Anasuya Sengupta Biography: The First Indian Actress Who Scripted History At Cannes 2024, Know Age, Career, Movies, and More
Who is Anasuya Sengupta: This year’s Cannes Film Festival witnessed big wins for India, as two of the most prestigious awards were bestowed to Indian female artists. The 2024 Festival de Cannes stood out most for India, whether in terms of showcasing the best of Red Carpet looks, or giving outstanding performances in the cinema realm. One of the achievements that made our hearts proud was Anasuya Sengupta’s remarkable achievement of becoming the first Indian actor to win the Best Actress award at Cannes. The actress was honoured for her role in Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov’s Hindi-language movie “The Shameless.” While the entire Bollywood industry congratulated her for this iconic accomplishment, many of us were not aware of her fantastic acting prowess before this historical achievement.
Let us know more about Sengupta’s life, career, movies, achievements, and more.
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Anasuya Sengupta Early Life & Education
Anasuya Sengupta was born on September 1, 1986, in Kolkata, to a Bengali family. She graduated from Jadavpur University with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature, but her ambition was to become a journalist. There is no other information available about her family.
Anasuya Sengupta Career
Sengupta had a supporting role in Anjan Dutt's 2009 film ‘Madly Bangalee’. She had a brief career in theater before deciding in 2013 to relocate to Mumbai. She started her career as a set designer during that period, producing artistic backdrops for various projects. She gained a close-up view of the industry by using her imagination, creativity, and skills to create sets and create productions for movies and web series like Netflix’s ‘Masaba Masaba’.
Anasuya Sengupta In ‘The Shameless’
Anasuya landed her role as “Renuka” on ‘The Shameless’ by coincidence. The young actress revealed in an interview that Bojanov, a Facebook friend, asked her to try out for a part in his Hindi movie. The Bulgarian director stated in a Cannes interview that he was certain she was the right person for the part from the start and is currently searching for someone to cast in his upcoming film. The Shameless is a noir thriller set in the context of the centuries-old Devdasi system. The actress won Best Actress in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes 2024, which has yet to be released in India.
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Anasuya Sengupta Marriage
After shifting to Goa, Sengupta met Yashdeep. Talking about her first meeting with her now husband, Anasuya said, “We found several common connections through my art and his music and hit it off right away. It was only later that we found out art and music is a side thing for both.”
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Anasuya Sengupta Movies
Anasuya previously appeared in Anjan Dutta’s ‘Madly Bangalee’ (2009) and worked as a production designer on films such as Sanjeev Sharma’s ‘Saat Uchakkey’ (2016) and Srijit Mukherji’s ‘Forget Me Not’ from the anthology film Ray (2021).
