Swatilekha Sengupta

Veteran Bengali actress Swatilekha Sengupta dies at 72

Veteran Bengali actress Swatilekha Sengupta dies at 72

Veteran actress Swatilekha Sengupta died at the age of 72, on Wednesday at 2.45 pm at a private hospital in Kolkata. She was the matriarch of Nandikar theatre group. The actress was suffering from a kidney-related ailment for a while. On May 22, Swatilekha was admitted to a private hospital in Salt Lake and later was shifted to another hospital. She is survived by her husband, thespian Rudraprasad Sengupta, daughter Sohini Sengupta and son-in-law Saptarshi Moulik. She made her debut in films with Satyajit Ray’s Ghare Baire in 1985. In 2015, Swatilekha was seen once again in Bela Seshe opposite Soumitra Chatterjee. The sequel of…
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