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Actress Suchitra Sen's secrets out!
Sen -- who was dubbed by none other than Jaya Bachchan as "just a good looking actress", thus evoking wrath from this part of the globe -- indeed had a melodious röst. She had sold as many as 300 records. The megaphone edition of this Suchitra number is 650. The song in question, Mom Jochhonay Ango Vijiye" was later recorded by Bengal’s nightingale Arati Mukherjee and ended up being a super-hit.
And now for the man who has kept such "Suchitra secrets" close to his heart is the
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Suchitra Sen, the Bengali superstar known as ‘Sir’
How did Roma become Suchitra Sen? She was encouraged by her husband Dibanath to step into films. The story goes that she was initially offered a singing assignment at a recording studio in Park Street. She was introduced as Roma Sen. But that assignment was shelved in favour of the female lead in a film to be directed by Sukumar Dasgupta, a noted film-maker of the time. Dasgupta put Sen through a screen test. The film was Saat Number Koyedi. One of his assistants, Nitish Roy (not to be confused with the Mumbai-based production designer Nitish Roy), rechristened this new actress Suchitra. In 1952, she signed three more films. One was Kajori, directed by Niren Lahiri; then there was Saare Chuattar, directed by Nirmal Dey; and then Bhagawan Sri Sri Krishna Chaitanya, directed by Debaki Bose in which Basanta Choudhury made his debut in the title role. Her hero in Saat Number Koyedi was Samar Roy, while in Saare Chuattar it
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Suchitra Sen facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Suchitra Sen | |
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| সুচিত্রা সেন | |
Sen as Paro in Bimal Roy's Devdas (1955) | |
| Born | Roma Dasgupta (1931-04-06)6 April 1931 Pabna District, Bangladesh |
| Died | 17 January 2014(2014-01-17) (aged 82) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1952–1979 |
Works | Filmography |
| Spouse(s) | Dibanath Sen (m. 1947; died 1970) |
| Children | Moon Moon Sen |
| Awards | Padma Shri (1972) Banga Bibhushan (2012) |
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Suchitra Sen (Bengali pronunciation: [ʃuːtʃiːraː ʃeːn] ; born as Roma Dasgupta (; 6 April 1931 – 17 January 2014) was an Indian 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.
Sen was the first Indian 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