Rituparna Sengupta: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 11:43, 29 May 2005

Revision as of 11:46, 29 May 2005

Line 1:

[[Rituparna Sengupta]] is a leading [[Bengali]] [[actress]], who works mainly in the [[Calcutta]] film industry. Born and raised in Calcutta, she studied history at [[Lady Brabourne College]] and at [[Calcutta University]]. She made her film debut in [[1992]]. She has received widespread critical acclaim for her performances in ''Dahan'' (1997), ''Utsab'' (2000), ''Paromitar Ek Din'' (2000) and ''Mondo Meyer Upakhyan'' (2002). She won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Indian National Film Awards for her role in [[Rituparno Ghosh]]'s ''Dahan''. She playsplayed Romita, a newly-wed woman who is the victim of a brutal rape.

Rituparna is a trained [[Odissi]] dancer, and has her own classical dance troupe 'Bhabna Aaj O Kaal'. ('Contemporary Thoughts'}). She is married to Sanjay Chakrabarty, an IT entrepreneur and her childhood sweetheart.

==External Links==

* [http://www.rituparna.com Rituparna Sengupta's Official Site]

* R{{imdb name|id=0784292|name=Rituparna Sengupta}}

* [http://www.rediff.com/entertai/1999/aug/05ritu.htm Rediff interview, 1999]