Suchitra Sen is the first Bengali actress to have garnered
an international award at the Moscow Film Festival in 1962, breathed her last
on January 17, 2014
in Kolkata. Sen passed away following a cardiac arrest at 8:25 am.
Suchitra Sen was born on April 6,
1931 in Pabna, Bangladesh
as Roma Dasgupta. She was an actress, known for Aandhi(1975), Saptapadi (1963)
and Mamta(1966). She was married to Dibanath Sen. In a career spanning over 25
years Sen worked in more than 60 movies, for which she was a contender for the
Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2005. The reclusive actor reportedly
refused to go to New Delhi and
declined to receive the award personally – that deprived her of the prestigious
title. She formed an unbeatable romantic pair with Bengali cinema legend Uttam
Kumar. The duo gave a string of memorable hits such as 'Harano Sur' (1957),
'Agnipariksha' (1954),'Saptapadi' (1961), 'Grihadaha' (1967), 'Indrani' (1958),
'Sagarika' (1956), 'Bipasha' (1962), 'Kamal Lata' (1969), 'Alo Amar Alo'
(1972), 'Har Mana Har' (1972) and 'Priyo Bandhabi' (1975).Sen acted in 52 Bengali and seven Hindi films. 'Champakali', with Bharat Bhushan, 'Sarhhaad' and 'Bommbai Ka Babu' with Dev Anand and 'Mamta' were some of her other notable Hindi films. She earned both national and international acclaim for her performances as the quintessential romantic heroine be it in the role.
After her 1978 movie 'Pronoy Pasha' with Soumitra Chatterjee flopped, Sen quietly left the limelight and even allegedly refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2005 preferring not to make a public appearance.
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