Swatilekha Sengupta
Actor
- Born
- May 22, 1950, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Died
- June 16, 2021
- Age
- 71 years old
- Zodiac
- Gemini
- Total works
- 6 movies, 0 TV shows
- Latest work
- Dharmajuddha (2022)
- Genres
- Family,Thriller,Drama
Swatilekha Sengupta was a Bengali actress who received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. She began her acting career in the early 1970s in Allahabad, participating in productions directed by A.C. Banerjee, and later joined the theater group Nandikar in Kolkata in 1978. Sengupta gained recognition for her role as the lead female protagonist in Satyajit Ray's film Ghare Baire (1985), alongside Victor Banerjee and Soumitra Chatterjee. Her filmography includes notable works such as Chauranga, Bela Seshe, Dharmajuddha, and Belashuru, both released in 2022. She was married to Rudraprasad Sengupta, with whom she collaborated in theater.
