Swatilekha Sengupta, Recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi, Passes Away at 71 Due To Heart Attack

Kolkata: Veteran actor Swatilekha Sengupta breathed her final on Wednesday following a coronary heart assault at a personal hospital in Kolkata on the age of 71. As per the report by Anand Bazar, she was affected by kidney-related illnesses for a very long time and was present process common dialysis. She was within the ICU for 22 days earlier than she handed away. She is survived by her husband Rudraprasad Sengupta and daughter Sohini. Also Read – Bela Seshe co-director thrilled over movie’s 200-day run She began her profession in 1984 with late actor Soumitra Chatterjee and Victor Banerjee. She rose to fame with Satyajit Ray’s Ghore Baire within the position of Bimala. However, publish the success, she was by no means seen exterior the theatre stage. After 31 years, she returned on display with Soumitra and was seen in Nandita Roy and Shivprasad Mukherjee’s movie Vela Sheshe. The movie heaped a lot reward and he or she as soon as once more collaborated with Soumitra in a sequel known as Bele Shuru however sadly, each the actors handed away earlier than the discharge of the movie. She can be a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and even spearheaded theatre group Nandikar alongside along with her husband Rudraprasad, who himself is a famend theatre character and daughter.