Archive · 16 Aug 2026
Raja Sen, three-time National Award winner, dies at 71
Raja Sen was a famous filmmaker from Bengal who made movies and TV shows.
He died at a hospital in Kolkata on August 16 after being sick for a long time.
He was 71 years old.
Raja Sen made many TV shows, like Subarnalata, which many people loved.
He also made documentaries about famous artists and cultural traditions.
He won three big awards called National Film Awards for his work.
One of his movies was about a boy and an elephant, called Damu.
He also made movies with famous actors like Jaya Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan.
Raja Sen had health problems for many years, starting after an injury on a movie set.
He will be remembered for his great films and TV shows.
Raja Sen, a prominent Bengali filmmaker, died at SSKM Hospital in Kolkata on 16 August after a prolonged illness.
He was a three-time National Film Award winner for Suchitra Mitra, Damu, and Atmiyo Swajan.
Sen began his independent directing career in the early 1980s after working with the Group Theatre movement in Bengal.
His breakthrough television work was Subarnalata, based on Ashapurna Devi's acclaimed work.
He received the Indira Gandhi Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 and a Best Director jury award at the Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival in 2016.
- Who
- Raja Sen, a three-time National Award-winning Bengali filmmaker
- What
- Died after a prolonged illness
- When
- 16 August
- Where
- SSKM Hospital in Kolkata
- Why
- He had multiple complications, including lung, cardiac, and kidney issues, and was on ventilator support.
- Age at death
- 71
- Date of death
- 16 August
- Place of death
- SSKM Hospital, Kolkata
- National Film Awards
- Three (Suchitra Mitra, Damu, Atmiyo Swajan)
- Breakthrough TV serial
- Subarnalata
- Feature film debut
- Damu
- Indira Gandhi Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2015
- Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival Best Director
- 2016 for Maya Mridanga