Sohini Sengupta
{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
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| birth_place = Kolkata, India
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| occupation = Actress
| father= Rudraprasad Sengupta
| mother = Swatilekha Sengupta
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Sohini Sengupta is an Indian film and theatre actress. Daughter of actor Rudraprasad Sengupta and Swatilekha Sengupta, who are also active in theatre, Sohini is one of the leading actors of the Bengali theatre group Nandikar. As a member of the group, she has worked with prominent theatre personalities such as Debshankar Halder, Sumanto Gangopadhyay and Parthapratim Deb,{{cite news |last1=Basu |first1=Shrabanti |title=Sohini Sengupta on theatre, Nandikar and more-Interview |url=http://calcuttatube.com/sohini-sengupta-on-theatre-nandikar-and-more-interview/118071/ |publisher=CalcuttaTube |access-date=25 June 2012}} and was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi's 2007 Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for contributions to theatre. She also played a supporting role in Aparna Sen’s film Paromitar Ek Din (2000){{cite news |title=My mom and me |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/My%20mom%20and%20me/0/30415.html |access-date=25 June 2012 |newspaper=India Today |date=27 February 2009 |archive-date=6 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006092848/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/My |url-status=dead }} for which she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2000 National Film Awards.
Personal life
Sengupta was born to parents Rudraprasad Sengupta and Swatilekha Sengupta in Kolkata. 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.{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/theatre/sohini-wanted-to-live-in-but-saptarshi-wanted-a-marriage-/articleshow/21747313.cms |title=Sohini wanted to live in, but Saptarshi wanted a marriage. - Times of India |website=The Times of India}}
Filmography
- Paromitar Ek Din (2000){{cite news |last1=দত্ত |first1=অন্বেষা |title=ওরাও আছে সমান্তরালে |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/samantaral-portrayed-the-oddity-in-a-story-1.713897 |work=www.anandabazar.com |publisher=Anandabazar Patrika |date=27 November 2017 |language=bn}}
- Icche (2011)
- Alik Sukh (2013){{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Sankha |title=Doctors are human beings, not God! Revisiting 'Alik Sukh' as the film clocks 7 years - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/doctors-are-human-beings-not-god-revisiting-alik-sukh-as-the-film-clocks-7-years/articleshow/77079100.cms |work=The Times of India |date=21 July 2020 |language=en}}
- Belaseshe (2015)
- Posto (2017){{cite news |last1=সিংহ |first1=তাপস |title=প্রকৃত অভিভাবক কে, জানে পোস্ত |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/entertainment/film-review-of-posto-1.612770 |work=www.anandabazar.com |publisher=Anandabazar Patrika |date=15 May 2017 |language=bn}}
- Sanjhbati (2020)
- Abhijaan (2022){{cite news |date=29 March 2021 |title=Trailer for biopic on Soumitra out now |language=en |work=The Daily Star |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/trailer-biopic-soumitra-out-now-2068929}}
- Aay Khuku Aay (2022)
- Pradhan (2023)
- Babli (2024)
- Shontaan (2024){{Cite web |title=Shontaan (2024) - Movie {{!}} Reviews, Cast & Release Date in kolkata |url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/movies/kolkata/shontaan/ET00410628 |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=BookMyShow |language=en-IN}}
- Aarii (2025)
Plays
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- Gotraheen {{ref label|Sohini|a}}
- Babli
- Chitrangada
- Bappaditya
- Sojon Badiyar Ghat
- Madhabi{{cite news |last1=Ghosal |first1=Sharmistha |title=Thespian Sohini Sengupta on why she turned down Sacred Games |url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/theatre/2018/dec/14/thespian-sohini-sengupta-on-why-she-turned-down-sacred-games-11612.html |work=www.indulgexpress.com |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=14 December 2018 |language=en}}
- Kanyadan
- Dulia
- Amaar Priyo Rabindranath
- Anto Adi Anto
- Tomaar Naam
- Kanyadan
- Rani Kadambini
- Tomar Naam
- Ajnatobaas
- Naachni
- Bipannata{{cite news |title=NSD's Bharat Rang Mahotsav: Ten must-watch women-oriented plays |url=https://indianexpress.com/photos/lifestyle-gallery/nsds-bharat-rang-mahotsav-ten-must-watch-women-oriented-plays/4/ |work=The Indian Express |date=2 February 2015 |language=en}}
- Mrityunjoy{{cite news |last1=Debolina |first1=Sen |title=Theatre review: Mrityunjoy - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/theatre/theatre-review-mrityunjoy/articleshow/63281527.cms |work=The Times of India |date=13 March 2018 |language=en}}
- Panchajanya
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Television/Web Series
- Thakumar Jhuli as Thakuma{{cite news |last1=Sen |first1=Zinia |title=Meet the thakuma of Thakurmar Jhuli - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/meet-the-thakuma-of-thakurmar-jhuli/articleshow/67656402.cms |work=The Times of India |date=23 January 2019 |language=en}}
- Khorkuto as Meghomala Mukherjee aka Putu Pishi{{cite web |last1=Sen |first1=Debolina |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/when-i-was-offered-khor-kuto-during-lockdown-i-felt-blessed-sohini/articleshow/78916090.cms |title=When I was offered Khor Kuto during lockdown, I felt blessed: Sohini |date=28 October 2020 |work=The Times of India}}
- Sona Roder Gaan as Anandi's Mother{{cite news |last1=Das |first1=Sampita |title=পায়েলের মা হয়ে ফিরছে পুটু পিসি |url=https://eisamay.com/entertainment/tv-news/payel-de-sohini-sengupta-starrer-sona-roder-gaan-will-be-starting-from-january/articleshow/88298965.cms |work=Ei Samay |date=16 December 2021 |language=bn}}
- 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 for Paromitar Ek Din (as Sohini Haldar){{cite book |editor1-last=Sengupta |editor1-first=Ratnottama |title=47th National Film Festival 2000 |date=September 2000 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |page=31 |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/47th_nff_2000.pdf}}
- 2007 - Sangeet Natak Akademi Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for her contribution to theatre.{{cite web |title=Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2007 |url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/yuva2007.htm |publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi |access-date=23 March 2015}}
- 2013 - ABP Ananda Sera Bangali for Acting{{cite news |title=Shera Bangali salute |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/shera-bangali-salute/cid/268248 |work=www.telegraphindia.com |publisher=The Telegraph |date=10 August 2013}}
- 2020 - The Telegraph She Awards for her contribution to theatre.{{cite news |title=The Telegraph She Awards 2020 saw women achievers being feted on stage |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/the-telegraph-she-awards-2020-saw-women-achievers-being-feted-on-stage/cid/1747634 |work=www.telegraphindia.com |publisher=The Telegraph |date=22 February 2020}}
Notes
:{{note label|Sohini|a}} This was the first play where Swatilekha and Sohini– mother and daughter worked together.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1100041}}
{{National Film Award Best Supporting Actress}}
{{Bengali theatre}}
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Category:Bengali theatre personalities
Category:Indian stage actresses
Category:20th-century Indian actresses
Category:21st-century Indian actresses
Category:Actresses in Bengali cinema
Category:Indian film actresses
Category:Best Supporting Actress National Film Award winners