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1. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 320
2. Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (1986 TV Movie)
127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
One dissenting juror in a murder trial tries to influence the verdict with his personal prejudices and biases
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Deepak Qazir, Amitabh Srivastava, Pankaj Kapur, S.M. Zaheer
Votes: 2,036
3. Byomkesh Bakshi (1993–1997)
40 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
An intelligent detective from Kolkata solves, without any weapons, many mysteries that remain unsolved by police.
Stars: Rajit Kapoor, K.K. Raina, Kartik Dutta, Sukanya Kulkarni
Votes: 3,181
4. Khamosh (1986)
101 min | Mystery, Thriller
When a starlet is murdered on a film location, a detective arrives to investigate the cast and crew.
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Amol Palekar, Naseeruddin Shah, Soni Razdan
Votes: 1,155
5. Teesri Kasam (1966)
159 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A naive bullock-cart driver falls for a traveling courtesan.
Director: Basu Bhattacharya | Stars: Raj Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Dulari, Iftekhar
Votes: 852
6. Chhoti Si Baat (1976)
123 min | Comedy, Romance
A timid suitor seeks the help of a ruthless colonel to win the woman of his dreams when a bold young man begins to pursue her in this romantic comedy.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Amol Palekar, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 4,505
7. Rajnigandha (1974)
110 min | Drama, Romance
A Delhi-based woman in a steady relationship with her boyfriend is forced to come to terms with her true feelings when a job interview in Mumbai brings an old flame back in her life.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Vidya Sinha, Amol Palekar, Dinesh Thakur, Rajeeta Kochhar
Votes: 838
8. Veergati (1995)
166 min | Action, Drama
A gangster and his flunkies abduct and kill a man's daughter. Soon, the man's adopted son sets out to avenge her death.
Director: K.K. Singh | Stars: Salman Khan, Atul Agnihotri, Sudesh Berry, Pooja Dadwal
Votes: 1,827
9. Manzil (1979)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Romance, Family
Ajay Chandra, a hard working and ambitious young man, who dreams of bigger things than a small job. He has dreams of starting his own business. One day he meets Aruna at a friends wedding ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Moushumi Chatterjee, Rakesh Pandey, Satyendra Kapoor
Votes: 349
10. Baton Baton Mein (1979)
112 min | Comedy, Romance
Nancy and Tony meet regularly on their daily commute to work and gradually fall in love. But when Tony shows reluctance toward marriage, Nancy's mother starts looking for a groom for her daughter.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Amol Palekar, Tina Ambani, Govardhan Asrani, David Abraham
Votes: 1,342
11. Chameli Ki Shaadi (1986)
Not Rated | 136 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man lives a poor lifestyle in a small town with his older brothers. He is unemployed and commits himself to be a wrestler, but he has to promise to be celibate until he is 40 years old.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Om Prakash, Amjad Khan
Votes: 1,780
12. Chitchor (1976)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Geeta ends up with two suitors after her father goes to bring home a prospective groom and mistakenly picks up the wrong man.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Amol Palekar, Zarina Wahab, Vijayendra Ghatge, A.K. Hangal
Votes: 761
13. Apne Paraye (1980)
123 min | Drama, Family, Comedy
This is a story of two lawyer brothers, their half brother, their wives and children. Siddheshwari, wife of the eldest brother has left the operational details of the household to Sheela, ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Amol Palekar, Girish Karnad, Utpal Dutt
Votes: 220
14. Khatta Meetha (1978)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Drama
Two old people get married and their children from their previous marriages now have to live together under the same roof. Clashes and hilarity ensue.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Ashok Kumar, Rakesh Roshan, Bindiya Goswami, Raju Shrestha
Votes: 1,026
15. Piya Ka Ghar (1972)
Not Rated | 134 min | Drama, Family, Musical
Malti Shankar lives in a fairly large house in a small town in India with her mom and dad, while her paternal uncle, Gauri Shankar, who has literally brought Malti up, lives in the house ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Anil Dhawan, Jaya Bachchan, Govardhan Asrani, Agha
Votes: 263
16. Shaukeen (1982)
127 min | Comedy
Three friends, in their 60s, try to do everything that they couldn't do in their younger days - before death arrives.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Ashok Kumar, A.K. Hangal, Utpal Dutt, Rati Agnihotri
Votes: 543
17. Priyatama (II) (1978)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jeetu and Dolly are in love and would like to get married. After seeking Dolly's dad's blessing, they do get married and move in together. They live harmoniously for quite some time, until ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Jeetendra, Neetu Singh, Rakesh Roshan, Utpal Dutt
Votes: 70
18. Jalwa (1987)
Not Rated | 134 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Kapil's (Naseeruddin Shah) younger brother, Buntu, dies as a result of a drug overdose. Kapil vows to put an end to drugs and drug-dealers, by joining the police. He soon attains the title ... See full summary »
Director: Pankaj Parashar | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Archana Puran Singh, Tejeshwar Singh, Saeed Jaffrey
Votes: 195
19. Gudgudee (1997)
138 min | Musical, Romance
Happy go-lucky Ajay Prasad lives with his wife, Sunita and a small son, Raju, in Jaipur, India. The family receives an invitation to attend a wedding in Mumbai; as Sunita & Raju are unable ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Anupam Kher, Pratibha Sinha, Jugal Hansraj, Deb Mukherjee
Votes: 392
20. Dillagi (1978)
Comedy, Romance
A new Sanskrit teacher (Dharmendra) comes to teach at a girls' school. The chemistry teacher (Hema Malini) becomes annoyed at his style of teaching. He falls in love with her and tries to win her over.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Mithu Mukherjee, Deven Verma
Votes: 264 | Gross: $0.43M
21. Saraswatichandra (1968)
156 min | Drama, Romance
A man regrets his decision of refusing to marry the woman he loves.
