Uma Sen (née Dasgupta; 1940 – 18 November 2024) was an Indian

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

actress who acted the role of 'Durga' in Satyajit Ray's

-language drama film ''

Pather Panchali (, ) is a 1955 Indian Bengali language, Bengali-language Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray in his directorial debut. It is an adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's 1929 Bengali Pather Panchali ...

'' in 1955.

Background

Uma Dasgupta graduated from

Jogamaya Devi College Jogamaya Devi College is one of the oldest and leading women's colleges in Kolkata, India. It shares the same building with Asutosh College (day college) and Syamaprasad College (evening college) and is named after the wife of Sir Asutosh Muk ...

, an affiliate of the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...

She was a school teacher by profession from 1984 to 2000 in nursery and primary section of Jadavpur Vidyapith, Kolkata. Sen died on 18 November 2024, at the age of 84 in her house in Kolkata. She was cremated at the Keoratala crematorium, Kolkata on the same day. Her daughter is Srimayee Sen Ram.

Pather Panchali

'', the Bengali drama film was adapted from the novel of the same name by

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (; 12 September 1894 – 1 November 1950) was a Bengali novelist and short story writer of Indian nationality. His best known works are the autobiographical novel ''Pather Panchali'' (''Song of the Road''), '' Apar ...

. Satyajit Roy was looking for someone who could play the character of Durga. At the age of 12, while studying in eighth standard in a school, Uma was chosen for the character Durga by Satyajit Ray with the help of Ashish Burman, the Assistant Headmaster of her school It was Uma's first film, as was Subir Banerjee, who was the lead actor in ''

The Apu Trilogy ''The Apu Trilogy'' is a celebrated series of three Indian Bengali-language drama films directed by Satyajit Ray: ''Pather Panchali'' (1955), ''Aparajito'' (1956) and ''The World of Apu'' (1959). The trilogy's evocative score was composed by Rav ...

''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dasgupta, Uma 1940 births 2024 deaths 20th-century Indian actresses Actresses in Bengali cinema Indian actresses Indian film actresses Jogamaya Devi College alumni