Movies: Basu Chatterjee

Three friends, in their 60s, try to do everything that they couldn't do in their younger days - before death arrives....

Arun is a timid accountant in Bombay who dreams of romancing Prabha, but is too shy to share his feelings. While Arun twiddles his thumbs, the suave Nagesh steps into the picture and turns on the heat, prompting Arun to take "love coaching" from "rom...

Saudamini is a pampered girl until she is forced to marry the widower Ghanshyam and move into his large household. Saudamini cannot cope with her husband's overbearing and greedy stepmother and pines after the man she really loved and had to abandon,...

Charandas, a young man in a village has no aim in life except to be a pehelwaan (wrestler). He takes an oath that he will not court or marry a girl until he hits the age of forty. But things changes when Charandas meets Chameli and falls in love with...

A man falls for a woman and pretends to be rich in hopes of impressing her and her father. However, when the truth is revealed, her father attempts to separate them....

Jeetu and Dolly are in love and would like to get married. After seeking Dolly's dad's blessings, they do get married and move in together. They live harmoniously for quite some time, until misunderstandings occur, minor molehills soon become mountai...

Homi Mistry (Ashok Kumar) has been a widower for several years now, and looks after his four sons, their small house, and a job at the factory. Nargis Sethna has been widowed; is a housewife, has two sons and a daughter, and a large house. Then Soli ...

Twelve jury members debate fiercely over a murder trial. Only one juror is convinced that the convict is not guilty of the crime and he tries to convince the rest that the boy is innocent....

The film is set in a lower middle class chawl, an apartment building in Mumbai, a 20-year-old and unmarried Kamla, unable to handle the news of her pregnancy commits suicide. This makes her neighbourhood examine their own secrets and the choices they...

In Mumbai for a wedding, a married man contemplates an affair with a sexy starlet who has an ulterior motive for flirting with him....

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 like her to become a lady, and be educated, to which she agre...

Samar wants to be successful in life but his parents force him to get married. His wife is shy and reserved and Samar does not like this. The other members in the family often ill-treat her....

A woman from a rural family enters into an arranged marriage with a man from the city. While she is instantly taken with her husband, she is shocked to discover that the holy man who arranged the wedding had neglected to mention the crammed living co...

Twelve male members of a jury gather together in an enclosed room to deliberate their decision on a charge of murder against a young man who has been accused of killing his elderly father. All of the jury, save for one, are convinced of this young ma...

Jeena Yahan is a 1979 Bollywood film, directed by Basu Chatterjee and produced by N.P. Ali under Jamu Pictures. The film is based on story Ekhane Aakash Neyi by Manu Bhandari. Lekha marries Shekhar, who does not belong to her caste, and lives happil...

Geeta, a stage artist in Star Theatre Company, takes a ride in industrialist Sandeep Anand's car and gossip starts making rounds about their love. Sriram, owner of Star Theatre Company, wants to take advantage of the love between Geeta and Sandeep a...

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, gets ill, and is hospitalized. It is here that the truth sur...

Kamla does his best to protect a young woman who reminds him of his slain sister, but it turns out that she has several surprises in store for him....

Dinesh and Maneesha fall in love and, soon after, get married. However, things get complicated for the newly-wed couple as Poonam, Dinesh's colleague files an attempted rape case against him....

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....