Enigma, even in her death

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Greta Garbo was born on September 1905 and died in 1990 at the age of 84.ut for almost ha a century before that, she was a recluse, choosing her life in seclusion as she famously remarked once - want to be let alone." She shot into fame in the 1920s and 1930s, never got married, yet linked to many men of her times.
The reference of Garbo always resurfaces whenever one thinks of India's own answer to her, Suchitra Sen.
It will forever remain a secret how reclusive actress Suchitra Sen, who was hardly seen in public in the last 35 year, ooked in her last days.
Suchitra Sen had to pay quit the price for her unique self-exile spanning over 30 years. In 2005, she was offered the Dadasaheb Phalke award with the rider that she would accept it in person. She declined.
It couldn't have been an easy decision for somebody who spent 30 years of her life facing the camera — rising steadily from an “extra” to the “glamour queen” of the industry.
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, the then Information and Broadcasting Minister, insisted that she accept the award, earlier conferred on such legendary actors as Devika Rani and Kanan Devi. But Suchitra Sen preferred the enigma of invisibility over the most coveted of all Indian film awards.
Much like her life after movies, the final journey of the legendary actress too was a quiet affair with the administration taking measures honouring her wish of keeping her face away from public gaze.
The body of Sen, who died yesterday following cardiac arrest at a city nursing home, was carried to her Ballygunge residence in a coffin inside a hearse fitted with dark glasses and covered with floral wreaths.
The Mahanayika remained virtually invisible to the public during the entire process.
Hundreds of fans gathered around the medical facility hoping to get a glimpse of the screen-goddess.But only a chosen few -- including West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee could pay their last respects.