Rituparna Sengupta: Difference between revisions

| name               = Rituparna Sengupta

| image             = Rituparna Sengupta - Singapore 2020 - Vhok John.jpg

| caption           = Sengupta in 2020

| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1970|11|7}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofindia.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/did-you-know/did-you-know-acting-wasnt-the-first-choice-for-rituparna/articleshow/76355801.cms|title=Did you know acting wasn't the first choice for Rituparna?|website=The Times of India|access-date=1 November 2020}}</ref>

| birth_place       = [[Kolkata, West Bengal]], India

| yearsactive       = 1989–present

| organization       = Bhavna Aaj O Kal<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/ed-questions-rituparna-sengupta-over-rose-valley-scam/articleshow/70288827.cms|title=ED questions Rituparna Sengupta over Rose Valley scam - Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref>

| occupation         = Actress and [[Film producer|producer]]

| works             = [[List of works by Rituparna Sengupta|Full list]]

| alma_mater         = [[University of Calcutta]]

| opponents         =  

| spouse             = {{married|Sanjay Chakrabarty|1999}}

| children           = 2

| birth_name         = Rituparna Sengupta

| website           = {{URL|http://www.rituparna.com/}}

'''Rituparna Sengupta''' (''Rituparna Shengupta''; born 7 November 1970) is an Indian actress and producer who is known for her work in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]] and [[Bollywood|Hindi cinema]] .<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121103/jsp/entertainment/story_16152170.jsp#.UoJjenDPVV4 | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | title=She's bold & beautiful | date=3 November 2012}}</ref>

Initially promoted as the carbon copy of [[Satabdi Roy]], Sengupta made her screen debut opposite [[Kushal Chakraborty]] in the Bengali [[Fantasy television|fantasy]] TV series ''Shwet Kapot'' (1989) directed by the latter and broadcast on [[DD Bangla]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anandalok.in/storydetails?catid=33212&link=39090|title=জীবন ঋতুর ছন্দে|website=www.anandalok.in|language=Bn|access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=http://www.binodonbichitra.com.bd/?p=3466|title=লাইম লাইটে চিরনায়িকা ঋতু|date=27 November 2019|website=www.binodonbichitra.com.bd|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.in/People/People.aspx?pplid=11837|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606085751/http://www.gomolo.in/People/People.aspx?pplid=11837|website=Gomolo.com|title=Rituparna Sengupta Biography|archive-date=2011-06-06|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref> She was catapulted to stardom after she made her big screen debut with [[Prabhat Roy]]'s [[National Film Award|National Award]]-winning Bengali film ''Shwet Patharer Thala'' (1992).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm40thNFAAward.aspx|website=IFFI|title=40th National Film Awards|access-date=2018-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602174839/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm40thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2016-06-02}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/shet-patharer-thala-35856|title=Shet Patharer Thala (1992) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos {{!}} Cinestaan|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref> She made her [[Bollywood]] debut with [[Partho Ghosh]]'s ''[[Teesra Kaun]]'' (1994).<ref name="rediff.com"/> She had a very successful on screen collaboration with [[Prosenjit Chatterjee|Prosenjit]], [[Siddhanta Mahapatra|Siddhanta]] , [[Chiranjeet Chakraborty|Chiranjeet]] and [[Manna (actor)|Manna]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmzack.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/the-point-where-debasree-roy-is-different-from-rituparna-sengupta/|title=The Point Where Debasree Roy Is Different From Rituparna Sengupta|website=Filmzack|access-date=23 November 2018}}</ref> She featured opposite [[Prosenjit Chatterjee|Prosenjit]] for the first time in Bhijoy Bhaskar's ''Nagpanchami'' (1994) which was a major commercial success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/naag-panchami-35122|title=Naag Panchami (1994) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2018-12-29}}</ref> Her other major hits opposite Prosenjit include ''Abujh Mon'' (1996), ''[[Moner Manush (1997 film)|Moner Manush]]'' (1997), ''Pabitra Papi'' (1997), ''[[Baba Keno Chakar]]'' (1998), ''Daay Dayitwa'' (1999), ''Sindur Khela'' (1999), ''Sudhu Ekbar Bolo'' (1999), ''[[Tumi Ele Tai]]'' (1999), ''[[Sasurbari Zindabad]]'' (2000) and ''[[Praktan]]'' (2016).<ref name="An">{{Cite web|url=https://reader.magzter.com/reader/ttbrdx4a3fkzq9nsi0xv35887014464055/358870#page/16|title=বিয়ে ভাঙছে ঋতুপর্ণার?|website=reader.magzter.com|publisher=[[Anandalok]]|access-date=19 March 2020}}</ref> Her first collaboration with [[Chiranjeet Chakraborty|Chiranjeet]] was Prashant Nanda's ''Lal Paan Bibi'' (1994) which was also a major financial success. Her other hits opposite Chiranjeet include ''Naginkanya'' (1995), ''Rakhal Raja'' (1995), ''Sansar Sangram'' (1995), ''Chandragrahan'' (1997), ''Bishnu Narayan'' (1998), ''Sindur Khela'' (1999), ''Bastir Meye Radha'' (2000) and ''Hatiyar'' (2001).<ref name="An" /> She teamed up with [[Manna (actor)|Manna]] for the first time in Sharif Uddin Khan Dipu's commercially successful Bangladeshi film ''Desh Dorodi'' (1998). Her other hits with Manna include ''Killer'' (2000), ''Shesh Juddho'' (2000), ''Jummon Koshai'', ''Eri Naam Bhalobasa'', ''Ranangan'' (2004), ''Swami Chintai'' (2006).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailyamarsangbad.com/entertainment/81996/আজ-আসছেন-ঋতুপর্ণা|title=আজ আসছেন ঋতুপর্ণা|work=Amar Sangbad|language=bn|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref> She received critical acclaim for her roles in films such as ''[[Dahan (1997 film)|Dahan]]'' (1997), ''[[Utsab]]'' (2000), ''[[Paromitar Ek Din]]'' (2000), ''[[Chaturanga (film)|Chaturanga]]'' (2008) and ''[[Ahaa Re]]'' (2019).

