Who is Anasuya Sengupta? First Indian to win the Top Acting Award at Cannes Film Festival

New Delhi: Anasuya Sengupta made headlines after she became the first Indian to grab the top acting award at the Cannes Film Festival. She bagged the best actress award for her role in the film ‘The Shameless’ directed by Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov. The film also stars actress Mita Vashist who has worked in many television shows in India.

 

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After receiving the award Anasuya said she wants to dedicate the award to”the queer community and other marginalised communities for so bravely fighting a fight they really shouldn’t have to”. The actress ended her short acceptance speech by saying, “We don’t need to be colonised to know how very, very pathetic colonisers are.”

 

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Who is Anasuya Sengupta? 

Anasuya lives in Goa and originally hails from Kolkata. She has worked as a Production Designer in Mumbai with many known personalities. She has worked on the designs of Masaba Gupta’s show in Netflix ‘Masaba Masaba’. Apart from this, the ‘Shameless’ actor has also been a part of Srijit Mukherjee’s ‘Forget Me Not’ in Netflix in 2021.

 

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Anasuya studied from Jadavpur University. She got the film ‘Shameless’ after the director saw her Facebook Page and asked her to send her audio tape for audition. She was then offered the role in the film.

 

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About the film ‘Shameless’ 

The story of the film is about the life of a sex worker who runs away from the brothel after hitting a Policemen. The film also revolves around her love affair with another girl devika. The role of Devika is played by Omara Shetty. The movie received a lot of praise from the viewers.

 

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