Originally posted by: prernazz
In fact have seen a couple of Bengali movies of Raima, though not as good as SS she still is a very good actor. Riya had chosen the glam-doll image and Raima chose serious cinema. She also appeared in Godmother with Shabana Azmi, she was excellent in that movie. Godmother, incidentally was the debut of Sharman Joshi.
SS appeared in bengali movies mostly her foray in Hindi movies was Bambai ka Babu opposite Dev Anand. Mamta opposite Ashok Kumar and Aandhi opposite Sanjeev. She quit movies when the first rumor linked her to co-star of many films - Utam Kumar. She has not been seen in public ever since.
Moon Moon was married into a royal family and she chose to appear in films in glamor roles. Her stint in movies was not very successful.
Suchitra Sen was always linked to Uttam Kumar, but, that was not the reason for her to quit films. Supriya Chaudhuri was Uttam Kumar's mistress or second wife. In one of her last Bengali films, Fariyad, where Utpal Dutt was the villain, her age was coming to prominence and she wnated to remembered not as an aged actress, very much the same what Vaijayantimala did, but she wanted people to remember her golden times. Vaijayantimala also did not want to act mothers to those heroes for whom she once played heroines.
She resorted to a very religious life, and is a life member of Ram Krishna Mission. She visits Dakshineswar Kali temple often and spends most of her time doing puja. She had a very bad married life and it was her husband who forced her into films.
Moon Moon Sen was married to Tripura royal family, the Roy Burmans. But both Riya and Raima stick to Sen surnames. In bengal it is said that "Moon Moon Sen is Suchitra Sen's Kalank"...
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