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Suchitra Sen

Suchitra Sen

Birthday: 1931-04-05 | Place of Birth:

Suchitra Sen was an Indian actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was repeatedly paired opposite Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali cinema. Often referred to as the Madhubala of Bengal, Roma Dasgupta, who was born in Pabna district on April 6 in the year 1931, made her Tollywood debut in 1952 with ‘Shesh Kothay’ which never saw the light of day. The following year, she filmed ‘Sharey Chuattor’ with none other than the heartthrob of Bengal at the time – Uttam Kumar, and her career took off. Her first official release, however, was Sukumar Dasgupta's Saat Number Kayedi (1953). More than anything else, audiences loved the chemistry of the two stars. Sen and Kumar went on to do several hit films together like ‘Harano Sur’ and ‘Saptapadi’ and were loved by film watchers so much that their names 'Uttam-Suchitra' are still taken together by Bengali film lovers. 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1975
Aandhi

as    Aarti Devi

1972
The Accepted Defeat

as    Neera

1966
Mamta

as    Devyani - Pannabai / Suparna

1963
Saat Pake Bandha

as    Archana

1959
Deep Jele Jaai

as    Radha

1958
Indrani

as    Indrani

1957
Harano Sur

as    Dr. Roma Banerjee

1957
Champakali

as    Rajo

1957
Musafir

as    Shakuntala Verma

1957
Chandranath

as    Soroju

1956
Shilpi

as    Anjana

1955
Devdas

as    Parvati Chakraborty / Paro

1955
Sabar Uparey

as    Rita Mukherjee

1954
Agni Pariksha

as    Tapasi Banerjee

1953
Sharey Chuattar

as    Romola