Sohini Sengupta

Sohini Sengupta
Sohini Sengupta
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Sohini Haldar
Occupation	Actress
Known for	Theatre and film
Parent(s)	Rudraprasad Sengupta (father) and Swatilekha Sengupta (mother)

Sohini Sengupta is an Indian film and theatre actress.

Daughter of actor Rudraprasad Sengupta and Swatilekha Sengupta, who are also active in theatre, Sohini is one of the leading actors of the Bengali theatre group Nandikar. As a member of the group she has worked with prominent theatre personalities such as Debshankar Halder, Sumanto Gangopadhyay and Parthapratim Deb,^[2] and was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi’s 2007 ‘Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar’ for contributions to theatre. She also played a supporting role in Aparna Sen’s film Paromitar Ek Din (2000)^[3] for which she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2000 National Film Awards.

Personal life

Sengupta was born to parents Rudraprasad Sengupta and Swatilekha Sengupta in Kolkata. She was married to actor Goutam Halder till 2006 before their divorce. In 2013 she married her co-actor Saptarshi Moulik at a private ceremony.^[1]

Gotraheen (this was the first play where Swatilekha and Sohini– mother and daughter worked together).^[3]
Babli
Chitrangada
Bappaditya
Sojon Badiyar Ghat
Madhabi
Kanyadan
Dulia
Amaar Priyo Rabindranath'
Anto Adi Anto
Tomaar Naam
Nagar Kirtan
Tomar Naam
Ajnatobaas
Naachni
Bipannata

1999 - National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Paromitar Ek Din (as Sohini Haldar)^[4]
2007 - Sangeet Natak Akademi Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for her contribution to theatre.^[5]
2013 - ABP Ananda Sera Bangali^[6]