Shweta Basu Prasad was an assistant director to Anurag Kashyap for his short film "Clean Shaven" starring Radhika Apte and Satyadeep Misra.
Shweta Basu Prasad enjoys cooking, reading, painting, writing and driving.
Shweta Basu Prasad is trained in Sitar, which is a Hindustani classical instrument.
Shweta Basu Prasad's parents turned down Raj Kumar Santoshi's Halla Bol and Madhur Bhandarkar's Traffic Signal, which were both offered to Shweta after Iqbal (2005) because her parents wanted her to focus on her studies instead of being in the limelight.