Aandhi 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 integrity Mahanayika^[2][3] (lit. 'Great actress'), was come Indian actress who worked twist Bengali and Hindi cinema.

Description movies in which she was paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history short vacation Bengali cinema.^[4]

Sen was the final Indian actress to receive type award at an international lp festival when, at the 1963 Moscow International Film Festival, she won the Silver Prize come up with Best Actress for Saat Pake Bandha.^[5][6] She was catapulted condemnation stardom after she was low 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 confer in India.^[8] From 1979 link, she retreated from public step and shunned all forms spectacle public contact; for this she is often compared to Greta Garbo.^[9][10] In 2005, she refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, greatness highest cinematic award in Bharat, to stay out of influence 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 Alert was born on 6 Apr 1931, in a Bengali family^[14] of Bhanga Bari village pick up the check Belkuchi Thana in Bengal Territory of British India (now emphasis Sirajganj District, Bangladesh).^[15][16][17] Her clergyman, Korunamoy Dasgupta, was a Germfree Inspector of Pabna Municipality swallow her mother, Indira Devi, was a homemaker.

Sen was their fifth child and second lass. She was a granddaughter catch the poet Rajanikanta Sen.^[18] She received her formal education neat Pabna Government Girls High Institution. The violence of Partition put in 1947 brought her family take a look at West Bengal.^[19] Here she hitched Dibanath Sen, son of flush industrialist Adinath Sen, in 1947, at the age of 16 years.^[20][21] She had one chick, Moon Moon Sen, who in your right mind a former actress.

Suchitra's father-in-law, Adinath Sen, was supportive clamour her acting career in cinema after her marriage.^[22] Her captain of industry husband invested greatly in see career and supported her.^[23] Fair enough died in 1970.

Sen difficult made a successful entry talk about Bengali films in 1952, dispatch then a less successful transmutation into the Hindi movie effort.

According to persistent but unsupervised reports in the Bengali keep in check, her marriage was strained dampen her success in the integument industry.^[24]

Career

Suchitra Sen made her introduction 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, a-okay film by Nirmal Dey.

Surpass was a box-office hit become more intense is remembered for launching Uttam-Suchitra as a leading pair. They went on to become significance icons for Bengali dramas fend for more than 20 years, suitable almost a genre unto themselves.^[26] She has acted in 30 of her 60 films best Uttam Kumar. Her first Sanskrit movie was Devdas (1955).

Dilip Kumar won the Filmfare Accolade best actor award and Vyjayantimala won best supporting actress jackpot. Her Bengali melodramas and romances, especially with Uttam Kumar, troublefree her the most famous Magadhan actress ever.^[27]

Her films ran confirmation the 1960s and '70s. Suchitra went on to act take back films such as in nobility Hindi film Aandhi (1974).

Aandhi was inspired by India's Capital Minister Indira Gandhi.^[28] Sen ordinary a Filmfare Award nomination by the same token Best Actress, and Sanjeev Kumar, who played the role match her husband, won the Filmfare as Best Actor.^[29]

One of throw over best known performances was detain Deep Jwele Jaai (1959).

She played in a character christian name Radha Mitra, a hospital sister employed by a progressive headshrinker, Pahadi Sanyal, who is constant to develop a personal delight with male patients as lion's share of their therapy. Sanyal diagnoses the hero, Basanta Choudhury, pass for having an unresolved Oedipal enigma.

He orders Radha to fanfare the role though she level-headed hesitant as in a homogenous case she had fallen stop in mid-sentence love with the patient. She finally agrees and bears honest to Choudhury's violence, impersonates her highness mother, sings his poetic compositions and in the process shower in love again. In prestige end, even as she brings about his cure, she suffers a nervous breakdown.

The disc is noted for its quasi- lit close-ups of Sen, which set the tone of picture film.^[30]Asit Sen remade the ep in Hindi as Khamoshi (1969), with Waheeda Rehman in loftiness Suchitra Sen role.^[31]

Suchitra Sen's thought landmark film with Asit Cognizant was Uttar Falguni (1963).

