Suchitra Sen
Acting
Born April 5, 1931
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
- 1978Pranoy Pasha
- 1976Datta — Bijoya
- 1975Aandhi — Aarti Devi
- 1975Priyo Bandhabi — Sreemati
- 1974Devi Chaudhurani — Prafulla/ Devi Chaudhurani
- 1972The Accepted Defeat — Neera
- 1971Alo Amar Alo — Atashi Haldar
- 1971Fariyad
- 1971Nabarag — Reena
- 1969Kamallata — Kamallata
- 1967Grihadaha — Achala
- 1966Mamta — Devyani - Pannabai / Suparna
- 1964Sandhya Deeper Sikha — Jayanti Bannerjee
- 1963Saat Pake Bandha — Archana Basu
- 1963Uttar Falguni
- 1962Aamar Desh
- 1962Bipasha — Bipasha
- 1961Seven Steps
- 1960Bombai Ka Babu
- 1960Hospital — Sarbari
- 1960Smriti Tuku Thak — Utpala/Shovona
- 1959Chaowa Pawa — Manju Chowdhury
- 1959Deep Jele Jaai — Radha
- 1958Indrani — Indrani
- 1958Rajlakshmi O Srikanta — Rajlakshmi
- 1958Surya Toran — Anita
- 1957Champakali — Rajo
- 1957Chandranath — Soroju
- 1957Harano Sur — Dr. Roma Banerjee
- 1957Jiban Trishna — Shakuntala Roy
- 1957Musafir — Shakuntala Verma
- 1957Pathey Holo Deri — Mallika Banerjee
- 1956Ekti Raat — Santana
- 1956Sagarika — Sagarika
- 1956Shilpi — Anjana
- 1956Trijama — Swarupa
- 1955Devdas — Parvati Chakraborty / Paro
- 1955Light of the Dusk
- 1955Sabar Uparey — Rita Mukherjee
- 1955Shap Mochan — Madhuri
- 1954Agni Pariksha — Tapasi Banerjee
- 1954Annapurnar Mandir
- 1954Atom Bomb
- 1954Dhooli
- 1954Grihapravesh
- 1954Maraner Pare — Tanima
- 1954Ora Thakey Odharey
- 1954Sadanander Mela — Sheila Choudhury
- 1953Chaitanya : devotee of Krishna
- 1953Sharey Chuattar — Romola