Legendary actor Suchitra Sen, who was known as the Greta Garbo of Bengali
cinema and had 60 films to her credit including the memorable 'Aandhi' and' Deep
Jwele Jai', on Friday died of a heart attack at a super-speciality hospital.
Sen was admitted to Belle Vue Clinic on December 23 following a respiratory
tract infection. Later she was treated in a private intensive treatment unit for
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Sen, who has been living the life of a recluse in a south Kolkata apartment, has
starred in memorable Hindi films like 'Devdas', and 'Aandhi' and 'Saat Paake
Bandha', 'Agnipariksha', 'Saptapadi' and 'Deep Jwele Jai' in Bengali.
Beginning her career with the Bengali film Shesh Kothai in 1952, Sen went on to
receive a National Award for her performance of Paro in the Bimal Roy's 1955
Hindi classic Devdas opposite Dilip Kumar. She is also famous for her role in
Gulzar's political drama Aandhi, where she starred opposite Sanjeev Kumar.
She is the first Indian actress to be awarded at an international film festival.
She was given the best actress award for Saat Paake Bandha in 1963 Moscow film
festival.
After her 1978 movie Pronoy Pasha with Soumitra Chatterjee flopped, she
disappeared from the public eye and even allegedly refused the Dadasaheb Phalke
Award in 2005 preferring not to make a public appearance.
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