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Suchitra Sen
Indian actress (1931–2014) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Suchitra Sen (Bengali pronunciation: [ʃuːtʃiːraː ʃeːn] listenⓘ; born Roma Dasgupta (listenⓘ; 6 April 1931 – 17 January 2014), widely known as the Mahanayika (lit. 'Great actress'), was an Indian actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali cinema.[1]
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Born | Roma Dasgupta (1931-04-06)6 April 1931 Bhanga Bari, Sirajganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Pabna District, Bangladesh) |
Died | 17 January 2014(2014-01-17) (aged 82) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1952–1979 |
Works | Filmography |
Spouse |
Dibanath Sen
(m. 1947; died 1970) |
Children | Moon Moon Sen |
Relatives | Raima Sen (granddaughter) Riya Sen (granddaughter) |
Awards | Padma Shri (1972) Banga Bibhushan (2012) |
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Sen was the first Indian actress to receive an award at an international film festival when, at the 1963 Moscow International Film Festival, she won the Silver Prize for Best Actress for Saat Pake Bandha.[2][3] She was catapulted to stardom after she was cast as Vishnupriya by Devaki Kumar Bose in his Bhagaban Shree Krishna Chaitanya (1953).[4]
In 1972, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India.[5] From 1979 on, she retreated from public life and shunned all forms of public contact; for this she is often compared to Greta Garbo.[6][7] In 2005, she refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest cinematic award in India, to stay out of the public eye.[8] In 2012, she was conferred the West Bengal Government's highest honour: Banga Bibhushan.[9] Her first official release was Sukumar Dasgupta's Saat Number Kayedi (1953).[10]