Director: Govind Saraiya | Stars: Nutan, Manish, Vijaya Choudhury, Ramesh Deo
Votes: 152
22. Tumhare Liye (1978)
Drama, Family
Gauri and Prakash are in love and get intimate. Their ways are separate, and Prakash must marry Renuka, as she meets his family's approval. Gauri gets pregnant as a result of this intimacy,... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Ashok Kumar, Neelam Mehra
Votes: 43
23. Swami (1977)
129 min | Drama
After she enters into an arranged marriage, a spirited and intellectual young woman tries to adjust to life with a man who was not her choice.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Girish Karnad, Utpal Dutt, Dheeraj Kumar
Votes: 253
24. Ratnadeep (1979)
Drama, Family
A strong emotional story of a woman full of self-respect yet longing for her husband.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Hema Malini, Girish Karnad, Dheeraj Kumar, A.K. Hangal
Votes: 31
25. Bhuvan Shome (1969)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A lonely bureaucrat goes on holiday to a Gujarat village where a young peasant woman helps him see beyond his job and develop a newfound empathy for people.
Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Utpal Dutt, Suhasini Mulay, Shekhar Chatterjee, Sadhu Meher
Votes: 581
26. Man Pasand (1980)
Comedy, Drama
Kamli belongs to a poor family. She sells datuns for a living. She sells them in local suburban trains as well as on railway platforms. One day she meets a bachelor named Pratap, who would ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Dev Anand, Tina Ambani, Girish Karnad, Mehmood
Votes: 126
27. Kirayadar (1986)
146 min | Comedy, Drama
Although scores of people migrate to Bombay, from all over India, most do not even have a roof to live under. Some who are lucky manage to find accommodations but pay very high rents, and ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Raj Babbar, Padmini Kolhapure, Utpal Dutt, Vidya Sinha
Votes: 97
28. Sudden Rain (1998)
182 min | Drama, Romance
A man and a woman fall in love through exchanging letters but destiny keeps separating them.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Ferdous Ahmed, Priyanka Upendra, Sreelekha Mitra, June Malia
Votes: 948
29. Triyacharitra (1994)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama
A daughter of poor parents was engaged to a man when she was 13. The man is away working in Calcutta. In the meanwhile, she befriends a truck-driver who promises her parents a huge amount ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Rajeshwari Sachdev, S.M. Zaheer
Votes: 92
30. Sheesha (1986)
113 min | Drama
The wife of a senior executive must deal with his arrest for attempted rape.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Moon Moon Sen, Vijayendra Ghatge, Mallika Sarabhai
Votes: 68
31. Chakravyuha (1978)
130 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
A young man fights spies to defend his country.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Neetu Singh, Vinod Mehra, Simple Kapadia
Votes: 54
32. Girl Friend (1960)
Romance
Director: Satyen Bose | Stars: Kishore Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Nasir Hussain, Bipin Gupta
Votes: 14
33. Do Ladke Dono Kadke (1979)
Comedy, Crime
Two petty thieves decide to rob a house that kidnappers had decided to kidnap a child from, what results is chaos, as the child ends up with the petty thieves, and both the thieves and the ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Navin Nischol, Amol Palekar, Moushumi Chatterjee, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 146
34. Darpan (1985– )
Drama
Darpan tv series of short stories from different regions of India.Excellent program.
