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Sukhen Das
সুখেন দাস
Born
Sukhendranath Das

(1938-07-28)28 July 1938
Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day West Bengal, India)
Died4 April 2004(2004-04-04) (aged 65)[1]
Kolkata, India
Occupation(s)Actor
director
Screenplay/story writer
Known forPratisodh (1981)
Daan Pratidaan (1992)
Amar Kantak (1987)
Children3
RelativesPiya Sengupta (Daughter)[2]
Anup Sengupta (Son-in-law)[3]
Bonny Sengupta (Grandson)[3]

Sukhen Das (28 July 1938 – 4 April 2004) was an Indian actor,[4][5] director,[6] screenwriter and story writer of Bengali cinema.

Early life and education

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Das was born as Sukhendranath Das in Kolkata.[7][8] He spent parts of his childhood in an orphanage i.e The Ramkrishna Society-Anath Bhandar. He did not finish his education because of financial problems.[3] Later he fled the orphanage and took shelter in a doctor's chamber. During this time he roamed around near film studios, and he was spotted by director Debnarayan Gupta who gave him a role as a child actor (Master Sukhen) in the movie Dasiputra (1949).[9]

Career

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Das acted in many commercially successful movies[5][10] including Pratishodh (1981)[11] and Maa Ek Mandir (1988).[11] His roles in the movies Lalu Bhulu (1959), Dhonyi Meye (1971), Rajnandini (1980) and Dadamoni (1984) earned him critical acclaim. He also directed a large number of movies, including Milan Tithi, Sayani,[12] Maan Abhiman (1978)[13] and Singhaduar (1978), and wrote scripts for a number of others.[4] His play 15th July was translated into Hindi. He acted in a large number of jatras as well.

Das was typecast in tragic roles,[14] although he sometimes played comic roles as well,[15] as exemplified by his role in Dhonyi Meye. A typical role for him would be a man who became handicapped in an accident while trying to rescue younger brother or friend, and who was being ill-treated by others. His role in Pratisodh, where he played the role of an action hero, was unusual.

Personal life

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Das married twice. His son Rajat Das was an actor and a director. His brother Ajay Das ( 22 January 1941 – 15 April 2013 ) was a music director, and scored the music in many of Das' movies.

He died on 4 April 2004 in a nursing home in Kolkata due to cardiac arrest.[16]

Filmography

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Actor

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Director

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Screenplay/Story

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References

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  1. ^ "Noted Bengali actor Sukhen Das dead". zeenews.india.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ^ "বাবা সুখেন দাসের জোরেই পিয়ার উত্থান টলিউডে, নায়িকা-দৌড়ে পিছিয়ে থেকেও অসীম ঠাঁটবাট | Piya Sengupta Was Heroine As Her Father Sukhen Das Backed Her". 14 March 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "সুখেন দাস, অজয় দাসের নাতি বনি সেনগুপ্ত, সে পরিচয় আঁধারেই, দেখা যায়নি দাদুদের নাম উল্লেখ করতে | Bony Sengupta Is Grandson Of Sukhen Das". 12 March 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b Yves Thoraval (1 February 2000). The cinemas of India. Macmillan India. pp. 232–234. ISBN 978-0-333-93410-4. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. ^ a b Kironmoy Raha; Nandan (Organization : Calcutta, India) (1991). Bengali cinema. Nandan. p. 72.
  6. ^ "Director Sushanta Pal Choudhury On Bengali Movies APARAJITA, ANTARDAHO, AJO DUCHOKHE TUMI, AAMAAR SHOPNO TUMI (Interview)"[usurped]. Washington Bangla Radio on internet, Subhomoy Mukherjee, Calcutta, 19 March 2011
  7. ^ "Biography of Sukhen Das". gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Sukhen Das Photo gallery". filmiclub.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Bengali actor Suken Das dead" Archived 7 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Times of India | 4 April 2004
  10. ^ Bimal Mukherjee; Sunil Kothari; Ananda Lal, Chidananda and Das Gupta (1995). Rasa: Theatre and cinema. Anamika Kala Sangam. p. 254.
  11. ^ a b Indrajit Hazra (6 December 2013). Grand Delusions. Aleph Book Company. pp. 78–. ISBN 978-93-83064-60-1.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Shakuntala Barua" Archived 5 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Kolkata Today, Shakuntala Barua 29 March 2014
  13. ^ Film World. T.M. Ramachandran. 1979. p. 65. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  14. ^ Sumita S. Chakravarty (2000). The enemy within: the films of Mrinal Sen. Flicks Books. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-948911-57-6.
  15. ^ "Laughing Stock" Archived 25 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Times of India, Priyanka Dasgupta | TNN | 20 Dec 2010.
  16. ^ "Noted Bengali actor Sukhen Das dead" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. ZeeNews, Sunday, 4 April 2004
  17. ^ "Songs of Sukhen Das". gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  18. ^ "List of Movies of SUKHEN DAS". webmallindia.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  19. ^ "Top movies of Sukhen Das". gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  20. ^ "Sukhen Das Bengali songs". raaga.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  21. ^ "Sukhen Das hit songs". saregama.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  22. ^ "Bengali movies of Sukhen Das by year". moovyshoovy.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  23. ^ "Filmography of Sukhen Das". gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  24. ^ "Sukhen Das, Sukhen Das Movies Online, Sukhen Das Videos". ibollytv.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
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