Tanusree Chakraborty as Supriya Devi in TV serial Mahanayak

Tanusree Chakraborty

Mahanayak is one of the most awaited teleseries of the coming months and the serial is  based on the life of Uttam Kumar who is popularly known as Mahanayak. Prosenjit Chatterjee will play the role of Uttam Kumar while Tanusree Chakraborty will be Supriya Devi in the serial. Earlier it was decided that Raima Sem will play the character of Supriya Devi. It is learnt that Raima Sen has date problems.

Uttam Kumar without Suchitra Sen is unthinkable and Paoli Dam will be Suchitra in the TV serial Mahanayak.

Tanusree will work with Prosenjit for the first time and she is very much excited. The other artists in the TV serial Mahanayak are Mishka Halim as Gauri Devi, Gargee Roychowdhury will play the role of Kanan Devi. Parno Mittra and Ridhima Ghosh are also in the serial. Theatre actor Anirban Bhattacharya will essay the character based on Soumitra Chatterjee. Birsa Dasgupta is the director of the serial Mahanayak which will be telecasted from January next year.

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Rituparna Sengupta and Prosenjit Chottopadhyay pair back again with film Praktan

Prosenjit and Rituparna in Praktan

Second innings of Rituparna Sengupta and Prosenjit Chottopadhyay in Tollywood has begun. After 14 years, Prosenjit and Rituparna pair working in Shiboprosad-Nandita’s film Praktan. Shooting of the film has been started.

 

Fourteen years is a long time. Prosenjit-Rituparna pair worked in many super hit films earlier and they are considered as the most successful romantic pair in Bengali films after Uttam Kumar-Suchitra Sen pair.

 

Both Rituparna and Prosenjit are excited about the film. Rituparna and Prosenjit are again coming closer is a good news for Bengali film industry. Why Ritu and Prosenjit did not worked together for last 14 years is still unknown. It is a better sign that the ice is melting and both are coming closer keeping their ego asides. Bengali films need Prosenjit and Ritu together as both of them are still integral part of Bengali films.

 

Rituparna Sengupta herself knows that fans are expecting a lot from them. Ritu said: “Well, people are certainly curious about us not working together for such a long time and I am sure there will be a lot of excitement among our fans.

It seems that Prosenjit is ready to overcome all previous differences between them. Actually both Rituparna and Prosenjit are very sentimental. Prosenjit said: “Let’s not talk about why we did not work together for 14 years. The fact that we are working again is not only good for us, it’s good for the industry too. And I never said I wouldn’t work with Ritu.... We were the most talked-about pair, having done over 50 films together. There were a few offers a couple of years ago but nothing that got us excited.”

Most interesting news is that after film Praktan, Shiboprosad and Nandita will make another film, Gauhar Jaan, with Rituparna and Prosenjit. The film will be based on Vikram Sampath’s My Name is Gauhar Jaan!. 

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Vidya Balan will portray Suchitra Sen character in Bengali film

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan loves Bengal and Bengali culture. Vidya Balan played the Bengali woman characters in films Parineeta and Kahaani although both the films were in Hindi. Now Vidya Balan will act in a Bengali film and she will play the character of legendary actress Suchitra Sen.

Abhijit Choudhury will direct the film and the title of the film is yet to be finalized. Director has confirmed the news. Vidya Balan is now in USA so we have to wait for her comments.

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Suchitra Sen wanted Raima to get married

Raima Sen is still in grief after the death her grandmother and legendary actress Suchitra Sen. Suchitra Sen wanted Raima to get married and fulfil her last wish. In this case Suchitra Sen was not the legendary actress but a common grandmother.

Raima Sen is now stricken with guilt and regret. Raima feels that it will take a long time to heal. After the death of Suchitra Sen on 17 January 2014, a vacuum is created in the lives of Moon Moon Sen, Raima Sen and Riya Sen. They were very close to Suchitra Sen and Suchitra and Moon Moon were one another's universe.

Raima Sen and Riya were kids when Suchitra Sen given up films and public life. Suchitra Sen is not the legendary actress to them but simply a grandmother.

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Suchitra Sen is dead

Suchitra Sen

The end of legendary actress Suchitra Sen came at 8.25 am on 17 January 2014 due to heart failure.  Suchitra Sen is dead. The madame of Bengali film industry is no more in this world. Death of Suchitra Sen means end of an era. 

As on 12 January, condition of Suchitra Sen is very critical as her breathing difficulties increased and oxygen saturation level dipped further.

As on 13 January, actress Suchitra Sen continued to be in a critical condition and surviving on oxygen support and intravenous feeding.

On 16 January, doctor said that Suchitra Sen may be released from Belle Vue clinic on Saturday as there was sign of improvement in her condition. The end came when everyone was expecting that Suchitra Sen was recovering. 

