Millions
of fans around the world are now mourning for the death of legendary Bengali
actress Suchitra Sen. This 82-year-old actress breathed her last on Friday at
the Bellevue hospital in Kolkata, where she was admitted more than three weeks
ago for treatment of a respiratory tract infection. Suchitra Sen’s death news has
been confirmed by her daughter Moon Moon Sen.
Suchitra
Sen after making her appearance on silver screen in 1952 acted
in 57 Bengali and several Hindi language films. Her most notable Bengali films are
Agnipariksha, Devdas and Saat Paake Bandha.
In 1955, she made her debut in Bollywood with the film Devdas, where she was cast opposite Dilip Kumar, another legendary
actor.
She
retired from films in 1978 and since then she did not come in front of those
who were not his family members. For her role in Saat Paake Bandha, she won the best actress award at the 1963
Moscow film festival and became the first Bengali actress to be honored at an
international film festival. Even she was given Padma Shri award by the Indian
government in 1972.
This
beautiful actress got married with Dibanath Sen in 1947 before starting her
acting career. Her husband died in the early 1970s.
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