Shobha Sen
Sen in 2010
Born(1923-09-17)17 September 1923
Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
(present-day Bangladesh)
Died13 August 2017 (aged 93)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress
Spouse
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(m. 1960; died 1993)​

Shobha Sen (17 September 1923 – 13 August 2017; also known as Sova Sen) was Bengali theatre and film actress.[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

Films

References

  1. ↑ Anit Mukerjea (28 June 2004). "A Woman of Grit" Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (From The Statesman (India))
  2. ↑ "Bethune X Distinguished Alumni". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Thespian Shobha Sen passes away". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Anonymous (9 April 2010). "Kapil, Wadekar to receive Mother Teresa International Award" Nerve.in (accessed 14 Jan 2013)
  5. ↑ Viewable: "The film - Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna - revised file" on YouTube; 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 Archived 14 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine listing at Gomolo.
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