Shobha Sen Explained

Shobha Sen
Birth Date:	17 September 1923
Birth Place:	Faridpur, Bengal, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Death Date:	13 August 2017(aged 93)
Death Place:	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality:	Indian
Occupation:	Actress

Shobha Sen (17 September 1923 – 13 August 2017; also known as Sova Sen) was an Indian theatre and film actress in Bengali theatre and Bengali cinema.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Career

After graduating from Bethune College, she joined Gananatya Sangstha and acted in the lead female role of Nabanna. She joined the Little Theatre Group in 1953-54 which later became People's Theatre Group. Since then she has acted in many productions of the group, chief among them are: Barricade, Tiner Taloyar and Titumir.She has also worked in some films, including Ek Adhuri Kahani.

On 10 April 2010, Sen received the Mother Teresa International Award.^[4]

Personal life

Shobha Sen married two times, and had one child by each marriage. Her first husband, Deba Prasad Sen, was a freedom fighter. They had one son, Udayan Sen, before the marriage ended in divorce. In 1960, she married actor and theatre personality Utpal Dutt, who was six years younger than her. Shobha and Utpal Dutt have one daughter, Dr. Bishnupriya Dutt, who is a professor of theatre history in the School of Arts and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Works

Plays

• Nabanna (1944)
• Barricade
• Tiner Taloyar
• Titumir
• Kallol
• Angar

Films

• Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna, 1955 film by Prafulla Chakraborty. ^{[5] [6]}
• Adarsha Hindu Hotel, 1957 film.
• Khokababur Pratyabartan, 1960 film by Agradoot.
• Bedeni, unfinished film of Ritwik Ghatak.
• Ichhapuran, 1970 film directed by Mrinal Sen.
• Ek Adhuri Kahani, 1972 film directed by Mrinal Sen.
• Jharh, 1979 film directed by Utpal Dutt.
• Thagini 1974 film directed by Tarun Majumdar.
• Ek Din Pratidin, 1979 film directed by Mrinal Sen.
• Baisakhi Megh, 1981 film directed by Utpal Dutt.
• Paka Dekha, 1980 film directed by Arabinda Mukherjee.
• Pasand Apni Apni, 1983 Hindi film directed by Basu Chatterjee.
• Dekha, 2001 film directed by Gautam Ghose.
• Shadows of Time, 2004 German film in Bengali directed by Florian Gallenberger.
• Abohomaan, 2010 film directed by Rituporno Ghosh.

External links

• (as "Sova Sen")

Notes and References

1. Anit Mukerjea (28 June 2004). "A Woman of Grit" Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (From The Statesman (India))
2. Web site: Bethune X Distinguished Alumni. 10 March 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425125338/http://www.bethunex.org.in/disalumni.php. 25 April 2012. dmy-all.
3. Web site: Thespian Shobha Sen passes away. The Hindu. 6 April 2018.
4. Anonymous (9 April 2010). "Kapil, Wadekar to receive Mother Teresa International Award" Nerve.in (accessed 14 Jan 2013)
5. Viewable: ; English subtitles give credits for Kanu Banerji (Sri Ramakrishna, 0:08), Bibhuti Chakravarty (photography, 0:11), Baidyanath Chaterji (producer, 0:30), Pulin Ghosh (stage setting, 0:44), New Theatre Studio (production location, 0:53), Officials of Dakshineshwar Kali Temple (thanks, 1:05), Chabi Bishwas (Mathur, 1:23), Shobha Sen (Sri Ma Saradadevi, 1:23), Kalyani Films (production, 1:38), Prafulla Chakravarty (script writer and director, 1:43) (accessed 14 Jan 2013)
6. See also Bhagaban Sree Sree Ramkrishna listing at Gomolo.