
Acting
Suchitra Sen
Birth Date
April 5, 1931
Death Date
January 16, 2014
(passed away at 82)
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Biography
Suchitra Sen was an Indian actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was repeatedly paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali cinema. Often referred to as the Madhubala of Bengal, Roma Dasgupta, who was born in Pabna district on April 6 in the year 1931, made her Tollywood debut in 1952 with ‘Shesh Kothay’ which never saw the light of day. The following year, she filmed ‘Sharey Chuattor’ with none other than the heartthrob of Bengal at the time – Uttam Kumar, and her career took off. Her first official release, however, was Sukumar Dasgupta's Saat Number Kayedi (1953). More than anything else, audiences loved the chemistry of the two stars. Sen and Kumar went on to do several hit films together like ‘Harano Sur’ and ‘Saptapadi’ and were loved by film watchers so much that their names 'Uttam-Suchitra' are still taken together by Bengali film lovers. From 1979 on, she retreated from public life and shunned all forms of public contact; for this she is often compared to Greta Garbo. In 2005, she refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest cinematic award in India, to stay out of the public eye.
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Devi Chaudhurani
Prafulla/ Devi Chaudhurani
1974

Surya Toran
Anita
1958

Pathey Holo Deri
Mallika Banerjee
1957

Bipasha
Bipasha
1962

Sharey Chuattar
Romola
1953

Aandhi
Aarti Devi
1975

Hospital
Sarbari
1960

Musafir
Shakuntala Verma
1957

Sandhya Deeper Sikha
Jayanti Bannerjee
1964

Shilpi
Anjana
1956
Chaitanya : devotee of Krishna
1953

Mamta
Devyani - Pannabai / Suparna
1966

Shap Mochan
Madhuri
1955

Sagarika
Sagarika
1956

Agni Pariksha
Tapasi Banerjee
1954
Smriti Tuku Thak
Utpala/Shovona
1960

Datta
Bijoya
1976

Dhooli
1954

The Accepted Defeat
Neera
1972

Devdas
Parvati Chakraborty / Paro
1955