Apart from вЂњSparshвЂќ, she also made films like вЂњKathaвЂќ, вЂњDishaвЂќ, вЂњPapeehaвЂќ, вЂњSaazвЂќ and вЂњChashme BuddoorвЂќ. Later, she joined Doordarshan, where she produced the inaugural programme of Bombay Doordarshan. She graduated from the National School of Drama, training under Ebrahim Alkazi, going on to direct many popular and critically acclaimed plays. She also launched a childrenвЂ™s theatre in the city. Paranjpye, Sai started her career at All India Radio, Pune. вЂњYou have turned one of the nationвЂ™s major poets into an accountant,вЂќ Bhattacharya would laughingly say to Paranjpye.Д«orn to noted author and social worker Shakuntala Paranjpye and Russian artist Youra Sleptzoff, and granddaughter of acclaimed mathematician Sir R.P. вЂњThis arrangement worked quite well, as Sudesh Syal (who was managing the venture) would hand over accounts for monies spent and get the next instalment,вЂќ recalls Padma Bhushan awardee Paranjpye. Pritam was a good friend of Bhattacharya and he persuaded her to handle the finances during the shoot. It was perhaps excusable in amateur theatre, but for a full-fledged feature film to practise this kind of economy was ridiculous and unheard of,вЂќ she writes. Apparently, this was the modus operandi in all his films. вЂAll actors will bring their own costumes,вЂ™ he proclaimed. вЂњBuying or hiring anything was taboo in BasuвЂ™s book. These snippets find mention in ParanjpyeвЂ™s memoir вЂњA Patchwork Quilt: A Collage of My Creative LifeвЂќ, published by HarperCollins India. He fixed up lead actors Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi at Suresh JindalвЂ™s house in Sunder Nagar, another high-end locality in Delhi.Д«hattacharya, in fact, did not have to spend a farthing towards anybodyвЂ™s stay in Delhi. After the unit of вЂњSparshвЂќ reached Delhi for the shoot, Paranjpye fixed up a place for her own stay during the brief visit.ДЄ close friend of hers, Sushilkumar Chakravarty was a successful industrialist and had a large house in the posh Golf Links area, which he put at her disposal for the length of the filming stint in Delhi.Д«hattacharya was quick to take advantage of this offer, and also delegated Om Puri, sound recordist Sudhanshu and whoever the cameraman would be to be ParanjpyeвЂ™s flatmates.

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