="Swami (1977 film)">Swami</a></i></li>

<li>1977: <a href="Filmfare_Best_Screenplay_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Best Screenplay Award">Filmfare Best Screenplay Award</a> - <i><a href="Chitchor" title="Chitchor">Chitchor</a></i> Nominee</li>

<li>1976: <a href="Filmfare_Best_Screenplay_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Best Screenplay Award">Filmfare Best Screenplay Award</a> – <i><a href="Chhoti_Si_Baat" title="Chhoti Si Baat">Chhoti Si Baat</a></i></li>

<li>1975: <a href="Filmfare_Critics_Award_for_Best_Movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie">Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie</a> – <i><a href="Rajnigandha" title="Rajnigandha">Rajnigandha</a></i></li>

<li>1972: <a href="Filmfare_Best_Screenplay_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Best Screenplay Award">Filmfare Best Screenplay Award</a> – <span title="Hindi-language text"><i lang="hi-Latn"><a href="Sara_Akash" class="mw-redirect" title="Sara Akash">Sara Akash</a></i></span><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

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<td>1969

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<td><span title="Hindi-language text"><i lang="hi-Latn"><a href="Sara_Akash" class="mw-redirect" title="Sara Akash">Sara Akash</a></i></span>

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<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

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<td>1971

</td>

</td>

<td>

</td>

<td><a href="Tarachand_Barjatya" title="Tarachand Barjatya">Tarachand Barjatya</a>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

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<td rowspan="2">1974

</td>

<td><i><a href="Rajnigandha" title="Rajnigandha">Rajnigandha</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

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<td>Suresh Jindal, Kamal Saigal

</td>

<td>

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</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

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<td>1975

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<td><i><a href="Chhoti_Si_Baat" title="Chhoti Si Baat">Chhoti Si Baat</a></i>

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<td>

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<td><a href="B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a>

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<td>1976

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<td><i><a href="Chitchor" title="Chitchor">Chitchor</a></i>

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<td>

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<td><a href="Tarachand_Barjatya" title="Tarachand Barjatya">Tarachand Barjatya</a>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

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<td rowspan="3">1977

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<td><i><a href="Safed_Jhooth" title="Safed Jhooth">Safed Jhooth</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>Ashim Kumar

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

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<td><i><a href="Swami_(1977_film)" title="Swami (1977 film)">Swami</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>Jaya Chakravarthy</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

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<td><i><a href="Priyatama" title="Priyatama">Priyatama</a></i>

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<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>T C Dewan</td>

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<td rowspan="3">1978

</td>

<td><i><a href="Khatta_Meetha_(1978_film)" title="Khatta Meetha (1978 film)">Khatta Meetha</a></i>

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<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>Gul Anand, Romu Sippy

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

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<td><i><a href="Dillagi_(1978_film)" title="Dillagi (1978 film)">Dillagi</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>Bikram Singh Dehal, Kanwar Ajit Singh

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Tumhare_Liye" title="Tumhare Liye">Tumhare Liye</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>Raj Tilak

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="6">1979

</td>

<td><i><a href="Do_Ladke_Dono_Kadke" title="Do Ladke Dono Kadke">Do Ladke Dono Kadke</a></i>

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<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>Jayant Mukherjee, <a href="Hemant_Kumar" title="Hemant Kumar">Hemant Kumar</a></td>

<td>

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<td><i><a href="Manzil_(1979_film)" title="Manzil (1979 film)">Manzil</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Chakravyuha_(1978_film)" title="Chakravyuha (1978 film)">Chakravyuha</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Prem_Vivah" title="Prem Vivah">Prem Vivah</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Ratnadeep_(1979_film)" title="Ratnadeep (1979 film)">Ratnadeep</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Baton_Baton_Mein" title="Baton Baton Mein">Baton Baton Mein</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1980

</td>

<td><i><a href="Man_Pasand" title="Man Pasand">Man Pasand</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>Amit Khanna</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Apne_Paraye" title="Apne Paraye">Apne Paraye</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>Mushir Alam</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1981

</td>

<td><i><a href="Jeena_Yahan" title="Jeena Yahan">Jeena Yahan</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1982

</td>

<td><i><a href="Hamari_Bahu_Alka" title="Hamari Bahu Alka">Hamari Bahu Alka</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>Shyamsunder Seksaria

