Suchitra Sen passes away at 82 -- Legendary actress Suchitra Sen passed away on Friday after she suffered a massive heart attack due to which her condition had turned very critical, family sources said. After having stabilised for the last two-three days, the condition of the 82-year-old actress had started deteriorating since Thursday night and in the morning she suffered a heart attack, the doctors said. She passed away at 8:25 am. The doctors had put in some emergency measures. The actress was being given non-invasive BIPAP regularly since Thursday night. Sen was admitted to Belle Vue Clinic in Kolkata on December 23 following a respiratory tract infection. Later she was treated in a private Intensive Treatment Unit for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Led by Dr Subrata Maitra, a medical board was formed to monitor the health of its star patient around-the-clock. 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 Roys 1955 Hindi classic Devdas opposite Dilip Kumar. She is also famous for her role in Gulzars 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.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 05:57:27 +0000
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