Top 66 Rituparna Sengupta Quotes

Needless to say, perfumes are a must for every season.

Our biggest learnings come only from the biggest blows, hence, I’d request one and all to look out for the silver linings and focus on positive thoughts and ideas, because as I always say, every cloud has a silver lining, and every sunset ends with a beautiful sunrise.

I would definitely want to essay meatier roles in good films.

Bengal is a very important seat of cinema for me. I can’t even think of giving it all up.

Look at the vast range of roles portrayed by Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, or say Halley Berry. Their works are now my inspiration.

During summer, I only wear cotton and linen.

I am overwhelmed to be a mentor of Kolkata Endeavour Society to encourage and support the initiatives towards helping the people who are in need and thus, do our utmost bit to save humanity.

I am a foodie and Puja is the time when you can indulge and not think about diet charts.

What I like about Kannada cinema is that the stories are realistic, but told in grand, larger-than-life fashion.

I’m not copying Bipasha in ‘Trishna.’ It is no doubt a remake of ‘Jism,’ but there are certain differences.

There is always room for improvement; so I always invite criticism from my audience.

I am a big fan of the late Dr. Vishnuvardhan, late Ambareesh, Shivarajkumar and Puneeth Rajkumar.

Everyone has the right to walk out of a marriage that’s not working, whether it’s the wife or the husband.

It is a challenge to portray to women of different generations and their complexities and hopes and agonies as a woman.

Criticism is good because it helps finding the faults in me.

There were days when I felt low and depressed. But I made sure not to harbor those feelings. To overcome that, I used to take a walk and speak to my bunch of friends. I even read up on mental health apart from some Bengali novels.

When we were growing up, Christmas used to be very different and Santa Claus used to come to us with so many gifts and we’d have a whole bunch of gifts waiting at our bedside. I still remember the thrill that we felt when we would open the wrapped gifts.

I can’t change myself for others as my upbringing has taught me to be nice and cordial with people around me.

In fact, the Bengali film industry is becoming more balanced between creativity and commercialization. And if Bollywood can remake south Indian and Hollywood films, why can’t we do so!

Our industry often writes an actress off after she gets married. I gave hits before getting married, after getting married, after having my first child, after having my second child and continue to do so.

As a mother I had to sacrifice a lot due to the pressing demands of my career.

Believe me, I’ve never trained in acting. All the fluidity, the confidence you may see on screen comes from my stage performances in school and college.

I was clearly the singing and dancing actor. When I was picked for serious roles, it came to me as a surprise.

I love wearing big bindis.

If I had to date someone, it would be Hugh Grant. I love him.

Being a superstar is a big responsibility.

Well, honestly, I look forward to every opportunity to come to Bengaluru; I love everything about the city.

I believe God has given us just one life; we need to make the most of it.

I want people, who don’t care about their partners be treated harshly. Marriage is supposed to be a bond of love and affection. Women should start thinking independently when it comes to issues like rape.

If I am going to a party at a friend’s place, I wear jeans with ethnic kurtis. And if it’s a semi-formal occasion, then I would wear a skirt and a jacket.

I have always devoted time and energy to Tollywood because Bengal is very important to me. But I want to concentrate equally on Hindi cinema because that’s where all the action is.

Saris are beautiful and always in. I don’t mind experimenting with drapes.

I am not always a hands-on mother, but the feelings of motherhood are the same.

On a couple of occasions I wore dark red lipstick, and nobody likes me in red lipstick!

I never planned to become an actor but destiny had its own plans.

I love food so I don’t stop myself.

I had no choice initially as an actress to get a break in Bollywood. Moreover, in those days, I was just feeling my way through Bollywood. I almost felt like an intruder, as I was not familiar with the ways of the industry.

I have done my regional cinema very meticulously and regarded it above everything.

I have been fortunate at being part of a contrasting genre of films and I portrayed a huge range of characters in these two decades.

I feel I like portraying women-centric roles, since I can express pent-up frustrations and suppressed feelings lying deep inside a female soul.

I worked hard to reach where I am and I certainly don’t want to lose my grip over either Bengali or Hindi cinema.

I like my face sans make-up – a dash of lipstick and a little mascara.

I’ve had the fortune of working with a large Malayali crew in Priyadarshan’s ‘Bumm Bumm Bole’ and Ajay Verma’s ‘SRK,’ which is a Hindi remake of Sreenivasan’s ‘Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala.’

Of course the COVID situation is ghastly and undesirable, but I cannot ignore the fact that this gave me a chance to spend what I think is the maximum time in my life with my husband and children.

People in Kolkata know me well for both commercial and art cinema.

To go clubbing, I wear a short denim skirt paired with a white shirt.

I love how South Indian films depict life and love.

I start my day with warm water with a few lemon drops.

About film direction, nothing is impossible. Maybe someday, you will see me donning the director’s hat.

I like being natural. I can’t stress myself out trying to look too perfect.

Everyone has their way of expressing themselves. Fashion and style are very personal.

I am, in fact, enamored by Lucknow with all its minarets and its monuments. It is a place where you can get lost in the old world.

Living a purposeless life will not give happiness to you or others.

My son taught me a few tricks about card games and Rishona spent time painting with me. She would also make us dalgona coffee at times. These small joys of family life have made me a very happy person.

I’ve always wanted to be a woman of substance, giving the society as much as I can.

By nature, a woman is independent though she can have bindings. But, she is a lone performer.

All I wanted to be was a teacher and perhaps give dance recitals from time to time.

Bengali and Malayalam industries are driven by sensible and subtle stories that people can relate to due to the states’ literary and cultural heritage.

It’s important to have a life with optimistic thoughts.

I’ve done a lot of Bengali films with heavyweights like Rituparna Ghosh, Buddhadeb Das Gupta and carved my niche with both commercial as well as art films.

If you want to eat something, go ahead, but make sure that you balance it out. Don’t deprive yourself, after all you get only one life.

The directors are selective in their choice of actors and sometimes, those choices smack of arrogance.

In my little way I am trying to contribute to the Mother Nature by doing some terrace plantation.

I don’t want to get confined to only regional cinema as I want to exploit my potential. I want to perform challenging roles in a much more complex sphere like Bollywood.

If it’s good, it’s good everywhere and if it’s bad, it’s bad everywhere.

If offered, I’ll definitely do an item number. I don’t think there is anything wrong in it.