However, Mishti had other plans. In an exclusive live Instagram session last year, she famously said, "A saree is my armor, but it’s not my only skin." That statement was the first ripple of the tidal wave to come.
The turning point came with the release of her web series "Tropical Heat" on a major OTT platform. For the first time, Bengali audiences saw Mishti Basu not in a saree, but in a vibrant bikini during a scene shot in the Maldives. The internet broke. mishti basu saree to topless bikni stripping live