Rituparna Sengupta (Ritupôrna Shengupta; born 7 November 1971) is an Indian film actress and producer who is known for her works in Bengali cinema, Hindi cinema, Bangla cinema and a special appearance in a Telugu film.She has garnered the National Film Award in 1998 for her work in Dahan.Her first film was Shwet Patharer Thala, with Aparna Sen, who played her mother-in-law.Her Hindi debut was N. N. Sippy's Teesra Kaun, directed by Parto Ghosh.Hema Malini picked her for a negative supporting role in Zee's home-production Mohini, starring Madhu and Sudesh Berry.
Sengupta got married to her childhood friend Sanjay Chakrabarti,founder and CEO of MobiApps on 13 December 1999 in Munshigonj and the couple has a son named Ankan and a daughter named Rishona Niya.
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 Mount Carmel 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.
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