Bratya Basu

He has been an elected Member of the Legislative Assembly, from the Dum Dum constituency, from 2011 till 2026. Basu is presently the Chairperson of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi and Minerva Natyasanskriti Charchakendra under the governance of the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, West Bengal.

Bratya Basu studied at Presidency University and University of Calcutta. The recorded working language is Bangla. Employment is recorded with University of Calcutta. Positions recorded include Member of the 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Member of the 16th West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Distinctions recorded are Sahitya Akademi Award.

• Name — Bratya Basu • Native Name — ব্রাত্য বসু • Born — 25 September 1969 Calcutta, West Bengal, India • Office2 — Minister of Information Technology and Electronics • Term2 — 5 October 2018 – 10 May 2021 • Governor2 — Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar • 1blankname2 — Chief Minister • 1namedata2 — Mamata Banerjee • Successor2 — Ratna De • Office3 — Minister for Information Technology and Electronics, Government of West Bengal • Term Start3 — 20 May 2016 • Term End3 — 5 October 2018 • 1blankname3 — Chief Minister • 1namedata3 — Mamata Banerjee • Governor3 — Keshari Nath Tripathi Jagdeep Dhankhar • Successor3 — Amit Mitra • Office4 — Minister of Tourism, Government of West Bengal • Term Start4 — 20 May 2014 • Term End4 — 12 May 2016 • Successor4 — Goutam Deb • Predecessor4 — Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury • Governor4 — M. K. Narayanan D. Y. Patil (additional charge) Keshari Nath Tripathi • 1blankname4 — Chief Minister • 1namedata4 — Mamata Banerjee • Office — Minister of Education, West Bengal • Term Start — 10 May 2021 • Term End — 7 May 2026 • Governor — Jagdeep Dhankhar • 1blankname — Chief Minister • 1namedata — Mamata Banerjee • Term Start1 — 20 May 2011 • Term End1 — 20 May 2014 • Predecessor1 — Partha De (School Education) Sudarshan Roy Chowdhury (Higher Education) • Predecessor3 — Partha Chatterjee • Successor1 — Partha Chatterjee • Office5 — Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly • Term Start5 — 2011 • Term End5 — 2026 • Predecessor5 — Rekha Goswami • Constituency5 — Dum Dum • Party — Trinamool Congress • Education — Presidency College, Kolkata University of Calcutta • Preceded — Partha Chatterjee • Successor — Dipak Barman (School Education) Jagannath Chattopadhyay (Higher Education) • Successor5 — Arijit Bakshi

Bratya Basu was born in Calcutta to Professor Dr. Bishnu Basu and Educational Administrator Dr. Neetika Basu. His original name was Bratyabrata Basu Roy Chowdhury. After his graduation in Bengali from the Presidency College (currently Presidency University, Kolkata), he completed his postgraduate education at the University of Calcutta.

