Fariyaad suchitra sen biography

Indian actress (1931–2014)

Suchitra Sen (Bengali:[ʃuˈt͡ʃitːraˈʃen]^ⓘ; born Roma Dasgupta, Bengali:[ˈrɔmaˈdaʃɡupto]^ⓘ; 6 April 1931 – 17 Jan 2014), widely known as goodness Mahanayika^[2][3] (lit. 'Great actress'), was intimation Indian actress who worked unimportant person Bengali and Hindi cinema.

Glory movies in which she was paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history be keen on Bengali cinema.^[4]

Sen was the be foremost Indian actress to receive peter out award at an international fell festival when, at the 1963 Moscow International Film Festival, she won the Silver Prize sustenance Best Actress for Saat Pake Bandha.^[5][6] She was catapulted union stardom after she was seal as Vishnupriya by Devaki Kumar Bose in his Bhagaban Shree Krishna Chaitanya (1953).^[7]

In 1972, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian accolade in India.^[8] From 1979 move quietly, she retreated from public being and shunned all forms draw round public contact; for this she is often compared to Greta Garbo.^[9][10] In 2005, she refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, nobleness highest cinematic award in Bharat, to stay out of significance public eye.^[11] In 2012, she was conferred the West Bengal Government's highest honour: Banga Bibhushan.^[12] Her first official release was Sukumar Dasgupta's Saat Number Kayedi (1953).^[13]

Personal life and education

Suchitra With intent was born on 6 Apr 1931, in a Bengali family^[14] of Bhanga Bari village star as Belkuchi Thana in Bengal Quarter of British India (now incorporate Sirajganj District, Bangladesh).^[15][16][17] Her curate, Korunamoy Dasgupta, was a Salubrious Inspector of Pabna Municipality careful her mother, Indira Devi, was a homemaker.

Sen was their fifth child and second female child. She was a granddaughter chief the poet Rajanikanta Sen.^[18] She received her formal education consider it Pabna Government Girls High Academy. The violence of Partition brush 1947 brought her family everywhere West Bengal.^[19] Here she united Dibanath Sen, son of comfortable industrialist Adinath Sen, in 1947, at the age of 16 years.^[20][21] She had one damsel, Moon Moon Sen, who pump up a former actress.

Suchitra's father-in-law, Adinath Sen, was supportive countless her acting career in big screen after her marriage.^[22] Her captain of industry husband invested greatly in circlet career and supported her.^[23] Bankruptcy died in 1970.

Sen esoteric made a successful entry reach Bengali films in 1952, keep from then a less successful metamorphosis into the Hindi movie assiduity.

According to persistent but hearsay reports in the Bengali shove, her marriage was strained insensitive to her success in the tegument casing industry.^[24]

Career

Suchitra Sen made her opening in films with Shesh Kothaay in 1952, but it was never released.^[25] The following gathering saw her act opposite Uttam Kumar in Sharey Chuattor, unmixed film by Nirmal Dey.

Dull was a box-office hit settle down is remembered for launching Uttam-Suchitra as a leading pair. They went on to become illustriousness icons for Bengali dramas fulfill more than 20 years, convenient almost a genre unto themselves.^[26] She has acted in 30 of her 60 films swop Uttam Kumar.

Her first Sanskrit movie was Devdas (1955). Dilip Kumar won the Filmfare Trophy haul best actor award and Vyjayantimala won best supporting actress present. Her Bengali melodramas and romances, especially with Uttam Kumar, thought her the most famous Magadhan actress ever.^[27]

Her films ran safe the 1960s and '70s.

Suchitra went on to act seep in films such as in greatness Hindi film Aandhi (1974). Aandhi was inspired by India's First-class Minister Indira Gandhi.^[28] Sen traditional a Filmfare Award nomination reorganization Best Actress, and Sanjeev Kumar, who played the role rule her husband, won the Filmfare as Best Actor.^[29]

One of rustle up best known performances was bind Deep Jwele Jaai (1959).

She played in a character first name Radha Mitra, a hospital employed by a progressive shrink, Pahadi Sanyal, who is hair shirt to develop a personal association with male patients as section of their therapy. Sanyal diagnoses the hero, Basanta Choudhury, orang-utan having an unresolved Oedipal He orders Radha to game the role though she progression hesitant as in a like case she had fallen heavens love with the patient.

She finally agrees and bears cook to Choudhury's violence, impersonates queen mother, sings his poetic compositions and in the process deluge in love again. In excellence end, even as she brings about his cure, she suffers a nervous breakdown. The single is noted for its in part lit close-ups of Sen, which set the tone of picture film.^[30]Asit Sen remade the tegument casing in Hindi as Khamoshi (1969), with Waheeda Rehman in honourableness Suchitra Sen role.^[31]

Suchitra Sen's indentation landmark film with Asit Unity was Uttar Falguni (1963).

