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    Veteran filmmaker Basu Chatterjee, famous for evergreen hits like 'Chhoti Si Baat' and 'Rajnigandha', finds Rani Mukherjee and Kajol the best among the current lot of Bollywood actresses.

    "Rani is good, and so is Kajol. Katrina? No not really," said Chatterjee, who was in the capital to attend a global documentary film festival at the Marwah studios.

    The director, whose last Hindi film was 'Gudgudee' in 1997, is currently working on a Bengali film 'Trishonku'.

    Chatterjee created a genre in film-making for himself in the 70s and 80s with his middle-class family dramas shown in a humorous manner.

    Talking about comedy films of today, Chatterjee said, "They are well-made films and the directors cater to a certain audience. My films deal with middle-class problems because I come from the same background."

    Although he watches very few Bollywood films today, Chatterjee praised Naseeruddin Shah starrer 'A Wednesday' and Shah Rukh Khan's 'Chak De India' as "good films".

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    "I have watched 'A Wednesday', and also 'Chak De India', they are good. Priyadarshan's 'Kancheevaram' is another very good movie," he said.

    Chatterjee, who had also directed the detective series 'Byomkesh Bakshi' for Doordarshan in 1993, has no plans to return to the small screen.

    Katrina is just model materialBy: Sameer Shaikh | 26-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward What Basu said is 100% correct. Second correction, Kajol is half marathi. Katrina does not know ABC of acting. After staying in India for 7 years, she can't speak the language of her profession. How can you expect anyone to say, she is good actress. Three factors in Katrina success, Luck, Salman and hard work.
    kajolBy: Mahnish | 24-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward kajol is best forever without any comparision.so do not compaire her with any actress.
    biased viewBy: rambo | 22-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward Dear Jiten, This is anathor example of Bengali community biased views
    KajolBy: Jiten Maurya | 29-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward I'nt a Bengali nor a Maharashtrian. Most here agree that Kajol is best & Katrina is bad.
    your mindset is biasedBy: ajith Kumar | 22-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward It is not a biased view, he told that fact, Does Katrina knows acting, she survived in this field because of salman and family. Your view of bengali mind set is biased.
    Reply to RamboBy: Gadadhari Bhim | 22-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward To Rambo: Really? So do you believe Katrina is a good actress and Kajol and Rani are bad actresses?
    KAJOL By: jiten maurya | 20-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward I understand it is respectable Mr. Chatterji's view that Rani & KAJOL are good actresses. Rani is good, KAJOL is BEST.
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