Chandra Barot

Chandra Barot
OccupationFilm Director
Years active1970–present

Chandra Barot is an Indian film director, working primarily in the Hindi film industry based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Barot is best known for having directed the 1978 film Don which has attained cult status in India,[1][2] and has been an inspiration to various remakes and sequences, including the Shah Rukh Khan version discussed in 2023, which caused a degree of controversy.[3]

Barot has also been Assistant Director to actor-director Manoj Kumar in Purab Aur Pachhim. After Don, he directed the 1989 Bengali film Aashrita, which grossed ₹3 crore (equivalent to ₹32 crore or US$3.8 million in 2023).[1]

His shelved films include Hong Kong Wali Script and Neil Ko Pakadna....Impossible.[4]

  1. ^ a b "I Will Always Be Remembered for Don". 16 October 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ^ Amitabh Bachchan Shot Khaike Paan With a Fractured Leg, Reveals Don Director as Film Completes 40 Years, Hindustan Times, 10 May 2018, retrieved 30 May 2024
  3. ^ Shah Rukh Khan Reveals Plan to Recreate 'Don' With Chandra Barot Instead of Replacing Amitabh Bachchan, Filmfare, 21 August 2023, retrieved 30 May 2024
  4. ^ "Chandra Barot Doesn't Like Remakes!". The Times of India. 24 July 2011. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2011.