Rudraprasad Sengupta

DOB : 31-01-1935
Age : 90
Language : Bengali
Star Sign : Aquarius
Gender : Male

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Rudraprasad Sengupta is a director, actor, and cultural critic based in West Bengal. He was born on 31 January 1935 in Kolkata when it was a Bengal Presidency under the British Indian government. He is the son of Usha Prabha Sengupta and Anant Sengupta. He holds a Bachelor's and Master’s degree in English Literature from the Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta. He started his professional career as a lecturer at the Sreegopal Banerjee College in Mogra, Hooghly.

Later, he worked as a reader in English at the Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College, Calcutta, and also served as a visiting lecturer in the Drama Department of Rabindra Bharati University. He got married to Swatilekha Sengupta Swatilekha Sengupta is an actress. She was born on >> Read More... , who was one of the leading actresses of Nandikar. His daughter’s name is Sohini Sengupta, who is also one of the leading actresses in the Bengali theatre and film industry. Rudra joined a Kolkata-based theatre group Nandikar in 1961, and in the early 1970s, he began to direct various dramas and plays for the group. Soon, in the late 1970s, he became the leader of that group and directed various plays including Football, Feriwalar Mrityu, and many others.

As an actor, he has acted in some of the most popular Bengali films and made his acting debut in 1966 with a film called Galpa Holeo Satyi. It was directed by Tapan Sinha Tapan Sinha, one of the foremost Indian directo >> Read More... , and the film was about a mysterious man who arrives as a servant in a fragmented and dysfunctional joint family and helps them rebuild the affection, love, and compassion needed within the family. The cast of the film includes Mumtaz Ahmed, Bhanu Bannerjee Bhanu Banerjee, also known as Bhanu Bandopadhyay w >> Read More... , Tapan Bhattacharya Tapan Bhattacharya is an Indian-origin musician, l >> Read More... , Krishna Bose, Jogesh Chatterjee, Khagesh Chakravarti, Nirmal Chatterjee, Chhayadevi, Ajoy Ganguli, Bankim Ghosh Bankim Ghosh was a veteran actor who mainly worked >> Read More... , Hasi Majumdar, Satu Majumdar and others.

After that, Rudra was featured in various Bengali, English, and Hindi films such as Hatey Bazarey, Diba Ratrir Kabya, Sagina Mahato, Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha, Ali Baba, City of Joy, Little Buddha, Autograph, Room No. 103, Purbo Poschim Dokkhin Uttor Ashbei, and Dharmajuddha. Moreover, Rudra has won several awards, including the highest national award from Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1980. He also won the Banga Bibhushan Award in 2012 by the Government of West Bengal for his contributions to theatre. In 2013, he was also awarded Anukul Samman at the National Drama Festival in Allahabad.