The 28-year-old writer Sonali Senroy was married to director-producer
Harisadhan Dasgupta, had two children, and was pregnant with a third
when she met legendary Italian director
Roberto Rossellini. Their
romance ignited a fierce scandal, along with protestations held in
Mumbai protesting their lack of decency. In the midst of this
controversy, Sonali opted to leave with Roberto to Paris and eventually
living with him in Italy. There they raised her son Gil, who was
adopted by Roberto and is now a New York-based film producer, and had
one daughter, Raffaella Rossellini, together. Her oldest son, Raja Dasgupta, she abandoned when she married Rossellini.