Famous actress Rituparna Sengupta felicitated in New York

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Famous Bengali actress Rituparna Sengupta, was felicitated by Indian-American community leaders and elected officials July 15, 2022, at the home of Drs. Reena and Dipak Nandi in Old Westbury, New York.

Close to 150 guests attended the event where Congressman Tom Suozzi, D-NY, was present, and along with New York Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar presented a proclamation to Sengupta from the Empire State, recognizing her accomplishments.

A trained Manipuri and Odissi dancer, Sengupta is not only an actress but also a producer who has won several awards. She is known for her work in Bengali and Hindi cinema, critically acclaed for her work in Ahaa Re (2019), Parcel (2020) and Dahan (1998). She also has a dance troupe called “Bhabna Aaj O Kaal” (Contemporary Thoughts), which performs plays based on Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s writings. Film makers Mukesh Modi and Tirlok Malik were at the July 15 event in Old Westbury for Sengupta’s felicitation.

Leaders from various community organizations representing different regions of India such as Bengal, Punjab, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh etc., as well as organizations such as the Federation of Indian Associations and the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, and Dr. Sudhir Parikh, chairman of Parikh Worldwide Media and ITV Gold, were also present. Padma Shri recipient Dr. Parikh praised the accomplishments of Sengupta and said she had greater successes to look forward to in her future.

Sengupta thanked everyone profusely for hosting her and her husband Sanjay Chakrabarty, an IT businessman. She became emotional describing how honored she felt at receiving the proclamation and the praise at the gathering. She would never forget the event, she said.

The air was filled with music played by live musicians on the sitar and sarod.

“Although we were celebrating the success of a superstar like Rituparna Sengupta, it was an evening that showed the unity of our community, every region of India, various organizations – all together celebrating an evening of music and dinner as well as the felicitation,” Dr. Dipak Nandi told Desi Talk.

In his brief talk at the event, Dr. Dipak Nandi thanked Rajkumar and Suozzi for attending and described Rajkumar, the only Indian-American woman ever to be elected to the New York State Legislature, as a “rising star” of the community.

Rajkumar said she was proud to see how well members of her community have done, and praised Sengupta for her accomplishments.

Dr. Reena Nandi welcomed all those present and thanked them for coming. Speaking to ITV Gold, she described the “happy mood” that pervaded the evening.