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Her first released film was Pasher Bari in 1952. Her spontaneous acting, versatility and charming personality, not to mention the powerful performances, made her a household name. Be it a comedy or a melodrama she could emote with ease. She is perhaps one of the most versatile actors in Bengal. After this, she performed in many other movies and reached a great height in her acting career. Her debutant film was Mahaprashthaner Pathey in 1952 where she executed the role of Rani, a young widow. She acted first in the silent film Jaidev in 1926. She is the pioneer of all Bengali film actresses. Their serene presence and beautiful handling of the scripts have made them worth while. Bengali Actresses such as Kanan Devi, Arundhati Devi and Molina Devi are some of the earliest performers who graced the Bengali film screens. With time, the themes of these films have definitely altered but there seems to be no dearth of talent as far as the Bengali film personalities are concerned. Beauty, grace and talent are apt to define Bengali Actresses.
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However, it was directed by Dinen Gupta instead of Ray.Bengali Actresses have enriched Bengali Cinema with their performances and talents for the past several years. Interestingly, Sen did go on to play the iconic part, in a film on 'Devi Chaudhurani' in 1974. Neither budged from their position and Ray eventually scrapped the idea of making the film. Sen, who was working on two other films at the time, tried to assure Ray that she would give his film the time and importance it deserves, but she cannot promise exclusively. However, the auteur had one condition – the actress could not film other movies while the shoot of his film was ongoing. In the early 1960s, Ray had all the intention of teaming up with her for the on-screen rendition of the beloved Bengali novel. Sen is also famous for having refused Satyajit Ray’s 'Devi Chaudhurani' for scheduling conflict.
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The way he behaved - sitting near my foot -did not befit a man,” the actress was reportedly quoted as saying in Choudhury’s book. He came to my residence offering a lead role and, as I took my seat, he suddenly sat near my foot and offered me a bouquet of roses while offering the role.
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“I had refused Raj Kapoor’s offer almost immediately. In a book by Amitabha Choudhury titled ‘Aamar Bondhu Suchitra Sen’ the actress confessed that she was repulsed by Raj Kapoor’s effusiveness. The iconic star had once famously refused to work with Raj Kapoor because she didn’t like his personality. In her lifetime, the actress has been a part of many iconic films, but she is also known to have declined offers by several stalwarts. 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. More than anything else, audiences loved the chemistry of the two stars. 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. Often referred to as the Madhubala of Bengal, Sen, who was born in Bangladesh on this very date, in the year 1931, made her Tollywood debut with ‘Sheesh Kothai’ which never saw the light of day. A slanted glance of her eyes could set a thousand hearts aflutter, and she could win over anyone with her beautiful smile. However, before the period marked by absence in the public domain there was a time when Sen was the ruling queen of Bengali popular cinema. As the Bengali actress gathered greys on her head and added more birthday candles to her cake, she shunned the cameras and was not photographed or seen in public occasions for almost 35 years, before she breathed her last on January 17, 2014. Ageing was perhaps never Suchitra Sen’s forte.