Bratya Basu
| Bratya Basu | |
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| Minister of Information Technology & Electronics | |
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Assumed office May 20, 2016 |
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| Governor | M. K. Narayanan |
| Minister of Tourism | |
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In office May 20, 2014 – May 12, 2016 |
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| Governor | M. K. Narayanan |
| Preceded by | Hiten Barman |
| Succeeded by | Gautam Deb |
| Minister of Higher Education | |
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In office May 20, 2011 – May 20, 2014 |
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| Governor | M. K. Narayanan |
| Preceded by | Prof. Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury |
| Succeeded by | Partha Chatterjee |
| MLA | |
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Assumed office 2011 |
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| Governor | M. K. Narayanan |
| Preceded by | Gautam Deb |
| Constituency | Dum Dum |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 25, 1969 |
| Political party | West Bengal Trinamool Congress |
| Education | M.A. (Post Graduation) |
| Alma mater |
Presidency College, Kolkata University of Calcutta |
| Religion | Hindu |
Bratya Basu (born 25 September 1969) is a Bengali academician, dramatist, director, actor 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.
Bratya Basu was born in Calcutta to noted theater personality and professor, Dr. Bishnu Basu and writer & educational administrator Dr. Neetika Basu. His early name was Bratyabrata Basu Roy Chowdhury .He belongs from "Basu Roy Chowdhury" Family at Ulpur (Now In Faridpur, Bangladesh) He studied Bangla at Presidency College and Calcutta University
Bratya Basu is an accomplished theatre artist, a playwright, a director. He got passionately involved with Bengali theatre and drama from a very young age. He has become one of the leading personalities in the arena of Bengali theatre in the 21st century, He stands out as a playwright, director and an actor. He, however, likes to describe himself as a theatre worker and has served Bengali theatre for nearly 30 years. 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, etc. While his diverse plays achieved enormous success on stage, they have also succeeded in stirring the emotional cords of innumerable hearts.
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 Pnachjon?), 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, 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, Teesta, Tara and acted in many films which include Kaalbela, Icchey, Sthaniyo Sambad, Hemlock Society, Muktodhara etc. Basu has bagged many awards and recognitions. Some of them include the Shyamal Sen Memorial award (1998), Dishari Award (2000), and Satyen Mitra Award (2001, 2003, 2004).
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