In a recent interview, actress Raima Sen was questioned about the rumours about the biopic of her grandmother Suchitra Sen. Raima Sen has said there are possibilities of a biopic and if it is made, her family will be fully involved with the project. And more than that, she will also love to act in the movie.
Suchitra Sen has left a rich legacy in Bengali cinema and has an incredible mark in Hindi as well, despite working in only a handful of films. She is said to be the first female superstar from India and it will not be easy to portray her talent and finesse on screen.
In the recent Uttam Kumar biopic ‘Achena Uttam’, Rituparna Sengupta played the role of Suchitra Sen. And Paoli Dam did quite a beautiful job with the role in the television series ‘Mahanayak’. It is quite strange that there has been so many movies on Uttam Kumar, Satyajit Ray etc, but none about Suchitra Sen.
Raima Sen will definitely have a say in deciding the cast of the movie and she has her grandmother’s looks as well. But whether she will be able to pull off in the movie is something only time can tell. One reason of involvement with the project is that she does not want Suchitra Sen’s life to be sensationalised.