Suchitra Sen
Suchitra Sen (regarded as Mahanayika or the female superstar of India) | |
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 Suchitra Sen as Paro in Bimal Roy's Devdas (1955) | |
| Born | Roma Dasgupta (1931-04-06)6 April 1931 Pabna, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bangladesh) |
| Died | 17 January 2014(2014-01-17) (aged 82) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Pabna Government Girls High School |
| Years active | 1952–1979 |
Notable work | Saat Pake Bandha Sharey Chuattor Saptapadi Shaapmochan Harano Sur Deep Jele Jai Aandhi Mamta |
| Home town | Pabna, Bangladesh |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
| Spouse(s) | Dibanath Sen (m. 1947; died 1970) |
| Children | Moon Moon Sen |
| Awards | Padma Shri Banga Bibhushan |
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Suchitra Sen (Bengali pronunciation: [ʃuːtʃiːraː ʃeːn] 
listen (help·info)) (born as Roma Dasgupta) (listen (help·info); 6 April 1931 – 17 January 2014) was an Indian film actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali cinema.[1]
Sen was the first Indian actress to receive an award at an international film festival when, at the 1963 Moscow International Film Festival, she won the Silver Prize for Best Actress for playing a disillusioned alcoholic in Saptapadi.[2][3] In 1972, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian awards in India.[4] From 1979 on, she retreated from public life and shunned all forms of public contact; for this she is often compared to Greta Garbo.[5][6] In 2005, she refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest cinematic award in India, to stay out of the public eye.[7] In 2012, she was conferred the West Bengal Government's highest honour: Banga Bibhushan.[8]
Contents
1 Personal life and education
2 Career
3 In retirement
4 Death
5 Filmography
6 Awards
7 References
8 External links
Personal life and education
Suchitra Sen was born in a Baidya family of Sen Bhanga Bari village of Belkuchi Upazila, now in Sirajgonj District, Greater Pabna in the present day Sirajgonj District of Bangladesh, on 6 April 1931.[9][10] Her father, the late Karunamoy Dasgupta was a sanitation officer in Pabna Paurasava. Her mother, the late Indira Devi was a homemaker. She was their fifth child and third daughter. Sen is a granddaughter of the famous Poet Sree Rajonikant Sen.[11] She received her formal education in Pabna Government Girls High School. The Partition brought her family and her to West Bengal,[12] where she married Dibanath Sen, son of wealthy industrialist Adinath Sen, in 1947,[13] and had one daughter, Moon Moon Sen, who is a former actress. Her father-in-law, Adinath Sen, was supportive of her acting career in films after her marriage.[14] Her industrialist husband invested greatly in her career initially and supported her.[15]
Sen had made a successful entry into Bengali films in 1952, and then a less successful transition into the Hindi movie industry. According to persistent but unconfirmed reports in the Bengali press, her marriage was strained by her success in the film industry.[16]
Career
Suchitra Sen made her debut in films with Shesh Kothaay in 1952, but it was never released.[17] The following year saw her act opposite Uttam Kumar in Sharey Chuattor, a film by Nirmal Dey. It was a box-office hit and is 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 unto themselves.[18] She has acted in 30 of her 60 films with Uttam Kumar. She received a Best Actress Award nomination for the film Devdas (1955), which was her first Hindi movie. Her Bengali melodramas and romances, especially with Uttam Kumar, made her the most famous Bengali actress ever.[19]
Her films ran through the 1960s and '70s. She continued to act in films even after her husband died in 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, such as in the Hindi film Aandhi (1974). Aandhi was inspired by India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.[20] Sen received a Filmfare Award nomination as Best Actress, while Sanjeev Kumar, who played the role of her husband, won the Filmfare as Best Actor.[21]
One of her best known performances was in Deep Jwele Jaai (1959). She played in a character named Radha Mitra, 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. Sanyal diagnoses the hero, Basanta Choudhury, as having an unresolved Oedipal dilemma. He orders Radha to play the role though she is hesitant as in a similar case she had fallen in love with the patient. She finally agrees and bears up to Choudhury's violence, impersonates his mother, sings his poetic compositions and in the process falls in love again. In the end, even as she brings about his cure, she suffers a nervous breakdown. The film is noted for its partly lit close-ups of Sen, which set the tone of the film.[22]Asit Sen remade the film in Hindi as Khamoshi (1969), with Waheeda Rehman in the Suchitra Sen role.[23]
Suchitra Sen's other landmark film with Asit Sen was Uttar Falguni (1963). She plays the dual role of a courtesan, Pannabai, and her daughter Suparna, a lawyer. Critics note that she brought a great deal of poise, grace and dignity to the role of a fallen woman determined to see her daughter grow up in a good, clean environment.[24][25][26]
Suchitra Sen's international success came in 1963, when she won the best actress award at the Moscow International Film Festival for the movie Saat Paake Bandha, becoming the first Indian actress to receive an international film award.[27]
A film critic[who?] summed up Suchitra Sen's career and continuing legacy as "one half of one of Indian cinema's most popular and abiding screen pairs, Suchitra Sen redefined stardom in a way that few actors have done, combining understated sensuality, feminine charm and emotive force and a no-nonsense gravitas to carve out a persona that has never been matched, let alone surpassed in Indian cinema"[28]
In retirement
Smritituku Thak a tribute to Sen at the Kolkata Book Fair in 2014. 29 Jan 2014.
