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Suchitra Sen is a Actor Indian born on 5 april 1931 at Pabna (Bangladesh)
Suchitra Sen (Bengali: সুচিত্রা সেন) ([ʃuːtʃiːraː ʃeːn] About this sound listen ), (born as Roma Dasgupta) (About this sound listen ; 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.
Suchitra Sen was the first Bengali 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 Saat Paake Bandha. In 1972, she was awarded the Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian awards in India. 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. In 2012, she was conferred the West Bengal Government's highest honour: Banga Bibhushan.
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Suchitra Sen
Birth name Roma Dasgupta
Nationality Inde
Birth 5 april 1931 at Pabna (Bangladesh)
Death 16 january 2014 (at 82 years) at Kolkata (Inde)
Awards Padma Shri
Nationality Inde
Birth 5 april 1931 at Pabna (Bangladesh)
Death 16 january 2014 (at 82 years) at Kolkata (Inde)
Awards Padma Shri
Suchitra Sen (Bengali: সুচিত্রা সেন) ([ʃuːtʃiːraː ʃeːn] About this sound listen ), (born as Roma Dasgupta) (About this sound listen ; 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.
Suchitra Sen was the first Bengali 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 Saat Paake Bandha. In 1972, she was awarded the Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian awards in India. 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. In 2012, she was conferred the West Bengal Government's highest honour: Banga Bibhushan.
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Aandhi (1975)
, 2h13Directed by Gulzar
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Sanjeev Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Om Shivpuri, A. K. Hangal, Om Prakash, Rehman
Roles Aarti Devi
Rating78%
J.K. (played by Sanjeev Kumar) is a Hotel manager. One day he gallantly comes to the rescue of a politician's drunk daughter, Aarti (Suchitra Sen). Aarti falls in love with J.K. and both get married in a small ceremony. After few years, the married couple face many differences due to which they decide to separate. Years later, J.K. and Aarti meet again when she is an established politician. Despite the separation, both of them feel the closeness but fearing that her name might be tarnished and jeopardise her career, Aarti does not want to step forward.
Aashirwad (1968)
, 2h26Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Genres Drama
Actors Ashok Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Sumita Sanyal, Suchitra Sen, Sarika, Abhi Bhattacharya
Rating75%
Jogi Thakur (Ashok Kumar) is a simple man of high principles. He is a resident son-in-law who, with his wife, has been bequeathed property and estates by his father-in-law. He breaks his marriage to an autocratic landlady (Veena) when he finds out that on her wife's order, the chief accountant of the estate has cunningly obtained his signatures on an order that the houses of the poor be burnt. He leaves home, vowing never to return as long as he lives, leaving his daughter Neena behind. He moves to Mumbai where he makes a living by entertaining children in a park(the famous song "Rail Gaadi", said to be India's first rap number). He is specially fond of a girl whose name, incidentally, is Neena (played by baby Sarika), too. Unfortunately the girl takes ill and dies.
Mamta (1966)
, 2h40Directed by Asit Sen, Asit Sen
Genres Musical, Romance
Actors Suchitra Sen, Ashok Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Dharmendra, Bipin Gupta, David Abraham
Roles Devyani - Pannabai / Suparna
Rating69%
Monish Rai (Ashok Kumar) comes from a wealthy family, and is in love with Deviyani (Suchitra Sen), who is poor. Monish has to travel abroad to further his education in law, but promises to stay in touch with Deviyani. After his departure, financial problems overwhelm Deviyani and her father. She approaches Monish's mother for financial assistance, but is refused. In desperation, Deviyani's father marries her off to a much older man, Rakhal Bhattacharya, who has loaned money to Deviyani's father. Rakhal is also an alcoholic and frequents prostitutes.
