'Suchitra Sen threatened to leave, with the film only 80 per cent complete.'
The legendary yesteryear Bengali actress has been admitted to a nursing home with respiratory distress, but her condition is stated to be stable.
Suchitra Sen - the veteran actress passed away at the age of 82 today, January 17.
An icon of grace and beauty, the charismatic heroine of outstanding films, Suchitra Sen will forever remain the brightest star on the horizon.
The legendary Bengali actress has been admitted to the intensive coronary care unit of a nursing home here with high blood pressure and fever.
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The veteran actress passed away today, January 17.
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The 82-year-old actress has been on ventilator since noon.
Several celebrities paid tribute to the iconic actress.
Suchitra Sen was in a serious condition after she was admitted after a respiratory tract infection.
Several members of the film industry paid tribute to the actress, who passed away on January 17.
The condition of veteran actress Suchitra Sen, who was hospitalised on December 29 following a respiratory tract infection, has turned critical
Legendary actress Suchitra Sen passed away on Friday after she suffered a massive heart due to which her condition had turned very critical, family sources said.
However, the chief minister made up for her absence by addressing the gathering via state Industry and Finance Minister Amit Mitra's mobile phone.
Legendary actress Suchitra Sen is in a serious condition after she was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata following a respiratory tract infection, doctors said on Sunday.
The veteran actress passed away following a heart attack this morning, January 17.
The veteran had complained of respiratory problems.
The actress requested to meet West Bengal CM after she heard about the latter's visit to the hospital she's currently admitted in.
Raima Sen comes out of her grief to tell us what grandmother Suchitra Sen's death means to the family and to cinema.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee paid rich tribute to veteran actress Suchitra Sen.
Can anyone forget S D Burman's classic songs in Devdas, Sujata and Bandini?
'One reason why Suchitra Sen quit acting in the 1970s was the mediocrity that overtook Bengali cinema. Many of the directors she knew well and felt comfortable working with passed away. The scripts offered to her were awful,' Moon Moon Sen talks about her famous mother, the legendary Suchitra Sen, who passed away on January 17.
'We were asked to add a dialogue where the politician says she admires Mrs Gandhi.'
Dharmendra's oeuvre was so phenomenal that there was never a phase in his professional life when he was in danger of falling into a rut, in terms of either the kind of films he starred in or the sort of co-actors he worked with.
'I was blessed that I had seen him very closely. There was a time when he was trying to direct a film with me when I was a teenager'
'I saw Bimal Roy's Devdas again a few years ago, almost 50 years after it had been made.' 'I found it very intelligently made; the scenes flowed so beautifully.' 'There is just one scene with both Suchitra Sen and me in the film, and it's beautiful.'
She has been a fashion trendsetter -- remember the sky blue lehenga? -- right from her first song, Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi. She continues to notch hits with almost every outfit she wears.
'The moment a movie was declared a hit, he would immediately start planning his next.'
Raima Sen surprised her social media followers by revealing some 'hidden gems' from her albums.
The song, he believes, that perfectly epitomises Lata Mangeshkar's spirit is Rahe Na Rahe Hum from the 1996 film, Mamta, that stars Dharmendra, Suchitra Sen and Ashok Kumar.
Ms Sen will give you a much-needed dose of off-duty glam.
When mainstream Hindi cinema is preoccupied with romance, comedy, horror and action, stories about sisters and brothers are very rare. Vasan Bala has made a first-of-its-kind film where the leads play sister and brother, notes Aseem Chhabra.
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Moon Moon Sen, the Trinamool Congress candidate, contesting from Bankura in West Bengal pulled off a major upset when she went defeated the formidable nine-time member of Parliament Basudev Acharia from the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Sen, the actress and daughter of Suchitra Sen, triumphed by 97,511 votes over Acharia. She speaks to Subhash K Jha on her victory and her plans for the future.
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