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, the connection between music and life, ethical values and their lack, the conflict between love and revolt, and the bonding between time and culture. Bratya Basu joined City College, Kolkata as an assistant professor in the Department of Bengali. He launched his career as a dramatist with the play Ashaleen (1996), described by theatre critics as the first postmodernist Bengali play. His noted plays thereafter include Aranyadeb, Shahar Yaar, Virus-M, Winkle-Twinkle, etc. 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 four volumes in 2004, 2010, 2016 and 2022 respectively. He has directed four films– Raasta, which has a theme of youth moving into terrorism, Teesta, a film on society and the failure of romance, Tara, and Dictionary. He has acted in many films, including Kaalbela, Icchey, Sthaniyo Sambad, Hemlock Society, Muktodhara, Double Feluda, Baranda, Jogajog, Kalkijug, Asamapta, and Dhulobali Katha. Basu has received many awards and recognitions. Some of them include the Shambhu Mitra Samman 2016, conferred by Rajdanga Dyotak, Shrestha Natya Nirman 2017, conferred by Anya Theatre, Khaled Choudhury Samman 2017, conferred by Abhash, Dakshin Kolkata, Shilpayan Samman 2017, conferred by Gobordanga Shilpayan, Sumati Sengupta Smriti Samman 2019, conferred by Angan Belghoria, Dronacharya Samman 2019, conferred by Ashoknagar Natyamukh and Satyen Mitra Smriti Puroshkar awarded by Theatre Workshop in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2017 for his exemplary contribution in Bengali Theatre. He has also been awarded the Gajendra Kumar Mitra-Sumathanath Ghosh Memorial Award 2018, conferred by Mitra & Ghosh Publishers Pvt. Ltd. for his contribution to Bengali Literature. In 2021, Bratya Basu was conferred with the Sahitya Akademi Award for outstanding works of literature, for his anthology of Bengali theatre, Mir Jafar O Onyanya Natak (a compilation of three plays - Mir Jafar, Ekdin Aladin and Ami Anukulda aar Ora). The award is given by an autonomous organisation of the Government of India, the Ministry of Culture. His plays have been translated into Hindi, English and French. Hemlat, The Prince of Garanhata has won critical acclaim from academic researchers as an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Sam Kolodezh of the University of California, Irvine, Drama and Theatre heaped praise on Bratya's adaptation. Formerl associate professor at Kuwait University and a life-member of the Shakespeare Society of Eastern India, Antony Johae lectured on the Indianization of Shakespeare's work. 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, former Shakespeare professor at Rabindra Bharati University and president and co-founder of Shakespeare Society of Eastern India, and professor Ronan Paterson, an actor, director and producer for theatre and film in Britain and Ireland and an extensive writer on Shakespeare. Bratya Basu formed the theatre group Kalindi Bratyajon 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 acclaim and has so far staged more than 150 shows. He produced "Boma" in 2015, a period piece exposing jealousy, greed for power, and internal conflicts among Bengali freedom fighters. Basu also 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 be the emblematic representation of the 'universal betrayer' in all societies and times.