Uttar Falguni (1963)
Directed by Asit Sen, Asit Sen
Actors Suchitra Sen, Bikash Roy, Chhaya Devi, Pahari Sanyal
Roles Debjani/ Pannabai / Suparna
Rating83%
Bipasha (1962)
, 2h13Directed by Agradoot
Genres Drama
Actors Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Lily Chakravarty, Pahari Sanyal, Chhabi Biswas, Chhaya Devi
Roles Bipasha
Rating73%
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Saptapadi (1961)
, 2h43Directed by Ajoy Kar
Actors Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar, Chhabi Biswas, Jennifer Kendal, Tulsi Chakraborty, Chhaya Devi
Rating82%
It is a love story with a twist set in Bengal in pre independent India (early 1940); the time when young Indian students were competing equally with British 'goras' in all fields whether it be education or sports. This was the time when barefooted Bengali football team defeated the booted British team to win the national football shield; this was the time when the ambitious and educated Calcutta students were matching their prowess in different fields of education with the British – be it law or medicine. It is in this time of rising nationalistic sentiments (1942 was when Gandhiji started the non violent Quit India movement) that Krishnendu (Uttam Kumar), a bright, young, athletic and Bengali Hindu youth falls in love with an equally talented and attractive but Christian Rina Brown (Suchitra Sen). Both of them were students at the Calcutta Medical College and they come close during their interaction in multitude of sports and cultural events (there is an interesting rendition of Othello within the movie; that portion of the movie was directed by Utpal Dutt). However their marriage is not on the cards due to the differences in religion (particularly opposed by Krishnendu's dad, a staunch, conservative Hindu) and they move each other ways only to clash unexpectedly again, later in life.
Man from Bombay (1960)
, 2h34Directed by Raj Khosla
Actors Dev Anand, Suchitra Sen, Nazir Hussain, Nasir Husain, Achala Sachdev, Anant Balwant Dhumal
Roles Maya
Rating74%
Babu and Malik are two inseparable friends who live in a small town in India. One day they decide to play a prank and steal something but get caught. While Malik's dad came to bail out and stand as surety for him, Babu has no one to do so and ends up in the juvenile centre. When the two grow up, Malik becomes a Police Inspector, while Babu takes to crime and ends up in jail. When he is released from the jail, he goes to meet his partner-in-crime, Bali, and together they start planning the next heist. Malik meets Babu and tells him to straighten his ways. But Babu had already tried that and ended up being falsely accused of stealing a necklace belonging to his employer's wife. Nevertheless, Babu does inform Bali that he will not be taking part in any crime. Thereafter, Bali and his men are arrested and they blame Babu for ratting on them. Bali is released on bail. When Babu meets him, an argument ensues leading to a fight and Bali is killed. A fearful Babu flees Bombay and lands up in Jogendra Nagar in Northern India, where he meets a man named Bhagat who asks him to masquerade as Kundan, the sole heir of a wealthy man named Shahji. When Babu refuses, Bhagat threatens to notify the Police. Babu becomes Kundan and makes his way into the hearts of Shahji, his wife Rukmani and daughter Maya. Babu gets enough cash to pay off Bhagat in small installments but Bhagat becomes greedy and wants Babu to steal all the cash and jewellery and abscond. Babu is reluctant to steal from the kind people. To make matters worse, he has fallen in love with Maya - apparently his 'sister'. Caught between a rock and a hard place - no matter what move Babu makes - he will surely end up trapping himself - not only with Bhagat, but with his new found family as well as the police - who are now hot on his trail.
Chaowa Pawa (1959)
, 2hDirected by Tarun Majumdar
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Chhabi Biswas, Tulsi Chakraborty, Anil Chatterjee, Santha Devi
Rating76%
Deep Jele Jaai (1959)
, 2h12Directed by Asit Sen
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Anil Chatterjee, Suchitra Sen, Basanta Chowdhury, Pahari Sanyal, Tulsi Chakraborty, Chandrabati Devi
Roles Radha
Rating79%
This is a story of a nurse in a psychiatric hospital, played by Suchitra Sen. Sen's character is a part of a team exploring new therapy for patients who have suffered emotional trauma. The approach taken by the team is to offer these individuals an emotional resort, which is where Sen's character plays her part. Her role is to act as a friend and a lover for the patient, but at the same time, refrain from any emotional involvement on her own part as her role is purely that of a nurse who is helping the patient recover. She has to repeatedly break the emotional attachments that she experiences because as a nurse, she is a part of therapy.
