Jisshu Sengupta on working with female superstars of Bollywood: They never made me feel like they are stars
A renowned name in the Bengali film industry who has been actively working for close to three decades, actor Jisshu Sengupta has made his presence known in the Hindi film industry too. Recently seen in the crime thriller web series Brown alongside actor Karisma Kapoor, he has worked with several female superstars of Hindi cinema over the years. Be it Rani Mukerji in Mardaani franchise, Deepika Padukone in Piku (2015), Vidya Balan in Shakuntala Devi (2020) or Kajol in the OTT series The Trial, Jisshu Sengupta has been paired alongside some of the biggest names in the Hindi film industry. Jisshu Sengupta Ask him how working with female actors of their stature has influenced his craft and he says, “I have never looked at it that way. I have grown up watching their films, not of Deepika of course (laughs). But I first worked with Tabu in 2001 (for the Bengali film Abar Aranye which released in 2003) when she was in her top space. Then working with Rani Mukerji and so on and so …
