Filmmaker Basu Chatterjee, known for his films like Chitchor, Chhoti Si Baat, Khatta Meetha, Baton Baton Mein, and Chameli Ki Shaadi, passed away at the age of 93 on June 4, 2020, in Mumbai. He started his journey in Hindi cinema with the film Sara Akash in 1969.

A number of Bollywood celebrities mourned the filmmaker's death on social media. Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap took to Twitter and wrote: