- Basu Bhattacharya
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name = Basu Bhattacharya
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birthdate = 1934
location =Kolkota ,India
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deathdate =August 27 1997 [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/person/237023/Basu-Bhattacharya/biography Biography]New York Times .]
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awards = 1972:National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film :Anubhav
1985Filmfare Best Movie Award SparshBasu Bhattacharya (1934- 1997) was a
Hindi film director, most famous for his 1966 filmTeesri Kasam , starringRaj Kapoor andWaheeda Rehman , based on the short story byPhanishwar Nath 'Renu' , which won theNational Film Award for Best Film in 1967, he also produced, Sparsh 1985 starringShabana Azmi andNaseeruddin Shah , which won theFilmfare Best Movie Award .He started his career in 1958 by assisting,
Bimal Roy in films like,Madhumati andSujata , later he married, Bimal Roy's daughter,Rinki Bhattacharya , much to his dissapproval, this created a rift between him and his mentor [ [http://www.geocities.com/vrimoviemasters/basu.html A Homage to Basu Bhattacharya] ] [ [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010826/spectrum/tv.htm Father’s pictures]The Tribune ,August 26 ,2001 .] . The couple had a son Aditya Bhattacharya (director), and Anwesha Arya (a writer), later after much domestic abuse, the 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 a successful writer, columnist and documentary filmmaker [ [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040530/asp/look/story_3298955.asp Can you beat that?] Telegraph,May 30 ,2004 .] .Filmography
As director
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Uski Kahani (1966)
*Teesri Kasam (1966)
*Anubhav (1971)
*Avishkaar (1973)
*Daku (1975)
*Tumhara Kalloo (1975)
*Sangat (1976)
*Known Yet Not Known (1977)
*Madhu Malti (1978)
*Griha Pravesh (1979)
*Madhuman (1981)
*Horký podzim s vuní manga (1984)
* Anveshan (1985) (TV)
* Solar Energy (1986)
* Science India (1986)
*Panchavati (1986)
*Ek Saas Zindagi (1991)
* [ [Aastha: In the Prison of Spring] (1997)References
External links
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* [http://www.geocities.com/vrimoviemasters/basu.html A Homage to Basu Bhattacharya]
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