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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Basu Bhattacharya<br />
| image = Basu Bhattacharya.gif<br />
| imagesize = 200px<br />
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| birth_date = 1934<br />
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[British India]]<br />
| height =<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1997|06|19|1934}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Film-maker Basu Bhattacharya dead |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/jun/20basu.htm |accessdate=29 October 2018 |work=Rediff.com |date=20 June 1997}}</ref><br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], India<br />
| birth_name =<br />
| other_name =<br />
| children = 3; including [[Aditya Bhattacharya]]<br />
| awards = 1972:[[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film]]:[[Anubhav (1971 film)|Anubhav]]<br /> [[Filmfare Best Movie Award|1985 Filmfare Best Movie Award]] [[Sparsh (film)|Sparsh]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Basu Bhattacharya''' (1934&ndash;19 June 1997) was a [[Hindi]] film director,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970621/17250833.html|title=Basuda, auteur of "sensitive" films dies at 62|date=21 June 1997|work=[[The Indian Express]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816033849/http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970621/17250833.html|archivedate=16 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema|last=Gulzar |author-link=Gulzar |author2=Govind Nihalani |author2-link=Govind Nihalani |author3=Saibal Chatterjee |year=2003|publisher=(Encyclopædia Britannica (India) Pvt. Ltd), Popular Prakashan|isbn=81-7991-066-0 |page=532 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Aastha+1997+film&pg=PT556 }}</ref> most famous for his 1966 film ''[[Teesri Kasam]]'', starring [[Raj Kapoor]] and [[Waheeda Rehman]] (based on the short story "Maare Gaye Gulfam" by [[Phanishwar Nath 'Renu']]), which won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] in 1967. The most popular and critically acclaimed film which he directed remains ''[[Avishkaar]]'', starring [[Rajesh Khanna]] and [[Sharmila Tagore]], which received five stars in the Bollywood Guide ''Collections''<ref>{{cite book|title=Collections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Update Video Publication}}</ref> and Rajesh Khanna received [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]] in 1975.<br />
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In 1979, he produced ''[[Sparsh (film)|Sparsh]]'', which won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi]] and the film also won the [[Filmfare Best Movie Award]].<ref>[http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1979 National Film Awards (1979)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He served as president of the Indian Film Directors' Association from 1976 to 1979.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&q=%22film+directors+association%22|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1135943189|website=GoogleBooks|page=64}}</ref> In 1981 he was a member of the jury at the [[12th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow1981">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1981 |title=12th Moscow International Film Festival (1981) |accessdate=2013-01-21 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421050907/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1981 |archivedate=21 April 2013}}</ref> None of his works were successful after 1983.<br />
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He started his career in 1958 by assisting [[Bimal Roy]] in films like ''[[Madhumati]]'' and ''[[Sujata (1959 film)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/vrimoviemasters/basu.html |title=A Homage to Basu Bhattacharya |accessdate=2008-08-13 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129190428/http://www.geocities.com/vrimoviemasters/basu.html |archivedate=29 January 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010826/spectrum/tv.htm Father’s pictures] [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 26 August 2001.</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040530/asp/look/story_3298955.asp Can you beat that?] [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|Telegraph]], 30 May 2004.</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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===As director===<br />
* Uski Kahani (1966)<br />
* [[Teesri Kasam]] (1966) - Won [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]]<br />
* [[Anubhav (1971 film)|Anubhav]] (1971)<br />
* [[Avishkaar]] (1973)<br />
* [[Daku (1975 film)|Daku]] (1975)<br />
* [[Tumhara Kalloo]] (1975)<br />
* [[Sangat (film)|Sangat]] (1976)<br />
* [[Known Yet Not Known]] (1977)<br />
* [[Madhu Malti]] (1978)<br />
* [[Griha Pravesh]] (1979)<br />
* [[Madhuman]] (1981)<br />
* [[Horký podzim s vuní manga]] (1984)<br />
* Anveshan (1985) (TV)<br />
* Solar Energy (1986)<br />
* Science India (1986)<br />
* [[Panchavati (film)|Panchavati]] (1986)<br />
* [[Ek Saas Zindagi]] (1991)<br />
*[[Aastha: In the Prison of Spring]] (1997).<br />
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==Critical Appreciation==<br />
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Avishkaar was featured in Avijit Ghosh's book, 40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Missed<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/vrimoviemasters/basu.html |title=A Homage to Basu Bhattacharya |accessdate=2008-08-13 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129190428/http://www.geocities.com/vrimoviemasters/basu.html |archivedate=29 January 2008}}<br />
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