All the things you wanted to know about Suchitra Sen

 Legendary screen icon Suchitra Sen has been hospitalized with a respiratory infection and chest congestion.




Her condition is stable and she has been kept under observation in the intensive therapy unit of a private hospital.



Sen, who turned 79 in April, was admitted to the hospital on June 20 in a critical condition. She has been under treatment for the last 11 days and her condition has gradually improved, say doctors.



Hospital sources say she has been kept on oxygen and is being put on nebulizer at regular intervals. ''She is responding to the treatment and will be kept under observation for some more days,'' said Pradeep Tandon, CEO of Belle Vue where she is under treatment.

We wish her speedy recovery.
 
Biography
 
Suchitra Sen (born 6 April 1931) (Bangla: সুচিত্রা সেন) or Roma Dasgupta is an Indian actress who appeared in Bengali cinema films. In particular, the movies in which she paired opposite another legend in Bangla films, Uttam Kumar, are all-time classics in Bengali cinema. She now lives a life of a recluse rarely making any public appearances.



She is the first Indian actress to be awarded in an international film festival (Best Actress award for the movie Saat Paake Bandha in 1963 Moscow film festival). Her films with Uttam Kumar are still shown as re-runs on Bengali TV channels such as ETV Bangla, Aakash Bangla, DD7 Bangla and so forth; many of them are available on video CD. Notably, she allegedly refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (the Indian equivalent of a lifetime Oscar) in 2005, preferring to live in seclusion out of the public eye.

Sen was born in Pabna, British India (now Bangladesh). Her father Karunamoy Dasgupta was the head master of the local school and her mother's name was Indira Dasgupta. She was their fifth child and third daughter. She had formal education in Pabna.




She married Dibanath Sen, son of a wealthy Bengali industrialist, Adinath Sen, in 1947 and had one child, Moon Moon Sen, a noted actress.



Sen made a successful entry after marriage into Bengali films circa 1952, and then a less successful transition to the Bollywood film industry.

Sen made her debut in films with Shesh Kothaay in 1952, but the film was never released. The following year saw her act opposite Uttam Kumar in Sharey Chuattor. The film became a box-office hit and it was 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.




She 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 film Aandhi (1974), where she played a politician. Aandhi was inspired by India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Sen received a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress, while Sanjeev Kumar, who essayed the role of her husband, won the Filmfare as Best Actor.



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.



She refused Satyajit Ray's offer due to date problem, as a result Ray never made the film Devi Chawdhurani. She also refused Raj Kapoor's offer for a film under 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.

Year Movie Director Co-stars


1953 Saat Number Kayedi Sukumar Dasgupta Samar Roy

1953 Bhagaban Srikrishna Chaitanya Debaki Bose Basanta Choudhuri

1953 Saare Chuattor Nirmal Dey Uttam Kumar

1953 Kajori Niren Lahiri

1954 Sadanander Mela Sukumar Dasgupta Uttam Kumar

1954 Agnipariksha Agradoot Uttam Kumar

1954 Ora Thaake Odhare Sukumar Dasgupta Uttam Kumar

1954 Grihaprabesh Ajay Kar Uttam Kumar

1954 Atom Bomb Taru Mukherjee Robin Majumdar

1954 Dhuli Pinaki Mukherjee Prasanta Kumar

1954 Maraner Parey Satish Dasgupta Uttam Kumar

1954 Balaygraas Pinaki Mukherjee Uttam Kumar

1954 Annapurnar Mandir Naresh Mitra Uttam Kumar

1955 Shapmochan Sudhir Mukherjee Uttam Kumar

1955 Sabar Uparey Agradoot Uttam Kumar

1955 Snaajhghar Ajay Kar Bikash Roy

1955 Devdas (Hindi) Bimal Roy Dilip Kumar

1955 Snaajher Pradeep Sudhangshu Mukherjee Uttam Kumar

1955 Mejo Bou Debnarayan Gupta Bikash Roy

1955 Bhalabaasa Debaki Bose Bikash Roy

1956 Sagarika Agragami Uttam Kumar

1956 Trijama Agradoot Uttam Kumar

1956 Amar Bou Khagen Roy Bikash Roy

1956 Shilpi Agragami Uttam Kumar

1956 Ekti Raat Chitto Bose Uttam Kumar

1956 Subharaatri Sushil Majumdar Basanta Choudhury

1957 Harano Sur Ajay Kar Uttam Kumar

1957 Pathe Holo Deri Agradoot Uttam Kumar

1957 Jeeban Trishna Asit Sen Uttam Kumar

1957 Chandranath Kartick Chatterjee Uttam Kumar

1957 Musafir (Hindi) Hrishikesh Mukherjee Dilip Kumar

1957 Champakali (Hindi) Nandlal Jaswantlal Bharat Bhushan

1958 Rajlakshmi O Srikanta Haridas Bhattacharya Uttam Kumar

1958 SuryaToran Agradoot Uttam Kumar

1958 Indrani Niren Lahiri Uttam Kumar

1959 Deep Jwele Jaai Asit Sen Basanta Choudhury

1959 Chaaowa Pawoa Jatrik Uttam Kumar

1960 Hospital Sushil Majumdar Ashok Kumar

1960 Smriti Tuku Thaak Jatrik Asitbaran

1960 Bombai Kaa Babu (Hindi) Raj Khosla Dev Anand

1960 Sarhad (Hindi) Shankar Mukherjee Dev Anand

1961 Saptapadi Ajay Kar Uttam Kumar

1961 Saathihara Sukumar Dasgupta Uttam Kumar

1962 Bipasha Agradoot Uttam Kumar

1963 Saat Paake Badha Ajay Kar Soumitra Chatterjee

1963 Uttar Phalguni Asit Sen Bikash Roy, Dilip Mukherjee

1964 Sandhya Deeper Sikha Haridas Bhattacharya Bikash Roy

1966 Mamta (Hindi) Asit Sen Ashok Kumar, Dharmendra

1967 Grihadaha Subodh Mitra Uttam Kumar

1969 Kamallata Harisadhan Dasgupta

1970 Megh Kalo Sushil Mukherjee Basanta Choudhury

1971 Fariyaad Bijoy Bose Utpal Dutta

1971 Nabaraag Bijoy Bose Uttam Kumar

1972 Alo Amaar Alo Pinaki Mukherjee Uttam Kumar

1972 Haar Maana Haar Salil Sen Uttam Kumar

1974 Devi Chaudhurani Dinen Gupta Ranjit Mallick

1974 Srabana Sandhya Chitra Sarathi Samar Roy

1975 Priyo Bandhabi Hiren Nag Uttam Kumar

1975 Aandhi (Hindi) Gulzar Sanjeev Kumar

1976 Datta Ajay Kar Soumitra Chatterjee

1978 Pranoy Pasha Mangal Chakrabarty Soutmitra Chatterjee


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