The most popular and critically acclaimed film which he directed remains Avishkaar, starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore, which received five stars in Bollywood Guide Collections[4] and for which Khanna received the Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1975.

[8][9] The couple had a son, the director Aditya Bhattacharya, and two daughters: Chimmu and Anwesha Arya, a writer.

Later after much domestic abuse, his wife Rinki moved out in 1983, and the couple formally divorced in 1990.

Rinki went on to edit an anthology on domestic violence in India, titled, Behind Closed Doors – Domestic Violence in India and became a successful writer, columnist and documentary filmmaker.

[10] Basu Bhattacharya hailed from an orthodox Brahmin family from a small town, Cossimbazar, in West Bengal[11] Avishkaar was featured in Avijit Ghosh's book, 40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Missed