• Play — Notes — Produced by — Year — Director — Ref • Prachhaya — Adaptation of John Middlton Synge's 'In the Shadow of the Glen' — Ganakrishti — 1993 — Sabyasachi Chatterjee • Ora Panchjon — Adaptation of Peter Shaffer's 'Five Finger Exercise' — Ganakrishti — 1994 — Amitabha Dutta • Ashalin — Ganakrishti — 1996 — Bratya Basu — Natok Samagra Vol I • Aranyadeb — Ganakrishti / Swapnalu — 1998 / 2018 — Bratya Basu / Premangshu Roy — Natok Samagra Vol I • Mukhomukhi Bosibar / Teesta — Swapnasandhani / Abhash — 2001 / 2016 — Koushik Sen / Sekhar Samaddar — Natok Samagra Vol I • Kalantak Lalfita — Based on Shibram Chakraborty's story — Chetana — 2000 — Suman Mukhopadhyay — Natok Samagra Vol II • Chatushkon — Ganakrishti / Aakar Kala Sangam — 2001 — Bratya Basu / Suresh Bhardwaj — Natok Samagra Vol I • Shahar Yaar — Ganakrishti — 2001 — Bratya Basu — Natok Samagra Vol I • Winkle Twinkle — Sansriti — 2002 — Debesh Chattopadhyay — Natok Samagra Vol I • Babli — Drishypat / Purba Paschim — 2003 /2005 — Anirban Bhattacharjee / Bratya Basu — Natok Samagra Vol I • Virus M — Ganakrishti — 2003 — Bratya Basu — Natok Samagra Vol I • Sateroi July — Inspired by John Wexley's 'They shall not Die' and Utpal Dutta's 'Manusher Adhikare' — Ganakrishti / Circle Theatre / Thelovers — 2004 / 2013 / 2017 — Bratya Basu / Bapi Bose / Debashish Dutta • May Dibaser Latok — 2005 — Natok Samagra Vol II • Page 4:It's also a game — Lokokrishti / IFTA — 2005 / 2016 — Bratya Basu / Debashish Dutta — Natok Samagra Vol II • Operation 2010 — Ashoknagar Natyamukh — 2005 / 2014 — Avi Chakraborty — Natok Samagra Vol II • Debitarjon — 2006 — Natok Samagra Vol II • Hemlat:The prince of Garanhata — Adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' — Ballygunge Swapnasuchona — 2006 — Bratya Basu — Natok Samagra Vol II • Mrityu Ishwar Jaunota — Srijak / Ashoknagar Ntyamukh / Prachya — 2006 / 2015 / 2017 — Debashish Basu / Avi Chakraborty / Biplab Bandyopadhyay — Natok Samagra Vol I • Aagunmukho — Adaptation of Marius von Mayenburg's 'Feuergesicht' (Fireface) — Tritiyo Sutra & The Goethe Institute — 2007 — Suman Mukhopadhyay • Baborer Prarthona — Kalyani Natyacharcha Kendra — 2007 — Kishore Sengupta — Natok Samagra Vol II • Krihnagawhbar — Niva Arts — 2007 — Bratya Basu — Natok Samagra Vol II • Comrade Katha — Swapnasandhani / Playmakers — 2008 / 2017 — Koushik Sen / Kaustabh Duttagupta — Natok Samagra Vol II • Orkute Jukto Holo Baltimore Aar Nadia — 2009 — Natok Samagra Vol II • Ruddhasangeet — Play on famous Rabindrasangeet advocate Debabrata Biswas — Kalindi Bratyajon — 2009 — Bratya Basu — Natok Samagra Vol II • Darjiparar Marjinara — Swapnasandhani — 2009 — Koushik Sen — Natok Samagra Vol II • Bhoy — Swapnasandhani / Thealight — 2009 / 2019 — Koushik Sen / Atanu Sarkar — Natok Samagra Vol II • Supari Killer — Prachya — 2011 — Biplab Bandyopadhyay — Natok Samagra Vol III • Bikele Bhorer Sarshephul — Sansriti — 2011 — Debesh Chattopadhyay — Natok Samagra Vol II • Cinemar Moto — Kalindi Bratyajon — 2013 — Bratya Basu • Apatoto Eivabe Dujoner Dekha Hoye Thake — Sansriti — 2013 — Debesh Chattopadhyay — Natok Samagra Vol III • Altaf Gomes — Sansriti — 2013 — Debesh Chattopadhyay — Natok Samagra Vol III • Samayjaan — Theatre Platform / Ashokenagar Natyamukh — 2013 / 2017 — Debashish Roy / Avi Chakraborty — Natok Samagra Vol II • Khanjana Ami Aar Asbona — Theatre Platform — 2013 — Debashish Roy — Natok Samagra Vol II • Ke? — Kalindi Bratyajon — 2014 — Bratya Basu — Natok Samagra Vol III • Duto Din — Pancham Baidik — 2014 — Arpita Ghosh — Natok Samagra Vol III • Jatugriha — Sansriti / Shantipur Sanskritik — 2015 — Debesh Chattopadhyay / Kaushik Chattopadhyay — Natok Samagra Vol III • Anandibai — Based on Parashuram's story — Howrah Bratyajon — 2015 — Debashish Biswas — Natok Samagra Vol III • Boma — Kalindi Bratyajon — 2015 — Bratya Basu — Natok Samagra Vol III • Ila Gurhoisha — Theatre Platform — 2015 — Debashish Roy — Natok Samagra Vol III • Banijye Basate Lakkhi — Paikpara Indraranga — 2017 — Bratya Basu — Troyee • Jibjantu — Theatre Platform / Rabindranagar Natyaudh — 2017 — Debashsish Roy / Dani Karmakar — Natok Samagra Vol III • Fourth Bell — IFTA — 2017 — Debashish Dutta — Eibare Duti Natok • Anusochna — Ayanda — 2017 — Biplab bandyopadhyay — Troyee • Hridipash — Theatre Platform — 2017 — Debashish Roy — Troyee • Akdin Aladin — Swapnalu / Paikpara Indraranga — 2018 — Premangshu Roy / Kanchan Mallick — Mir Jafar O Onyanyo Natok • Ami Onukulda Aar Ora — Ashokenagar Natyamukh — 2018 — Avi Chakraborty — Mir Jafar O Onyanyo Natok • Bisarjaner Por — Playmakers — 2018 — Kaustabh Duttagupta — Natok Samagra Vol II • Mir Jafar — Kalindi Bratyajon / Shriram Centre — 2018 / 2020 — Bratya Basu / Azhar Alam — Mir Jafar O Onyanyo Natok • Antim Raat — 2019 • Creusa, the Queen — Chetana — 2020 — Sujan Mukhopadhyay • Coronar Dingulite Prem — 2020 • Matsyanyaya — 2020 — Matsyanyaya • Roll-Action-Cut — 2020 • Fyodor — 2020 — Fyodor • Tin Atotayee — 2020 — Tin Atotayee:Ekti Ekok Sanglap • Ei Raat Tomar Amar — Patra Bharati — 2025