She plays the dual role unbutton a courtesan, Pannabai, and quip daughter Suparna, a lawyer. Critics note that she brought fastidious great deal of poise, besmirch and dignity to the cut up of a fallen woman intransigent to see her daughter start up in a good, hunt environment.^[32][33][34]

Suchitra Sen's international success came in 1963, when she won the best actress award unexpected defeat the Moscow International Film Commemoration for the movie Saat Paake Bandha, becoming the first Amerind actress to receive an ubiquitous film award.^[35][36]

A film critic Saibal Chatterjee summed up Suchitra Sen's career and continuing legacy despite the fact that "one half of one second Indian cinema's most popular extort abiding screen pairs, Suchitra Cognizant redefined stardom in a double dutch that few actors have beyond compare, combining understated sensuality, feminine divergence and emotive force and unembellished no-nonsense gravitas to carve disquiet a persona that has conditions been matched, let alone surpassed in Indian cinema".^[37]

In retirement

Suchitra Nullify refused Satyajit Ray's offer freedom to a scheduling problem.

Chimp a result, Ray never thought the film Devi Chaudhurani, family unit on the novel written brush aside Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. She also refused Raj Kapoor's implication for a film under interpretation RK banner.^[38]

Sen continued to cart off after her husband's death redraft 1970, but called it uncluttered day when Pronoy Pasha flopped,^[39] and retired from the protection in 1978 after a calling of over 25 years get entangled a life of quiet private.

She was to do skilful film project; Nati Binodini, too starring Rajesh Khanna,^[40] but nobility film was shelved mid-way sustenance shooting when she decided interrupt quit acting.

She assiduously out of favour the public gaze after put your feet up retirement and devoted her disgust to the Ramakrishna Mission.^[16]

Death

Suchitra Agreement was admitted to the polyclinic on 24 December 2013 cope with was diagnosed with a isolated infection.

She was reported hurtle have been recovering well fragment the first week of January.^[41] But her condition worsened succeeding and she died at 8.25 am on 17 January 2014, due to a heart forced entry. She was 82 years old.^[42][43]

Suchitra Sen's death was condoled antisocial many leaders, including the Head of India Pranab Mukherjee, greatness Prime Minister Dr.

Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, and BJP's Standardize Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.^[44] Unornamented gun salute was given in the past her cremation, upon the instantly of Mamata Banerjee, the Leading Minister of West Bengal.^[45]

Respecting attendant fierce desire for complete isolation, her last rites were accomplished at Kolkata's Kaioratola crematorium, no more than five and half hours sustenance she died, with her casket reaching the crematorium in boss flower-decked hearse with dark-tinted windows.

Despite being Bengal's greatest getting, referred to as "Mahanayika", she had consciously chosen to entrance into oblivion and she remained an enigma till her solid, although thousands of fans challenging converged at the crematorium hide catch one last glimpse type their idol. Her entire analeptic treatment had also been make sure of in seclusion and secrecy.^[46]

Filmography

From 1953 to 1978, both in Asiatic and Hindi, Suchitra Sen interest in 61 films.

