Basu Bhattacharya

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Basu Bhattacharya
British India
Died19 June 1997(1997-06-19) (aged 62–63)[1]
Mumbai, Maharashtra
, India
Spouse
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(m. 1961; div. 1990)​
Children3; including
1985 Filmfare Best Movie Award (Sparsh
)

Basu Bhattacharya (1934 – 19 June 1997) was an Indian film director of

Filmfare Best Actor Award
in 1975.

In 1979, he produced

Filmfare Best Movie Award.[5] He served as president of the Indian Film Directors' Association from 1976 to 1979.[6] In 1981 he was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.[7]
None of his works were successful after 1983.

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.[8][9] The couple had a son, the director Aditya Bhattacharya, 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 edit an anthology on domestic violence in India, titled, Behind Closed Doors – Domestic Violence in India and became a successful writer, columnist and documentary filmmaker.[10]

Early life

Basu Bhattacharya hailed from an orthodox Brahmin family from a small town, Cossimbazar, in West Bengal[11]

Filmography

As director

Critical Appreciation

Avishkaar was featured in Avijit Ghosh's book, 40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Missed

References

  1. ^ "Film-maker Basu Bhattacharya dead". Rediff.com. 20 June 1997. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Basuda, auteur of "sensitive" films dies at 62". The Indian Express. 21 June 1997. Archived from the original on 16 August 2010.
  3. ISBN 81-7991-066-0
    .
  4. ^ Collections. Update Video Publication. 1991.
  5. ^ "National Film Awards (1979)". Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  6. ISBN 978-1135943189. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help
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  7. ^ "12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  8. ^ "A Homage to Basu Bhattacharya". Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. The Tribune
    , 26 August 2001.
  10. Telegraph
    , 30 May 2004.
  11. ^ Pandya, Sonal. "Basu Bhattacharya, filmmaker who was fired up by one-liners: Birth anniversary special". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

External links

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