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Suchitra Sen was a Legendary Indian actress who labored in Hindi and Bengali movies. Sadly, she died on seventeenth January 2014 of cardiac arrest.

Wiki/Biography

Suchitra Sen was born on Monday, 6 April 1931 (age 82 years; on the time of loss of life) in Bhanga Bari village of Belkuchi Upazila, now in SirajGanj District, Larger Pabna. Her zodiac signal is Aries. She accomplished her education at Pabna Authorities Women Excessive Faculty.

Bodily Look

 Peak: 5’3″

Weight (approx.): 68 Kg

Hair Color: Black

Eye Color: Black

Physique Measurements (approx.): 36-29-38

Household & Caste

She belonged to a middle-class Baidya household of Pabna, now often known as Bangladesh.

Mother and father & Siblings

Her mom’s title was Indira Devi and she or he was a homemaker. Her father Korunamoy Dasgupta was a headmaster in a college in Pabna. Suchitra was their fifth youngster and second daughter. She was the Grand Daughter of the well-known poet Sree Rajonikant Sen.

Husband & Youngsters

In 1947, at a really younger age of 15, she acquired married to Dibanath Sen, son of very well-known industrialist Adinath Sen. In 1970, her husband died in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Suchitra Sen together with her husband and daughter

She had a daughter named Moon Moon Sen who is understood for her movies in Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada.

MoonMoon Sen

Granddaughters of Suchitra Sen, Raima and Riya Sen, carried on her legacy. Each of them are featured in a number of Hindi and Bengali motion pictures.

Image of MoonMoon Sen together with her mom, daughters, and husband

Relationships/Affairs

Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen had been identified to be essentially the most romantic couple within the Bengal movie business. Reportedly, it was believed by their followers that such lovely on-screen chemistry was not potential and not using a sturdy mutual attraction. Nevertheless, Suchitra clarified this hearsay by saying,

I had an excellent friendship with Uttam Kumar, a deep one.”

Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen within the film Sharey Chuattor

Friendship with Gopal Krishna Roy

Gopal Krishna Roy was a journalist of reports company UNI. He was the one one who was in contact with Suchitra Sen even after her retirement. Roy wrote about incidents that Suchitra shared with him about her life. He shared an incident that he thought could be a motive for Suchitra quitting the movie business. He wrote,

After the movie Pranaye Pasha which was a flop, she was deeply upset about it and went to Belur Math, the headquarters of the Ram Krishna Mission simply exterior in Kolkata. There she met Bharat Maharaj, one of many holy males there, and talked to him for a very long time. Bharat Maharaj instructed her, ‘Ma, ghridho, lobh koro na, don’t be grasping.”

Roy additionally shared some incidents telling how humorous she was. He shared an incident when Suchitra needed to see a urologist. He wrote,

I despatched one in all Kolkata’s greatest identified urologists to her home. After he had seen her and left, Mrs Sen instructed me, “ Effectively, your physician held my hand for 10 minutes no less than !” I replied, “He will need to have been checking your pulse. However Mrs Sen burst out laughing and stated, “Even I understand how to see a pulse. He was not simply checking my pulse.”

He additional talked concerning the day when Suchitra went to a gynaecologist, Dr Bulbul Bhattcharya. He wrote,

Mrs. Sen went within the chamber and sat within the crowd of different sufferers. Even after overlaying her face some sufferers acknowledged her and shortly there was a buzz on the place. I immideately rushed to the physician and requested to look at her first. The physician obliged and we headed house. Mrs Sen took younger Moon Moon on her lap and stated, ‘Gopal are you aware what the physician instructed me? The physician instructed me I’m nonetheless…after which she paused. So I stated anxiously, what? What? Mrs Sen laughed and stated…the physician stated I’m nonetheless a virgin.”

He shared a brief story about Suchitra Sen when there was an argument occurring about whether or not kissing ought to be allowed on display screen or not.

I wrote an article about it and despatched it to Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Soumitra Chatterjee and Suchitra Sen and several other different luminaries. Most replied virtually instantly however not Mrs Sen. Once I insisted, she instructed me to return over to her home. “Mrs Sen smiled and stated the reality is “chumban ato shohojay dewa jaye na” – it isn’t straightforward to kiss anybody.

Individuals used to say that Suchitra Sen was conceited and reserved. Roy stated that she was, however not all the time.

