Rituparna Sengupta infected with Covid-19

Popular film actor Rituparna Sengupta said today that she has tested positive for Covid-19, and is now in quarantine at a recovery centre in Singapore.

Sengupta, 50, took to Instagram and said she is asymptomatic and is following the necessary protocols.

"I have tested positive for COVID-19 but I want to inform you all that I am feeling fine. I am asymptomatic and following all the required protocols and precautions advised by my doctor and authorities," she said.

It was announced earlier this year that Sengupta would star opposite actor Chandan Roy Sanyal in upcoming film "Salt".