Sukhen Das

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Sukhen Das
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
OccupationActor
director
Screenplay/story writer
Known forPratisodh (1981)
Daan Pratidaan (1992)
Amar Kantak (1987)

Sukhen Das (28 July 1938 – 4 April 2004) was an Indian Bengali film actor,[2][3] director,[4] screenwriter and story writer.

Early life and education[edit]

Das was born as Sukhendranath Das in Kolkata.[5][6] 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. 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).[7]

Career[edit]

Das acted in many commercially successful movies[3][8] including Pratishodh (1981)[9] and Maa Ek Mandir (1988).[9] 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,[10] Maan Abhiman (1978)[11] and Singhaduar (1978), and wrote scripts for a number of others.[2] His play 15th July was translated into Hindi. He acted in a large number of jatras (stage play or theater: "Jatra" is the Bengali term for stage plays)[clarification needed] as well.

Das was typecast in tragic roles,[12] although he sometimes played comic roles as well,[13] 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[edit]

Das married twice. His son Rajat Das was an actor and a director. His brother Ajay Das 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.[14]

Filmography[edit]

Actor[edit]

Director[edit]

Screenplay/Story[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Noted Bengali actor Sukhen Das dead". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yves Thoraval (1 February 2000). The cinemas of India. Macmillan India. pp. 232–234. ISBN 978-0-333-93410-4.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kironmoy Raha; Nandan (Organization : Calcutta, India) (1991). Bengali cinema. Nandan. p. 72.
  4. ↑ "Director Sushanta Pal Choudhury On Bengali Movies APARAJITA, ANTARDAHO, AJO DUCHOKHE TUMI, AAMAAR SHOPNO TUMI (Interview)". Washington Bangla Radio on internet, Subhomoy Mukherjee, Calcutta, 19 March 2011
  5. ↑ "Biography of Sukhen Das". gomolo.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sukhen Das Photo gallery". filmiclub.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Bengali actor Suken Das dead". Times of India | 4 April 2004
  8. ↑ Bimal Mukherjee; Sunil Kothari; Ananda Lal, Chidananda and Das Gupta (1995). Rasa: Theatre and cinema. Anamika Kala Sangam. p. 254.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Indrajit Hazra. Grand Delusions. Aleph Book Company. pp. 78–. ISBN 978-93-83064-60-1.
  10. ↑ "Shakuntala Barua". Kolkata Today, Shakuntala Barua 29 March 2014
  11. ↑ Film World. T.M. Ramachandran. 1979. p. 65.
  12. ↑ Sumita S. Chakravarty (2000). The enemy within: the films of Mrinal Sen. Flicks Books. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-948911-57-6.
  13. ↑ "Laughing Stock". Times of India, Priyanka Dasgupta | TNN | 20 Dec 2010.
  14. ↑ "Noted Bengali actor Sukhen Das dead". ZeeNews, Sunday, 4 April 2004
  15. ↑ "Songs of Sukhen Das". gomolo.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "List of Movies of SUKHEN DAS". webmallindia.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  17. ↑ "Top movies of Sukhen Das". gomolo.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "Sukhen Das Bengali songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  19. ↑ "Sukhen Das hit songs". saregama.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  20. ↑ "Bengali movies of Sukhen Das by year". moovyshoovy.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  21. ↑ "Filmography of Sukhen Das". gomolo.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  22. ↑ "Sukhen Das, Sukhen Das Movies Online, Sukhen Das Videos". ibollytv.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

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