Joy Basu

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Joy Basu is a Bengali writer and prominent cultural personality.

[edit] Life

Joy was born in 14 January 1964 at Rourkella. His father worked at the Rourkella Steel Plant. His mother is Subarna Basu(Raha). Subarna was a school teacher and was also one of the founding members of the legendary theater group Nandikar. Joy is the youngest of three brothers, the others being Avi and Shuva.

Later, Joy with his family moved to Kolkata. There his father died of asthma. He acquired his primary education at Shailendra Sircar School and then studied polytechnic at Joypuria Collage.

Joy currently works at the Education Directorate at Bikash Bhaban, Saltlake, Kolkata under the West Bengal Government. He lives with his wife Arpita Palit, a leading poet and their son Shish Basu Palit.

[edit] Work

Joy has written several plays. His play Sunetra is currently being staged by theater group Natyaanan. His other plays include Jachchhetai Kando and numerous short plays. He has written the script for and worked as an assistant director in the film Sunday Afternoon directed by Amit Dutta and produced by Bayleaf Productions. He is a co-founder of Bayleaf Productions. He is also actively associated with the leading Bengali little magazine of poetry and poetry related essays Kanha. He is currently the screen-writer for the leading Bangla mega-serial (soap opera) Nana Ronger Dinguli.