Bratya Basu

January 11, 2024
Actor

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Bratya Basu
Full Name Bratya Basu
Date Of Birth Sep 25, 1969(1969-09-25)
Age 55
Birthplace Kolkata
Country India
Birth City West Bengal
Horoscope Libra

Bratya Basu Biography

Birthday Sep 25
Birth Year 1969

Bratya Basu is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on September 25, 1969 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Bratya Basu started his career as a sound operator for the theatre group Ganakrishti and soon started writing and directing plays with the group. The themes of his writings focus on political fantasy, nature-human relationships, connection between music and life, ethical values and its lack, conflict between love and revolt, bonding between time and culture. Bratya Basu joined City College, Kolkata as an assistant professor in the department of Bengali. But his passion for theatre could not confine him to the teacher’s room of a college. He launched his career as a dramatist with the play Ashaleen (1996) (or Ora Panchjon), described by theatre critics as the first postmodernist Bengali play. His noted plays thereafter include Aranyadeb, Shahar Yaar, Virus-M, Winkle-Twinkle, etc. These plays are not only popular but also unique in different genres of modern literary theatre and subject to manifold interpretations. His other important plays include Ruddhasangeet, Chatushkon, Hemlat – the Prince of Garanhata, Krishna Gahobar, Sateroi July, Bikele Bhorer Sorshey Phool, Supari Killer, Boma etc. A compilation of his plays has been published in three volumes in 2004, 2010 and in 2016 respectively. He has even directed three films – Raasta which has a theme of youth moving into terrorism, Teesta a film on society and the failure of romance, Tara and acted in many films which include Kaalbela, Icchey, Sthaniyo Sambad, Hemlock Society, Muktodhara etc. Basu has bagged many awards and recognition. Some of them include the Shyamal Sen Memorial award (1998), Dishari Award (2000), Satyen Mitra Award (2000, 2002, 2003, 2017), Shambhu Mitra Samman, conferred by Rajdanga Dyotak, Khaled Choudhury Samman, conferred by Abhash, Shilpayan Samman and the prestigious Ritwik Ghatak Smriti Puroskar, conferred by Rajshahi Ritwik Ghatak Memorial Committee, Republic of Bangladesh. In the 26th Annual Kalakar Awards 2018, he has won the Special Jury Award 2018 for his outstanding performance in the film Baranda.. He is conferred with Sera Bangali 2019 award, the most prestigious award in Bengal for his exemplary contribution in theatrical art form. Added to his laurels in 2019 is the prestigious Dinabandhu Mitra Puroskar conferred by Paschim Banga Natya Akademi, a wing of the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Govt. of WB in recognition to his distinctiveness as a playwright, an actor and a stage director in contemporary times. Film Companion, an online platform for Independent Film Journalism has chosen his performance as an actor, as Moloy in the film Asamapta, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay as one of the 100 Greatest Performances of the Decade in Indian Cinema

Bratya Basu has created his own space in contemporary theatre by moving beyond its existing boundaries. He has formed the theatre group Kalindi Bratyajon in

  1. The first theatrical production of Bratyajon was Ruddhasangeet (2009), a play on the Rabindrasangeet exponent Debabrata Biswas’s journey of bitter struggle throughout his life in the prevailing system. The play received instant critical and popular acclaim and has so far staged more than a record 150 shows to packed houses. After producing “Boma” in 2015, a period piece that rips off the masks of the Bengali freedom fighters which reveals jealousies, greed for power and internal conflicts Basu has interestingly produced another untold history of Bengal spanning 1757 and 1764. The play, “Mir Jafar” showcases the power politics and game of minds to unravel the complexities in which ‘Mir Jafar’ continues to retain the emblematic representation and throne of the ‘Universal betrayer’ in all societies in all times.

Bratya Basu Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Actor
House Living in own house.

Bratya Basu is one of the richest Actor from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bratya Basu 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bratya Basu (born 25 September 1969) is a Bengali actor, stage director, playwright, film director, professor and a politician. Basu was West Bengal’s minister for education till May 2014 and was then assigned the tourism portfolio. He was elected a MLA, from the Dum Dum constituency in 2011 Assembly Election of West Bengal.

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Who is Bratya Basu Dating?

According to our records, Bratya Basu married to Poulomi Basu. As of December 1, 2023, Bratya Basu’s is not dating anyone.

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Oleh Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Bratya Basu celebrates birthday on September 25 of every year.

Who is the present education minister of West Bengal?

Partha Chatterjee (politician)

Who was the education minister of West Bengal in 2016?

Sl No.NameMinistry in Charge
2| Siddiqullah Chowdhury| Minister of Mass Education, Library, MoS- Parliamentary Affairs
3| Ashima Patra| Minister of Technical Education
4| Manturam Pakhira| Minister of Sunderbans Development
5| Swapan Debnath| Minister of MSME, Minister of Land & Land Reforms

Who is president of West Bengal?

Our Governor: Raj Bhavan, West Bengal, India. Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar has assumed charge of the office of the Governor of West Bengal on 30th July, 2019.

Who is the PWD minister of West Bengal?

Hon’ble Minister-in-Charge
Name : Sri Moloy Ghatak, MIC Sri Moloy Ghatak, MIC
Name :| Sri Amitabha Sengupta| Sri Amitabha Sengupta
Address :| Nabanna, 8th Floor, 325, Sarat Chatterjee Road, Mandirtala, Shibpur, Howrah – 711102
Phone :| +91-33-2214-5494 / +91-33-2214-7176

Who is the first woman chief minister of West Bengal?

Sworn in on 20 May 2011, Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee is West Bengal’s incumbent chief minister, the first woman to hold the office.

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