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	\| name = Rudraprasad Sengupta.<br /> রুদ্রপ্রসাদ সেনগুপ্ত		\| name = Rudraprasad Sengupta<br /> রুদ্রপ্রসাদ সেনগুপ্ত
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	\| caption =		\| caption = Sengupta in January 2010
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	\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=yes\|1935\|01\|31}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=yes\|1935\|01\|31}}
	\| birth_place =		\|birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
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	\| nationality = [[India\|Indian]]		\| nationality = [[India\|Indian]]
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	\| spouse = [[Swatilekha Sengupta]] [[Keya Chakrabarty]]		\| spouse = [[Swatilekha Sengupta]] [[Keya Chakrabarty]]

	\| children = [[Sohini Sengupta]]		\| children = [[Sohini Sengupta]]
	\| occupation = Theatre personality		\| occupation = Theatre personality
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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'']].		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'']].

	He is married to [[Swatilekha Sengupta]], one of the leading actresses of Nandikar. His daughter [[Sohini Sengupta]] is one of the leading actresses in theatre and films.		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.

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==

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| spouse = [[Swatilekha Sengupta]] [[Keya Chakrabarty]]

| children = [[Sohini Sengupta]]
| occupation = Theatre personality
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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.

== Biography ==
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]].

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>

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'']].

He is married to [[Swatilekha Sengupta]], one of the leading actresses of Nandikar. His daughter [[Sohini Sengupta]] is one of the leading actresses in theatre and films.

==Filmography==
* ''[[Purba Paschim Dakshin]]'' (2019)
* ''[[Autograph (2010 film)|Autograph]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Little Buddha]]'' (1993)
* ''[[City of Joy (film)|City of Joy]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Ekhoni]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Hatey Bazarey]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Galpo Holeo Satti]]'' (1966)<ref name=IMDB>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0784293/ IMDB link]</ref>
* ''[[Sagina Mahato]]''

== Awards ==
* ''[[Banga Bibhushan]]'' in 2012 by the [[Government of West Bengal]] for his contributions to theatre.
* ''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>
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna]] in 2012

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0784293}}

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