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Bratya Basu joined the [[City College, Kolkata]] as a professor in the department of Bengali. He started out as the sound operator for the theater group ''Ganakrishti''<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060506/asp/weekend/story_6169710.asp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | title=Man for all seasons | date=6 May 2006}}</ref> and then began writing and directing plays with the group.
Bratya Basu joined the [[City College, Kolkata]] as a professor in the department of Bengali. He started out as the sound operator for the theater group ''Ganakrishti''<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060506/asp/weekend/story_6169710.asp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | title=Man for all seasons | date=6 May 2006}}</ref> and then began writing and directing plays with the group.


Basu started his career as a sound operator for the theatre group ''Ganakrishti''<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060506/asp/weekend/story_6169710.asp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | title=Man for all seasons | date=6 May 2006}}</ref> 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. <ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.amazon.in/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=me%3DA3JQ2B8LQDD2PB&field-keywords=natak+samagra+bratya+basu | location=Calcutta, India |}}</ref>
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.
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) <ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/amit/books/basu-2004-natak-samagra.html | location=Calcutta, India | work=IIT Kanpur |}}</ref> (or Ora Panchjon?), described by theatre critics as the first postmodernist Bengali play<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtonbanglaradio.com/content/bratya-basu-famous-dramatist-actor-director-complete-list-bengali-movies-and-books-available | location=Calcutta, India | work=Washington Bangla Radio on Internet | title=Bratya Basu, Complete list of Bengali movies and Books |}}</ref>. 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, Sateroi July''' 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 recognition. Some of them include the '''''Shyamal Sen Memorial award'' (1998) <ref>{{cite news| url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyamal_Sen_Smriti_Samman | location=Calcutta, India | work=Shyamal sen Smriti Samman |}}</ref>, ''Dishari Award'' (2000) <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.kolkatabengalinfo.com/2011/10/bratya-basu-profile-family-education.html#.WvVRVe-FOpo | location=Calcutta, India | work=Kolkat Bengal Info |}}</ref>, ''Satyen Mitra Award'' (2001, 2003, 2004) <ref>{{cite news| url=http://stagebuzz.org/bharat-rang-mahotsav-plays-list/ke-directed-by-bratya-basu/ | location=Calcutta, India | work=stagebuzz.org |}}</ref>, ''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.'''<ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/remembering-ritwik/articleshow/61696274.cms | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Times of India | date=19Nov2017}}</ref> In the '''26th Annual Kalakar Awards 2018''', he has won the '''''Special Jury Award 2018''''' for his outstanding performance in the film '''Baranda'''. <ref>{{cite news| url=http://hollybollytolly.com/2018/01/16/kalakar-awards/ | location=Calcutta, India | work=hollybollytolly.com | date=16Jan2018}}</ref>
In 2008, he formed the group ''Bratyajan''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natyoshala.org/trial/node/5 |title=Natyoshala |publisher=Natyoshala |date= |accessdate=2012-06-12}}</ref> A recent production is the 2009 play ''Ruddhasangeet'' based on the life of [[Debabrata Biswas]].

'''Hemlat, The Prince of Garanhata''' has won the critical acclaims from academic researchers for the adaptation. '''Sam Kolodezh''' of the University of California, Irvine, Drama and theatre heaped praise on Bratya’s adaptation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/16283160/Waiting_with_Anticipation_Bratya_Basus_Hemlat_The_Prince_of_Garanhata |title =Waiting with Anticipation: Bratya Basu's Hemlat, The Prince of Garanhata|publisher=Theatre International,Vol -VIII}}</ref> Formerly Associate Professor, Kuwait University and a Life-member of Shakespeare Society of Eastern India, '''Antony Johae''' is so moved by the contemporary Indianization of Shakespear’s mastertext that he lectured across India on '''Hemlat'''. Mr. Johae has contributed a research paper on Hemlat in the Vol-V, No.VIII of '''The International Journal of Cultural Studies and Social Sciences''', edited by '''Dr Prof Amitava Roy'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssei.org.in/shakespearecentre.html}}</ref>, formerly Shakespeare Professor of Rabindra Bharati University and president and co founder of Shakespeare Society of Easter India and '''Prof Ronan Paterson'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/research/computing/staff_profile_details.cfm?staffprofileid=U0023494}}</ref>, an actor, director and a producer for theatre, film in Britain and Ireland and an extensive writer on Shakespeare.

Bratya Basu has created his own space in contemporary theatre by moving beyond its existing boundaries. He has formed the theatre group Bratyajon <ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratyajon}}</ref> in 2008. 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''' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natyoshala.org/trial/node/5 |title=Natyoshala |publisher=Natyoshala |date= |accessdate=2012-06-12}}</ref>to packed houses.


