Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Rituparna Sengupta - Page 2

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 prefer a home-made breakfast of brown bread and egg whites.

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.

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

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

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.'

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

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

I believe, a woman can always create miracles and foresee a lot of things that a man might not be able to do.

Women are much tougher than men in so many ways. I would say, mentally, they are stronger. In terms of physical pressure, they can withstand a lot too.

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

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

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

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

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

I can cook a five-course meal.

The audience had a huge expectation from me in Bengal, and now in Hindi also people have started expecting from me because they know I am a senior actor from Bengal.

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 love how South Indian films depict life and love.

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.

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.

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.

I think Ma Durga will eradicate all that is there and help us rebuild our confidence and our society as a whole. She will take away the pain caused by Covid 19 and will stop the disease from taking any more lives.

Christmas has always been very special to all of us and we used to look forward to the Christmas holidays. Those were very beautiful days in my childhood.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

I still remember my father would bring lovely cakes for all of us from 'Flurys' in Calcutta. My mom used to love fruit cake while I loved cream pastries and to please both of us, he would get that and all kinds of savories too!

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.

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

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 am very sure that I won't be acting till my last breath, but I will do something graceful that suits me.

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.

I got my name, fame, identity and even my National award from Bengali cinema.

What I really miss about Mumbai's Durga Puja is the positivity and the synergy.