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{{Infobox person
| name = Shobha Sen
| image = Shobha Sen - Kolkata 2010-01-16 4215.JPG
| alt =
| caption = Shobha Sen in ''Nabanna''
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|09|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br/>(present-day [[Bangladesh]])

| death_date = 
| death_place = 13 August 2017 (aged 93)
| nationality = [[Indian People|Indian]]
| other_names =
| known_for =
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = [[Utpal Dutt]]
}}

'''Shobha Sen''' (17 September 1923 – 13 August 2017) (also known as '''Sova Sen''') was [[Bengali language|Bengali]] theatre and film actress.<ref name=grit2004>Anit Mukerjea (28 June 2004). [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-21763300_ITM "A Woman of Grit"] Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (From The Statesman (India))</ref><ref name="Bethune X">{{cite web|title=Bethune X Distinguished Alumni|url=http://www.bethunex.org.in/disalumni.php|access-date=10 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425125338/http://www.bethunex.org.in/disalumni.php|archive-date=25 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Thespian Shobha Sen passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/thespian-shobha-sen-passes-away/article19486173.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>

==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 People's 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.<ref name=award2010>Anonymous (9 April 2010). [http://www.nerve.in/news:253500303225 "Kapil, Wadekar to receive Mother Teresa International Award"] Nerve.in (accessed 14 Jan 2013)</ref>

==Personal life==
Shobha Sen married two times, and had one child by each marriage. Her first husband, Deba Prasad Sen, was a freedom fighter. They had one son, Udayan Sen, before the marriage ended in divorce. In 1960, she married actor and theatre personality [[Utpal Dutt]], who was six years younger than her. Shobha and [[Utpal Dutt]] have one daughter, Dr. Bishnupriya Dutt, who is a professor of theatre history in the School of Arts and Aesthetics at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], New Delhi.

==Works==

===Plays===
*''[[Nabanna (drama)|Nabanna]]'' (1944)
*''[[Barricade (play)|Barricade]]''
*''[[Tiner Taloyar]]''
*''[[Titumir (play)|Titumir]]''
*''[[Kallol]]''
*''[[Angar (play)|Angar]]''

===Films===
*''Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna'', 1955 film by Prafulla Chakraborty<ref>Viewable: {{YouTube|KD1TsRBZnn8|"The film - Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna - revised file"}}; English subtitles give credits for [[Kanu Banerjee|Kanu Banerji]] ([[Ramakrishna|Sri Ramakrishna]], 0:08), Bibhuti Chakravarty (photography, 0:11), Baidyanath Chaterji (producer, 0:30), Pulin Ghosh (stage setting, 0:44), [[New Theatres|New Theatre Studio]] (production location, 0:53), Officials of [[Dakshineshwar Kali Temple]] (thanks, 1:05), [[Chhabi Biswas|Chabi Bishwas]] (Mathur, 1:23), Shobha Sen ([[Sarada Devi|Sri Ma Saradadevi]], 1:23), Kalyani Films (production, 1:38), [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1374741/ Prafulla Chakravarty] (script writer and director, 1:43) (accessed 14 Jan 2013)</ref><ref>See also [http://www.gomolo.com/bhagaban-sree-sree-ramkrishna-movie/13517 ''Bhagaban Sree Sree Ramkrishna''] listing at Gomolo.</ref>
*''[[Adarsha Hindu Hotel (film)|Adarsha Hindu Hotel]]'', 1957 film
*''[[Khokababur Pratyabartan]]'', 1960 film by [[Agradoot]]
*''[[Bedeni (film)|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]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0784041}} (as "Sova Sen")

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[[Category:Kalakar Awards winners]]
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[[Category:Indian women theatre directors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:People from Faridpur District]]

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