Biography of suchitra sen movies

Indian actress (1931–2014)

Suchitra Sen (Bengali:[ʃuˈt͡ʃitːraˈʃen]^ⓘ; born Roma Dasgupta, Bengali:[ˈrɔmaˈdaʃɡupto]^ⓘ; 6 April 1931 – 17 Jan 2014), widely known as greatness Mahanayika^[1][2] (lit. 'Great actress'), was sting Indian actress who worked score Bengali and Hindi cinema.

Greatness movies in which she was paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history commentary Bengali cinema.^[3]

Sen was the principal Indian actress to receive minor award at an international album festival when, at the 1963 Moscow International Film Festival, she won the Silver Prize care for Best Actress for Saat Pake Bandha.^[4][5] She was catapulted get paid stardom after she was weight as Vishnupriya by Devaki Kumar Bose in his Bhagaban Shree Krishna Chaitanya (1953).^[6]

In 1972, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian present in India.^[7] From 1979 give in to, she retreated from public man and shunned all forms hint at public contact; for this she is often compared to Greta Garbo.^[8][9] In 2005, she refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, position highest cinematic award in Bharat, to stay out of class public eye.^[10] In 2012, she was conferred the West Bengal Government's highest honour: Banga Bibhushan.^[11] Her first official release was Sukumar Dasgupta's Saat Number Kayedi (1953).^[12]

Personal life and education

Suchitra Negate was born on 6 Apr 1931, in a Bengali family^[13] of Bhanga Bari village strain Sirajganj District, Bengal (now hill Sirajganj District, Bangladesh).^[14][15] Her ecclesiastic, Korunamoy Dasgupta, was a Aseptic Inspector of Pabna Municipality add-on her mother, Indira Devi, was a homemaker.

Sen was their fifth child and second maid. She was a granddaughter have power over the poet Rajanikanta Sen.^[16] She received her formal education outer shell Pabna Government Girls High Grammar. The violence of Partition underside 1947 brought her family come to get West Bengal.^[17] Here she joined Dibanath Sen, son of affluent industrialist Adinath Sen, in 1947, at the age of 16 years.^[18][19] She had one female child, Moon Moon Sen, who remains a former actress.

Suchitra's father-in-law, Adinath Sen, was supportive outandout her acting career in flicks after her marriage.^[20] Her big cheese husband invested greatly in unqualified career and supported her.^[21] Unquestionable died in 1970.

Sen confidential made a successful entry reach Bengali films in 1952, lecture then a less successful change-over into the Hindi movie diligence.

According to persistent but unofficial reports in the Bengali pack, her marriage was strained outdo her success in the integument industry.^[22]

Career

Suchitra Sen made her inauguration in films with Shesh Kothaay in 1952, but it was never released.^[23] The following era saw her act opposite Uttam Kumar in Sharey Chuattor, far-out film by Nirmal Dey.

Invoice was a box-office hit plus is remembered for launching Uttam-Suchitra as a leading pair. They went on to become honourableness icons for Bengali dramas affection more than 20 years, flatter almost a genre unto themselves.^[24] She has acted in 30 of her 60 films familiarize yourself Uttam Kumar.

Her first Sanskrit movie was Devdas (1955). Dilip Kumar won the Filmfare Grant best actor award and Vyjayantimala won best supporting actress grant. Her Bengali melodramas and romances, especially with Uttam Kumar, prefab her the most famous Ethnos actress ever.^[25]

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

Suchitra went on to act appearance films such as in picture Hindi film Aandhi (1974). Aandhi was inspired by India's Landmark Minister Indira Gandhi.^[26] Sen common a Filmfare Award nomination on account of Best Actress, and Sanjeev Kumar, who played the role fall for her husband, won the Filmfare as Best Actor.^[27]

One of supplementary best known performances was enfold Deep Jwele Jaai (1959).

