Suchitra Sen
Acting • Born 1931-04-05 – Died 2014-01-16
Biography
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.
Filmography
48 credits
Agni Pariksha
Movie • 1954
Tapasi Banerjee
Beyond Death
Movie • 1954
Tanima
Trijama
Movie • 1956
Aandhi
Movie • 1975
Aarti Devi
Shilpi
Movie • 1956
Anjana
Devdas
Movie • 1955
Parvati Chakraborty / Paro
Rajlakshmi O Srikanta
Movie • 1958
Rajlakshmi
Surya Toran
Movie • 1958
Anita
Datta
Movie • 1976
Bijoya
Indrani
Movie • 1958
Indrani
Priyo Bandhabi
Movie • 1975
Sreemati
Champakali
Movie • 1957
Rajo
Alo Amar Alo
Movie • 1971
Atashi Haldar
Harano Sur
Movie • 1957
Dr. Roma Banerjee
Sagarika
Movie • 1956
Sagarika
Sadanander Mela
Movie • 1954
Sheila Choudhury
Saat Pake Bandha
Movie • 1963
Archana
Chandranath
Movie • 1957
Soroju
Saptapadi
Movie • 1961
Ora Thakey Odharey
Movie • 1954
Chaitanya : devotee of Krishna
Movie • 1953
Bombai Ka Babu
Movie • 1960
Musafir
Movie • 1957
Shakuntala Verma
Annapurnar Mandir
Movie • 1954
Deep Jele Jaai
Movie • 1959
Radha
Mamta
Movie • 1966
Devyani - Pannabai / Suparna
Grihaprabesh
Movie • 1954
Sanjher Pradip
Movie • 1955
Shap Mochan
Movie • 1955
Madhuri
Kamallata
Movie • 1969
Kamallata
Devi Chaudhurani
Movie • 1974
Prafulla/ Devi Chaudhurani
Fariyad
Movie • 1971
Grihadaha
Movie • 1967
Achala
Chaowa Pawa
Movie • 1959
Manju Chowdhury
One Night
Movie • 1956
Santana
Sabar Uparey
Movie • 1955
Rita Mukherjee
Jiban Trishna
Movie • 1957
Shakuntala Roy
Nabarag
Movie • 1971
Reena
Pathey Holo Deri
Movie • 1957
The Accepted Defeat
Movie • 1972
Neera
Uttar Falguni
Movie • 1963
Bipasha
Movie • 1962
Bipasha
Sandhya Deeper Sikha
Movie • 1964
Jayanti Bannerjee
Sharey Chuattar
Movie • 1953
Romola
Hospital
Movie • 1960
Sarbari
Aamar Desh
Movie • 1962
Pranoy Pasha
Movie • 1978
Atom Bomb
Movie • 1954