Bonny Sengupta | |
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Born | Anupriyo Sengupta 10 August 1990 Kolkata, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2014–present |
Parent(s) | Anup Sengupta Piya Sengupta |
Relatives | Indraneil Sengupta (uncle) |
Bonny Sengupta (Born: Anupriyo Sengupta; 10 August 1990) is an Indian Bengali film actor and politician. His first two films, Borbaad and Parbona Ami Chartey Tokey , were directed by Raj Chakraborty.
Bonny Sengupta's father is Anup Sengupta and his mother is Piya Sengupta. He is the grandson of stage-actor and director Sukhen Das. In an old interview he described himself as the "Leading Most Hero" of the Bengali film industry, [1] for which he was widely criticized. [2] [3] [4]
Bonny had earlier assisted director Raj Chakraborty on Yoddha: The Warrior before his career as an actor. [5]
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