Dhooli (Bengali Film / Regional Movie / Indian Cinema DVD) [DVD]

About the Actor Suchitra Sen is a Bengali actress who has attained legendary
status because of her performances in Bengali cinema. In particular, the
movies in which she paired opposite another legend in Bengali films, Uttam
Kumar, are all-time classics in Bengali cinema. She now lives a life of a
recluse, rarely making any public appearances. When she left movies, she was
slowly but steadily losing the position of leading lady of Bengali silver
screen. She is the first Indian actress to be awarded in an International Film
Festival - Best Actress award for the movie Saat Paake Bandha, in 1963, Moscow
Film Festival. Her films with Uttam Kumar are still shown as re-runs on
Bengali TV channels such as ETV Bangla, Aakash Bangla, DD7 Bangla and so
forth; many of them are available on video CD. Notably, she allegedly refused
the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the Indian equivalent of a lifetime Oscar, in
2005, preferring to live in seclusion out of the public eye. She was born as
Roma Dasgupta in Pabna district in Bangladesh 1931. She married Dibanath Sen,
son of a wealthy Bengali industrialist, in 1947 and had one child, Moonmoon
Sen, who went on to become an actress. Her daughter Moonmoon Sen also acted in
a few films in Hindi and Bengali. Moonmoon Sen's daughters Riya and Raima are
also actresses. Her father Karunamoy Dasgupta was the head master of the local
school and her mother's name was Indira Dasgupta. She was their fifth child
and third daughter. She had formal education in Pabna. Suchitra made her debut
in films with Shesh Kothai in 1952, but the film went unreleased. The
following year saw her act opposite Uttam Kumar in Sharey Chuattor. The film
became a box-office hit and it was remembered for launching Uttam-Suchitra as
a leading pair. They went on to become the icons for Bengali melodramas for
more than 20 years, becoming almost a genre to themselves. She received a Best
Actress Award for the film Devdas, 1955 which was her first Hindi movie. Her
patented Bengali melodramas and romances especially with Uttam Kumar, made her
the most famous Bengali actress ever. Her films ran through the 1960s and the
1970s.