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Suchitra Sen

1931 - 2014

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Suchitra Sen, widely known as the Mahanayika (lit. 'Great actress'), was an Indian actress who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was paired opposite actor Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Bengali cinema. Sen was the first Indian actress to receive an award at an international film festival when, at the 1963 Moscow International Film Festival, she won the Silver Prize for Best Actress for Saat Pake Bandha. She was catapulted to stardom after she was cast as Vishnupriya by Devaki Kumar Bose in his Bhagaban Shree Krishna Chaitanya (1953). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Suchitra Sen is the 5,144th most popular actor (down from 4,668th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Bangladesh (up from 44th in 2019) and the most popular Bangladeshi Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Suchitra Sen ranks 5,144 out of 13,578. Before her are Rashida Jones, Mary Martin, Loni Anderson, Marshall Allman, Elpidia Carrillo, and Janet Montgomery. After her are Michael J. Anderson, Lennie James, David Dencik, Edward Burns, Albert Dekker, and Yoo In-na.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Suchitra Sen ranks 440. Before her are Václav Hovorka, Ingrid van Bergen, D. J. Fontana, Michael Fisher, Pál Várhidi, and Charlie Logg. After her are Chuck Feeney, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Ursula Donath, Hal Connolly, Leyla Erbil, and Gavin MacLeod. Among people deceased in 2014, Suchitra Sen ranks 368. Before her are Rosemary Murphy, Casey Kasem, Dale Gardner, Eladio Herrera, Peter Scholl-Latour, and Francisco Gabica. After her are Dietmar Schönherr, Joep Lange, Andriy Bal, Georges Lamia, Dennis Frederiksen, and Lori Sandri.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Suchitra Sen ranks 43 out of 74. Before her are Motiur Rahman Nizami (1943), Kalpana Datta (1913), Pritilata Waddedar (1911), Mrinal Sen (1923), Ritwik Ghatak (1925), and A. K. Fazlul Huq (1873). After her are Humayun Ahmed (1948), Nurul Amin (1893), Bagha Jatin (1879), Abu Sayeed Chowdhury (1921), Ahmed Sofa (1943), and Sufia Kamal (1911).

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Among ACTORS In Bangladesh

Among actors born in Bangladesh, Suchitra Sen ranks 1. After her are Utpal Dutt (1929), Geeta Dutt (1930), and Shakib Khan (1979).

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