Pabna mourned the death of her great daughter Suchitra Sen.
Suchitra Sen Smrity Shangrkhan Parishad (SSSSP), organised a condolence meeting on Friday night at Pabna Press club auditorium recalling the memory of Suchitra Sen.
The condolence meeting demanded the ancestral house of the legendary actress be freed from Jamaat’s grip.
Among others, the SSSSP Secretary Dr Ram Dulal Voumik, journalist Ronaish Maitra, Anwarul Haque, president of Pabna Press Club Shibojit Nag, Principal of Shahid Shadhn Music College Abdul Matin Khan, president of Pabna Drama Circle Sirajul Islam Hira, secretary of Ekushey Boimela Udzpan Parishad Zakir Hossain, headmaster of Pabna Government Girls High School Aliza Khatun spoke on the occasion.
They demanded for establishing an archive or museum in the ancestral house of Suchitra.
According to the speakers, to save the house of Suchitra is not only a local demand but it turns into a national demand.
They urged the government to free the house immediately for storing the memory of the legendary actress.
The house was occupied by ‘Imam Gazzli School’, a pro-Jamaat institution, three decades ago and the governments did not take steps to recovery it from the grabbers.
People of the district staged demonstrations to free the house many times but the local administration is yet to free the house.
Suchitra was born on April 6 in 1931 at her maternal grandfather’s residence in Vangabari village under Belkuchi upazila in Greater Pabna. She passed her childhood and her younger life at her father’s residence in Gopalpur village before leaving the country in 1947.
Due to her lively performance the films of Suchitra till attract the people of this sub-continent. She is ever remembered to all.
She went to the film industry in the mid of 20th century. She performed in the Indian film
‘Shesh Kothai’ in 1952. Later she performed at least 63 films including 7 Hindi films.
Suchitra was famous for her skills in acting. Uttam-Suchitra couple was the most popular around the world. She had performed at least 32 films with Uttam Kumar.
She died in Kolkata’s Bell Vue nursing home on Friday.