Swatilekha Sengupta
Swatilekha Sengupta (née Chatterjee; 22 May 1950 – 16 June 2021) was a Bengali actress. She had received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for her contribution to Indian theatre as an actor. Swatilekha started her career in theater in Allahabad in the early 1970s, acting in productions under the direction of A.C. Banerjee. She also received guidance from B.V. Karanth, Tapas Sen, and Khaled Chowdhury. Then she moved to Kolkata and joined the theater group Nandikar in 1978. In Nandikar she worked under the direction of Rudraprasad Sengupta, whom she went on to marry. She was also the lead female protagonist in Ghare Baire, a 1985 film by Satyajit Ray, against Victor Banerjee and Soumitra Chatterjee. This film was based upon a novel of the same name Ghare Baire written by the famous Bengali writer Rabindranath Tagore. She has also acted in films like Chauranga,Bela Seshe, Dharmajuddha and Bela Shuru.
Belaseshe
as Aarti MajumdarA story of relationships that explores the intricacies of the married life, of life-long...
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The Home and the World
as Bimala ChoudhuryWhen the movie opens, a woman is recalling the events that molded her perspective on the world....
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Chauranga
as uncreditedA fourteen year old Dalit (lower caste) boy in rural India is killed for writing a love letter.
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Dharmajuddha
as AmmiThe small town of Ismailpur suffers an apocalyptic night when a sudden riot breaks out and the...
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Belashuru
as Arati SarkarArati Sarkar suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. The family realises that they are gradually...
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Borof
as MotherWhen Subham goes missing after an expedition to Everest, his loss creates a void in the lives of...
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