Chandra Barot
Chandra Barot (1939 – 20 July 2025) was 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, and was an inspiration to various remakes and sequences, including the Shah Rukh Khan version released in 2006, which caused a degree of controversy. Barot moved from Tanzania, the country where he was born and brought up, to India and joined actor-director Manoj Kumar as an assistant director.
Chandra Barot
- Name
- Chandra Barot
- Birthplace
- Tanganyika Territory
- Place of death
- Bandra, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Occupation
- Film director
- Born
- 1939 · Tanganyika Territory.
- Died
- 2025 · Bandra.
- Nationality
- India
- Known for
- Don
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Chandra Barot (1939 – 20 July 2025) was 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, and was an inspiration to various remakes and sequences, including the Shah Rukh Khan version released in 2006, which caused a degree of controversy. Barot moved from Tanzania, the country where he was born and brought up, to India and joined actor-director Manoj Kumar as an assistant director.
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He assisted Manoj Kumar on several films, including Purab Aur Pachhim (1970), Yaadgaar (1970), Shor (1972), and Roti Kapda Aur Makaan (1974). During the shooting of Manoj Kumar's Kranti in November 1977 at Rajkamal Kalamandir Studios, Bombay, a sudden cloudburst caused a wall to collapse on Irani. The rest of the cinematography and production of Don was completed by Barot with support from the cast and crew. After Don, he directed the 1990 Bengali film Aashrita, which grossed. His shelved films include Hong Kong Wali Script and Neil Ko Pakadna..Impossible. Barot died from pulmonary fibrosis in a hospital in Banda on 20 July 2025, at the age of 86.
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• Name — Chandra Barot • Birthplace — Tanganyika Territory • Place of death — Bandra, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India • Years Active — 1970–2025 • Occupation — Film director
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• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1970 — Purab Aur Pachhim — Assistant Director • Yaadgaar — Assistant Director • 1972 — Shor — Assistant Director • 1974 — Roti Kapada Aur Makaan — Assistant Director • 1978 — Don — Director • 1990 — Ashrita — Director — Bengali film • 1991 — Pyar Bhara Dil — Director • TBA — Hong Kong Wali Script — Director • Neil Ko Pakadna....Impossible — Director
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- 1.I Will Always Be Remembered for Don. 16 October 2006.
- 2.Hindustan Times. Amitabh Bachchan Shot Khaike Paan With a Fractured Leg, Reveals Don Director as Film Completes 40 Years. 10 May 2018.
- 3.Filmfare. Shah Rukh Khan Reveals Plan to Recreate 'Don' With Chandra Barot Instead of Replacing Amitabh Bachchan. 21 August 2023.
- 4.Livemint. Who is Chandra Barot, the original Don director who passed away at 86. 20 July 2025.
- 5.Economic Times. Who was Nariman Irani?. 16 July 2025.
- 6.Chandra Barot Doesn't Like Remakes!. The Times of India. 24 July 2011.
- 7.Veteran filmmaker Chandra Barot, director of Amitabh Bachchan's ‘Don’, passes away at 86
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