A schoolboy once wrote me a love letter in blood - Swagata

Swagata, a popular face of the country's entertainment industry, has been involved in acting, modeling and anchoring all at once. The Daily Star asked the artiste about memories of early romance in her life, in a recent interview.

“I received my first love letter from my brother Sandhi's student, when I was a schoolgirl. He wrote it with blood. However, I did not know whether it is human blood or not. Everyone at my house thought it was hilarious. He was also a school boy, and a junior to me.

“The story did not end here. One day, the boy came to our home with his mother, with a marriage proposal! It was amusing for me and my entire family, and we could not help but laugh. Since the incident, I never saw that boy again.

“When I was a student of ninth grade, I used to go to a coaching centre. A boy would often confess his love for me. One day, he threatened my father to abduct me. My father said 'Please take her away. She never listens to me anyway.'

“After the incident, the body stopped harassing me.

I got many love 'proposals' since my teenage days. Many also wrote love letters for me, but I never wrote for anyone. During my college days, one of my close friends told me he was in love with me, but I refused his proposal.  Later, he wanted to marry me; that was quite shocking for me.

Although I never responded to any romantic advances in my life, I only made one such confession, and that person is my husband.”