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RIP Basu Chatterjee: Shoojit Sircar remembers his first job as assistant director with legend

Shoojit Sircar remembered his first assistant director job with the legend Basu Chatterjee

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Shoojit Sircar remembered his first job as an assistant director with none other than the late legendary filmmaker Basu Chatterjee. Shoojit Sircar informed he worked for a Bengali TV serial shot in New Delhi.

"My 1st job as an assistant director was with Basu Chatterjee for a Bengali tv serial shot in CR park, New Delhi.. May his soul Rest In Peace.," wrote Shoojit, remembering his first job.

Here's his tweet:

Basu Chatterjee, who led the middle-of-the-road cinema along with Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Basu Bhattacharya, was cremated in Mumbai at 2 pm. The 93-year-old passed away on Thursday morning. Various reports link the cause of his death to age-related illness.

Shoojit Sircar too has become a well-known name in Bollywood with movies like 'Piku', 'October' and 'Vicky Donor' to his credit. He is currently awaiting the release of Amitabh Bachchan-Ayushmann Khurrana starring 'Gulabo Sitabo'. The movie would see an online release on Amazon Prime on June 12. The movie would be his first film that has a direct online release (before hitting theatres). The measures had to be taken seeing the current coronavirus lockdown situation.

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