Chandra Barot

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]

Chandra Barot
Occupation	Film Director
Years active	1970–present

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]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	Purab Aur Pachhim	Assistant Director
1970	Yaadgaar	Assistant Director
1972	Shor	Assistant Director
1974	Roti Kapada Aur Makaan	Assistant Director
1978	Don	Director
1989	Aashrita	Director	Bengali film[1]
1991	Pyar Bhara Dil	Director
	Hong Kong Wali Script	Director
	Neil Ko Pakadna....Impossible	Director