The 82-year-old actress was suffering from fluctuating heart rate and oxygen saturation and was admitted to Belle Vue clinic on 23 December. Heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen saturation of Suchitra Sen were being constantly monitored and slight improvement was noticed by doctors. On 3 January 2014, Suchitra Sen’s condition starts deteriorating from 12 noon. Suchitra Sen was under treatment in the critical care unit (CCU)and was put under non-invasive ventilator support.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee went to Belle Vue clinic on 3 January and talked with doctors, Moon Moon Sen and assured them of any kind of help. Suchitra Sen came to know about it and she desired to meet Mamata Banerjee. Mamata Banerjee met Suchitra Sen on 5 January evening and she is the only public personality who met Suchitra Sen in last 35 years. 

Afterwards condition of Suchitra Sen improved but on 9 January again condition starts deteriorating. As on 10 January, Suchitra Sen's condition deteriorated in the afternoon, but stabilised later in the evening, though she was still not out of danger, doctors said.

Suchitra Sen started her filmy career with Bengali film Sharey Chuattor. Her films like Deep Jwele Jaai, Uttar Falguni, Saptapadi, Harano Sur, Saat Pake Bandha in Bengali language will be remembered for ever. Suchitra's Hindi film like Devdas, Bambai Ka Babu and Mamta also created craze in Bollywood.

Suchitra Sen won the best actress award for Saat Paake Bandha at the Moscow film festival in 1963 and quit acting in 1978.

After her retirement from films, Suchitra Sen was living a reclusive life and only meets her daughter Moon Moon Sen and granddaughters Raima and Riya Sen.

Personal Life of Suchitra Sen

Suchitra Sen was born as Rama Dasgupta on 6 April 1931 at Pabna presently in Bangladesh. Suchitra Sen was in film industry from 1953 to 1979 and she was married to Dibanath Sen in 1947. Suchitra Sen's father Karunamoy Dasgupta was the headmaster of the local school and her mother Indira Devi was a homemaker.

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Latest News on Suchitra Sen Condition - improvement is observed

Suchitra Sen

Condition of legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen has improved a lot. Suchitra Sen is under treatment in the critical care unit (CCU) of a nursing home at South Kolkata and she was put under non-invasive ventilator support after her condition deteriorated on 3 January 2014. Presently non-invasive ventilator support is removed and ordinary mask is put on the actress. Oxygen in blood has also increased  remarkably.

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Suchitra Sen Condition Critical – put under non-invasive ventilator support

Suchitra Sen

Legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen is still not out of danger. Suchitra Sen is under treatment in the critical care unit (CCU) of a nursing home here, was put under non-invasive ventilator support after her condition deteriorated and breathing problem worsened on 3 January 2014.

Doctor said that Suchitra Sen's oxygen saturation dipped and she needed ventilator support and the decision was taken in consultation with her daughter Moon Moon Sen. 

Suchitra Sen is undergoing treatment for a chest infection at the nursing home since 23 December and she taken to the CCU on 29 December after her condition deteriorated and the heartbeat became irregular. Doctor said that her urine output is normal and other vital parameters are somewhat normal in accordance with her age.

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Film on filmy life of Suchitra Sen

Bengali actress of yesteryears, Suchitra Sen faced the camera for the last time in film Pranay Pasa and the year was 1978. After the film Suchitra Sen never appeared before camera and gradually she kept herself away from media and even from her colleagues and friends.  What Suchitra is doing now a days, whether she watches films of recent actors and actresses is not known to us. The curiosity about Mrs. Sen is increasing day by day.

Director Abhijit Choudhury of  ‘Patal Ghar’ fame is making a film on filmy career of Suchitra Sen. Director has talked with Raima Sen for the lead role in the film. If everything goes well Raima Sen will portrays the character of Suchitra Sen. The story of the film will focus on a common girl who passes through different obstacles and finally reaches the top and from there she disappears.

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Happy Birthday Suchitra Sen – Mrs Sen turns 83

Suchitra Sen turns 83

Bengali legendary actress Suchitra Sen turns 83 on 6 April 2013. Suchitra Sen was born in Pabna district of present Bangladesh. Suchitra Sen is the daughter of Karunamoy Dasgupta and Indira Devi. Suchitra Sen married Dibanath Sen in 1947 and they have a daughter Moon Moon Sen.

Happy birthday Suchitra Sen and many many returns of the day.

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Remake of Suchitra Sen movie in Hollywood

Many Hollywood films are remake in Indian cinema and in different regional languages and in Hindi. A film of Suchitra Sen will be remake in Hollywood. In 1969, director Asit Sen directed a Hindi film titled Khamoshi starring Suchitra Sen and Dharmendra. Khamoshi was the Hindi version of Bengali film Dwip Jele Jai. Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar and Pahari Sanyal were in the film Dwip Jele Jai. The film is based on the life of a nurse who dedicated her life for the mental patients. The nurse used to apply many tricks for the treatment of the patients but one day she becomes a mental patient.

