“She was senior to me yet she would call me ‘Sir’ while shooting for Aandhi, so, to take revenge, we would all call her ‘Sir’. Nobody called her madam. She had that personality that when she came on the set, everyone would get up. She was the only one who was addressed as Mrs Sen in Bengal as she commanded that respect. No other actress would ever be called ‘Mrs’,” shares Gulzar.
During the shooting of ‘Aandhi’ in Kashmir, he recalls the diva looking after his daughter Bosky (Meghna) who was a child then. He said that with her kind gestures, Suchitra became a member of his family and he remained a member of hers.
“She had a great personality and was a great artiste. I only wished she had got the Dadasaheb Phalke Award though she did not care for these things. Once I think she missed it as she said she couldn’t go personally to collect it,” he added.
He also said that, over the last few years, Suchitra would go and live in Ma’s ashram in Pondicherry. Though, she lived her life as a recluse, Gulzar said that she was very emotional and an honest friend.
“Her death is a loss of a great friend though she was senior to me. I last met her about a year back and spoke to her about two months back. She lived her life like herself.”
