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At a time when a majority of Hindi film heroes were happily showcasing their machismo and heroines were largely stuck in a damsel-in-distress mode, late filmmaker Basu Chatterjee, took a nuanced look at the middle class and everyday “ordinary” concerns, instead of focusing his lens on anything “extraordinary” or over-the-top. over-the-top. Armed with his “common man” sensibilities, Basuda – as he was fondly known as – was happy to have his middle class heroes/heroines travel and romance in buses, local trains; and meet at office canteens or non-descriptive coffee shops. The result was a number of memorable of films – laced seamlessly with a slice of everyday life.

Through the ’70s and ’80s, along with contemporaries such as Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Bhattacharya, Basu became an integral part of what’s now commonly known as middle-of-the-road cinema. Born in Ajmer, Chatterjee started his career as an illustrator and cartoonist with weekly tabloid Blitz. Eighteen years later, he shifted to film making when he assisted Basu Bhattacharya in the Raj Kapoor- Waheeda Rehman starrer Teesri Kasam (1966). In 1969, he made his directorial debut with Sara Akash. Besides several popular awards through his career, Chatterjee was awarded the National Film Award in 1992 for Best Film on Family Welfare for his film, Durga.