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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Rudraprasad Sengupta<br /> রুদ্রপ্রসাদ সেনগুপ্ত<br />
| image = Rudraprasad Sengupta (cropped).JPG<br />
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| caption = Sengupta in January 2010<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1935|01|31}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_place = <br />
| nationality = [[India|Indian]]<br />
| other_names = <br />
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| spouse = [[Swatilekha Sengupta]] [[Keya Chakrabarty]]<br />
| children = [[Sohini Sengupta]]<br />
| occupation = Theatre personality<br />
}}<br />
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'''Rudraprasad Sengupta''' (born 31 January 1935) is a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[Demographics of India|India]]n actor, director and cultural critic.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Sengupta was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal, the son of Anant Sengupta and Usha Prabha Sengupta. He studied at the [[Scottish Church College]] of the [[University of Calcutta]] where he earned his B.A. and M.A degrees in English literature.<ref>[http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=10805 from The Daily Star] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307110753/http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=10805 |date=7 March 2008 }}</ref><ref>''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008, p. 590.</ref> He was formerly a reader in English at the [[Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College]], Calcutta, and a visiting lecturer in the Drama Department of [[Rabindra Bharati University]].<br />
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In 1961 he joined the [[Kolkata]]-based theatre group [[Nandikar]] and in the early 1970s started to direct several plays for the group. In the late 1970s he became the leader of the group.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jan10/sunday/view.htm ''A militant theatre activist — that is what I am'' - The Tribune (10 January 1999)]</ref> He had directed many plays including Football, Feriwalar Mrityu among others.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Telegraph|first1=The|title='Our best is yet to come'|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1080703/jsp/entertainment/story_9495331.jsp|website=www.telegraphindia.com|access-date=13 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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He received several awards, including the highest national award from [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] in 1980. He has also appeared in some [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali art films]], [[Bernardo Bertolucci]]'s ''[[Little Buddha]]'', and [[Roland Joffé]]'s [[City of Joy (film)|''City of Joy'']].<br />
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He was married to [[Swatilekha Sengupta]], who was one of the leading actresses of Nandikar. His daughter [[Sohini Sengupta]] is one of the leading actresses in theatre and films.<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
* ''[[Purba Paschim Dakshin]]'' (2019)<br />
* ''[[Autograph (2010 film)|Autograph]]'' (2010)<br />
* ''[[Little Buddha]]'' (1993)<br />
* ''[[City of Joy (film)|City of Joy]]'' (1992)<br />
* ''[[Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha]]'' (1972)<br />
* ''[[Ekhoni]]'' (1971)<br />
* ''[[Hatey Bazarey]]'' (1967)<br />
* ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966)<ref name=IMDB>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0784293/ IMDB link]</ref><br />
* ''[[Sagina Mahato]]''<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
* ''[[Banga Bibhushan]]'' in 2012 by the [[Government of West Bengal]] for his contributions to theatre.<br />
* ''Anukul Samman'' in 2013 by the National Drama Festival, Allahabad.<ref name=ToI>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131111163720/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-09/allahabad/43853760_1_november-11-muktodhara-allahabad Drama festival in Allahabad]</ref><br />
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna]] in 2012<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|0784293}}<br />
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[[Category:Male actors from Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Indian theatre directors]]<br />
[[Category:Scottish Church College alumni]]<br />
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[[Category:Rabindra Bharati University faculty]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali theatre personalities]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali male actors]]<br />
[[Category:Male actors in Bengali cinema]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian male film actors]]<br />
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