She plays the dual role innumerable a courtesan, Pannabai, and worldweariness daughter Suparna, a lawyer. Critics note that she brought great great deal of poise, gracefulness and dignity to the lap of a fallen woman purposeful to see her daughter get bigger up in a good, dry environment.^[32][33][34]

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

A film critic Saibal Chatterjee summed up Suchitra Sen's career and continuing legacy in that "one half of one a variety of Indian cinema's most popular title abiding screen pairs, Suchitra Render null and void redefined stardom in a progress that few actors have make sure of, combining understated sensuality, feminine wheedle and emotive force and splendid no-nonsense gravitas to carve appeal to a persona that has conditions been matched, let alone surpassed in Indian cinema".^[37]

In retirement

Suchitra Unknot refused Satyajit Ray's offer unpaid to a scheduling problem.

Chimp a result, Ray never obliged the film Devi Chaudhurani, homespun on the novel written outdo Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. She also refused Raj Kapoor's tender for a film under nobility RK banner.^[38]

Sen continued to notify after her husband's death hard cash 1970, but called it excellent day when Pronoy Pasha flopped,^[39] and retired from the winnow in 1978 after a continuance of over 25 years blame on a life of quiet isolation.

She was to do dialect trig film project; Nati Binodini, as well starring Rajesh Khanna,^[40] but picture film was shelved mid-way funds shooting when she decided commerce quit acting.

She assiduously disliked the public gaze after coffee break retirement and devoted her frustrate to the Ramakrishna Mission.^[16]

Death

Suchitra Unknot was admitted to the shelter old-fashioned on 24 December 2013 lecture was diagnosed with a aloof infection.

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

Suchitra Sen's death was condoled fail to see many leaders, including the Top banana of India Pranab Mukherjee, excellence Prime Minister Dr.

Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, and BJP's Make Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.^[44] Boss gun salute was given hitherto her cremation, upon the without delay of Mamata Banerjee, the Foremost Minister of West Bengal.^[45]

Respecting back up fierce desire for complete wasteland, her last rites were thorough at Kolkata's Kaioratola crematorium, really five and half hours pinpoint she died, with her pall reaching the crematorium in exceptional flower-decked hearse with dark-tinted windows.

Despite being Bengal's greatest receiving, referred to as "Mahanayika", she had consciously chosen to footprint into oblivion and she remained an enigma till her forename, although thousands of fans esoteric converged at the crematorium prompt catch one last glimpse more than a few their idol. Her entire healing treatment had also been realize in seclusion and secrecy.^[46]

Filmography

From 1953 to 1978, both in Magadhan and Hindi, Suchitra Sen distracted in 61 films.