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Shaukeen" title="Shaukeen">Shaukeen</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>Senmit Movie Visuals

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

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<td>1983

</td>

<td><i><a href="Pasand_Apni_Apni" title="Pasand Apni Apni">Pasand Apni Apni</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1984

</td>

<td><i><a href="Lakhon_Ki_Baat" title="Lakhon Ki Baat">Lakhon Ki Baat</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="4">1986

</td>

<td><i><a href="Ek_Ruka_Hua_Faisla" title="Ek Ruka Hua Faisla">Ek Ruka Hua Faisla</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Kirayadar</i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td><a href="B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Chameli_Ki_Shaadi" title="Chameli Ki Shaadi">Chameli Ki Shaadi</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>Ramesh Ningoo, Sushil Gaur

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Sheesha_(1986_film)" title="Sheesha (1986 film)">Sheesha</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>Sattee Shourie

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1989

</td>

<td><i><a href="Kamla_Ki_Maut" title="Kamla Ki Maut">Kamla Ki Maut</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1990

</td>

<td><i>Hamari Shadi</i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1997

</td>

<td><i>Triyacharittar</i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Gudgudee" title="Gudgudee">Gudgudee</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td><a href="Mahesh_Bhatt" title="Mahesh Bhatt">Mahesh Bhatt</a>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1998

</td>

<td><i><a href="Hothat_Brishti" title="Hothat Brishti">Hothat Brishti</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>Bangladesh and India joint production

</td>

<td rowspan="3"><a href="Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali language</a> film

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2001

</td>

<td><i>Chupi Chupi</i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2002

</td>

<td><i><a href="Tak_Jhal_Mishti" title="Tak Jhal Mishti">Tak Jhal Mishti</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">2007

</td>

<td><i>Prateeksha</i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Kuch Khatta Kuch Meetha</i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2008

</td>

<td><i><a href="Hochheta_Ki" title="Hochheta Ki">Hochheta Ki</a></i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td>

<td rowspan="3">Bengali language film

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">2011

</td>

<td><i>Kalidas o Chemistry</i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Trishanku</i>

</td>

<td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

</tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dialogue_writer">Dialogue writer</h3></div>

<th colspan="4" style="background:#bfd7ff">Dialogue writer

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th>Producer</th>

<th>Notes

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td>1972

</td>

</td>

<td><a href="Tarachand_Barjatya" title="Tarachand Barjatya">Tarachand Barjatya</a>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1974

</td>

<td><i><a href="Rajnigandha" title="Rajnigandha">Rajnigandha</a></i>

</td>

<td>Suresh Jindal, Kamal Saigal

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1978

</td>

<td><i><a href="Khatta_Meetha_(1978_film)" title="Khatta Meetha (1978 film)">Khatta Meetha</a></i>

</td>

<td>Gul Anand, Romu Sippy

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Dillagi_(1978_film)" title="Dillagi (1978 film)">Dillagi</a></i>

</td>

<td>Bikram Singh Dehal, Kanwar Ajit Singh

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1982

</td>

<td><i><a href="Hamari_Bahu_Alka" title="Hamari Bahu Alka">Hamari Bahu Alka</a></i>

</td>

<td>Shyamsunder Seksaria

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1984

</td>

<td><i><a href="Lakhon_Ki_Baat" title="Lakhon Ki Baat">Lakhon Ki Baat</a></i>

</td>

<td>Basu Chatterjee

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

</tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Screenplay">Screenplay</h3></div>

<th colspan="4" style="background:#bfd7ff">Screenplay

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th>Producer</th>

<th>Notes

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td>1969

</td>

<td><span title="Hindi-language text"><i lang="hi-Latn"><a href="Sara_Akash" class="mw-redirect" title="Sara Akash">Sara Akash</a></i></span>

</td>

<td>Basu Chatterjee

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1974

</td>

<td><i><a href="Rajnigandha" title="Rajnigandha">Rajnigandha</a></i>

</td>

<td>Suresh Jindal, Kamal Saigal

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

</td>

<td>Self

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1977

</td>

<td><i><a href="Safed_Jhooth" title="Safed Jhooth">Safed Jhooth</a></i>

</td>

<td>Ashim Kumar

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1978

</td>

<td><i><a href="Khatta_Meetha_(1978_film)" title="Khatta Meetha (1978 film)">Khatta Meetha</a></i>

