Artist Info

Nibedita Sengupta

Nivedita's love for poetry started from her early days. She received her primary education from her parents. Next stop was 'BaniChakra' Institution where she received tutelage under the famous recitation maestro Pradip Ghosh. Recitation of poems drew her towards stage acting. Once started she made herself an able and well sought actress for many directors, producers of the theater industry. She graduated in stage acting from the famous drama team 'Padatik'. The teacher was Sree Shaymananda Jalan. Her first appearance on the 'Academy' stage was for the drama 'Badal Aye' authored by Amritalal Nagar. The name of character was 'Dipa' She made an impression on the spectators by her superb acting ability. Then on she was the actress select for many important female characters in both Bengali and Hindi dramas. She worked under many directors of 'Padatik Theater group, namely Biplanu Maitra, Kaustab Dattagupta, Debashish Chacrabarty, Mainul Hauk and Shyamananda Jalan.

She also participated in the role of very important characters in Rakto Karabi , Bali and Akash Kusum under the directorship of Shib Mukhopadhyya. This is when she met Debesh Chattopadhya. She then acted in the leading female role of 'Rikhia'. That is what made her a subject of discussion in many news papers. Now she won the hearts of audience/ spectators as an actress. Then Raja Sen and Ashoke Biswanathan picked her play in the television dramas. Her first appearance in TV was in 'Parinita' directed by Raja Sen. Then she acted in the role of a schizophrenic in the Tele-film, Aguntuk directed by Ashoke Biswanathan. She acted in many Tele-Film and Tel-serials.
When she is at the peak of her success she got to move with her husband to London. But she did not give up. She received a 'Diploma' in acting from 'London School Of Drama'. She started a school for teaching Bengali to the UK born children. She Published an audio CD of recitation named as'Smriti Satya Bartaman' with Pradip Ghosh. Nivedita performed in the Drama cum poetry on the life story of Taslima Nasrin. The name the piece is 'Vumadhya Sagare Sigal. She together with Saumitra Mitra and Taslima gradually became famous artist in England. Nivedita acted in the role of a call girl named Kabita in the drama called 'Zahoor ka Hotel'. Parvez Alam costarring with the world-renowned actor Baddi Uzzamman and Rajesh Joshi, Anawar Hossain, Parvej Alam directed the Theater. The drama was highly acclaimed in the newspapers of England. Sangita Datta assistant to the topnotch film director Rituparna Ghosh has selected Nivedita. She has been give the part of Malati in Tagore's 'Sadharan Meye' She is very busy now having to work on several other acting roles in Dario Fo's 'Woman Alone', and Nora in Dolls House on England stage.


Nivedita started as recitation artist trained by Pradip Ghosh. Then she emerged as a stage actress in Kolkata. She acted in many important female roles in both Hindi and Bengalee dramas. She worked under many directors like Biplandu Maitra, Kaustab Dattagupta, Debasish Chakrabarty, Mainul Hauk and Shyamananda Jalan. Some of her TV movie roles were in Parinita and Aguntuk directed by Raja Sen and Ashoke Biswanathan respectively.


Nivedita moved to London, UK, with her husband but did not give up her acting career. She had continued her studies in acting and received diploma from 'London School of Drama' Some of her noteworthy performances in London were: ' Vumadhya Sagare Sigal' based Taslima Nasrin's biography, Parvez directed theater 'Zahoor Ka Hotel, 'Sadharan Meye', a film by renowned film director Rituparna Ghosh, and on England stage Dario Fo's 'Woman Alone; and Nora in Dolls House. An acting career acclaimed every step of the way by the media and the audience both in Kolkata and London
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