Overwhelmed at the rare opportunity of meeting ailing,
reclusive Bengali screen goddess Suchitra Sen Sunday, West Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee urged people to "pray for her fast recovery and
good health".
"I am undoubtedly fortunate enough to get an opportunity
to meet her in person. I am overwhelmed and proud to meet the legendary actress
whose films we had seen so many times. It is an emotional moment,"
Banerjee told on her Facebook page.
"I find that she is improving gradually. Let us all
pray to God for her early recovery and good health."
According to latest news, Sen is "partially
responding" to intermittent non-invasive ventilation support,and is stable
though not out of danger yet.
Banerjee had Jan 3 visited the Belle Vue Clinic where Sen is
undergoing treatment.
However, the Trinamool Congress supremo restricted her visit
to the doctors and Sen's daughter Moon Moon to respect the actress's well-known
insistence on privacy.
"Later on, when she became a little stable, and came to
know that I visited the nursing home to enquire about her health, she expressed
her desire to meet me. Dr. (Subrata) Maitra communicated her desire and
accordingly I rushed to the hospital and met her for about 25 minutes today. I
also met Moon Moon Sen, Raima Sen, Dr. Maitra and others."
"Everyone knows that she has kept herself away from
public view for more than 30 years. She is not even meeting anyone now."
The 82-year-old actress was undergoing treatment for a chest
infection at the nursing home since Dec 23 and was taken to the CCU after her
condition worsened Dec 28 night.
She is known for her performances in movies like "Deep
Jwele Jaai" and "Uttar Falguni" in Bengali as well as Hindi
movies such as "Devdas", "Bombai Ka Babu" and
"Mamta". She won the best actress award for "Saat Paake
Bandha" at the Moscow Film Festival in 1963.
The mother of actress Moon Moon Sen, Suchitra quit acting in
1978. Since her retirement, she meets only a few people, including her daughter
as well as grand daughters Raima and Riya Sen.
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