</td>

<td>Gul Anand, Romu Sippy

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i><a href="Dillagi_(1978_film)" title="Dillagi (1978 film)">Dillagi</a></i>

</td>

<td>Bikram Singh Dehal, Kanwar Ajit Singh

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1982

</td>

<td><i><a href="Hamari_Bahu_Alka" title="Hamari Bahu Alka">Hamari Bahu Alka</a></i>

</td>

<td>Shyamsunder Seksaria

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1984

</td>

<td><i><a href="Lakhon_Ki_Baat" title="Lakhon Ki Baat">Lakhon Ki Baat</a></i>

</td>

<td>Basu Chatterjee

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

</tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Producer">Producer</h3></div>

<th colspan="4" style="background:#bfd7ff">Producer

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th>Director</th>

<th>Notes

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td>1979

</td>

<td><i><a href="Baton_Baton_Mein" title="Baton Baton Mein">Baton Baton Mein</a></i>

</td>

<td rowspan="2">Self

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1983

</td>

<td><i><a href="Pasand_Apni_Apni" title="Pasand Apni Apni">Pasand Apni Apni</a></i>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1984

</td>

<td><i><a href="Lakhon_Ki_Baat" title="Lakhon Ki Baat">Lakhon Ki Baat</a></i>

</td>

<td>Basu Chatterjee

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1986

</td>

<td><i><a href="Ek_Ruka_Hua_Faisla" title="Ek Ruka Hua Faisla">Ek Ruka Hua Faisla</a></i>

</td>

<td>Self

</td>

<td>TV film

</td></tr>

</tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Director_(TV_series)">Director (TV series)</h3></div>

<th colspan="4" style="background:#bfd7ff">Director TV series or film

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th>Channel</th>

<th>Notes

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">1985

</td>

<td><i><a href="Rajani_(TV_series)" title="Rajani (TV series)">Rajani</a></i>

</td>

<td rowspan="4"><a href="DD_National" title="DD National">DD National</a>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td><i>Darpan</i>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1986

</td>

<td><i><a href="Ek_Ruka_Hua_Faisla" title="Ek Ruka Hua Faisla">Ek Ruka Hua Faisla</a></i>

</td>

<td>(TV film)

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1988

</td>

<td><i><a href="Kakaji_Kahin" title="Kakaji Kahin">Kakaji Kahin</a></i>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1988

</td>

</td>

<td><a href="DD_Bangla" title="DD Bangla">DD Bangla</a>

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1990-91

</td>

<td><i>Bheem Bhavani</i>

</td>

<td rowspan="3">DD National

</td>

<td>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1993 & 1997

</td>

<td><i><a href="Byomkesh_Bakshi_(TV_series)" title="Byomkesh Bakshi (TV series)">Byomkesh Bakshi</a></i>

</td>

<td>2 seasons 32 episodes

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>2005

</td>

<td><i>Ek Prem Katha</i>

</td>

<td>26 episodes

</td></tr>

</tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assistant_director">Assistant director</h3></div>

<th colspan="4" style="background:#bfd7ff">Assistant director

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th>Producer</th>

<th>Notes

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td>1966

</td>

<td><i><a href="Teesri_Kasam" title="Teesri Kasam">Teesri Kasam</a></i>

</td>

<td><a href="Shailendra_(lyricist)" title="Shailendra (lyricist)">Shailendra</a>

</td>

<td>Directed by <a href="Basu_Bhattacharya" title="Basu Bhattacharya">Basu Bhattacharya</a>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1968

</td>

<td><i><a href="Saraswatichandra_(film)" title="Saraswatichandra (film)">Saraswatichandra</a></i>

</td>

<td>Vivek

</td>

<td>Directed by Govind Saraiya

</td></tr>

</tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2></div>

<p>Chatterjee died due to an age-related illness at his house in <a href="Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> on 4 June 2020. He was 93 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154113/">Basu Chatterjee</a> at <a href="IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061205051045/http://basuchatterji.com/">Official website</a></li>

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</style><div id="Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director81" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Director" title="Filmfare Award for Best Director">Filmfare Award for Best Director</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1954–1970</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> (1954)</li>