Harano Sur (1957)
, 2h42Directed by Ajoy Kar
Genres Drama
Actors Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar, Utpal Dutt, Pahari Sanyal, Chandrabati Devi
Roles Dr. Roma Banerjee
Rating78%
An amnesiac after a train accident, Alok Mukherjee (Uttam Kumar) is rescued on escaping from the asylum where he is admitted by doctor Roma Banerjee (Suchitra Sen) who takes him to her father's (Pahadi Sanyal) country house in a village called Palaspur. There, while treating him she falls for him and he for her. They marry but a second accident makes him recall his life as a rich businessman in Calcutta and forget the memories spent with Roma. Roma follows him to Calcutta and meets him there but he doesn't recognise her. He hires her as governess to his niece instead. Roma keeps trying to simulate Alok's memory but is looked at suspiciously by Lata, Alok's fiancee in Calcutta who thinks Roma is snatching Alok away from her and who complains to Alok's mother. The latter has Roma kicked out. Alok realizing she is from Palaspur and that is where he got back his memory goes there and regains his memory of times spent with Roma there. All's well that end well.
Musafir (1957)
Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Genres Drama
Actors Dilip Kumar, Kishore Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Bipin Gupta, Durga Khote, Nirupa Roy
Roles Shakuntala Verma
Rating77%
For any young married couple, moving into their new house is a very special feeling. The feeling gets more special if the young couple has eloped and married. Something similar happened with Shakuntala (Suchitra Sen) and her husband. The landlord (David) helps the couple move to the rented house. The young couple moves to this house which incidentally is the main protagonist of the film. While Shakuntala makes the house into a beautiful home, her husband gets busy with work. She meets the neighboring tea vendor (Mohan Choti) and meets the next door auntie whose favourite pastime is to gossip about developments in others' homes. The couple experiences the sound of violin in the night and ask the tea-stall-owner about it in the morning, who tells that it is being played by a mad man-Pagla Babu.Since, the couple had eloped Shakuntala wanted that her parents-in-law accept her as their daughter-in-law. This is what happens and her in laws somehow search the young couple and they are more than happy to meet Shakuntala. Finally, Shakuntala and her husband go with them and vacate the house. In between Shakuntala grows some seeds in the garden.
Thirst for Life (1957)
, 2h20Directed by Asit Sen
Genres Drama
Actors Suchitra Sen, Pahari Sanyal, Uttam Kumar, Tarun Kumar, Bikash Roy, Bhanu Bandyopadhyay
Roles Shakuntala Roy
Rating73%
Devdas (1955)
, 2h39Directed by Bimal Roy
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Suchitra Sen, Motilal, Nazir Hussain, Iftekhar
Roles Parvati Chakraborty / Paro
Rating76%
Set against the backdrop of rural Bengal during feudal times, Devdas is a young man from a wealthy Bengali Brahmin family in India in the early 1900s. Paro alias Parvati is a young woman from a middle class Bengali Brahmin family, but belonging to a slightly lower status in terms of caste, affluence and status. The two families lived in a village, and Devdas and Paro were childhood friends.
Sabar Uparey (1955)
Directed by Agradoot
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Chhabi Biswas, Kali Banerjee, Pahari Sanyal, Shobha Sen
Roles Rita Mukherjee
Rating75%
Prashanta Chatterjee (Chhabi Biswas) is sentenced to life imprisonment after the alleged murder of Hemangini, a lady based in Krishnanagar whom he is accused of loving and then dumping and murdering heinously.
Agni Pariksha (1954)
, 2hDirected by Agradoot
Genres Drama
Actors Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Anup Kumar, Chandrabati Devi, কমল মিত্র, Bibhu Bhattacharya
Rating77%
Tapasi, a well-educated girl, goes to a hill station for a holiday and meets a rich young man, named Kiriti. They fall in love. However, Tapasi had already married Bulu, a teenage village Zamindar, although her mother could not accept the wedding and brought her back home. Tapasi's guilt stays with her. She decides to get married again, but her brother reminds her about her past. Tapasi approaches her grandmother for advice. Her grandmother reminds her about Sita's "Agni pariksha" in the Ramayana, and how Sita triumphed over every obstacle. She hopes Tapasi will also emerge victorious after going through a similar test. Tapasi is determined to face the truth and she returns to her old village. She tries to meet Bulu, but sees Kiriti in front of her. She realises that Kiriti is Bulu, her long-lost love.