{"id":16644,"date":"2014-01-16T18:01:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T18:01:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-01-16T18:01:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T18:01:51","slug":"Iconic-Indian-Bengali-actress-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=16644","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Indian Bengali actress dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Veteran Indian actress Suchitra Sen has died in the eastern city of Calcutta, aged 82.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sen had been admitted to a hospital in the city last month with a chest infection and her condition worsened on Thursday night, doctors said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Known as the Greta Garbo of India <\/strong>for leading a reclusive life after she left films, Sen was an iconic star of regional Bengali cinema.<\/p>\n<p><strong>She also acted in a number of Bollywood films such as Devdas and Aandhi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sen teamed up with Bengali star Uttam Kumar to form a popular pair that delivered a series of hits in Bengali cinema for over two decades.<\/p>\n<p>But she quit films in 1978 and led a hermit-like existence, reportedly refusing to meet people outside her own family. She had not been seen in public or photographed in the past three decades.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-india-25648140\">Source www.bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran Indian actress Suchitra Sen has died in the eastern city of Calcutta, aged 82. 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