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{{Infobox person
| name = Nilkantha Sengupta
| native_name = নীলকণ্ঠ সেনগুপ্ত
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1946|10|31}}<ref name="stq">{{ cite book | last = Katyal | first = Anjum | title = “Nine Lives - Nilkantha Sengupta's "Totality of Theatre.” | publisher =The Seagull Theatre Quarterly 29/30 June 2001| pages=197-222| url= https://www.seagullindia.com/stq/pdf/banglastq2.pdf | access-date =2026-01-28}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Faridpur Division|Faridpur District]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2010|06|01|1946|10|31}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|playwright|theatre director|organiser|}}
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| spouse = Kajal Sengupta (m.1988)
| children = Kanchanmala Sengupta
| awards = Eminent Director's Award (1989)
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'''Nilkantha Sengupta''' (31 October 1946 - 1 June 2010) was an [[Demographics of India|India]]n [[Bengali people|Bengali]] actor, [[Theatre director| theatre director]] and [[playwright]].<ref name ="cs">{{cite web| title = Nilkantha Sengupta movies, filmography, biography and songs |url= https://www.cinestaan.com/people/nilkantha-sengupta-132806 | access-date=2025-10-25}}</ref><ref name="stq"/> He was known as an all-time dramatist and mainly acted for Bengali films and dramas.<ref name="fc">{{cite web| title = Nilkantha Sengupta - Biography, Movies, Photos, ...|url =
https://www.filmiclub.com/person/nilkantha-sengupta-9lnbd0r |access-date=2025-10-25}}</ref>
Sengupta received the best Actor Award from the Information and Culture Department of the [[West Bengal Government]] in 1988 and the ''Eminent Director's Award'' from [[Paschimbanga Natya Akademi]] in 1989.<ref name="pbna">{{ cite web | url = https://pbna.wbicad.in/awards/pbna-puraskar.php | title = Paschimbanga Natya Akademi Puraskar award 1989-1990| access-date =2025-10-31}}</ref><ref name="binodanplus">{{ cite web | url= https://binodanplus.com/%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%87-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8/ | title = নাটকই ছিল তাঁর যাপন | access-date =2025-10-26}}</ref>

==Biography==
Nilakantha Sengupta was born in [[Kotalipara Upazila|Kotalipara]] of Faridpur (now [[Gopalganj District, Bangladesh| Gopalganj District]] during [[British Raj| British India]]. Nilkantha was the fifth son of his parents and very talented but immersed in the study of drama. Leaving the carefree confines of government jobs, he started a new chapter in the world of Bengali theatre.<ref name="binodanplus"/>

Sengupta formed a Bengali theatre group in Kolkata, named, "Theatre Commune," on 1 July 1972 . Its first drama ''Bibhur Bag'' based on 'Tiger' of [[William Saroyan]]. It was staged on 9 October at Rangana.<ref>{{ cite web | title = Kolkatar Dinponji (Calendar of Kolkata in Bengali) | url =https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/downloads/PURASHREE_JUL.pdf | access-date =2026-01-28}}</ref> Within a short period of time, it became a popular theatre group in Kolkata. On 23rd November 1974, under the direction of Nilakantha Sengupta, [[Mohit Chattopadhyay |Mohit Chatterjee's]] drama - 'Swadeshi Naksa' was staged in 1985.

As a playwright, Sengupta was influenced by works- [[Dante Alighieri|Dante’s]] [[Divine Comedy]], [[ Plutarch | Plutarch’s]] [[Parallel Lives | lives]], F.R. Cowell’s 'Cicero and the Roman Republic' and [[ William Shakespeare |Shakespeare’s]] [[ Julius Caesar (play)| Julius Caesar]]. He wrote several plays. Among them, the famous 'Julius Caesar's Last Seven Days', in 1983 (Julius Caesar Shesh Saath Din) was an adaption from a short story of Brecht titled "Caesar und Sein Legioner" (1947)<ref name ="researchgate">{{ cite web | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385072516_Brecht_Adaptations_in_Bengali_Group_Theatre_Nuances_and_Controversies | title = Brecht Adaptations in Bengali Group Theatre:Nuances and Controversies| website = [[ResearchGate]]| access-date =2026-01-29}}</ref>
The others are 'The Next Air Attack' (parabarti biman akrama - পরবর্তী বিমান আক্রমণ), 'Look Up' (uparer dike takan - উপরের দিকে তাকান), 'Daansagar', 'Sadhabar Ekadashi' etc. are notable.

== Filmography ==
<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.bengalfilmarchive.com/personalities-details.php?i=MjQ1 | title = Personalities Actors - Nilkantha Sengupta | access-date =2026-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4467909/bio/ | title = Mini Biography:Nilkantha Sengupta |access-date =2026-01-29}}</ref>
=== As actor ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1974 || [[Chhera Tamsuk]] || ||
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| 1978 || ''[[Ganadevata (film) | Ganadevata]]'' || || as Tarini, the singer
|-
| 1979 || "[[Parashuram (1979 film)|Parashuram]]" || ||
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| 1980 || Mayna Tadanta || ||
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| 1982 || ''[[Akaler Shandhaney]]'' || ||
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| 1983 || Mouchor || ||
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| 1984 || Ananya Amar || ||
|-
| 1986 ||"[[Pathbhola]]" || ||
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| 1987 || Bandookbaj || ||
|-
| 1999|| Kahini || ||
|}

==Personal life and death==
In 1988, Sengupta married Kajal Sengupta, also an actress, his worthy disciple. In 2010, Sengupta passed away, leaving behind his wife Kajal and only daughter Kanchalmala.<ref name="binodanplus"/>

==Reference==
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[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:Bengali male actors]]
[[Category:Bengali theatre personalities]]
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Indian male stage actors]]
[[Category:Indian theatre directors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Kolkata]]
[[Category:People from Gopalganj District, Bangladesh]]

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