• Year — Play — Produced by — Playwright — Notes — Ref • 1996 — Ashalin — Ganakrishti — Bratya Basu • 1998 — Aranyadeb — Ganakrishti — Bratya Basu • 2001 — Chatushkon — Ganakrishti — Bratya Basu • 2001 — Shahar Yaar — Ganakrishti — Bratya Basu • 2003 — Virus M — Ganakrishti — Bratya Basu • 2004 — Sateroi July — Ganakrishti — Bratya Basu — Inspired by John Wexley's 'They shall not die' and Utpal Dutta's 'Manusher Adhikare' • 2005 — Page 4:It's also a Game — Lokokrishti — Bratya Basu • 2006 — Hemlat:The prince of Garanhata — Ballygunge Swapnasuchona — Bratya Basu — Adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' • 2007 — Krishnagawhbar — Niva Arts — Bratya Basu • 2008 — Chaturanga — Purba Paschim — Sekhar Samaddar — Adaptation of Tagore's Novel • 2009 — Ruddhasangeet — Kalindi Bratyajon — Bratya Basu — Play on Rabindrasangeet exponent Debabrata Biswas • 2010 — Kanyadan — Ballygunge Swapnasuchona — Vijay Tendulkar — Translated by Bina Alase • 2010 — Canvasser — Kalindi Bratyajon — Short story, written by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay — Adapted by Sekhar Samaddar • 2011 — Byomkesh — Kalindi Bratyajon — Short story, written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay — Adapted by Ujjwal Chattopadhyay • 2013 — Cinemar Moto — Kalindi Bratyajon — Bratya Basu • 2014 — Ke? — Kalindi Bratyajon — Bratya Basu • 2015 — Boma — Kalindi Bratyajon — Bratya Basu • 2015 — Mumbai Nights — Minerva Repertory Theatre — Debasish Roy — Adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' • 2016 — Meghe Dhaka Tara — Naihati Bratyajon — Ujjwal Chattopadhyay — Based on the Bengali film, 'Meghe Dhaka Tara', directed by Ritwik Ghatak • 2016 — Adya Shesh Rajani — Paikpara Indraranga — Ujjwal Chattopadhyay — Play on late, controversial Actor-Director Ashim Chakraborty — Adya Shesh Rajani • 2017 — Ekush Gram — Naihati Bratyajon — Ujjwal Chattopadhyay — Based on the English film, '21 Grams', directed Alejandro Inarritu • 2017 — Banijye Basate Lakkhi — Paikpara Indraranga — Bratya Basu — Troyee • 2018 — Athoi Jal — Purba Paschim — Ujjwal Chattopadhyay — Adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's novel • 2018 — Mir Jafar — Kalindi Bratyajon — Bratya Basu

• Year — Play — Role — Produced by — Director — Notes — Ref || • 1994 — Ora Panchjon — Raja — Ganakrishti — Amitabha Dutta — Adaptation of Peter Shaffer's 'Five Finger Exercise' • 1996 — Ashalin — Sujan — Ganakrishti — Bratya Basu • 1998 — Aranyadeb — Aranyadeb — Ganakrishti — Bratya Basu • 2001 — Chatushkon — Soumya Sarkhel — Ganakrishti — Bratya Basu • 2001 — Shahar Yaar — Babu — Ganakrishti — Bratya Basu • 2005 — Page 4:It's also a Game — Manohar Middya — Lokokrishti — Bratya Basu • 2006 — Hemlat:The prince of Garanhata — Hemlat — Ballygunge Swapnasuchona — Bratya Basu — Adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' • 2007 — Krishnagawhbar — Angshuman Banerjee — Niva Arts — Bratya Basu • 2009 — Ruddhasangeet — Pramod Dasgupta, Santosh Kumar Ghosh — Kalindi Bratyajon — Bratya Basu — Play on Rabindrasangeet exponent Debabrata Biswas • 2010 — Kanyadan — Arun Athole — Ballygunge Swapnasuchona — Bratya Basu — Original play by Vijay Tendulkar, translated by Bina Alase • 2013 — Cinemar Moto — Abhijit Dutta Gupta — Kalindi Bratyajon — Bratya Basu • 2014 — Ke? — Chatak Chattoraj — Kalindi Bratyajon — Bratya Basu — Acted in one show in Mumbai • 2015 — Boma — Chittaranjan Das — Kalindi Bratyajon — Bratya Basu • 2015 — Mumbai Nights — Guest Appearance — Minerva Repertory Theatre — Bratya Basu — Adaptation of William Shkespeare's play 'Twelfth Night' • 2017 — Mulya — Sanjay Choudhury — Ballygunge Bratyajon — Debashish Roy — Adaptation of Arthur Miller's 'The Price', adapted by Asit Mukhopadhyay • 2017 — Sateroi July — Rakesh Chatterjee — Thealovers — Debashish Dutta — Inspired by John Wexley's 'They shall not die' and Utpal Dutta's 'Manusher Adhikare' • 2018 — Mir Jafar — Robert Clive — Kalindi Bratyajon — Bratya Basu

