Sadhana Bose
Sadhana Bose | |
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Keshab Chandra Sen (grandfather) |
Sadhana Bose (20 April 1914 – 3 October 1973) (Sadhona Bose) was an Indian actress and a dancer.[1][2][3] She acted in movies like Meenakshi, where she played the lead.
A contemporary of
Bengal famine which was a pioneering work in presenting contemporary themes on stage and Omar Khayyam. Timir Baran, having left Uday Shankar's team, composed music for his performances and Tapas Sen did lighting design for her productions.[4][5]
Personal life
Born Sadhana Sen, she was the grand daughter of
Keshab Chandra Sen, a social reformer and Brahmo Samaj member and daughter of Saral Sen. She later married film director Madhu Bose, son of Pramatha Nath Bose, a pioneering geologist and paleontologist and Kamala Dutt an educationalist and founder of Kamala Girls School and daughter of Romesh Chunder Dutt. [citation needed
]
She was so popular as a glamorous heroine of the silver screen in the 1930s and 1940s that her face appeared in the Otene snow to enhance its brand value in the market during interwar years.[Mayurbhanj.
Granddaughter of Brahmakesari Keshab Chandra Sen, Sadhona was born in a prosperous Brahmo family and received education as was common with Brahmo girls of those days. Her father was Saral Chandra Sen and she was the second of his three daughters. Her elder sister
Calcutta
's prestigious Star Theatre, courtesy her one time friend Timir Baran. She trained junior artistes for the play Janapad Badhu and once again her name featured in the newspapers in the advertisements of the play. However, she died in September 1973.
References
- ^ "Shovana feels 'at home' in Lucknow". The Times of India. 9 February 2003. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ "True to his own light". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 20 August 2006. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ "Multifaceted artist". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2 January 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ISBN 0-391-02716-6.
sadhana bose.
- ^ "TRIBUTE: True to his own light". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 20 August 2006. Archived from the original on 23 August 2006.
External links
- Sadhana Bose at IMDb
- Sadhana Bose profile, (Bengali) Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine