He scolded her mother and told her mother that Seema should leave for Delhi immediately. Once Seema was there, she told him all about NSD. Seeing her dreams getting shattered, Seema took her mother to her mentor’s house under the pretext to seek his blessings. She was about to leave for Delhi when her father decided that she should stay back in Assam to let her brother study engineering. After completing her honours, she gave exams for NSD and cleared it.He finished seven days work in one day and it was a continuous 14-hour schedule on that day.” Her first formal introduction to theatre was through a workshop in Guwahati by an alumnus of NSD.Her friend, Sunita provided her with the notes to help her pass her exams. Seema felt hurt and stopped attending that teacher’s class.
Once, one of her teacher’s told her that theatre would get her nowhere in life.
The earliest memories of her childhood are of growing with her siblings in a one-room rented house, which was visited by the veterans like Bishnu Prasad Rabha (Musician), Bhupen Hazarika, and Phaneesh Sharma (musician).Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress for “Midnight’s Children” in 2013.Genie Award (renamed as Canadian Screen Award) for Best Actress for “Water” in 2006.
She made her Assamese film debut with “Kothanodi” (2016). She had earlier acted in Krishnan Kartha’s directorial venture “Amshini” (1987), a Hindi film. Seema accepted Shekhar’s offer and acted in “Bandit Queen” (1994). Before approaching her, he had contacted his first cousin, Anuradha Kapur, a theatre director and professor of drama at NSD. Once, when Seema was rehearsing for the play “Khubsurat Bahu,” Shekhar Kapur came backstage and congratulated her for her performance and offered her the role of Phoolan Devi in her biopic, Bandit Queen.