Sohini Sengupta is an Indian film and theatre actress. Daughter of actor

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Swatilekha Sengupta Swatilekha Sengupta (''née'' Chatterjee; 22 May 1950 – 16 June 2021) was a Bengali actress. She had received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for her contribution to Indian theatre as an actor. Career Swatilekha started her career in theate ...

, who are also active in theatre, Sohini is one of the leading actors of the

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group

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. As a member of the group, she has worked with prominent theatre personalities such as

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, Sumanto Gangopadhyay and Parthapratim Deb, and was awarded

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's 2007 ''Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar'' for contributions to theatre. She also played a supporting role in

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’s film

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(2000) for which she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2000 National Film Awards.

Personal life

Sengupta was born to parents

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. She was married to actor Goutam Halder till their divorce in 2006. In 2013 she married her co-actor Saptarshi Moulik at a private ceremony.

Filmography

* ''

'' (2000) * '' Icche'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' Belaseshe'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2020) * '' Abhijaan'' (2022) * '' Aay Khuku Aay'' (2022) * ''

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'' (2023) * ''Babli'' (2024) * Shontaan (2024) * '' Aarii'' (2025)

Plays

Television/Web Series

* ''Thakumar Jhuli as Thakuma'' * ''

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'' ''as Meghomala Mukherjee'' aka ''Putu Pishi'' *'' Sona Roder Gaan as'' ''Anandi's Mother'' *'' Guddi as Maammaam'' *''Badal Shesher Pakhi as Pranati Mukherjee'' *'' Abar Proloy'' as Constable Madhobi

Awards and honours

* 1999 -

National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress The National Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry ...

for ''

'' (as Sohini Haldar) * 2007 -

''Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar'' for her contribution to theatre. * 2013 -

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''Sera Bangali'' for Acting * 2020 -

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''She Awards'' for her contribution to theatre.

Notes

: This was the first play where Swatilekha and Sohini– mother and daughter worked together.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sengupta, Sohini Bengali actresses Bengali theatre personalities Living people Indian stage actresses 20th-century Indian actresses 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Bengali cinema Indian film actresses Best Supporting Actress National Film Award winners Year of birth missing (living people)