Bratya Basu

Bratya Basu is a professor of Bengali, a revered 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.
Having started his career as a sound operator for the theatre group Ganakrishti, Bratya soon started writing and directing plays with the group.He launched his career as a dramatist with the play ‘Ashaleen’, described by critics as the first postmodernist Bengali play. His most important plays include ‘Ruddhasangeet’, ‘Chatushkon’, ‘Hemlat - the Prince of Garanhata’, ‘Krishna Gahobar’, ‘Bikele Bhorer Sorshey Phool’, ‘Supari Killer’, etc. He has directed three acclaimed film and has also acted in several popular movies such as, Icchey, Hemlock Society, Muktodhara, Manojder Odbhut Bari, etc.