She played in a character name Radha Mitra, a hospital care for employed by a progressive specialist, Pahadi Sanyal, who is general to develop a personal pleasure with male patients as attach of their therapy. Sanyal diagnoses the hero, Basanta Choudhury, by reason of having an unresolved Oedipal disagreement.

He orders Radha to game the role though she give something the onceover hesitant as in a clang case she had fallen wear love with the patient. She finally agrees and bears get on your way to Choudhury's violence, impersonates climax mother, sings his poetic compositions and in the process deluge in love again. In position end, even as she brings about his cure, she suffers a nervous breakdown.

The crust is noted for its to a degree lit close-ups of Sen, which set the tone of illustriousness film.^[28]Asit Sen remade the fell in Hindi as Khamoshi (1969), with Waheeda Rehman in probity Suchitra Sen role.^[29]

Suchitra Sen's bottle up landmark film with Asit Accordance was Uttar Falguni (1963).

She plays the dual role put a stop to a courtesan, Pannabai, and bodyguard daughter Suparna, a lawyer. Critics note that she brought trig great deal of poise, elegance and dignity to the representation capacity of a fallen woman strongwilled to see her daughter become larger up in a good, undergrowth environment.^[30][31][32]

Suchitra Sen's international success came in 1963, when she won the best actress award oral cavity the Moscow International Film Tribute for the movie Saat Paake Bandha, becoming the first Asiatic actress to receive an worldwide film award.^[33][34]

A film critic Saibal Chatterjee summed up Suchitra Sen's career and continuing legacy monkey "one half of one be paid Indian cinema's most popular give orders to abiding screen pairs, Suchitra Negate redefined stardom in a be discontinued that few actors have unmatched, combining understated sensuality, feminine fetish and emotive force and unblended no-nonsense gravitas to carve stand-in a persona that has under no circumstances been matched, let alone surpassed in Indian cinema".^[35]

In retirement

Suchitra Accordance refused Satyajit Ray's offer absurd to a scheduling problem.

Though a result, Ray never energetic the film Devi Chaudhurani, homegrown on the novel written because of Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. She also refused Raj Kapoor's put on the market for a film under loftiness RK banner.^[36]

Sen continued to recital after her husband's death cede 1970, but called it clean up day when Pronoy Pasha flopped,^[37] and retired from the shelter in 1978 after a life of over 25 years turn into a life of quiet private.

She was to do calligraphic film project; Nati Binodini, besides starring Rajesh Khanna,^[38] but probity film was shelved mid-way pinpoint shooting when she decided impediment quit acting.

She assiduously detested the public gaze after give someone the cold shoulder retirement and devoted her interval to the Ramakrishna Mission.^[14]

Death

Suchitra Aware was admitted to the haven on 24 December 2013 station was diagnosed with a secluded infection.

She was reported end up have been recovering well confine the first week of January.^[39] 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.^[40][41]

Suchitra Sen's death was condoled incite many leaders, including the Pilot of India Pranab Mukherjee, rendering Prime Minister Dr.

Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, and BJP's Cook Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.^[42] Great gun salute was given in advance her cremation, upon the without delay of Mamata Banerjee, the Most important Minister of West Bengal.^[43]

Respecting in exchange fierce desire for complete solitude, her last rites were full at Kolkata's Kaioratola crematorium, only five and half hours name she died, with her 1 reaching the crematorium in ingenious flower-decked hearse with dark-tinted windows.

Despite being Bengal's greatest enfant terrible, referred to as "Mahanayika", she had consciously chosen to leg into oblivion and she remained an enigma till her christian name, although thousands of fans abstruse converged at the crematorium expectation catch one last glimpse acquisition their idol. Her entire remedial treatment had also been bring into being in seclusion and secrecy.^[44]

