What is Asim Basu?
[[File:Asim Basu.jpg|thumb|Basu in December 2014]] [[File:Asim Basu.webm|thumb|Footage from an interview with Asim Basu.]] '''Asim Basu''' ({{Lang-or|ଅସୀମ ବସୁ}}; 30 November 1935 &ndash; 1 February 2017) was an [[India]]n [[theatre]] [[artist]] and director, [[painter]] and [[playwright]]. He was known for his set design work in [[Ollywood]] [[movie]]s and designing [[Oriya language|Oriya]] [[book cover]]s and [[movie poster]]s. He was awarded at the 2012 Parampara Awards. He was born in [[Balasore district]], [[Odisha]]. Basu died from a [[lung]] [[infection]] on 1 February 2017 in [[Bhubaneswar]], Odisha at the age of 81.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pragativadi.com/eminent-theatre-personality-asim-basu-passes-away/|title=Eminent theatre personality Asim Basu passes away|work=Pragativadi|date=1 February 2017|access-date=3 February 2017|archive-date=4 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204220002/http://pragativadi.com/eminent-theatre-personality-asim-basu-passes-away/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=archive|first=From our online|date=2017-02-02|title=Theatre personality Asim Basu passes away at 83|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/odisha/2017/Feb/02/theatre-personality-asim-basu-passes-away-at-83-1566047.html|access-date=2024-05-24|website=The New Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Basu, Asim}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from respiratory tract infection]] [[Category:Indian designers]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in India]] [[Category:Indian painters]] [[Category:People from Odisha]] {{Bio-stub}}