Suchitra Sen refused Satyajit Ray's offer due to a scheduling problem. As a result, Ray never made the film Devi Chaudhurani, based on the novel written by Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhya. She also refused Raj Kapoor's offer for a film under the RK banner.[29]
Sen continued to act after her husband's death in 1970, but called it a day when Pronoy Pasha flopped,[30] and retired from the screen in 1978 after a career of over 25 years to a life of quiet seclusion. She was to do a film project; Nati Binodini, also starring Rajesh Khanna,[31] but the film was shelved mid-way after shooting when she decided to quit acting.
She assiduously avoided the public gaze after her retirement and devoted her time to the Ramakrishna Mission.[9]
Death
Suchitra Sen remembrance at Rabindra Sadan, Kolkata. 19 Jan 2014.
Suchitra Sen was admitted to the hospital on 24 December 2013 and was diagnosed with a lung infection. She was reported to have been recovering well in the first week of January.[32] She died at 8.25 am on 17 January 2014, due to a heart attack. She was 82 years old.[33][34]
Suchitra Sen's death was condoled by many leaders, including the President of India Dr. Pranab Mukherjee, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, and BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.[35] A gun salute was given before her cremation, upon the orders of Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal.[36]
Respecting her fierce desire for complete privacy, her last rites were performed at Kolkata's Kaioratola crematorium, barely five and half hours after she died, with her coffin reaching the crematorium in a flower-decked hearse with dark-tinted windows. Despite being Bengal's greatest star, referred to as "Mahanayika", she had consciously chosen to step into oblivion and she remained an enigma till her last, although thousands of fans had converged at the crematorium to catch one last glimpse of their idol. Her entire medical treatment had also been done in seclusion and secrecy.[37]
Filmography
From 1953 to 1978, both in Bengali and Hindi, Suchitra Sen acted in 61 films. Among them, 22 were blockbusters, 13 were superhits, 5 made profits above the average and the rest flopped.
| No | Year | Movie | Release Date | Role | Director | Hero | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1952 | Shesh Kothay | Unreleased | The film didn't release. | |||
| 2 | 1953 | Saat Number Kayedi | 7 Feb 1953 | Sukumar Dasgupta | Samar Roy | This was her first officially released film. | |
| 3 | 1953 | Sharey Chuattor | 20 Feb 1953 | Romola | Nirmal Dey | Uttam Kumar | First hit of legendary "Uttam-Suchitra's" super hit movie in Bengali |
| 4 | 1953 | Bhagaban Srikrishna Chaitanya | 11 Dec 1953 | Bishnupriya | Debaki Bose | Basanta Chaudhury | First hit of legendary "Basanta-Suchitra" pair. |
| 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 an extra in this film. It was shot in 1951 but released in 1954. Sabitri Chatterjee was the actual heroine of 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 | |
| 12 | 1954 | Agnipariksha | 3 Sep 1954 | Taposhi | Agradoot | Uttam Kumar | Suchitra-Uttam starring first Box Office Superhit Movie. That was the beginning of their Bengali film iconic image 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 | Parvati (Paro) | Bimal Roy | Dilip Kumar | Her First Hindi language film Based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's famous novel "Devdas" | |
| 17 | 1955 | Snaajhghar | 11 Mar 1955 | ||||
| 18 | 1955 | Shapmochan | 27 May 1955 | Madhuri | Shudhir Mukherjee | Uttam Kumar | Suchitra-Uttam starring Second Box Office Superhit Movie based on Phalguni Mukhopadhyay's famous novel " Sandhya Raag". |
| 19 | 1955 | Mejo Bou | 30 Sep 1955 | ||||
| 20 | 1955 | Bhalabaasa | 6 Oct 1955 | Basanta Chaudhury | |||
| 21 | 1955 | Sabar Uparey | 1 Dec 1955 | Rita | Agradoot | Uttam Kumar | Based on Scottish Writer A. J. Cronin's 1950 novel, "Beyond This Place" |
| 22 | 1956 | Sagarika | 1 Feb 1956 | Sagarika | Agradoot | Uttam Kumar | |
| 23 | 1956 | Subharaatri | 30 Mar 1956 | 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 immortal 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 on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's famous novel "Chandranath". |