Rituparna was interested in the arts since a young age and learned painting, dancing, singing and handicrafts at a painting school, called ''Chitrangshu''. She studied at Carmel High school, and later graduated in history from [[Lady Brabourne College]]. She began studying Modern History for an M.A. at [[University of Calcutta]], but had to interrupt studies to concentrate on her career as an actress.<ref name="rediff.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/aug/05ritu.htm|website=Rediff.com|title=An interview with Rituparna Sengupta|access-date=2018-12-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.in/People/PeopleBiographyUser.aspx?pplid=11837&bioID=696398|title=Rituparna Sengupta Full Biography|website=Gomolo.com|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref>

Sengupta bagged the female lead in [[Swapan Saha]]'s ''Sujan Sakhi'' (1995) alongside [[Abhishek Chatterjee]] essaying the male lead. The film was a remake of [[Khan Ataur Rahman]]'s ''[[Sujon Sokhi]]'' (1975).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/feature/ronger-mela/2020/02/27/879125|title=সুজন সখী|website=Kalerkantho|language=bn|access-date=30 March 2020}}</ref> The film was a major success at the box office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ekushey-tv.com/ভালোবাসার-বাড়িতে-ঋতুপর্ণা-ভিডিও/19854|title='ভালোবাসার বাড়ি'তে ঋতুপর্ণা|website=Ekushey TV|language=en|access-date=8 March 2020}}</ref> She featured opposite [[Chiranjeet Chakraborty]] in the latter's directorial venture ''Sansar Sangram'' (1995). The film retaining a highly [[Melodrama|melodramatic approach]] appeased the rural audience of [[West Bengal]]. She featured opposite [[Mithun Chakraborty]] in [[Raghuram]]'s ''[[Bhagya Debata]]'' (1995). The film was a major financial success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/entertainment/coffee-house/soham-srabanti-shares-their-experience-of-judging-show-with-mithun/|title=Soham-Srabanti shares their experience of judging show with Mithun|date=18 September 2019|website=Sangbad Pratidin|language=bn}}</ref> She featured in Zee's home-production ''Mohini'' (1995), directed by [[Hema Malini]]. The telefilm stars Madhu and Sudesh Berry as the protagonists.<ref name="rediff.com"/>

Some of her hits in Bangladeshi cinema include ''Sagarika'' (1998),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wulDdgDIeNk |url-status=dead|title=Sagarika (1998)|website=Youtube.com|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref> ''Tomar Amar Prem'' (1998),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQMEr1YMdnk&t=1314s |url-status=dead|website=www.youtube.com|title=Tomar Amar Prem (1998) Full Movie|access-date=2018-12-29}}</ref> ''Ranga Bou'' (1999).

She accepted the role of a woman suffering from a turbulent conjugal relationship in ''[[Mahanagar@Kolkata]]'' (2010).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/bangla-review-5-341171.html|title=Mahanagar@Kolkata: Fear is the key|website=News18|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> She featured in [[Anjan Das]]' critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful film ''Bedeni'' (2011).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/friday-film/cid/437007|title=Friday film|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref>

In 2020 Sengupta starred in the Thriller ''[[The Parcel]]'' which was well received by critics and audiences. Bhaskar Chattophadhyay from ''[[Firstpost]]'' gave the film a positive review and called Senguptas performance brilliant: "The performances are superlative, though. Rituparna Sengupta is a strange mix of someone resigned to her fate in some matters, and at the same time, someone who can go to any extent to prevent any harm that might come to her family. By now, I am so used to seeing her excel in her roles, that I often commit the grave crime of overlooking the immense difficulties in playing a character as complicated as the one she does in this film. I am inclined to see that the lion's share of Parcel lies on her shoulders, and she is effortlessly brilliant in it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/parcel-movie-review-indrasis-acharyas-tale-exposes-the-rot-that-lies-just-below-a-picturesque-facade-7633991.html|title=The Parcel movie review: Parcel movie review: Indrasis Acharya's tale exposes the rot that lies just below a picturesque facade|date=11 November 2019|website=আই|language=English|access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref>