Shweta Basu Prasad

Shweta Basu Prasad
Prasad at the launch of ‘KUBE’ in Mumbai in 2017
Born Shweta Basu Prasad
(1991-01-11) 11 January 1991
Jamshedpur, Bihar, India
Residence Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress
Years active 2002–present
Parent(s) Anuj Prasad ,Sarmishta Basu Prasad

Shweta Basu Prasad (born 11 January 1991) is an Indian film actress. She started her career as a child actress in Hindi films and television series and went on to play lead roles in Bengali, Telugu and Tamil cinema. For her performance in the 2002 film Makdee, she won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist.

Early life

Shwetha Basu Prasad was born in Jamshedpur on January 11, 1991 in Bihar (now in Jharkhand) and later migrated with her family to Mumbai when she was a child.[1] Her father Anuj Prasad is from Bihar while her mother Sarmishta Basu Prasad is from West Bengal.[1]

Shweta's grandfather retired as a chief operating officer in Intelligence Bureau, New Delhi. Her father Anuj is a direction and acting diploma holder from Shreeram Centre, New Delhi. They later settled in Jamshedpur, where he married Shweta's mother, a musician and writer Sarmistha after 1 year's courtship in 1990 and they had Shweta the following year.

She studied commerce in the R. N. Podar High School, Santacruz, Mumbai. She added her mother's maiden name Basu to her screen name.[2]

Career

Shweta started her career at very tender age. She started her career with television and then soon moved to Bollywood. She made her film debut in 2002, with the dual role in Makdee for which she got National Award as a Best Child actress. After the success on silver screen, she got offers from television series such as Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii and Karishma Kaa Karishma. In 2005, her talent was again recognized by director Nagesh Kukunoor and offered her a film, Iqbal. Her stardom got triggered with the role of “Khadija” in the film. She won Best Supporting Actress Award at the 5th Karachi International Film Festival for Iqbal.

Shweta took a break after Iqbal and continued her studies. She is a graduate in Journalism and Mass Media. After her studies, she made a documentary on Indian Classical Music featuring the legends of the music industry. Shweta made her debut in Telugu cinema in 2008, with the film Kotha Bangaru Lokam. She did 8 movies in Tamil, Telugu, and Bengali so far.

Apart from films and television, Shweta had explored behind the camera work and worked as a script consultant at Phantom films.

Shweta has made her grand comeback with the Balaji Telefilms television series Chandra Nandni as leading actress Nandni. She is also coming back in Hindi film industry with the film, Badrinath Ki Dulhania by Dharma Productions.

Filmography

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Films
Year Title Role Language Notes
2002 Makdee Chunni/Munni Hindi
2005 Iqbal Khadija Hindi Sister of Iqbal
Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi! Shweta Hindi
2006 Darna Zaroori Hai Ashu Hindi
2008 Kotha Bangaru Lokam Swapna Telugu Lead Role
Ek Nadir Galpo: Tale of a River Anu Bengali Lead Role
2009 Kasko Krishnaveni Telugu Lead Role
Ride Rani Telugu Lead Role
2010 Kalavar King Shruthi Telugu Lead Role
2011 Raa Raa Gayathri Tamil Lead Role
Priyudu Shweta Telugu Cameo Role
2012 Nuvvekkadunte Nenakkadunta Haritha Telugu Lead Role
Oru Mutham Oru Yutham Tamil Lead Role
Mai Tamil Lead Role
2013 Chandhamama Mary Tamil Lead Role
2017 Badrinath Ki Dulhania Urmila Shukla Bansal Hindi Supporting Role
Mixture Potlam Swarna Sundari Telugu Lead Role
Devravne Budu Guru Kanada
2018 The Tashkent Files Film has yet to be released Hindi Filming


Television
Year Title Role Channel Notes
2002 Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii Shruti Star Plus
2003-2004 Karishma Kaa Karishma Sweety Star Plus
2016 Super 2 Contestant ETV Telugu Eliminated on 15th week
2016-2017 Chandra Nandini Nandini Star Plus


Other Works
Year Title Credited as Notes
Director Producer Actor Role
2014 Interior Cafe Night No Yes Yes Young Lady Short Film
2016 Roots-Documentary on Indian Classical Music Yes No No Documentary
2017 Visa No No Yes Tejaswi Short Film
2018 Gangstars No No Yes Aishwarya Amazon TV Series
Roop Ki RaniFilm has yet to be released No Yes No Short Film

Awards

Film

2002 National Film Award for Best Child Artist for Makdee

2005 Best Supporting Actress Award at the 5th Karachi International Film Festival for Iqbal

Televisions
Year Award Category For The Show Result
2017 Star Parivaar Awards Best Patni Chandra Nandini Won

Controversy

In 2014, she was caught for being involved in a high profile prostitution racket red-handedly, after the Hyderabad Police raided at a hotel in Banjara Hills. She was sent to rehabilitation centre for 6 months. The Nampally sessions court gave her clean chit.According to Shweta's lawyer, there was no evidence found to support allegations against her and so the court ordered be freed without any charges.

References

  1. 1 2 "Interview with Shweta Basu Prasad". www.idlebrain.com. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
  2. ↑ Shweta Prasad's name games. Hindustan Times (2007-11-26). Retrieved on 2012-06-21.
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