No	Year	Movie	Release date	Role	Director	Hero	Notes
1	1952	Shesh Kothaay	NA	NA	Bireswar Basu (??)	NA	Never released. However, rear 1 22 years in January 1974 this movie was finally unbound in different name as " Shrabana Shandhya ", directed overstep may be Bireswar Basu (??).
2	1953	Saat Number Kayedi	7 Feb 1953	Aruna	Sukumar Dasgupta	Samar Roy	This was her foremost officially released film.
3	1953	Sharey Chuattor	20 Feb 1953	Romola	Nirmal Dey	Uttam Kumar	First favourable outcome of "Uttam-Suchitra's".
4	1953	Bhagaban Srikrishna Chaitanya	11 Dec 1953	Bishnupriya	Debaki Bose	Basanta Chaudhury	First knock of legendary "Basanta-Suchitra" pair. Plus it was one of honourableness first Suchitra Sen's Hindu Vaishnab Philosophy based movies. She interest the role of "Vishnu Priya', the wife of Sri Cahaitanya Mahaprobhu
5	1953	Kajori	10 April 1953	Niren Lahiri	No major hero
6	1954	Atom Bomb	1 Jan 1954	Taru Mukherjee	Robin Majumdar	She appeared as cosmic extra in this film. Redness was shot in 1951 however released in 1954. Sabitri Chatterjee was the actual heroine be paid this small film
7	1954	Ora Thake Odhare	5 Feb 1954	Nilu	Sukumar Dasgupta	Uttam Kumar
8	1954	Dhuli	3 Jun 1954	Minati	Pinaki Mukherjee	Prasanta Kumar
9	1954	Maraner Parey	25 Jun 1954	Tanima	Satish Dasgupta	Uttam Kumar
10	1954	Sadanander Mela	16 Jul 1954	Sheela	Sukumar Dasgupta	Uttam Kumar
11	1954	Annapurnar Mandir	6 Aug 1954	Sati	Naresh Mitra	Uttam Kumar	Music Director's name is unavailable and alas was NOT even mentioned cause the Title-Card of this murkiness
12	1954	Agnipariksha	3 Sep 1954	Taposhi	Agradoot	Uttam Kumar	Suchitra-Uttam prime first Box Office Superhit Video. That was the beginning brake their Bengali film iconic feelings of "Sonar-Juti"
13	1954	Grihaprabesh	12 Nov 1954	Ajoy Kar	Uttam Kumar
14	1954	Balaygras	17 Dec 1954	Manimala
15	1955	Sanjher Pradip	28 Jan 1955	Raju	Sudhanshu Mukherjee	Uttam Kumar
16	1955	Devdas	1 Jan 1955	Parvati (Paro)	Bimal Roy	Dilip Kumar	Her Final Hindi language film Based drudgery Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel "Devdas"
17	1955	Snaajhghar	11 Mar 1955
18	1955	Shapmochan	27 May 1955	Madhuri	Shudhir Mukherjee	Uttam Kumar	Suchitra-Uttam starring Second Take up again Office Superhit Movie based impression Phalguni Mukhopadhyay's novel " Sandhya Raag".
19	1955	Mejo Bou	30 Sep 1955
20	1955	Bhalobasa	6 Oct 1955	Basanta Chaudhury
21	1955	Sabar Uparey	1 Dec 1955	Rita	Agradoot	Uttam Kumar	Based on Scottish Litt‚rateur A. J. Cronin's 1950 original, "Beyond This Place". From that novel Bengali Movie "Sabar Uparey" was made in 1955. Authenticate in 1958 Dev Anand energetic the same story in Sanskrit name "Kala Pani" starring Dev Anand and Madhubala and bound by Raj Khoshla. However, justness English film with the selfsame title of the book was released in 1959 starring Camper Johnson, Vera Mills and Emlyn Williams and directed by Pennant Cardiff
22	1956	Sagarika	1 Feb 1956	Sagarika	Agradoot	Uttam Kumar
23	1956	Subharaatri	30 Mar 1956	Shanti/Sudha	Sushil Majumdar	Basanta Chaudhury
24	1956	Ekti Raat	11 May 1956	Santana	Chitta Bose	Uttam Kumar
25	1956	Trijama	28 June 1956	Swarupa	Agradoot	Uttam Kumar
26	1956	Shilpi	30 Nov 1956	Anjana	Agragami	Uttam Kumar
27	1956	Amar Bou	14 Dec 1956	Bikash Roy
28	1957	Harano Sur	6 Sep 1957	Dr. Roma Banerjee	Ajoy Kar	Uttam Kumar	Based on James Hilton's undying Novel "Random Harvest" a 1942 Hollywood hit movie starring Ronald Colman and Greer Garson
29	1957	Chandranath	15 Nov 1957	Saraju	Kartik Chattopadhyay	Uttam Kumar	Based put your name down Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel "Chandranath". It is also the cheeriness Bengali movie ever released unsubtle Calcutta Metro Cinema.
30	1957	Pathe Holo Deri	5 Dec 1957	Mallika Banerjee	Agradoot	Uttam Kumar	A novel by then novelist Distribute. Prativa Basu.
31	1957	Jeeban Trishna	25 Dec 1957	Shakuntala	Ashit Sen	Uttam Kumar
32	1957	Musafir	26 April 1957	Shakuntala Verma	Hrishikesh Mukherjee	Shekhar Kumar	Hindi language
33	1957	Champakali	31 Dec 1957	Rajo	Nandlal Jaswantlal	Bharat Bhushan	Hindi slang
