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Rituporna Sengupta
Rituparna Sengupta is Indian actress and producer and model who is known for her work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali and Hindi cinema. One of the most successful actresses of Bengali cinema, she rode the crest of her box office success in the late 1990s. She has won a National Film Awards, National Award, two Filmfare Awards East, Filmfare Awards, four Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actress Award, BFJA Awards and four Anandalok Awards. Initially promoted as the carbon copy of Satabdi Roy, Sengupta made her screen debut opposite Kushal Chakraborty in the Bengali Fantasy television, fantasy TV series ''Shwet Kapot'' (1989) directed by the latter and broadcast on DD Bangla. She made her big screen debut opposite Bijay Mohanty in the Cinema of Odisha, Odia film ''Kotia Manish Gotiye Jaga'' (1991) directed by Vijay Bhaskar. Throughout her career, she featured in a host of National Film Award, National Award-winning Bengali films such as ''Shwet Patharer Thala'' (1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary financial and commercial centre of eastern and northeastern India. Kolkata is the seventh most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 4.5 million (0.45 crore) while its metropolitan region Kolkata Metropolitan Area is the third most populous metropolitan region of India with a metro population of over 15 million (1.5 crore). Kolkata is regarded by many sources as the cultural capital of India and a historically and culturally significant city in the historic region of Bengal.————— The three villages that predated Calcutta were ruled by the Nawab of Bengal under Mughal suzerainty. After the Nawab granted the East India Company a trading license in 1690, the area was developed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