<li><a href="Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> (1955)</li>

<li><a href="Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> (1956)</li>

<li><a href="V._Shantaram" title="V. Shantaram">V. Shantaram</a> (1957)</li>

<li><a href="Mehboob_Khan" title="Mehboob Khan">Mehboob Khan</a> (1958)</li>

<li><a href="Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> (1959)</li>

<li><a href="Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> (1960)</li>

<li><a href="Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> (1961)</li>

<li><a href="B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a> (1962)</li>

<li><a href="Abrar_Alvi" title="Abrar Alvi">Abrar Alvi</a> (1963)</li>

<li><a href="Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> (1964)</li>

<li><a href="Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> (1965)</li>

<li><a href="Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> (1966)</li>

<li><a href="Vijay_Anand_(filmmaker)" title="Vijay Anand (filmmaker)">Vijay Anand</a> (1967)</li>

<li><a href="Manoj_Kumar" title="Manoj Kumar">Manoj Kumar</a> (1968)</li>

<li><a href="Ramanand_Sagar" title="Ramanand Sagar">Ramanand Sagar</a> (1969)</li>

<li><a href="Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> (1970)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1971–1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> (1972)</li>

<li>Sohanlal Kanwar (1973)</li>

<li><a href="Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> (1974)</li>

<li><a href="Manoj_Kumar" title="Manoj Kumar">Manoj Kumar</a> (1975)</li>

<li><a href="Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> (1976)</li>

<li><a href="Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> (1977)</li>

<li><a href="Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> (1979)</li>

<li><a href="Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a> (1980)</li>

<li><a href="Govind_Nihalani" title="Govind Nihalani">Govind Nihalani</a> (1981)</li>

<li><a href="Muzaffar_Ali" title="Muzaffar Ali">Muzaffar Ali</a> (1982)</li>

<li><a href="Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> (1983)</li>

<li><a href="Govind_Nihalani" title="Govind Nihalani">Govind Nihalani</a> (1984)</li>

<li><a href="Sai_Paranjpye" title="Sai Paranjpye">Sai Paranjpye</a> (1985)</li>

<li><a href="Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> (1986)</li>

<li><a href="Mansoor_Khan" title="Mansoor Khan">Mansoor Khan</a> (1989)</li>

<li><a href="Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> (1990)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1991–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Rajkumar_Santoshi" title="Rajkumar Santoshi">Rajkumar Santoshi</a> (1991)</li>

<li><a href="Subhash_Ghai" title="Subhash Ghai">Subhash Ghai</a> (1992)</li>

<li><a href="Mukul_S._Anand" title="Mukul S. Anand">Mukul S. Anand</a> (1993)</li>

<li><a href="Shekhar_Kapur" title="Shekhar Kapur">Shekhar Kapur</a> (1994)</li>

<li><a href="Sooraj_Barjatya" title="Sooraj Barjatya">Sooraj Barjatya</a> (1995)</li>

<li><a href="Aditya_Chopra" title="Aditya Chopra">Aditya Chopra</a> (1996)</li>

<li><a href="Rajkumar_Santoshi" title="Rajkumar Santoshi">Rajkumar Santoshi</a> (1997)</li>

<li><a href="J._P._Dutta" title="J. P. Dutta">J. P. Dutta</a> (1998)</li>

<li><a href="Karan_Johar" title="Karan Johar">Karan Johar</a> (1999)</li>

<li><a href="Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> (2000)</li>

<li><a href="Rakesh_Roshan" title="Rakesh Roshan">Rakesh Roshan</a> (2001)</li>

<li><a href="Ashutosh_Gowariker" title="Ashutosh Gowariker">Ashutosh Gowariker</a> (2002)</li>

<li><a href="Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> (2003)</li>

<li><a href="Rakesh_Roshan" title="Rakesh Roshan">Rakesh Roshan</a> (2004)</li>

<li><a href="Kunal_Kohli" title="Kunal Kohli">Kunal Kohli</a> (2005)</li>

<li><a href="Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> (2006)</li>

<li><a href="Rakeysh_Omprakash_Mehra" title="Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra">Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra</a> (2007)</li>

<li><a href="Aamir_Khan" title="Aamir Khan">Aamir Khan</a> (2008)</li>

<li><a href="Ashutosh_Gowariker" title="Ashutosh Gowariker">Ashutosh Gowariker</a> (2009)</li>

