Basumatary has acted in a few highly successful and acclaimed films, including Mary Kom (2014), The Shaukeens (2014), III Smoking Barrels (2017), Goodbye (2022) and Netflix crime-drama series Rana Naidu (2023).

[1][2] She has recounted her experience of growing up in politically violent times during state insurgency and during the rise of separatist groups and how they impacted her family, childhood and later film career.

[2] Basumatary received her undergraduate degree in Assamese literature from Handique Girls College, Guwahati University.

Anurag was critically acclaimed at its time of release, winning several Assam State Film Awards such as Best Director.

In 2019, Basumatary directed her second feature film Jwlwi - The Seed, which was co-produced by artist and philanthropist Jani Viswanath[6] and partially crowdfunded through Wishberry.

Basumatary has noted Satyajit Ray, David Lean and Vishal Bhardwaj to be her favourite film directors.