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Singing in the rain with Kishore Kumar – Special

When it rains, it is time to listen to ‘Rimjhim Gire Sawan’ on loop. With Kishore 92nd a...

05 Aug 2021 17:16 IST — Subhamoy Das

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45 years of Chhoti Si Baat: A nostalgic trip back to Bombay

Basu Chatterji did not believe in presenting evil characters in his films and this comes across in...

10 Jan 2021 11:37 IST — Shoma A Chatterji

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Goodbye 2020: The pandemic-blighted year took a heavy toll on Indian cinema too

In a year when human lives were reduced to statistics, the film industry lost many who were integral...

30 Dec 2020 3:43 IST — The Cinestaan Team

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Photographer Rana Lodh recalls the rare professionalism of Basu Chatterji

Rana Lodh, who worked with Chatterji in his later years, said the filmmaker ran a tight ship and and...

10 Jun 2020 9:00 IST — Roushni Sarkar

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Basu Chatterji (1927-2020): Filmmaker who found beauty, humour and stories in everyday life

The master storyteller who gave us films like Piya Ka Ghar (1972), Rajnigandha Si Baat (1975),...

04 Jun 2020 18:25 IST — Sukhpreet Kahlon

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They don't make people like Basu-da any more; he was simple and honest, says Rajit Kapur

Kapur, who became popular playing the amateur detective Byomkesh Bakshi in Basu Chatterji's in...

04 Jun 2020 14:17 IST — Keyur Seta

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Basu Chatterji, legendary filmmaker of the 1970s, dies at 93

Maker of films like Rajanigandha (1974), Chitchor (1976) and Khatta Meetha (1978), Chatterji also as...

04 Jun 2020 8:28 IST — Our Correspondent

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Doordarshan starts telecast of popular serials Circus and Byomkesh Bakshi with Ramayan and Mahabharat

The national broadcaster has brought the classics back from its archives for a quarantined nation in...

28 Mar 2020 11:18 IST — Our Correspondent

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Amol Palekar recalls Vidya Sinha’s bewitching smile and Rajnigandha's silver jubilee run

Sinha's co-star and friend recalls how he first met the actress and the days when a cinema was...

17 Aug 2019 4:30 IST — Keyur Seta

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Saradindu Bandopadhyay and his most iconic creation, Byomkesh Bakshi

Saradindu Bandopadhyay, who was born on 30 March 1899, was a prolific writer with several novels to...

07 Apr 2019 3:30 IST — Roushni Sarkar

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Celebrating Basu Chatterji’s Khatta Meetha — Birthday special

On the filmmaker’s 91st birthday today (10 January), we revisit his 1978 family film which 40...

10 Jan 2018 2:30 IST — Sonal Pandya

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Birthday special: 6 Basu Chatterji films you should revisit

The filmmaker is best remembered for his light-hearted films. On his 90th birthday today (10 we go...

10 Jan 2017 7:00 IST — Sonal Pandya

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Dinesh Thakur created actors out of people, remembers wife Preeta Mathur

Preeta Mathur speaks of the late film and theatre artiste's unique way of training actors, on...

20 Sep 2016 5:34 IST — Keyur Seta

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When AK Hangal turned bad

Often known for playing the oppressed, the late actor played a few antagonising characters too....

25 Aug 2016 12:19 IST — Mayur Lookhar

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The award-winning works of cinematographer KK Mahajan

The talented cinematographer of Bhuvan Shome (1969) and Choti Si Baat (1975) made his mark early on...

13 Jul 2016 11:14 IST — Sonal Pandya

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Byomkesh Bakshi: The outsider in mainstream cinema

For a character whose lifetime lasted a span of just 30 short stories, Byomkesh Bakshi has the of...

06 Apr 2016 8:23 IST — Shriram Iyengar