<li><a href="Rajkumar_Hirani" title="Rajkumar Hirani">Rajkumar Hirani</a> (2010)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">2011-present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Karan_Johar" title="Karan Johar">Karan Johar</a> (2011)</li>

<li><a href="Zoya_Akhtar" title="Zoya Akhtar">Zoya Akhtar</a> (2012)</li>

<li><a href="Sujoy_Ghosh" title="Sujoy Ghosh">Sujoy Ghosh</a> (2013)</li>

<li><a href="Rakeysh_Omprakash_Mehra" title="Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra">Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra</a> (2014)</li>

<li><a href="Vikas_Bahl" title="Vikas Bahl">Vikas Bahl</a> (2015)</li>

<li><a href="Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> (2016)</li>

<li><a href="Nitesh_Tiwari" title="Nitesh Tiwari">Nitesh Tiwari</a> (2017)</li>

<li><a href="Ashwiny_Iyer_Tiwari" title="Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari">Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari</a> (2018)</li>

<li><a href="Meghna_Gulzar" title="Meghna Gulzar">Meghna Gulzar</a> (2019)</li>

<li><a href="Zoya_Akhtar" title="Zoya Akhtar">Zoya Akhtar</a> (2020)</li>

<li><a href="Vishnuvardhan_(director)" title="Vishnuvardhan (director)">Vishnuvardhan</a> (2022)</li>

<li><a href="Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> (2023)</li>

<li><a href="Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> (2024)</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Nabendu_Ghosh" title="Nabendu Ghosh">Nabendu Ghosh</a> (1969)</li>

<li><a href="Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> (1970)</li>

<li><a href="Vijay_Anand_(Hindi_film_maker)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)">Vijay Anand</a> (1971)</li>

<li>Arvind Mukherjee (1973)</li>

<li><a href="Salim-Javed" class="mw-redirect" title="Salim-Javed">Salim-Javed</a> (1974)</li>

<li><a href="Shama_Zaidi" title="Shama Zaidi">Shama Zaidi</a> & <a href="Kaifi_Azmi" title="Kaifi Azmi">Kaifi Azmi</a> (1975)</li>

<li><a href="Salim-Javed" class="mw-redirect" title="Salim-Javed">Salim-Javed</a> (1976)</li>

<li><a href="Lekh_Tandon" title="Lekh Tandon">Lekh Tandon</a>, Vrajendra Kaur & Madhusudan Kalekar (1978)</li>

<li><a href="Kamleshwar_(writer)" title="Kamleshwar (writer)">Kamleshwar</a> (1979)</li>

<li><a href="Girish_Karnad" title="Girish Karnad">Girish Karnad</a> & <a href="B._V._Karanth" title="B. V. Karanth">B. V. Karanth</a> (1980)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Vijay_Tendulkar" title="Vijay Tendulkar">Vijay Tendulkar</a> (1981)</li>

<li><a href="K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">K. Balachander</a> (1982)</li>

<li><a href="Salim-Javed" class="mw-redirect" title="Salim-Javed">Salim-Javed</a> (1983)</li>

<li><a href="Vijay_Tendulkar" title="Vijay Tendulkar">Vijay Tendulkar</a> (1984)</li>

<li><a href="Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> (1985)</li>

<li><a href="Goutam_Ghose" title="Goutam Ghose">Goutam Ghose</a> & Partha Banerjee (1986)</li>

<li><i>no award</i> (1987)</li>

<li><i>no award</i> (1988)</li>

<li><a href="Nasir_Hussain" title="Nasir Hussain">Nasir Hussain</a> (1989)</li>

<li><a href="Shiv_Kumar_Subramaniam" title="Shiv Kumar Subramaniam">Shiv Kumar Subramaniam</a> (1990)</li>

<li><a href="Tapan_Sinha" title="Tapan Sinha">Tapan Sinha</a> (1992)</li>

<li><a href="Aziz_Mirza" title="Aziz Mirza">Aziz Mirza</a> & Manoj Lalwani (1993)</li>

<li><a href="Robin_Bhatt" title="Robin Bhatt">Robin Bhatt</a>, <a href="Javed_Siddiqui" title="Javed Siddiqui">Javed Siddiqui</a> & <a href="Akash_Khurana" title="Akash Khurana">Akash Khurana</a> (1994)</li>

<li><a href="Sooraj_Barjatya" title="Sooraj Barjatya">Sooraj Barjatya</a> (1995)</li>

