Nivedita Basu is an Indian television producer who worked as Creative Director at Balaji Telefilms. Nivedita turned producer in 2015 and owns a celebrity cricket team (Kolkata Baabu Moshayes) on the television reality show ''Box Cricket League''.

Early life

Basu was born in

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. Her father, Prateek Basu was an ex-

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and mother Rita Basu is a national-level

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and handball player. She has an elder sister, Sonali Basu Tyagi.

Career

Basu joined Balaji Telefilms in 2000. By 2004, she was a deputy creative director, and she became Ekta Kapoor's second, determining the fates of the characters of soaps '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' and '' Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi''. She also worked on the series '' Hum Paanch'', ''

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'' and many others. Basu quit Balaji in January 2009 as a part of that production house's restructuring efforts. She joined Colosceum Media as vice president for scripted programming. Basu also worked as a Creative Director on '' 24,'' a 24-episode series in Hindi, which is the Indian version of the American TV series of the same name. She then worked as a Creative Director on '' The Bachelorette India - Mere Khayalon Ki Mallika'', the Indian version of the hit series ''

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''. In 2014, Basu established her own production house named ''House of Originals'' and has produced few new shows for prime TV channels. In 2015, Basu had signed

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''. Her production house is working on TV serial named as ''Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi''. In 2018, Basu started an NGO, Pehla Kadam For Girl Child Welfare. In 2021, Basu appointed as head of content and acquisition of biggbang amusement and in March 2022 She joined Atrangii - Dekhte Raho Hindi GEC and OTT as the head of content strategy and business alliances

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Basu, Nivedita Living people Indian women television producers Indian television producers Women television producers Welham Girls' School alumni 1978 births