Nivedita Basu is an Indian television producer, director, and creative leader who served as the vice president of content and business alliances at Atrangii, Ullu and Hari Om. Previously she was the 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 New Delhi. Her father, Prateek Basu was an ex-Army officer and mother Rita Basu is a national-level Table Tennis and handball player. She has an elder sister, Sonali Basu Tyagi.[1][2]
Personal life
She married lawyer Yadunath Bhargavan Karimbil on 11 November 2007 in Kerala, India. They have two daughters, Oyshee and Illisha.[3][4][5][6][7]
Basu quit Balaji in January 2009 as a part of that production house's restructuring efforts.[11][14] She joined Colosceum Media as vice president for scripted programming.[15]
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 The Bachelorette.[14]
In 2015, Basu established her own production house named House of Originals and has produced few new shows for prime TV channels. She also launched her celebrity cricket team Kolkata Baabu Moshayes.[16][17][3][14][18][19]
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, along with her roles at Ullu and Hari Om, and she is set to resign in October 2024. [23][14][24][25][26]
