Bratya Basu
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Bratya Basu is a Bengali
professor, dramatist, director, actor and a politician. Basu is currently the West Bengal's minister for higher education. He was elected a MLA, from the Dum Dum
constituency in 2011 Assembly Election of West Bengal
.
and Calcutta University
as a professor. He started out as the sound operator for the theater group GanakrishTi and soon started writing and directing plays with the group.
He started his career as a dramatist with the ultramodern play ashAleen (1996). Noted plays thereafter include araNyadeb, shahar iyAr, winkle-twinkle, and the murder drama chatuShkoN. He won the Shyamal Sen Memorial award in 1998, and the DisharI Award in 2000.
In 2008 he formed the group brAtya jan. A recent production is the 2009 play ruddhasangIt on the life of Debabrata Biswas
.
Has also directed two films, Raastaa, which has a theme of youth moving into terrorism, and Teesta, a film on society and the failure of romance. He has also acted in a number of other films, including Kaalbela
.
and won. He was made Minister for Higher Education in Mamata Banerjee's cabinet. He has decided to launch a survey to get a correct picture of the state’s higher education situation. A committee of eminent scholars will advise him on curriculum improvement.
Bengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
professor, dramatist, director, actor and a politician. Basu is currently the West Bengal's minister for higher education. He was elected a MLA, from the Dum Dum
Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Dum Dum is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 114 Dum Dum is composed of the following: Dum Dum municipality and Ward Nos.1 to 17 of South Dum Dum municipality.Dum Dum is part of No...
constituency in 2011 Assembly Election of West Bengal
State Assembly elections in India, 2011
Legislative Assembly elections took place in April and May 2011 to elect legislatures in the Indian states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Pondicherry.***-Results:...
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Early life
Bratya Basu was born in Calcutta to noted theater personality, Bishnu Basu. He studied Bangla at Presidency CollegePresidency College
Presidency College could refer to the following Indian institutions:* Presidency College, Chennai* Presidency College, Kolkata*Presidency College, Bangalore...
and Calcutta University
Career
Bratya Basu joined the City College, KolkataCity College, Kolkata
City College is a constituent undergraduate college of the University of Calcutta. Established in 1881, it is one of the heritage institutions of Calcutta which played a prominent social role in the wake of the Bengal Renaissance of the nineteenth century. The college is located at 102/1, Raja...
as a professor. He started out as the sound operator for the theater group GanakrishTi and soon started writing and directing plays with the group.
He started his career as a dramatist with the ultramodern play ashAleen (1996). Noted plays thereafter include araNyadeb, shahar iyAr, winkle-twinkle, and the murder drama chatuShkoN. He won the Shyamal Sen Memorial award in 1998, and the DisharI Award in 2000.
In 2008 he formed the group brAtya jan. A recent production is the 2009 play ruddhasangIt on the life of Debabrata Biswas
Debabrata Biswas
Debabrata Biswas , also known as George Biswas or George-da , was an Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer.-Early life:...
.
Has also directed two films, Raastaa, which has a theme of youth moving into terrorism, and Teesta, a film on society and the failure of romance. He has also acted in a number of other films, including Kaalbela
Kaalbela
kaalbela is a 2009 Bengali film directed by Goutam Ghosh .The film is starring Parambrata Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Santu Mukherjee and Soumitra Chatterjee. This film is set against the background of the Naxalite movement...
.
Political career
Bratya Basu fought the West Bengal Assembly polls 2011 on a Trinamool Congress ticket against a heavyweight CPI(M) Minister, Gautam Deb from the Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency)Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Dum Dum is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Extent:As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 114 Dum Dum is composed of the following: Dum Dum municipality and Ward Nos.1 to 17 of South Dum Dum municipality.Dum Dum is part of No...
and won. He was made Minister for Higher Education in Mamata Banerjee's cabinet. He has decided to launch a survey to get a correct picture of the state’s higher education situation. A committee of eminent scholars will advise him on curriculum improvement.