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Shweta Basu Prasad is an Indian actress. She has acted in predominantly in Hindi films and television. She won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for her role in Makdee.

Shweta Basu Prasad
Born	Shweta Jamshedpur, Bihar, India (Now in Jharkhand)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002 – present
Spouse	Rohit Mittal ​ ​ (m. 2018; div. 2019)​ [1]

Personal life

Shweta Basu Prasad was born in Jamshedpur, in Bihar (Now in Jharkhand) and later migrated with her family to Mumbai when she was still a child.^{[citation needed]}

Shweta studied commerce in the R. N. Podar High School, Santacruz, Mumbai and completed her graduation in mass media and journalism. She wrote columns for The Indian Express.[2]

She added her mother's maiden name Basu to her screen name,[3] and she married filmmaker Rohit Mittal on 13 December 2018.[4] She announced their separation on Instagram on 10 December 2019.[5]

Career

Shweta began her career at a very tender age. She started in television but soon moved to Bollywood. Her film debut in 2002 was with a double role in Makdee for which she got the National Award for Best Child Actress. After her success on the 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 he offered her the film Iqbal, and she became a household name with the role of “Khadija” in the film. She won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 5th Karachi International Film Festival for Iqbal.

Shweta took a break after Iqbal and continued her studies.[6] She is a graduate in Journalism and Mass Media, and after her studies, she made a documentary on Indian Classical Music featuring the legends of the music industry. Shweta spent four years between 2012 and 2016 researching and making this documentary film, which features music giants like Shubha Mudgal, A R Rahman, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Vishal Bhardwaj, Amit Trivedi and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan among many other legends. The film also has a ten-minute animation bit showing a 5000-year history of Indian music. Shweta, who is herself trained in playing the Sitar, is a classical music enthusiast and made this project from her own pocket out of passion, and this documentary film, Roots, is now available on Netflix.[7]

Shweta made her debut in Telugu cinema in 2008, with the film Kotha Bangaru Lokam. She has made eight movies in Tamil, Telugu, and Bengali.

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

In September 2014, Shweta was arrested from a hotel in Hyderabad after a police raid. She was detained by the police on charges of prostitution, and sent to a rescue home,[8] where she was held for two months.[9][10] In December, the Metropolitan Sessions Court, Nampally, Hyderabad, withdrew all charges against her. After her release, she issued an open letter to the media clarifying as false and misleading, a statement attributed to her by a journalist at the time of the arrest.[8] In the letter, she said during the time of the arrest, she was attending the Santosham Film Awards event, and staying at the hotel arranged by the organizers.[11]

Shweta made her grand comeback with the Balaji Telefilms television series Chandra Nandni as leading actress Nandni, and her next Hindi film outing was Badrinath Ki Dulhania by Dharma Productions.[12]

Shweta played a rookie journalist and central protagonist in The Tashkent Files, a suspense drama thriller based on the death of India's Second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. She received critical praise and acclaim from critics and audiences alike.[13] The film was received well commercially and has been hailed as a surprise box office success of 2019,[14] after successfully making a 50-day Box Office run.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2002	Makdee	Chunni/Munni	Hindi	Dual role; Child actress
2005	Iqbal	Khadija	Hindi	lead actress
2005	Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!	Shweta	Hindi
2006	Darna Zaroori Hai	Ashu	Hindi
2008	Ek Nadir Galpo	Anu	Bengali
2008	Kotha Bangaru Lokam	Swapna	Telugu	Telugu Debut
2009	Ride	Rani	Telugu
2009	Kasko	RJ Krishnaveni	Telugu
2010	Kalavar King	Shruti	Telugu
2011	Raa Raa	Gayathri	Tamil
2011	Priyudu		Telugu
2011	Genius		Telugu	Item song "Dibiri Dibiri"
2013	Chandhamama	Mary	Tamil
2014	Int. Café: Night	Young Girl	Hindi	Short film
2017	Badrinath Ki Dulhania	Urmila Shukla Bansal	Hindi
2017	Visa	Tejaswini	Hindi /English	Short film
2018	Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota	Aai (mother)	Hindi
2018	Vijetha		Telugu
2018	Megalopolis	Svetlana	Hindi
2019	The Tashkent Files	Raagini Phule	Hindi
2019	Chubhan	Meghna	Hindi	Short film
2020	Shukranu	Reema	Hindi	ZEE5 film
2020	The Lovers	Nitya		Short film
2020	Serious Men	Anuja Dhavre	Hindi	Netflix film
2020	Comedy Couple	Zoya Batra	Hindi	ZEE5 film
2021	Jamun	Chetna	Hindi	Eros Now release
2021	India Lockdown	TBA	Hindi	Completed
2022	Hostages

Television and web series

Year	Work	Role	Network	Notes
1998	X Zone	Young Anu	Zee TV	Episode 94
2000-2008	Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii	Young Shruti Aggarwal	Star Plus	2 episode
2001- 2003	Kutumb	Vanshita	Sony TV	250 episode
2002	Koshish - Ek Aashaa	Kajal's Daughter, 2002)	Zee TV	1 episode
2003-2004	Karishma Kaa Karishma	Sweety	Star Plus	65 episode
2003	The Magic Make-Up Box	Maya	Zee TV	33 episode
2015 2016	Darr Sabko Lagta Hai	Pangkhuri	&TV	1 episode
2016- 2017	Chandra Nandini	Nandini Maurya	Star Plus	Main role
2018	Gangstars	Aishwarya	Amazon Video	Telugu series
2019	Flip			Mini series
2019- 2020	Hostages	Shikha Pandey	Disney+ Hotstar	Main role, season 2
2020	Dr Donn		ALTBalaji
2020–present	High	Dr. Shweta	MX Player	Main role
2021	Ray	Maggie	Netflix	episode: "Forget Me Not"
2022	Criminal Justice: Adhura Sach	Lekha	Disney+Hotstar	[15]

Awards

Year	Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2003	Makdee	50th National Film Awards	Best Child Artist	Won	[16]
2006	Iqbal	Zee Cine Awards	Best Actress (Critics)	Won
		Screen Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Won
		51st Filmfare Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[17]
2007		5th Karachi International Film Festival	Best Supporting Actress	Won
2009	Kotha Bangaru Lokam	56th Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress – Telugu	Nominated	[18]
2009		Santosham Film Awards	Best Actress	Nominated

References

External links

• Shweta Basu Prasad at IMDb 
• Shweta Basu Prasad at Bollywood Hungama

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