Early Life
Basu was born into a middle-class Bengali Kayastha family in Bhilai. His parents were theatre artists and he grew up watching them perform with his father's theatre company, Abhiyan. He did his Primary Education form English Medium Middle School, Sector 2 and Higher Secondary education from BSP Senior Secondary School, Sector IV. Basu spent part of his life in Garia, a locality in South Kolkata. He received admission to the prestigious Jabalpur Engineering College, but did not join. He did B.Sc. in Physics from University of Mumbai with an intention to pursue a cinematography course at FTII, Pune. However, during the college years in Mumbai, he got an opportunity to assist at various levels in many TV and films projects. From there on, he tried at different times to stay involved with the filmmaking process and was eventually absorbed as an Assistant Director to Raman Kumar on Tara (TV series).
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