His Santiniketan eye finds drama in the kerbside newspaper reader, the railing-sitter in the park, the homeless tramp and the ubiquitous goat. In certain works of his, we find these familiar figures becoming emblems in space, suffused with a single colour, a blue or ochre, giving the works the quality of a dream sequence or a cinematic image.

From this work, one can see how powerful the monochromatic image has become in our aesthetics, obviously relying on the importance of tonality in black and white films and TV. Sengupta makes full use of this tonality and to good effect.

Also, I find his mundane images make very good use of emblematic opposition to highlight those in life and society. The man in the park forms a starkcontrast to those walking; the newspaper reader holds a cycle up behind him, almost stopping time as it were. In a number of works, we see this tension between the dynamic and the static as the central focus of the painting, while in others, we can perceive the hiatus between the grandeur of urban wealth and the dismal poverty to which it gives birth. The artist is able to present this naturally. And that is the basis of his success. He is definitely an artist to look out for.