Diksha Basu | |
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Born |
Delhi, India |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Cornell University |
Occupation(s) | Writer, Actress |
Parents |
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Diksha Basu is an American writer and actress. [1] [2] She is the author of the novel The Windfall which is under adaptation for a television series by Shonali Bose. [3] [4]
Diksha Basu was born in Delhi, [5] to the sociologist Alaka Malwade Basu and economist Kaushik Basu, [2] who later became the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India and then the Chief Economist at the World Bank. [2] [6] She grew up in Delhi during the 1990s till the age of 10. [7] When she was a teenager, she moved to Ithaca, New York with her family. [1] [8] Basu states that after moving to upstate New York, she would keep visiting Delhi every 4 to 6 months. [9] She eventually graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts in economics, [1] and in the French language as part of a double major. [6]
In 2008, [10] she moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting, [6] and lived in the city for four years. [5] She featured in the comedy series Mumbai Calling (2007) and in the drama film A Decent Arrangement (2011). [6] [10] She began writing while in Mumbai, and her debut novel Opening Night was published by HarperCollins and launched in 2012 by Chetan Bhagat. [10] The novel depicted the struggles of an American-born actor who moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting. [10] It was described as a deeply personalised non autobiographical work of literary fiction. [11]
Basu joined the Columbia University School of the Arts to attain a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing, from where she graduated in 2014. [3] [11] She also featured in the memory film A Million Rivers (2017). [12] In the meantime, she married the music producer Mikey McCleary and gave birth to her daughter in 2017. [13] Her second novel The Windfall was also published and launched in the same year, [7] it was a humorous fiction marketed as a debut novel and depicted the life of a middle class Indian man who had suddenly encountered wealth. [14] It received positive critical acclaim and was signed in for a deal to be adapted into a television series. [9] [3] According to ELLE magazine, it broke stereotypes of exoticism surrounding India while according to The Wire, it was a "shrewd and unstintingly funny story about the neuroses of New Delhi's 1%". [1] [8] The Hindu gave it a mixed review objecting at its lack of nuance and inaccuracies in social and cultural depictions. [14]
In 2020, she published her third novel, Destination Wedding. [15]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Mumbai Calling | Call Centre Operator | Debut |
2011 | A Decent Arrangement | Amita Chandra | |
2017 | A Million Rivers |
Diksha Basu | |
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Born |
Delhi, India |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Cornell University |
Occupation(s) | Writer, Actress |
Parents |
|
Diksha Basu is an American writer and actress. [1] [2] She is the author of the novel The Windfall which is under adaptation for a television series by Shonali Bose. [3] [4]
Diksha Basu was born in Delhi, [5] to the sociologist Alaka Malwade Basu and economist Kaushik Basu, [2] who later became the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India and then the Chief Economist at the World Bank. [2] [6] She grew up in Delhi during the 1990s till the age of 10. [7] When she was a teenager, she moved to Ithaca, New York with her family. [1] [8] Basu states that after moving to upstate New York, she would keep visiting Delhi every 4 to 6 months. [9] She eventually graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts in economics, [1] and in the French language as part of a double major. [6]
In 2008, [10] she moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting, [6] and lived in the city for four years. [5] She featured in the comedy series Mumbai Calling (2007) and in the drama film A Decent Arrangement (2011). [6] [10] She began writing while in Mumbai, and her debut novel Opening Night was published by HarperCollins and launched in 2012 by Chetan Bhagat. [10] The novel depicted the struggles of an American-born actor who moved to Mumbai to pursue a career in acting. [10] It was described as a deeply personalised non autobiographical work of literary fiction. [11]
Basu joined the Columbia University School of the Arts to attain a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing, from where she graduated in 2014. [3] [11] She also featured in the memory film A Million Rivers (2017). [12] In the meantime, she married the music producer Mikey McCleary and gave birth to her daughter in 2017. [13] Her second novel The Windfall was also published and launched in the same year, [7] it was a humorous fiction marketed as a debut novel and depicted the life of a middle class Indian man who had suddenly encountered wealth. [14] It received positive critical acclaim and was signed in for a deal to be adapted into a television series. [9] [3] According to ELLE magazine, it broke stereotypes of exoticism surrounding India while according to The Wire, it was a "shrewd and unstintingly funny story about the neuroses of New Delhi's 1%". [1] [8] The Hindu gave it a mixed review objecting at its lack of nuance and inaccuracies in social and cultural depictions. [14]
In 2020, she published her third novel, Destination Wedding. [15]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Mumbai Calling | Call Centre Operator | Debut |
2011 | A Decent Arrangement | Amita Chandra | |
2017 | A Million Rivers |