Suchitra Krishnamoorthi congratulates Anasuya Sengupta on winning the Best Actress award at Cannes 2024

Indian artists made us proud by achieving significant recognition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, which concluded recently. Anasuya Sengupta made history by becoming the first Indian actor to win the Best Actress award in the Un Certain Regard category for her performance in The Shameless.

Actress and singer Suchitra Krishnamoorthi recently shared an image with Sengupta, congratulating her on the award.

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi Congratulates Anasuya Sengupta for Best Actress Award at Cannes 2024

It was a proud moment for India when Anasuya Sengupta took the stage at the 77th Cannes Film Festival to receive the Best Actress award in Un Certain Regard for her role in The Shameless.

Highly impressed by Sengupta’s achievement, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi congratulated her a few hours ago. In her post, she wrote, “Congratulations to @tphqltd and to #anusuyasengupta for winning best actress at #Cannes. Proud moment for India. And proud moment for me as a mother that @kaverikapur finally agreed to come to a party with me. It was lovely meeting you @kunalkohli. Love you @stylemearia @shobhapillaicoutinho.”

Anasuya Sengupta shared that she wore an outfit from a flea market to receive her Best Actress award, revealing the details on Instagram. After receiving immense love and appreciation from the audience and members of the Indian film industry, she disclosed that the dress she wore to the awards was a last-minute purchase. She wrote in her post, “Outfit – quickly bought before the awards from a flea market at Cannes because that’s how I do.” In an interview with The Kolkata, Anasuya recounted her excitement upon learning that the movie was listed under the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes. “I received the news when Konstantin sent me a link to the press conference announcing the Cannes official selections. When our film’s name was announced, I jumped out of the chair with ecstasy,” she shared.

The film, directed and written by Bulgarian filmmaker Konstantin Bojanov, is titled The Shameless and tells the story of Renuka, who escapes from a Delhi brothel after killing a cop.