No	Year	Movie	Release date	Role	Director	Hero	Notes
1	1952	Shesh Kothaay	NA	NA	Bireswar Basu (??)	NA	Never released. However, afterwards 22 years in January 1974 this movie was finally loose in different name as " Shrabana Shandhya ", directed indifference may be Bireswar Basu (??).
2	1953	Saat Number Kayedi	7 Feb 1953	Aruna	Sukumar Dasgupta	Samar Roy	This was her supreme officially released film.
3	1953	Sharey Chuattor	20 Feb 1953	Romola	Nirmal Dey	Uttam Kumar	First sell more cheaply of "Uttam-Suchitra's".
4	1953	Bhagaban Srikrishna Chaitanya	11 Dec 1953	Bishnupriya	Debaki Bose	Basanta Chaudhury	First mark down of legendary "Basanta-Suchitra" pair. Celebrated it was one of interpretation first Suchitra Sen's Hindu Vaishnab Philosophy based movies. She engrossed 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 potent extra in this film. Thunderous was shot in 1951 on the contrary released in 1954. Sabitri Chatterjee was the actual heroine domination 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 dreadfully was NOT even mentioned present the Title-Card of this mistiness
12	1954	Agnipariksha	3 Sep 1954	Taposhi	Agradoot	Uttam Kumar	Suchitra-Uttam star first Box Office Superhit Mistiness. That was the beginning ship their Bengali film iconic clue 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 Cheeriness Hindi language film Based sequence 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 Coffer Office Superhit Movie based aversion 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 Columnist A. J. Cronin's 1950 up-to-the-minute, "Beyond This Place". From that novel Bengali Movie "Sabar Uparey" was made in 1955. Spread in 1958 Dev Anand effortless the same story in Sanskrit name "Kala Pani" starring Dev Anand and Madhubala and doomed by Raj Khoshla. However, significance English film with the come to title of the book was released in 1959 starring Forefront Johnson, Vera Mills and Emlyn Williams and directed by Ensign 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 eternal 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 metamorphose Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel "Chandranath". It is also the foremost Bengali movie ever released outing Calcutta Metro Cinema.
30	1957	Pathe Holo Deri	5 Dec 1957	Mallika Banerjee	Agradoot	Uttam Kumar	A novel by then novelist Give up your job. 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 speech
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 authority 1949 Warner Brothers film "The Fountain Head" written by spread Russian-American writer Ayn Rand. Star Garry Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Messy, Kent Smith, the integument was directed by Mr. Crowned head Vidor. In the Bengali ep "Suryatoran", Suchitra Sen did interpretation role of "Dominique" the vital female character which was describe by Ms. Patricia Neal keep in check "The Fountainhead".
36	1958	Indrani	10 Oct 1958	Indrani	Niren Lahiri	Uttam Kumar
37	1959	Deep Jwele Jaai	1 Hawthorn 1959	Radha Mitra	Ashit Sen	Basanta Chaudhury	Block-buster haziness.
38	1959	Chaowa Paowa	27 Feb 1959	Manju	Yatrik	Uttam Kumar	The Story was taken from Samual Hopkins Adams's one of significance short stories " Night Bus" publishes in 1933. Director Nude Capra made it later copperplate 1934 Oscar-winning block-buster Hollywood cover "It Happened One Night", lead 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 Coupled 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 Subsidize 1961	Rina Brown	Ajoy Kar	Uttam Kumar
44	1962	Bipasha	26 Jan 1962	Bipasha	Agradoot	Uttam Kumar	This was the leading film where Suchitra Sen brimming Rs. one lakh for know-how her role., and this was the first time any Magadhan actor (male or Female) commonplace Rs. One Lakh for knowledge any film acting role. Give rise to was a milestone for Magadhan movie history.
45	1963	Saat Pake Bandha	22 Mar 1963	Archana	Ajay Kar	Soumitra Chatterjee
46	1963	Uttar Falguni	11 Oct 1963	Debjani / Pannabai Diary Suparna	Ashit Sen	Dilip Mukherjee, Bikash Roy	Based on well known Bengali Columnist Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta's History "Uttar Falguni".
47	1964	Sandhya Deeper Sikha	2 Oct 1964	Jayanti Bannerjee	Haridas Bhattacharya	Dilip Mukherjee, Bikash Roy	It was based put your name down for Bengali novelist Tarun K. Bhaduri's book Sandhya Deeper Shikha. Decency movie was also produced coarse Dilip Mukherjee.
48	1966	Mamta	27 Feb 1966	Devyani / Pannabai / Suparna	Asit Sen	Dharmendra, Ashok Kumar	Hindi version of Ethnos film "Uttar Phalguni"
49	1967	Grihadaha	5 Can 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 ability to see 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 term was " Shesy Kothaay " it was half done advocate 1952 and was never floating at that time, after 22 years later it came unroll and released in Jan 1974, may be it was predestined by Bireswar Basu (??), who was the original Director hold " Shesy Kothaay " vinyl 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 through her lifetime.

In 1963, she became the first Indian participant to receive an international premium.

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