Seema Biswas

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Seema Biswas was born in a Bengali family in the Guwahati City of Assam and grew up in the Nalbari town of Assam.Her father, Jagdish Biswas was into the construction business and was very passionate about art and culture. Her mother, Meera Biswas was a history teacher and a pioneering figure of the female theatre artists of Assam.According to Seema, the earliest memories of her childhood are of growing with her siblings in a one-room rented house, which was frequented by the veterans like Bishnu Prasad Rabha (Musician), Bhupen Hazarika, and Phaneesh Sharma (musician).Seema describes her childhood self as a loner and sulky. Talking about it, Seema said- As a child, I was overweight, avoided interacting with other kids, and became irritated very easily. I was a problem child in that I was very choosy about my clothes and refused to wear hand-me-downs. Besides, unless my mother cooked what I wanted to eat, I would sulk..Amongst her siblings, Seemas father favoured her the most. Reminiscing about her father, Seema says, My father never scolded me. He encouraged me to join dance classes and even trimmed my hair himself. Each night, when he returned from work, my father would place all the coins in his pocket under my mattress. When I woke up in the morning, I would feel excited about my little treasure..Seemas mother has acted with her in the film Water (2005). In the film, her mother played the role of a widow named Dhanu..When Seema was a teenager, a local theatre contacted her mother, seeking her permission to cast Seema in a play. Her mother agreed, which led to the stage debut of Seema at the age of 15. Since then, she acted in numerous local plays.In the final year of her graduation, one of her teachers told her that instead of theatre she should focus on her studies as doing theatre was not going to earn her bread and butter. Seema felt hurt and stopped attending that teachers class. When the final exams arrived, her friend, Sunita provided her with the notes and persuaded her to give exams.Seema was formally introduced to the theatre, through a workshop, organized by an alumnus of NSD. Seema recollects, He finished seven days work in one day and it was a continuous 14-hour schedule on that day..After completing her honours, she gave exams for NSD and cleared it. Seema was about to leave for Delhi when her father decided that Seema would have to stay, to let her brother pursue engineering. Seeing her dreams getting shattered, Seema took her mother to her mentors house under the pretext to seek his blessings. Once Seema was there, she explained to him the whole scenario. He scolded her mother and told her mother that they should let Seema go to Delhi. According to Seema, she set off in a next train to Delhi from Assam on an unreserved ticket.