The first death anniversary of legendary Bangla film actress Suchitra Sen is being observed across the country.
Different social and cultural organisations have taken various programmes to observe the day on Saturday.
Bengali screen goddess Suchitra died at Belle Vue Clinic in Kolkata at the age of 82.
In 1952, Rama Sen, now called Suchitra, faced the arclights for the first time in the ill-fated Shesh Kothay which was never released. She is known for her role in Bimal Roy's Devdas (1955) and Aandhi (1975). The actor entered into films five years after her marriage and made an indelible mark in Bengali film industry for more than two decades.
She was the household name for all Bangla film lovers over the decades. She made the most outstanding partnership with co-actor Uttam Kumar, the legend of Bangla film.
Uttam-Suchitra movies have become almost a different genre in the Bangla film chronicle.
Suchitra Sen was also the first Indian actress to be awarded at an international film festival, receiving the Best Actress Award for Saptapadi at the Moscow film festival in 1963.
However, after her 1978 movie Pronoy Pasha flopped, she disappeared from the public eye and even allegedly refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2005, preferring not to make a public appearance.