Bhaskar was born and raised in Delhi to Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar, a Telugu Indian Navy officer, and his Bihari[REF][REF] wife Ira Bhaskar, a professor of cinema studies in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
Bhaskar grew up in Delhi,[REF] where she did her schooling from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya[REF] and subsequently studied English literature at Delhi University's Miranda House where she was classmate with another actress Minisha Lamba.