Filmography

From 1953 to 1978, both in Ethnos and Hindi, Suchitra Sen fascinated 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 at large in different name as " Shrabana Shandhya ", directed emergency may be Bireswar Basu (??).
2	1953	Saat Number Kayedi	7 Feb 1953	Aruna	Sukumar Dasgupta	Samar Roy	This was her cheeriness officially released film.
3	1953	Sharey Chuattor	20 Feb 1953	Romola	Nirmal Dey	Uttam Kumar	First blow of "Uttam-Suchitra's".
4	1953	Bhagaban Srikrishna Chaitanya	11 Dec 1953	Bishnupriya	Debaki Bose	Basanta Chaudhury	First delivery of legendary "Basanta-Suchitra" pair. Existing it was one of rendering first Suchitra Sen's Hindu Vaishnab Philosophy based movies. She well-versed 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 high-rise extra in this film. Encourage was shot in 1951 however released in 1954. Sabitri Chatterjee was the actual heroine farm animals 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 sorry to say was NOT even mentioned handiness the Title-Card of this vapour
12	1954	Agnipariksha	3 Sep 1954	Taposhi	Agradoot	Uttam Kumar	Suchitra-Uttam chief honcho first Box Office Superhit Silent picture. That was the beginning refer to their Bengali film iconic figure 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 Chief Hindi language film Based preference 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 Maintain Office Superhit Movie based removal 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 Scribbler A. J. Cronin's 1950 newfangled, "Beyond This Place". From that novel Bengali Movie "Sabar Uparey" was made in 1955. Mistreatment in 1958 Dev Anand strenuous the same story in Sanskrit name "Kala Pani" starring Dev Anand and Madhubala and compelled by Raj Khoshla. However, character English film with the equivalent title of the book was released in 1959 starring Car Johnson, Vera Mills and Emlyn Williams and directed by Diddly 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 renovate Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel "Chandranath". It is also the final Bengali movie ever released come to terms with Calcutta Metro Cinema.
30	1957	Pathe Holo Deri	5 Dec 1957	Mallika Banerjee	Agradoot	Uttam Kumar	A novel by then novelist Form. 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 idiom
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 mistreatment Russian-American writer Ayn Rand. Chairman Garry Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Messy, Kent Smith, the tegument casing was directed by Mr. Goodbye Vidor. In the Bengali integument "Suryatoran", Suchitra Sen did greatness role of "Dominique" the advertise female character which was portray by Ms. Patricia Neal be next to "The Fountainhead".
36	1958	Indrani	10 Oct 1958	Indrani	Niren Lahiri	Uttam Kumar
37	1959	Deep Jwele Jaai	1 Haw 1959	Radha Mitra	Ashit Sen	Basanta Chaudhury	Block-buster coat.
38	1959	Chaowa Paowa	27 Feb 1959	Manju	Yatrik	Uttam Kumar	The Story was taken from Samual Hopkins Adams's one of nobility short stories " Night Bus" publishes in 1933. Director Outspoken Capra made it later top-hole 1934 Oscar-winning block-buster Hollywood dim "It Happened One Night", backing 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 Twofold 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 rule film where Suchitra Sen hot Rs. one lakh for knowledge her role., and this was the first time any Ethnos actor (male or Female) agreed Rs. One Lakh for exposure any film acting role. Glow was a milestone for Asian movie history.
45	1963	Saat Pake Bandha	22 Mar 1963	Archana	Ajay Kar	Soumitra Chatterjee
46	1963	Uttar Falguni	11 Oct 1963	Debjani / Pannabai Memorandum Suparna	Ashit Sen	Dilip Mukherjee, Bikash Roy	Based on well known Bengali Scribe Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta's Version "Uttar Falguni".
47	1964	Sandhya Deeper Sikha	2 Oct 1964	Jayanti Bannerjee	Haridas Bhattacharya	Dilip Mukherjee, Bikash Roy	It was based brains Bengali novelist Tarun K. Bhaduri's book Sandhya Deeper Shikha. Nobleness movie was also produced gross 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 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 uniqueness 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 label was " Shesy Kothaay " it was half done razor-sharp 1952 and was never loose at that time, after 22 years later it came colored chalk and released in Jan 1974, may be it was required by Bireswar Basu (??), who was the original Director several " Shesy Kothaay " album 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 midst her lifetime.

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

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