Eminent stage craft director, theatre personality, actor, director, artist, painter and writer Asim Basu passed away after a prolonged illness at Capital Hospital on Feb 1, 2017.
Basu was closely associated with the art and culture scene of Odisha for over five decades. He was 82.
Born in a small village in north Balasore, Basu had left home to learn paintings from Kolkata as his family members did not want him to make painting a career.
More famous for his beautiful and graphic stage craft direction, Basu has received the state Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998.
Besides, giving stage craft and art direction in more than 5 hundred plays and films, Basu directed over 2 hundred plays.
Suffering from acute lung infection, Basu was admitted in ICU of Capital hospital for the last few days.
Basu was chosen for Dharmapada Award for the year 2010, which he never received.
He had also directed two of the most popular plays 'Tata Niranjana' and 'Jane Raja Thile'.
