Seema Biswas

Biswas was born in a Bengali family at Nalbari, Assam, to Jagdish Biswas and Meera Biswas.^[2] After completing her primary education, she graduated in political science with honours from Nalbari College, Assam. She studied dramatic arts at the National School of Drama in New Delhi.^[1][3]

Biswas played the lead in Krishnan Kartha's Amshini (Hindi), it entered the Indian Panorama Section of Filmotsav 1988. However, the general belief is that she debuted after Shekhar Kapur watched her perform in the NSD Repertory Company and offered her a role in Bandit Queen. Although she had earlier acted in Assamese cinema, this was her first big break into Hindi cinema.

In 1996, she played the role of Flavy, a deaf and mute woman in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Khamoshi: The Musical opposite Nana Patekar and won the Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Rooted firmly in theatre, she refuses to be typecast,^[4] and has worked in a variety of films and character roles. She has also worked in Marathi, Malayalam and Tamil films.^[5] Some of her Marathi films are Bindhast, Dhyaas Parwa and Lalbaug-Parel.^{[citation needed]}

She has been honoured with the Life Membership of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy Of Film & Television by the director Sandeep Marwah.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, Biswas was a jury member of the 45th International Film Festival of India, held from 20 to 30 November at Goa.^[6]