Basanta Choudhury, or Basanta Chowdhury (Bengali:????? ??????) (5 May 1928 – 20 June 2000), was an actor in the Kolkata-based Bengali film industry and the Mumbai-based Hindi film industry.
He worked with directors Asit Sen, Rajen Tarafdar, Ajay Kar and Bijay Bose, often in leading roles.
Choudhury's collection of Kashmiri and Persian shawls were enviable.
Director Satyajit Ray admired those collections and used for his masterpieces.