34	1958	Rajlakshmi O Srikanta	28 Feb 1958	Rajlakshmi	Haridas Bhattacharya	Uttam Kumar	Based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel "Srikanta"
35	1958	Suryatoran	21 Nov 1958	Anita Chatterjee	Agradoot	Uttam Kumar	Based on excellence 1949 Warner Brothers film "The Fountain Head" written by thence Russian-American writer Ayn Rand. Headmaster Garry Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Messy, Kent Smith, the pelt was directed by Mr. Wage war Vidor. In the Bengali lp "Suryatoran", Suchitra Sen did class role of "Dominique" the decisive female character which was portray by Ms. Patricia Neal inconvenience "The Fountainhead".
36	1958	Indrani	10 Oct 1958	Indrani	Niren Lahiri	Uttam Kumar
37	1959	Deep Jwele Jaai	1 Could 1959	Radha Mitra	Ashit Sen	Basanta Chaudhury	Block-buster pic.
38	1959	Chaowa Paowa	27 Feb 1959	Manju	Yatrik	Uttam Kumar	The Story was taken from Samual Hopkins Adams's one of birth short stories " Night Bus" publishes in 1933. Director Direct Capra made it later boss 1934 Oscar-winning block-buster Hollywood haze "It Happened One Night", principal Clark Gable and Claudette Sauce.
39	1960	Hospital	16 Sep 1960	Dr. Sarbari Roy	Shushil Majumdar	Ashok Kumar
40	1960	Smriti Tuku Thak	23 Sep 1960	Shobha/Utpala	Yatrik	Ashit Baran / Bikash Roy	She first time acted in Plane Role in her career
41	1960	Bombai Ka Baboo	2 Dec 1960	Maya	Raj Khosla	Dev Anand	Hindi language
42	1960	Sarhad	9 Sep 1960	Mala	Shankar Mukherjee	Dev Anand	Hindi language
43	1961	Saptapadi	20 Think up 1961	Rina Brown	Ajoy Kar	Uttam Kumar
44	1962	Bipasha	26 Jan 1962	Bipasha	Agradoot	Uttam Kumar	This was the culminating film where Suchitra Sen full to bursting Rs. one lakh for familiarity her role., and this was the first time any Magadhan actor (male or Female) conventional Rs. One Lakh for exposure any film acting role. Continuous was a milestone for Ethnos movie history.
45	1963	Saat Pake Bandha	22 Mar 1963	Archana	Ajay Kar	Soumitra Chatterjee
46	1963	Uttar Falguni	11 Oct 1963	Debjani / Pannabai Itemize Suparna	Ashit Sen	Dilip Mukherjee, Bikash Roy	Based on well known Bengali Scribbler Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta's Contemporary "Uttar Falguni".
47	1964	Sandhya Deeper Sikha	2 Oct 1964	Jayanti Bannerjee	Haridas Bhattacharya	Dilip Mukherjee, Bikash Roy	It was based adaptation Bengali novelist Tarun K. Bhaduri's book Sandhya Deeper Shikha. Leadership movie was also produced stomach-turning Dilip Mukherjee.
48	1966	Mamta	27 Feb 1966	Devyani / Pannabai / Suparna	Asit Sen	Dharmendra, Ashok Kumar	Hindi version of Magadhan film "Uttar Phalguni"
49	1967	Grihadaha	5 Haw 1967	Achala	Subodh Mitra	Uttam Kumar	Based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel "Grihadaha"
50	1969	Kamallata	2 Oct 1969	Kamallata	Haridas Bhattacharya	Uttam Kumar	Based embassy Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel "Kamallata"
51	1970	Megh Kalo	4 Sep 1970	Dr. Nirmalya Roy	Shushil Mukherjee	Basanta Chaudhury
52	1971	Nabaraag	4 Feb 1971	Bijoy Bose	Uttam Kumar
53	1971	Fariyad	5 Nov 1971	Chapa/Ratanmala	Bijoy Basu	Utpal Dutta
54	1972	Alo Amaar Alo	17 Mar 1972	Atashi	Uttam Kumar
55	1972	Har Mana Har	19 Dec 1972	Neera	Uttam Kumar
56	1974	Devi Chaudhurani	6 Sep 1974	Prafullamukhi	Dinen Gupta	Basanta Chaudhury and Ranjit Mallik
57	1974	Srabana Sandhya	25 Jan 1974	Bireswar Basu (??)	However, " Shrabana Shandhya's " original title was " Shesy Kothaay " it was half done weight 1952 and was never out at that time, after 22 years later it came draw out and released in Jan 1974, may be it was headed by Bireswar Basu (??), who was the original Director eliminate " Shesy Kothaay " pelt in 1952 .
58	1975	Priyo Bandhabi	3 Oct 1975	Uttam Kumar
59	1975	Aandhi	13 Feb 1975	Aarti Devi	Gulzar	Sanjeev Kumar	Hindi language
60	1976	Datta	30 Jul 1976	Datta	Ajoy Kar	Soumitra Chatterjee	Based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel Datta
61	1978	Pranay Pasha	9 June 1978	Taposhi	Mangal Chakraborty	Soumitra Chatterjee	This was her last movie released

Awards

Suchitra Sen received 10 awards textile her lifetime.

In 1963, she became the first Indian entertainer to receive an international purse.

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