One night, I used to be taking a stroll together with her on Ballygunge Round street. It was about 9.30pm and night stroll was her behavior. “Abruptly one gentleman strolling previous acknowledged her and stopped and stated he needed an autograph. I didn’t know the way Mrs Sen would react. However she smiled and stated, okay. Give me a paper and pen. The person stated he didn’t have both a pen or paper. So she turned to me. I stated I had a pen, however no paper. So Mrs Sen all of the sudden bent down and picked up an empty cigarette packet from the street, tore it open and on its clear facet, she gave her autograph.”

Roy referred to as him a fortunate man who made Suchitra Sen give autograph on a cigarette paper.

Handle

She lived within the bungalow named, Vedanta at 52/4/1, Ballygunge Round Highway, Kolkata 700019.

Signature/Autograph

Uncommon signature of Suchitra Sen with date

Profession

After the partition of 1947, her household got here to West Bengal as a refugee. She acquired married in 1952, on the very younger age of 15 and began her profession after marriage. She acquired full assist from her husband and in-laws. Additionally, there are a number of books written on her titled, “Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen (Bengali Cinema’s First Couple)” by Maitrayee B Chowdhary, “Sabar Upore Suchitra Sen” by Ashishtaru Mukhopadhyay, “Suchitra Sen (The Legend and The Enigma)” by Shoma A. Chatterji.

Movie

She turned out to be a profitable actress in Bengali movies. Though she did a number of good movies in Hindi cinema, she was much less profitable in Bollywood. Her debut movie was  Shesh Kothaay in 1952, but it surely was by no means launched. Her first movie to be launched in Bengali was Sukumar Dasgupta’s Saat Quantity Kayedi in 1953. She additional starred in Sharrey Chuattor, during which her co-actor was Uttam Kumar, produced by Nirmal Day. After this film, Bengali cinema acquired their first iconic pair, Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar. Out of 60 movies of her profession, she was paired with Uttam Kumar in almost 30 movies. Nevertheless, society of that period was reluctant to just accept the blending of girls and boys, nonetheless, they each enacted the eagerness lacking in Bengali movies very effectively. Each of them turned the image of trend to the youth of that period. Women and men began copying the appears to be like and elegance of Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen. In 1953, when she was forged as Vishnupriya in “Bhagaban Shree Krishna Chaitanya”, her profession took the flight of success that by no means landed. Her first Hindi film was launched in 1955, Devdas, for which she was nominated as greatest actress. In 1959, she acquired an appreciation for her film Deep Jale Jaai, directed by Asit sen. In 1963, she once more labored with Asit Sen to offer yet another hit, “Uttar Falguni”. A few of her most well-known movies are:

1. Aandhi – This film was primarily based on the then Prime minister’s life, Indira Gandhi.

2. Mamta – This film was the Hindi remake of Suchitra’s Bengali film, Uttar Falguni.

Suchitra Sen and Ashok Kumar

3. Saat Pakey Bandha – This is without doubt one of the most-loved works of Suchitra Sen. This film was remade by Anil Ganguly as Kora Kagaz.

Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar

4. Saptapadi – This is without doubt one of the most well-known movies of the Sixties and was primarily based on a novel by Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay.

Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar

5. Devdas – This film starred Dilip Kumar and was primarily based on the well-known novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.

Suchitra Sen and Dilip Kumar

Retirement

In 1978, she took retirement after her Bengali film Pronoy Pasha, and by no means visited Tollygune studios once more. She was taking pictures for a movie Nati Binodini with Rajesh Khanna when she determined to stop appearing. In consequence, the movie was shelved mid-way. She took a break from the paparazzi and averted public locations. After her retirement, she devoted most of her time to Ramakrishna Mission and she or he used to go to Bharat Maharaj of Belur Math and Kanai Maharaj in Golpark Ramkrishna Mission. She stated,

Bharat Maharaj of Belur Math and Kanai Maharaj in Golpark Ramkrishna Mission. However I ended visiting Belur Math after his loss of life.  I used to get so many letters each day, however I by no means replied to any of them. I hardly learn any of them. I’m higher this fashion.”

After retirement, she didn’t seem on digital camera and averted public locations, because of which the movie fraternity and media began calling her Greta Garbo, the mysterious Hollywood star. In an interview, when Moon Moon Sen was requested concerning the motive of Suchitra Sen’s retirement she instructed,

One motive why she stop appearing within the Nineteen Seventies was the mediocrity that overtook Bengali cinema. Most of the administrators she knew effectively and felt snug working with handed away. The scripts provided to her had been terrible. Uttam Kumar handed away and she or he’d say, ‘Whom am I going to work with?”