| 30 | 1957 | Pathe Holo Deri | 5 Dec 1957 | Mallika Banerjee | Agradoot | Uttam Kumar | A navel by then famous write Ms. Prativa Basu. |
| 31 | 1957 | Jeeban Trishna | 25 Dec 1957 | Shakuntala | Ashit Sen | Uttam Kumar | |
| 32 | 1957 | Musafir | Shakuntala Verma | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Shekhar Kumar | Hindi language | |
| 33 | 1957 | Champakali | Champakali | Nandlal Jaswantlal | Bharat Bhushan | Hindi language | |
| 34 | 1958 | Rajlakshmi O Srikanta | 28 Feb 1958 | Rajlakshmi | Haridas Bhattacharya | Uttam Kumar | Based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's famous novel "Rajlakshmi O Shrikanta" |
| 35 | 1958 | Suryatoran | 21 Nov 1958 | Anita Chatterjee | Agradoot | Uttam Kumar | Based on a famous English language movie "The Fountain Head" written by then famous American writer Ayn Rand. Starring Garry Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Messy, Kent Smith. Suchitra Sen did the role of "Dominique" the main female character of the movie Suryatoran. |
| 36 | 1958 | Indrani | 10 Oct 1958 | Indrani | Niren Lahiri | Uttam Kumar | |
| 37 | 1959 | Deep Jwele Jaai | 1 May 1959 | Radha Mitra | Ashit Sen | Basanta Chaudhury | Block-buster movie. |
| 38 | 1959 | Chaowa Paowa | 27 Feb 1959 | Manju | Yatrik | Uttam Kumar | The Story was taken from Samual Hopkins Adams's short story and a 1934 Oscar-winning Hollywood movie "It Happened One Night", starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, directed by Frank Capra. |
| 39 | 1960 | Hospital | 16 Sep 1960 | Sarbari | Shushil Majumdar | Ashok Kumar | |
| 40 | 1960 | Smriti Tuku Thak | 23 Sep 1960 | Shobha/Utpala | Yatrik | Ashit Baran / Bikash Roy | She first time acted in Double Role in her career |
| 41 | 1960 | Bombai Ka Baboo | Maya | Raj Khosla | Dev Anand | Hindi language | |
| 42 | 1960 | Sarhad | Dev Anand | Hindi language | |||
| 43 | 1961 | Saptapadi | 20 Oct 1961 | Rina Brown | Ajoy Kar | Uttam Kumar | |
| 44 | 1962 | Bipasha | 26 Jan 1962 | Bipasha | Agradoot | Uttam Kumar | |
| 45 | 1963 | Saat Pake Bandha | 22 Mar 1963 | Archana | Ajay Kar | Soumitra Chatterjee | |
| 46 | 1963 | Uttar Falguni | 11 Oct 1963 | Debjani / Pannabai / Suparna | Ashit Sen | [Dilip Mukherjee / Bikash Roy] | Based on well known Bengali Writer Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta's Novel "Uttar Falguni". However, this story was originally taken from a 1936 Bengali Film "RIKTA" starring Rani Bala and Shushil Majumdar. |
| 47 | 1964 | Sandhya Deeper Sikha | 2 Oct 1964 | Jayanti Bannerjee | |||
| 48 | 1966 | Mamta | Devyani / Pannabai / Suparna | Asit Sen | Dharmendra / Ashok Kumar | Hindi version of Bengali film "Uttar Phalguni" | |
| 49 | 1967 | Grihadaha | 5 May 1967 | Achala | Subodh Mitra | Uttam Kumar | Based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's famous novel "Grihadaha" |
| 50 | 1969 | Kamallata | 2 Oct 1969 | Kamallata | Haridas Bhattacharya | Uttam Kumar | Based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's famous 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 | ||||
| 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 famous novel Datta |
| 61 | 1978 | Pranay Pasha | 9 June 1978 | Mangal Chakraborty | Soumitra Chatterjee |
Awards
She is the first Indian actress to receive an international award.
- 1962-Won BFJA Award-Best Actress Award for Saptapadi
- 1964-Won BFJA Award-Best Actress Award for Uttar Phalguni
- 1973-Won BFJA Award-Best Actress Award for Alo Amaar Alo
- 1976-Won BFJA Award-Best Actress Award(Hindi) for Aandhi
- 1963 – Won 3rd Moscow International Film Festival – Best Actress Award for Saat Paake Bandha
- 1967 – Nominated Filmfare Best Actress Award for Mamta
- 1972 – Won Padma Shri for notable contribution in arts
- 1975 – Won Filmfare Best Actress Award for regional cinema Priya Bandhabi
- 2012 – Won Banga Bibhushan for lifetime achievement in film acting
- 2014 - Won Filmfare East Lifetime Achievement Award(Posthumous)
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External links
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