Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Suchitra Sen is an Indian film actress, who acted in several Bengali films. In particular, the movies in which she paired opposite another legend in Bengali films, actor Uttam Kumar, became classics in the history of Bengali cinema. She now lives a life of a recluse rarely making any public appearances. When she left movies, she was slowly but steadily losing the position of leading lady of Bengali silver screen.

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

She is the first Bengali actress to be awarded in an international film festival (Best Actress award for Saat Paake Bandha in the 1963 Moscow film festival). She was awarded with Padma Shri in 1972 by Government of India. Notably, she allegedly refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2005, preferring to live in seclusion out of the public eye. In 2012, Sen was conferred West Bengal government`s highest award Banga Bibhushan.

Suchitra Sen was born on April 6, 1931 in Pabna in present day Pabna District of Bangladesh to parents father Karunamoy Dasgupta was the headmaster of the local school and her mother Indira Devi was a homemaker. She was their fifth child and third daughter. She had her formal education in Pabna.

Suchitra Sen is married to Dibanath Sen, son of a wealthy Bengali industrialist, Adinath Sen in 1947 and had one daughter, Moon Moon Sen, who is an actress. Actresses Raima Sen & Riya Sen are her granddaughters (Daughter Moon Moon Sen's daughters).

ACTRESS SUCHITRA SEN RARE PHOTOS (INDIAN ACTRESSES RARE PHOTOS)

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photo with Husband Dibanath Sen & Daughter Actress Moon Moon Sen (Actress Suchitra Sen Family Photos)

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photo with Granddaughter Actress Raima Sen (Actress Suchitra Sen Family Photos)

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photo with Daughter Actress Moon Moon Sen, Son-in-law Bharat Dev Varma (Daughter Actress Moon Moon Sen's Husband), Granddaughters Actresses Raima Sen & Riya Sen (Actress Suchitra Sen Family Photos)

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photo with Actor Uttam Kumar

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photo with Actor Sanjeev Kumar in 'Aandhi'

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photo as Filmfare Magazine Cover

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photo with Actor Dilip Kumar in 'Devdas' (1955)

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photo with Daughter Actress Moon Moon Sen

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photo with Actor Uttam Kumar

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photo with Actor Uttam Kumar

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Actress Suchitra Sen Rare Photos

Suchitra Sen made a successful entry after marriage into Bengali films 1952 and then a less successful transition to the Bollywood film industry. According to some unconfirmed but persistent reports in the Bengali press, her marriage was severely strained by her success in the film industry.

Suchitra Sen made her debut in films with Shesh Kothaay in 1952, but it was never released. The following year saw her act opposite Uttam Kumar in Sharey Chuattor, a film by Nirmal Dey. It was a box-office hit and remembered for launching Uttam-Suchitra as a leading pair. They went on to become the icons for Bengali dramas for more than 20 years, becoming almost a genre to themselves.

Suchitra Sen received a Best Actress Award for the film Devdas (1955), which was her first Hindi movie. Her patented Bengali melodramas and romances, especially with Uttam Kumar, made her the most famous Bengali actress ever. Her films ran through the 1960s and the 1970s. Her husband died, but she continued to act in films, such as the Hindi hit Aandhi (1974), where she played a politician. Aandhi was inspired by India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Sen received a Filmfare Award nomination as Best Actress, while Sanjeev Kumar, who essayed the role of her husband, won the Filmfare as Best Actor.A point to be noted, her husband,who himself was an industrialist, invested a lot in her success, but later a great deal of rift developed among them.

One of Suchitra Sen's best known performances was in Deep Jwele Jaai (1959). She played Radha, a hospital nurse employed by a progressive psychiatrist, Pahadi Sanyal, who is expected to develop a personal relationship with male patients as part of their therapy. Asit Sen remade the film in Hindi as Khamoshi (1969) with Waheeda Rehman in the Suchitra Sen role.)

Suchitra Sen's other landmark film with Asit Sen was Uttar Falguni (1963). Suchitra Sen carries the film single-handedly in the dual role of a courtesan Pannabai and her daughter Suparna, a lawyer. Her international success came in the year of 1963, when she won the best actress award in Moscow Film Festival for the movie Saat Paake Bandha. In fact, she is the first female to receive an international film award.

Suchitra Sen refused Satyajit Ray's offer due to date problem; as a result Ray never made the film Devi Chaudhurani. She also refused Raj Kapoor's offer for a film under the RK banner. She retired from the screen in 1978 after a career of over 25 years to a life of quiet seclusion. She has avoided the public gaze after her retirement and has devoted her time to the Ramakrishna Mission. Suchitra Sen was a contender for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2005, provided she was ready to accept it in person. Her refusal to go to New Delhi and personally receive the award from the President of India deprived her of that award.

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  1. কিংবদন্তি মহানায়িকা সুচিত্রা সেন 'এর মৃত্যুতে আমরা সবাই গভীর ভাবে শোকাহত
    - Bengalis in Ahmedabad
    বাঙ্গালীর আমেদাবাদ

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  2. Leaving this mortal screen of life , Mahanayika Suchitra Sen is now in rehearsal of her upcoming project ' Journey through the after life'.........RIP

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