Awards

Gained

• In 1962, one of the best actress award for Saptapadi.
• In 1964, one of the best actress award for Uttar Phalguni.
• In 1963, one of the best actress award for Saat Pakey Bandha on the Moscow movie pageant.
• In 1972, awarded with Padma Shri for her works in arts.
• In 1973, one of the best actress award for Alo Amaar Alo.
• In 1975, Filmfare greatest actress award for Priya Bandhabi.
• In 1976, one of the best actress award for Aandhi.
• In 2012, she was given the Authorities’s highest honour of West Bangal, Banga Bibhushan.
• In 2014, Posthumously awarded for Filmfare East Lifetime Achievement Award.

Nominated

• In 1967, Filmfare greatest actress award for Mamta.
• In 1976, Filmfare greatest actress award for Aandhi.

Favourites

• Novel:  Of all of the Tagore novels
• Actor: Dilip Kumar

Dying

Suchitra Sen died at 8.25 am on 17 January 2014 of a coronary heart assault. Earlier than this, she was admitted to the hospital on 24 December 2013 due to a lung an infection. Nevertheless, she was recovering effectively within the first week of January however then the unhappy information got here on seventeenth January. One in every of her neighbours describes the scene of seventeenth January at her Kolkata house. She instructed,

The police turned your entire lane reverse Ballygunge Science Faculty right into a fortress. Vehicles carrying guardrails arrived and the lane in addition to the street resulting in it had been barricaded. Strict directions to sanitise your entire route resulting in Suchitra Sen’s home have come from the very high. So we’re not taking any possibilities,” stated a deputy commissioner overseeing safety preparations exterior Vedanta. The hearse and the vehicles left for the crematorium precisely 5 minutes later. Moon Moon turned in direction of the group gathered exterior the home and greeted them with fingers folded.”

Many Indian leaders consoled her loss of life together with the then President, Prime minister, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and B.J.P.’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. On the orders of the chief minister of West Bengal, Mamta Bannerjee, a gun salute was given earlier than her cremation. Followers gathered across the cremation website to have the final take a look at their idol, however all her medical therapy and cremation was carried out in full secrecy and privateness.

Information/Trivia

• Earlier than moving into the movie business, her title was Roma Dasgupta. The title Suchitra Sen was given by Assistant Director Nitish Roy since Roma Sen was very small and uninteresting for a film star.
• In response to experiences, her nice success within the movie business created stress in her married life.
• She was rigid and she or he labored on her personal phrases. She stated,
  

  I by no means requested for assist from anybody.”

• She was a nature lover. After her retirement, she used to spend the morning watching the sky, the timber and the flowers within the backyard, and within the night watching the twilight sky.
• She shared a robust bond with Sanjeev Kumar after her film Aandhi. He used to return to Suchitra’s place at any time when he visited Kolkata.
• She disliked Raj Kapoor as an individual. Sharing an incident she stated,
  

   He got here to my residence providing a lead function and, as I took my seat, he all of the sudden sat close to my foot and provided me a bouquet of roses whereas providing the function. I rejected the supply. I didn’t like his persona. The way in which he behaved – sitting close to my foot -did not befit a person.”

• In 1963, she turned the primary Indian actress to win the Moscow Worldwide Movie Pageant award for the film Saat Pakey Bandha.
• In 2005, she refused the Dada Sahab Phalke award, simply to stay unnoticed by individuals.
• She as soon as revealed in her interview that,
  

  I had a robust need to behave within the function of Damini in Rabindranath Tagore’s Chaturanga but it surely by no means occurred. Premendra Mitra was planning a movie and I used to be presupposed to play the character. However the producer Hemen Ganguly all of the sudden dedicated suicide and the movie was by no means made.”

• She shared an attention-grabbing reality whereas she was taking pictures for the film Saat Pakey Bandha. She stated that what was written within the script of the film, was really taking place in her actual life. She additional added,
  

   I might have a quarrel with my husband on a regular basis through the taking pictures. One morning I tore aside my husband’s shirt at house. Throughout the shoot within the afternoon, I had the same scene of the quarrel. I instructed the director I needed to tear aside Soumitra Chatterjee’s shirt and he agreed.”

• As soon as, she walked off the set of her movie after having a struggle with the director Haridas Bhattacharya as a result of Suchitra needed to behave the scene in her personal approach and this proposal was denied by the director. After a very long time, Haridas Bhattacharya agreed and she or he began the work once more in her personal approach.
• After retirement, she stopped visiting public locations and spent most of her time at house. She stated,

I’m so reclusive I didn’t even attend the wedding of the daughter of my youthful sister, Runa. If I’m to journey anyplace, I like hills. However I hardly moved out of house since retiring. Individuals would disturb me in every single place.”

• Her final want was to play the function of Ma Sarada that remained unfulfilled.