
Rituparna Sengupta: ‘Films have a universal language’
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Rituparna Sengupta: ‘Films have a universal language’
Rituparna Sengupta, has reigned over the silver screen for over two decades. Though she started off as an actor, she went on to become a producer and has worked in Hindi and Malayalam films. She recently wrapped up the shooting in Wayanad for the Bengali-Malayalam film, Goodbye Mountain.
The actor, who has a huge list of awards to her name including the National Award for her performance in Dahan spoke to Metroplus while making a pitstop in Bengaluru on her way back home from Wayanad.
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