He left the job in Great Eastern and started working as an assistant film director.
Some of Mr Dipranjan Basu's directorial debut: Parabatpriya (1984), Bhalobhasha-o-Andhokar & also many television soaps.
In 1954 Basu's film Chheley Kaar (starring Chhabi Biswas) won the national award.
[3] "Chheley Kaar" is a story about a man finding an unknown child sat in his car in a Park and calling him his father.
Basu died on 5 December 1993 (eight months after the death of his beloved wife) following a cerebral attack.