Nikhil Baran Sengupta (13 December 1943 – 18 February 2014) was an Indian Hindi, Bengali, and Odia art director, actor, painter and production designer.

His contribution to the success of films such as Janani (1984), Sahari Bagha (1985), Maa O Mamata, Suna Chadhei (1987), Jugantar, Tahader Katha, Bagh Bahadur (1989) and Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002) had always been acknowledged but less talked about.

In his 40 years of career span in the film industry, he was instrumental in encouraging young talents from Orissa to take center stage.

[1][2] Sengupta grew up in Cuttack, the former capital and the largest city of the state of Odisha, India.

He is lone member of the Odia film industry to work with stalwarts like Aparna Sen, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Manmohan Desai, Amol Palekar, Prasant Nanda, Biplab Roy Choudhury, Nitai Palit, Govind Tej and Raju Mishra.