Suchitra Sen

TV Actress

Suchitra Sen was born in Pabna, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh on April 6th, 1931 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 82, Suchitra Sen biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
April 6, 1931
Nationality
India
Place of Birth
Pabna, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh
Death Date
Jan 17, 2014 (age 82)
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Profession
Actor, Film Actor
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Dibanath Sen, ​ ​(m. 1947; died 1970)​
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Moon Moon Sen
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Suchitra Sen Life

Suchitra Sen (Bengali pronunciation): [utira—eta] n] listen; born in 1931 – 17 January 2014) was an Indian actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The films in which she was paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in Bengali cinema history.

Sen was the first Indian actress to be honoured at an international film festival when she was nominated for Best Actress for Saat Pake Bandha at the 1963 Moscow International Film Festival. She was named the Padma Shri in 1972, India's fourth highest civilian award. She retreated from public life and shunned all forms of public contact from 1979 to 2005; for this, she is often compared to Greta Garbo. She refused to win the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest cinematic award, in 2005, in order to remain out of the public eye. Banga Bibhushan, the West Bengal government's highest award, was bestowed in 2012 by her in 2012. Saat Number Kayedi (1953), Sukumar Dasgupta's first official announcement, was released (1953). She was shot as Vishnupriya by Devaki Kumar Bose in his Bhagaban Shree Krishna Chaitanya (1953).

Personal life and education

Suchitra Sen was born on 6 April 1931 in the Bhanga Bari village of Belkuchi Upazila, now in Sirajganj District. Korunamoy Dasgupta's mother was a headmaster at a Pabna public school. Indira Devi, Indira Devi's mother, was a homemaker. Sen was their fifth child and second daughter. She was a granddaughter of poet Rajonikant Sen. She received her formal education in Pabna Government Girls High School. Partition's intifiation in 1947 brought her family and her family to West Bengal, which was also a safe zone for Hindus. Here she married Dibanath Sen., the son of wealthy industrialist Adinath Sen., in 1947 at the age of 15 years old. Moon Moon Sen. Sen. Sen. Susan Sen., a former actress, had one daughter, Moon Moon Sen. Adinath Sen., Suchitra's father-in-law, was supportive of her acting career in films right after her marriage. Her migrant husband invested heavily in her career and also helped her.

Sen had made a profitable debut in Bengali films in 1952 and then a less fruitful jump to the Hindi film industry. Her marriage was complicated by her work in film, according to persistent yet unconfirmed reports in the Bengali press.

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Suchitra Sen Career

Career

Suchitra Sen made her debut in films with Shesh Kothaay in 1952, but it was never released. In Sharey Chuattor, a film directed by Nirmal Dey, she appeared opposite Uttam Kumar for the next year. It was a box-office success, and it was remembered for the unveiling of Uttam-Suchitra as a leading pair. They went on to become Bengali dramas for more than 20 years, becoming almost unrecognizable. Uttam Kumar has appeared in 30 of her 60 films. Devdas (1955), she first Hindi film, received a Best Actress Award nomination. Her Bengali melodramas and romances, particularly with Uttam Kumar, made her the most popular Bengali actress ever.

Her films appeared in the 1960s and 1970s. Her husband died in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, in 1970. Suchitra continued to appear in films, including in the Hindi film Aandhi (1974). Aandhi was inspired by India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Sen received a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Actress, while Sanjeev Kumar, who portrayed her husband, received the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.

In Deep Jwele Jaai (1959), she was one of her best known performances. Radha Mitra, a hospital nurse employed by a progressive psychiatrist named Pahadi Sanyal, was cast in a role that is supposed to have a personal relationship with male patients as part of their therapy. Basanta Choudhury, Sanyal's patron, is suffering from an unresolved Oedipal rift. Radha has been ordered to act in the role though she is hesitant because she was in a similar situation where she had fallen in love with the patient. She finally consents and accepts Choudhury's brutality, impersonates his mother, sings his poetic works, and falls in love for the first time again. Even as she talks about his cure, she suffers from a nervous breakdown. Sen's partially lit close-ups are included in the film, which set the tone of the film. Asit Sen remade the film in Hindi as Khamoshi (1969), starring Waheeda Rehman in the Suchitra Sen role.

Uttar Falguni (1963), Asit Sen's other historic film. Pannabai's mother and her daughter Suparna, a lawyer, appear in dual roles. Critics also point out that she brought a great deal of poise, grace, and dignity to the role of a woman who is determined to see her daughter grow up in a safe, clean environment.

Suchitra Sen's international success began in 1963, when she received the best actress award at the Moscow International Film Festival for the film Saat Paake Bandha, becoming the first Indian actress to receive an international film award.

Suchitra Sen's career and ongoing film partnership as "one half of one of India's most coveted and abiding screen pairs," combining understated sensibility, feminine charm, and emotive power to distinguish a persona that has never been matched, let alone surpassing one in Indian cinema.

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