Suchitra Sen was born on 6 April 1931, in a Bengali Baidya-brahmin family of Bhanga Bari village of Belkuchi Upazila, now in Sirajganj District.
24 Facts About Suchitra Sen
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Suchitra Sen's father, Korunamoy Dasgupta was a headmaster in a local school in Pabna.
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Suchitra Sen was a granddaughter of the poet Rajonikant Sen.
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Suchitra Sen received her formal education in Pabna Government Girls High School.
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Suchitra Sen had one daughter, Moon Moon Sen, who is a former actress.
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Suchitra Sen had made a successful entry into Bengali films in 1952, and then a less successful transition into the Hindi movie industry.
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Suchitra Sen made her debut in films with Shesh Kothaay in 1952, but it was never released.
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Suchitra Sen has acted in 30 of her 60 films with Uttam Kumar.
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Suchitra Sen received a Best Actress Award nomination for the film Devdas, which was her first Hindi movie.
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Suchitra Sen's husband died in 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Suchitra Sen went on to act in films such as in the Hindi film Aandhi.
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Suchitra 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.
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Suchitra Sen 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.
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Suchitra Sen finally agrees and bears up to Choudhury's violence, impersonates his mother, sings his poetic compositions and in the process falls in love again.
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The film is noted for its partly lit close-ups of Suchitra Sen, which set the tone of the film.
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Suchitra Sen plays the dual role of a courtesan, Pannabai, and her daughter Suparna, a lawyer.
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Suchitra Sen refused Satyajit Ray's offer due to a scheduling problem.
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Suchitra Sen refused Raj Kapoor's offer for a film under the RK banner.
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Suchitra Sen continued to act after her husband's death in 1970, but called it a day when Pronoy Pasha flopped, and retired from the screen in 1978 after a career of over 25 years to a life of quiet seclusion.
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Suchitra Sen was to do a film project; Nati Binodini, starring Rajesh Khanna, but the film was shelved mid-way after shooting when she decided to quit acting.
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Suchitra Sen assiduously avoided the public gaze after her retirement and devoted her time to the Ramakrishna Mission.
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Suchitra Sen was admitted to the hospital on 24 December 2013 and was diagnosed with a lung infection.
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Suchitra Sen's death was condoled by many leaders, including the President of India Pranab Mukherjee, the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, and BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
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From 1953 to 1978, both in Bengali and Hindi, Suchitra Sen acted in 61 films.