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]].{{needs citation|date=January 2018}}
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]].{{needs citation|date=January 2018}}

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Bratya Basu
Minister of Information Technology & Electronics
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 20, 2016
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Minister of Tourism
In office
May 20, 2014 – May 12, 2016
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byHiten Barman
Succeeded byGautam Deb
Minister of Higher Education
In office
May 20, 2011 – May 20, 2014
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byProf. Sudarsan Roy Chowdhury
Succeeded byPartha Chatterjee
MLA
Incumbent
Assumed office
2011
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byGautam Deb
ConstituencyDum Dum
Personal details
Born (1969-09-25) September 25, 1969 (age 54)
Political partyWest Bengal Trinamool Congress
Alma materPresidency College, Kolkata
University of Calcutta

Bratya Basu (born 25 September 1969)[1] is a Bengali professor, dramatist, director, actor and a politician. Basu was West Bengal's minister for education till May 2014 and was then assigned the tourism portfolio.[2][3] He was elected a MLA, from the Dum Dum constituency in 2011 Assembly Election of West Bengal.

Early life

Bratya Basu was born in Calcutta to professor Dr. Bishnu Basu and educational administrator Dr. Neetika Basu. His early name was Bratyabrata Basu Roy Chowdhury. He came from the "Basu Roy Chowdhury" family at Ulpur (now In Faridpur, Bangladesh). He studied Bangla at Presidency College and Calcutta University.

Career

Bratya Basu joined the City College, Kolkata as a professor in the department of Bengali. He started out as the sound operator for the theater group Ganakrishti[4] and then began writing and directing plays with the group.

Basu started his career as a sound operator for the theatre group Ganakrishti[5] 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. [6] 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) [7] (or Ora Panchjon?), described by theatre critics as the first postmodernist Bengali play[8]. 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, Sateroi July 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 recognition. Some of them include the Shyamal Sen Memorial award (1998) [9], Dishari Award (2000) [10], Satyen Mitra Award (2001, 2003, 2004) [11], 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.[12] In the 26th Annual Kalakar Awards 2018, he has won the Special Jury Award 2018 for his outstanding performance in the film Baranda. [13]

Hemlat, The Prince of Garanhata has won the critical acclaims from academic researchers for the adaptation. Sam Kolodezh of the University of California, Irvine, Drama and theatre heaped praise on Bratya’s adaptation.[14] Formerly Associate Professor, Kuwait University and a Life-member of Shakespeare Society of Eastern India, Antony Johae is so moved by the contemporary Indianization of Shakespear’s mastertext that he lectured across India on Hemlat. Mr. Johae has contributed a research paper on Hemlat in the Vol-V, No.VIII of The International Journal of Cultural Studies and Social Sciences, edited by Dr Prof Amitava Roy.[15], formerly Shakespeare Professor of Rabindra Bharati University and president and co founder of Shakespeare Society of Easter India and Prof Ronan Paterson.[16], an actor, director and a producer for theatre, film in Britain and Ireland and an extensive writer on Shakespeare.

Bratya Basu has created his own space in contemporary theatre by moving beyond its existing boundaries. He has formed the theatre group Bratyajon [17] in 2008. 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 [18]to packed houses.

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.[citation needed]

Political career

Bratya Basu won the West Bengal Assembly polls in 2011 on a Trinamool Congress ticket against a CPI(M) Minister, Gautam Deb from the Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency). He was made Minister for Higher Education in Mamata Banerjee's cabinet. He decided to launch a survey to get a correct picture of the state’s higher education situation.[19]

References

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  1. ^ Bratya Basu, nATak samagra (collected plays), Ananda Publishers, 2004
  2. ^ "The Ministry". Calcutta, India: The Telegraph, 21 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  3. ^ "Bratya shifted to tourism, Partha new education minister, Mitra to see IT also". The Statesman, 28 May 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Man for all seasons". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 6 May 2006.
  5. ^ "Man for all seasons". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 6 May 2006.
  6. ^ . Calcutta, India https://www.amazon.in/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=me%3DA3JQ2B8LQDD2PB&field-keywords=natak+samagra+bratya+basu. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ IIT Kanpur. Calcutta, India https://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/amit/books/basu-2004-natak-samagra.html. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ "Bratya Basu, Complete list of Bengali movies and Books". Washington Bangla Radio on Internet. Calcutta, India. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  9. ^ Shyamal sen Smriti Samman. Calcutta, India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyamal_Sen_Smriti_Samman. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ Kolkat Bengal Info. Calcutta, India http://www.kolkatabengalinfo.com/2011/10/bratya-basu-profile-family-education.html#.WvVRVe-FOpo. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ stagebuzz.org. Calcutta, India http://stagebuzz.org/bharat-rang-mahotsav-plays-list/ke-directed-by-bratya-basu/. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ The Times of India. Calcutta, India. 19Nov2017 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/remembering-ritwik/articleshow/61696274.cms. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ^ hollybollytolly.com. Calcutta, India. 16Jan2018 http://hollybollytolly.com/2018/01/16/kalakar-awards/. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ^ "Waiting with Anticipation: Bratya Basu's Hemlat, The Prince of Garanhata". Theatre International,Vol -VIII.
  15. ^ http://www.ssei.org.in/shakespearecentre.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/research/computing/staff_profile_details.cfm?staffprofileid=U0023494. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratyajon. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ^ "Natyoshala". Natyoshala. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  19. ^ "The Week". Week.manoramaonline.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
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