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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sohini Sengupta
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| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[India]]
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| occupation = [[Actress]]
| father= [[Rudraprasad Sengupta]]
| mother = [[Swatilekha Sengupta]]
| spouse = {{Ubl
| {{Marriage|[[Goutam Halder]]||2006|end=div}}
| {{Marriage|[[Saptarshi Maulik]]|2013}}
}}
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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]],<ref name="Sohini Sengupta on theatre, Nandikar and more-Interview">{{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}}</ref> 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)<ref name="My mom and me">{{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 }}</ref> for which she won the [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress|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.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{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}}</ref>

==Filmography==
* ''[[Paromitar Ek Din]]'' (2000)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* ''[[Icche]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Alik Sukh]]'' (2013)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* ''[[Belaseshe]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Posto (film)|Posto]]'' (2017)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* ''[[Sanjhbati]]'' (2020)
* ''[[Abhijaan (2022 film)|Abhijaan]]'' (2022)<ref>{{cite news |date=29 March 2021 |title=Trailer for biopic on Soumitra out now |language=en |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/trailer-biopic-soumitra-out-now-2068929}}</ref>
* ''[[Aay Khuku Aay]]'' (2022)
* ''[[Pradhan (2023 film)|Pradhan]]'' (2023)
* [[Babli (film)|''Babli'']] (2024)
* ''[[Shontaan]]'' (2024)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* ''[[Aarii]]'' (2025)
* ''[[Grihapravesh (2025 film)|Grihapravesh]]'' (2025)
* ''[[Nari Choritro Bejay Jotil]]'' (2026)
* ''Phool Pishi O Edward'' (2026)

==Plays==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* Gotraheen {{ref label|Sohini|a}}<ref name="My mom and me" />
* Babli
* Chitrangada
* Bappaditya
* Sojon Badiyar Ghat
* Madhabi<ref name="play">{{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}}</ref>
* Kanyadan
* Dulia
* Amaar Priyo Rabindranath
* Anto Adi Anto<ref name="play"/>
* Tomaar Naam
* Kanyadan
* Rani Kadambini<ref name="play"/>
* Tomar Naam
* Ajnatobaas
* Naachni<ref name="play"/>
* Bipannata<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* Mrityunjoy<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*Panchajanya
}}

==Television/Web Series==
===Television===
* ''Thakumar Jhuli as Thakuma''<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* ''[[Khorkuto]]'' ''as Meghomala Mukherjee'' aka ''Putu Pishi''<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*''[[Sona Roder Gaan]] as'' ''Anandi's Mother''<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*''[[Guddi (TV series)|Guddi]] as Maammaam''
*''Badal Shesher Pakhi as Pranati Mukherjee''
*''Kamala Nibas'' as Kamala ([[Zee Bangla]]) (2026–Present) '<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aajkaal.in/entertainment/debshankar-halder-and-sohini-sengupta-starrer-kamala-nibas-promo-out-184725 |title=প্রকাশ্যে 'কমলা নিবাস'-এর ঝলক, সোহিনী-দেবশঙ্করের ধারাবাহিকের আগমনে কপাল পুড়ছে কার?}}</ref>
===Web Series===
*''[[Abar Proloy]]'' as Constable Madhobi
*''[[Advocate Achinta Aich]]'' as Advocate Nandini Sinha
*''[[Anusandhan (TV series)|Anusandhan]]'' as Mili Mitra, a journalist

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ff9; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Title
!Category
!Role
!Show
|-
|1999
|[[National Film Awards]]
|[[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|Sohini Haldar<ref name=DFF2000>{{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}}</ref>
|''[[Paromitar Ek Din]]''
|-
|2007
|[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]
|Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar
|Herself
|For her contribution to theatre.<ref name=SNA2007>{{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}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|[[ABP Ananda]] Sera Bangali
|Sera Bangali
|Herself
|For her Acting.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shera Bangali salute |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/shera-bangali-salute/cid/268248 |work=www.telegraphindia.com |publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]] |date=10 August 2013}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]] ''She Awards''
|''She Awards''
|Herself
|For her contribution to theatre.<ref>{{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 (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]] |date=22 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|Star Jalsha Parivaar Awards
|Priyo Nonod
|Putu Pishi
|Khorkuto
|-
|2025
|Zee 24 Ghanta Binoder Sera 24
|Best Supporting Actor - Female Award
|Sreemati
|[[Grihapravesh (2025 film)]]
|-
|}

==Notes==
:{{note label|Sohini|a}} This was the first play where Swatilekha and Sohini– mother and daughter worked together.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1100041}}

{{National Film Award Best Supporting Actress}}
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