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Legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen, who was recently undergoing treatment at a nursing home in Calcutta for serious respiratory problems, was put on non-invasive ventilation after her condition deteriorated on Thursday night. Unfortunately, the 82 year old actress passed away after suffering from a heart attack. The condition of the actress had deteriorated last night after which she suffered a massive cardiac arrest leading to her death.

Sen, who has been living the life of a recluse in a south Kolkata apartment starred in memorable Hindi films like Devdas and Aandhi and Bengali films like Saat Paake Bandha, Agnipariksha, Saptapadi and Deep Jwele Jai.

Bollywood Hungama sends out its heartfelt condolence to her family.

The 17th Kolkata Film festival to be held from November 10-17, 2011 has announced its lineup. Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, Alexander Sokurov’s Faust, Godard’s Film Socialism, Bela Tarr’s The Turin Horse, among others will be presented at the International Cinema section of the festival.

Joram Lürsen’s The Magicians will be the opening film of the festival.

In a Special Tribute to Uttam Kumar—Nayak directed by Satyajit Ray and documentary Mahanayak—a Superstar’s Journey directed by Swapan Das will be screened.

A Retrospective of Japanese director Shohei Imamura will showcase films like Stolen Desire, Black Rain and Vengeance is Mine, among others.

Carlo Lizzani’s Luchino Visconti: Life as in a romance, Chidananda Dasgupta’s Amodini, Mani Kaul’s Uski Roti, Luchino Visconti’s The Innocent and The Leopard will be screened in the Homage section.

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