Veteran filmmaker Basu Chatterjee reportedly died today, as on Thursday, 4 June 2020, from age-related health issues. He was known for his films like “Chhoti Si Baat” and “Rajnigandha.” It is reported by PTI that he died in his sleep at his Santacruz residence.
Ashoke Pandit, president of the Indian Film & Television Directors’ Association (IFTDA), told PTI that “He passed away peacefully in his sleep in the morning. He wasn’t keeping well for quite some time due to old age and died at his residence. It”s a great loss to the film industry,” Ashoke Pandit, president of the Indian Film & Television Directors” Association (IFTDA), told PTI.
Pandit spoke on the last rites and said that they will be performed at Santacruz crematorium.
Chatterjee started his career as an illustrator and cartoonist with the weekly tabloid Blitz published in Bombay (now Mumbai), by Russi Karanjia Here he worked for 18 years before he changed career paths to filmmaking.
He was best known for his films Us Paar, Chhoti Si Baat (1975), Chitchor (1976), Rajnigandha (1974), Piya Ka Ghar (1972), Khatta Meetha, Chakravyuha (1978 film), Baton Baton Mein (1979), Priyatama (1977), Man Pasand, Hamari Bahu Alka, Shaukeen (1982)[3], and Chameli Ki Shaadi (1986), which was his last commercially successful movie.