<li><a href="Aditya_Chopra" title="Aditya Chopra">Aditya Chopra</a> (1996)</li>

<li><a href="Rajkumar_Santoshi" title="Rajkumar Santoshi">Rajkumar Santoshi</a> (1997)</li>

<li><a href="Subhash_Ghai" title="Subhash Ghai">Subhash Ghai</a> (1998)</li>

<li><a href="Karan_Johar" title="Karan Johar">Karan Johar</a> (1999)</li>

<li><a href="John_Matthew_Matthan" title="John Matthew Matthan">John Matthew Matthan</a> (2000)</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Honey_Irani" title="Honey Irani">Honey Irani</a> & Ravi Kapoor (2001)</li>

<li><a href="Farhan_Akhtar" title="Farhan Akhtar">Farhan Akhtar</a> (2002)</li>

<li><a href="Mani_Ratnam" title="Mani Ratnam">Mani Ratnam</a> (2003)</li>

<li><a href="Rajkumar_Hirani" title="Rajkumar Hirani">Rajkumar Hirani</a>, <a href="Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> & Lajan Joseph (2004)</li>

<li><a href="Mani_Ratnam" title="Mani Ratnam">Mani Ratnam</a> (2005)</li>

<li>Nina Arora & <a href="Manoj_Tyagi" title="Manoj Tyagi">Manoj Tyagi</a> (2006)</li>

<li><a href="Jaideep_Sahni" title="Jaideep Sahni">Jaideep Sahni</a> (2007)</li>

<li><a href="Anurag_Basu" title="Anurag Basu">Anurag Basu</a> (2008)</li>

<li>Yogendra Vinayak Joshi & <a href="Upendra_Sidhaye" title="Upendra Sidhaye">Upendra Sidhaye</a> (2009)</li>

<li><a href="Rajkumar_Hirani" title="Rajkumar Hirani">Rajkumar Hirani</a>, <a href="Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> & <a href="Abhijat_Joshi" title="Abhijat Joshi">Abhijat Joshi</a> (2010)</li>

<li><a href="Anurag_Kashyap" title="Anurag Kashyap">Anurag Kashyap</a> & <a href="Vikramaditya_Motwane" title="Vikramaditya Motwane">Vikramaditya Motwane</a> (2011)</li>

<li><a href="Akshat_Verma" title="Akshat Verma">Akshat Verma</a> (2012)</li>

<li><a href="Sanjay_Chauhan_(screenwriter)" title="Sanjay Chauhan (screenwriter)">Sanjay Chauhan</a> & <a href="Tigmanshu_Dhulia" title="Tigmanshu Dhulia">Tigmanshu Dhulia</a> (2013)</li>

<li><a href="Chetan_Bhagat" title="Chetan Bhagat">Chetan Bhagat</a>, <a href="Abhishek_Kapoor" title="Abhishek Kapoor">Abhishek Kapoor</a>, Supratik Sen & Pubali Chaudhari (2014)</li>

<li><a href="Rajkumar_Hirani" title="Rajkumar Hirani">Rajkumar Hirani</a>, <a href="Abhijat_Joshi" title="Abhijat Joshi">Abhijat Joshi</a> (2015)</li>

<li><a href="Juhi_Chaturvedi" title="Juhi Chaturvedi">Juhi Chaturvedi</a> (2016)</li>

<li><a href="Shakun_Batra" title="Shakun Batra">Shakun Batra</a> & Ayesha Devitre (2017)</li>

<li><a href="Shubhashish_Bhutiani" title="Shubhashish Bhutiani">Shubhashish Bhutiani</a> (2018)</li>

<li><a href="Sriram_Raghavan" title="Sriram Raghavan">Sriram Raghavan</a>, Arijit Biswas, Pooja Ladha Surti, Yogesh Chandekar & <a href="Hemanth_M._Rao" title="Hemanth M. Rao">Hemanth M. Rao</a> (2019)</li>

<li><a href="Zoya_Akhtar" title="Zoya Akhtar">Zoya Akhtar</a> & <a href="Reema_Kagti" title="Reema Kagti">Reema Kagti</a> (2020)</li>

<li><a href="Rohena_Gera" title="Rohena Gera">Rohena Gera</a> (2021)</li></ul>

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