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Biography
Shobha Sen (17 September 1923 – 13 August 2017) (also known as Sova Sen) wasBengali theatre and film actress.
Personal life
Earlier she was married to Deba Prasad Sen, a freedom fighter. They divorced and Shoba married theatre personality Utpal Datta. Udayan, son from her first marriage died a few years earlier. She has one daughter from her marriage to Utpal Dutt, Dr. Bishnupriya Dutt, who is a professor of theatre history in the School of Arts and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
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 Peoples’ 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.
Works
Plays
- Nabanna (1944)
- Barricade
- Tiner Taloyar
- Titumir
- Kallol
- Angar
Films
- Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna, 1955 film by Prafulla Chakraborty
- Adarsha Hindu Hotel, 1957 film
- Khokababur Pratyabartan, 1960 film by Agradoot
- Bedeni, unfinished film of Ritwik Ghatak.
- 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.