Hollywood actress Jenifer will play the role of nurse in the English version Hollywood film ‘Silence’.

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Legendary actress Suchitra Sen is in ICU with wrist injury

Legendary actress Suchitra Sen is hospitalized with left wrist injury and underwent an operation. Suchitra Sen suffered the injury on 27 September night. At present the condition of Suchitra Sen is stable.

On 27 September night Suchitra Sen was admitted to Belle Vue Clinic , a private nursing home in South Kolkata. Suchitra Sen suffered a fracture in left wrist joint in her residence. Suchitra Sen was kept in ICU of the nursing home for observation. Clinic authorities said that Suchitra Sen will be released within 2-3 days.

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Famous Bengali film actress Suchitra Sen

This article is on famous Bengali actress Suchitra Sen. You will get brief profile of Suchitra Sen, her filmy career.

 Brief profile of Suchitra Sen

Date of Birth: 6 April 1931, at Pabna (presently in Bangladesh)

Real Name: Rama Dasgupta

Father: Karunamoy Dasgupta

Mother: Indira Devi

Occupation: Acting (from 1953–1978 )

Awards: Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2005

Best Actress for Saat Paake Bandha in 1963 (Moscow film festival)

Spouse: Dibanath Sen

Daughter: Moon Moon Sen.

Grand daughters:  Raima Sen and Riya Sen are grand daughters of Suchitra Sen.

Filmy career of Suchitra Sen
Death of Suchitra Sen: 17 January 2014.

Suchitra Sen entered the film industry after her marriage.  Suchitra Sen is considered as the best Bengali film actress of all time. Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar romantic films were a craze among the Bengalis during 50’s to 70’s and still the films are popular. Suchitra Sen was the heroine of Bengali films during the golden age of Bengali films. The romantic pair of Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar acted in many hit Bengali films.  Some popular films of the pair are Shap Mochan,  Sagarika, Harano Sur,  Indrani, Chaowa-Paowa, Saptapadi, Bipasha and Grihadaha.  In Bengal film industry, Suchitra Sen was known as ‘Madam’. Suchitra Sen is the first Indian actress to get any award from an international film festival.

Debut film of Suchitra Sen is ‘Shesh Kothaay’  in 1952 although the film never released. First hit film of Suchitra Sen is ‘Sharey Chuattor ‘. Uttam Kumar was in male leading role of the film and from this film Uttam-Suchitra as leading pair in Bengali films started.

This pair ruled Bengal film industry for more than 20 years. Suchitra Sen has acted in many Hindi films also.

She received Best Actress Award for her first Hindi film ‘Devdas’. ‘Aandhi’  was her one of the best and definitely most controversial Hindi film.

Suchitra Sen had never worked with Satyajit Ray. Once Satyajit Ray decided to cast Suchitra Sen in a film ‘Devi Chawdhurani ‘ but due to date problem Suchitra refused to work. Satyajit Ray never made the film with any other heroine. Suchitra Sen got lots of offer from Hindi films, She got offer from Raj Kapoor Kapoor also but refused.

Suchitra Sen retired from screen in 1978 and after that she has started a new life. After 1978, Suchitra Sen involved herself in religious life. It is learnt that most of the time she spend in her ‘puja ghar’. She is a follower of Ramakrishna Mission. Presently she does not appear in any public places or meet any outsiders or press. She refused Dadasaheb Phalke Award on 2005 as she had to accept the award personally from the President of India.

Some of the famous films of Suchitra Sen

Sharey Chuattor

Agnipariksha

Ora Thake Odhare

Grihaprabesh

Maraner Parey

Balaygras

Annapurnar Mandir

Shapmochan

Sabar Uparey

Devdas (Hindi)

Snaajher Pradeep

Sagarika

Trijama

Shilpi

Ekti Raat

Harano Sur

Pathe Holo Deri

Jeeban Trishna

Chandranath

Musafir (Hindi)

Champakali (Hindi)

Rajlakshmi O Srikanta

SuryaToran

Indrani

Deep Jwele Jai

Chaaowa Pawoa

Smriti Tuku Thaak

Saptapadi

Saathihara

Saat Paake Badha

Mamta (Hindi)

Grihadaha

Kamallata

Fariyaad

Haar Maana Haar

Devi Choudhurani

Priyo Bandhabi

Aandhi (Hindi)

Datta

Pranoy Pasha, this is the last film of Suchitra Sen. This film released on 1978 and Soumitra Chatterjee was in the leading male role.

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