Stars: Pankaj Kapur, Rameshwari, Athar Nawaaz, Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Votes: 15
35. Kamla Ki Maut (1989)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Kamla Ki Maut is a 1989 Hindi drama film directed by Basu Chatterjee. The film set in Mumbai, deals with issue of love, pre-marital sex and relationships in modern India.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Pankaj Kapur, Supriya Pathak, Roopa Ganguly, Devendra Khandelwal
Votes: 259
36. Us-Paar (1974)
Drama, Family, Romance
Mohan is a college student and a slacker. His father asks him to come to their village home so that he can continue on with his studies without any interruptions, and also look after his ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Vinod Mehra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Padma Khanna, Raja Paranjpe
Votes: 36
37. Celluloid Man (2012)
164 min | Documentary
This is the story of Mr P.K.Nair, a man who talks,eats,dreams and sleeps cinema. Lovingly known as Henri Langlois of India, Nair Sahab (P.K.Nair) is the man behind archiving of many films in India.
Director: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur | Stars: U.R. Ananthamurthy, G. Ananthappa, Beena Antony, Vivek Athavale
Votes: 199
38. Pasand Apni Apni (1983)
Comedy
Sandeep Anand is a wealthy industrialist. He runs an organization, and falls in love with one of his employees named Geeta, who comes from a lower middle class family, and wants to marry a ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Rati Agnihotri, Utpal Dutt, Subbiraj
Votes: 116
39. Hamari Bahu Alka (1982)
Drama, Family
Collegian Pratapchand alias Pratap lives with his father, Badriprasad, a building contractor, his housewife mom, and a younger brother named Ramu. Badriprasad is always critical of Pratap, ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Rakesh Roshan, Bindiya Goswami, Utpal Dutt, Govardhan Asrani
Votes: 77
40. Rajani (1993–1994)
Comedy
The second season of Basu Chatterjee's very popular serial of the '80s called Rajni was done by Mahendroo for DD1 and got released in 1995 starring Priya Tendulkar, Shah Rukh Khan, Karan ... See full summary »
Stars: Priya Tendulkar, Athar Nawaaz, Shah Rukh Khan, Prashant Narayanan
Votes: 14
41. Hamari Shaadi (1990)
Comedy, Romance
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Indrani Haldar, Ajit Pal Mangat, Akhil Mishra
Votes: 15
42. Kuch Khatta Kuch Meetha (2007)
140 min | Comedy
A family entertainer based on a comedy created by misunderstandings in the neighboring families by an innocent girl.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Sarwar Ahuja, Satish Kaushik, Anupam Kher, Archana Puran Singh
Votes: 19
44. Prateeksha (2006)
150 min | Romance
Kishen Lal is the only son of Pandit Lal, a devout & staunch Kanyakubh Hindu Brahman from Bihar. Kishen has left his parents' home and is studying medicine while living in a hostel. It is ... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Jimmy Shergill, Dia Mirza, Anupam Kher, Govind Namdeo
Votes: 62
45. Chupi Chupi (2001)
Romance
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Ferdous Ahmed, Soumitra Chatterjee, Priyanka Upendra
Votes: 49
46. Lakhon Ki Baat (1984)
136 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Freelance photographer, Alok Prakash, while photographing women hockey players in action, is hit by the puck, loses his senses and his hospitalized. His brother-in-law, a lawyer by the name... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Farooq Shaikh, Anita Raj, Anjali Vyas
Votes: 149
47. Zevar (1987)
Drama, Comedy, Family
Narendra is the owner of a newspaper that faces financial difficulties. His wife comes from a rich family and refuses to assist Narendra with his problems, and complains about his financial... See full summary »
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Anupam Kher, Alok Nath, Ravi Baswani, Sushmita Mukherjee
Votes: 47
48. Sara Akash (1969)
100 min | Drama
A collegian becomes embittered after being forced to marry.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Madhu Chakravarty, Rakesh Pandey, Dina Pathak, Tarla Mehta
Votes: 84
49. Baisakhi Megh (1981)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
Mohit Moitra is a leftist worker and convicted for Kakdwip Sarajantra Mamla. He always fights for the human rights. He also remembers that he was a committed freedom fighter. Once he didnâ&... See full summary »
Director: Utpal Dutt | Stars: Utpal Dutt, Sumitra Mukherjee, Rabi Ghosh, Shobha Sen
Votes: 17
50. Jeena Yahan (1979)
93 min | Drama
Lekha marries Shekhar, who does not belong to her caste, and lives happily with him in Mumbai. When they visit his village, she learns that his sister is in love but is forced to marry someone else.
Director: Basu Chatterjee | Stars: Shekhar Kapur, Shabana Azmi, Dina Pathak, Sunder
Votes: 32