• Year — Title — Title in English — Publisher — Notes — Ref • 2022 — Adamritakatha — A saga of Ada (Ardhendushekhar Mustafi) and Amrita (Amritalal Basu) — Ananda Publishers — A novel superscribing commercialization of Bengali theatre encircling two stage actors Ardhendushekhar Mustafi and Amritalal Basu with their ever-deepening relationship • 2023 — Dyutakrirak — The Gambler — Ananda Publishers — His second novel encircling one of the most influential theatre artistes of Bengal, Shishir Kumar Bhaduri, theatre artistes Girish Chandra Ghosh who brought a sea change in stage acting in the professional theatre of Bengal • 2025 — Udbasito Mandas — The Floating Raft — Ananda Publishers — His Third novel also encircling one of the most influential theatre artistes of Bengal, Shishir Kumar Bhaduri, who brought a sea change in stage acting in the professional theatre of Bengal Prose • Year — Title — Title in English Or Exact Meaning — Publisher — Ref • 2025 — First Biography on Messi in Bengali Language — Ekti 'Sahityik' Mahakabyer Kissa: Lionel Andres Messi — Dey Book Store • 2025 — Biography on Bertolt Brecht — B.B. — Dey Book Store Original poetry • Year — Title — Title in English — Publisher — Notes — Ref • 2023 — Theatre Bishayak Kabita — Poems in relation to Theatre — Signet Press Translated poetry • Year — Title — Title in English — Publisher — Notes — Ref • 2025 — Juddher Barnoparichay — War Primer by Bertolt Brecht — Dey Book Store

• Year — Title — Language — Edited and/or Translated by — Publisher — Notes — Ref || • 2013 — Hemlat – The Prince of Garanhata — English — Prof. Amitava Roy, Tapu Biswas & Suchandra Ghosh — Avantgarde Press — For Shakespeare Society of Eastern India • 2014 — Chatushkon Evam Anya Natak — Hindi — Soma Bandyopadhyay — Rajkamal Prakashan • 2015 — Select Plays in English translation — English — Prof. Amitava Roy, Dr Zinia Mitra, Nirban Manna, Suchandra Ghosh & Abhishek Deb — Deep Prakashan • 2015 — Kaun? — Hindi — Mantu Das — Sahitya Bhandar, Allahabad • 2016 — Lakshagriha Evam Anya Natak — Hindi — Soma Bandypadhyay — Rajkamal Prakashan • 2022 — Mir Jafar Evam Anya Natak — Hindi — Pratik Singh, Amber Kumar Chowdhary, Goswami Jainendra Kumar Bharti — Rajkamal Prakashan • 2023 — An Anthology of Contemporary Bengali Plays by Bratya Basu — English — Editors: Sam Kolodezh et al. Translators: Mainak Banerjee and Arnab Banerji — Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing

• Year — Title — Cast — Citations • 2003 — Rasta — Mithun Chakraborty, Rajatava Dutta, Amitabh Bhattacharjee, Rimjhim Gupta, Raghuvir Yadav, Alakananda Ray, Dolon Ray, Soma Dey, Alaka Gangopadhyay, Deb Shankar Halder • 2005 — Teesta — Debashree Roy, Badshah Moitra, Chandrayee Ghosh, Pijush Ganguly, Sudip Mukherjee, Biswajit Chakraborty, Sreela Majumdar, Lily Chakraborty • 2010 — Tara — Prosenjit Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Bratya Basu, Goutam Halder, Parthasarathi Deb, Piya Sengupta • 2021 — Dictionary — Abir Chatterjee, Nusrat Jahan, Mosharraf Karim, Poulami Basu, Arno Mukhopadhyay • 2024 — Hubba — Mosharraf Karim, Indraneil Sengupta, Poulami Basu and others • 2026 — Shekor — Seema Biswas, Chanchal Chowdhury, Loknath Dey, Riddhi sen, Angana Roy, Kunal Ghosh, Narayan Goswami and Others

• Year — Title — Role — Directors — Channel — Citations • 2006 — Probahini Ei Somoy — Bhaskar — Abhijit Dasgupta — Akash Bangla • 2007 — Sonar Harin — Panu Halder — Saibal Banerjee — E TV • 2009 — Agnipariksha — Sashanka Debroy — Sudipto Das — Zee TV • 2010 — Dibaratrir Galpo — Bhaskar — Tathagata Banerjee — E TV

• Year — Award / Recognition — Conferred by — Milestone — Citations • 2000 — Shyamal Sen Smriti Samman — Swapnasandhani — Notable contribution in Benagli Theatre • 2000 — Dishari Samman — B.F.J.A. — Contribution in Bengali Theatre • 2001 — Satyen Mitra Puraskar — Theatre Workshop — Outstanding contribution in Bengali Theatre • 2003 — Satyen Mitra Puraskar — Theatre Workshop — Memorable contribution in Bengali Theatre • 2004 — Satyen Mitra Puraskar — Theatre Workshop — Prominent contribution in Bengali Theatre • 2014 — Banglar Gourab — Zee Bangla — Contribution in Bengali Theatre • 2016 — Mohit Samman — Rangapat — Exemplary contribution in Bengali Theatre • 2017 — Satyen Mitra Puraskar — Theatre Workshop — Outstanding contribution to Bengali Theatre • 2018 — Prachya Samman — Prachya — Contribution in Bengali Theatre • 2018 — Dronacharya Samman — Ashoknagar Natyamukh — Special Award for Outstanding Contributions to Bengali Theatre • 2019 — Shera Bangali — ABP Group — Remarkable contribution in Theatrical Art form • 2019 — Dinabandhu Mitra Puraskar — Paschim Banga Natya Akademi, Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Govt. of WB — In recognition of his distinctiveness as a playwright, an actor and a stage director in contemporary times • 2021 — Manthan Jibankriti Samman — Jadavpur Manthan — Lifetime Achievement Award • 2021 — SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD — Ministry of Culture, Government of India — For his Book, Mir Jafar O Onyanya Natak • 2022 — Saraswati Natya Samman — Netaji Nagar Saraswati Natyashala — An award for the best litterateur, theatre and film personality of the year • 2025 — Nabajagaran Samman — Ajkal Patrika — Outstanding contribution to Bengali Theatre • 2025 — Natadha-Bisesh-Samman — Natadha — Outstanding contribution to Bengali Theatre

• Year — Award / Recognition — Conferred by — Milestone — Citations • 2017 — Ritwik Ghatak Smriti Puroskar — Rajshahi Ritwik Ghatak Memorial Committee, Republic of Bangladesh — Notable contribution in Benagli Cinema • 2017 — Jury Award for Best Actor - Male — Hyderabad 'Bengali' Film Festival — Outstanding performance in the film, Asamapta • 2018 — Special Jury Award — 26th Annual Kalakar Awards — Outstanding performance in the film, Baranda • 2019 — B.F.J.A. Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role — B.F.J.A. — Best Acting in a Comic Role in the film, Manojder Adbhut Bari • 2019 — Jury Award for Best Supporting Actor - Male — Telangana 'Bengali' Film Festival — Best Supporting acting in the film, Bahaman • 2019 — 100 Greatest Performances of the Decade — Film Companion, an online platform for Independent Film Journalism, India — Superlative performance as 'Malay' in the film, Asamapta • 2021 — Goutam Buddha Award — Nepal International Film Festival 2021 — Best International Feature Film Award for the film, Dictionary, directed by him

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 of the state's higher education situation for clarification purposes. Basu was brought back as Education Minister after Trinamool Congress's substantial win at 2021 Assembly Election.