Asit Sen

Asit sen was a very famous character actor cum comedian in hindi and bengali films . He directed two films and acted in over 200 films in his long association with cinema world from early 1940s to 1985 .
He was born on 13 May 1917 in Gorakhpur ( UP) in a bengali hindu family . His father was a small trader .
Asit sen was fond of photography and wanted to be a professional photographer and opened a Sen photo studio in 1932 at gorakhpur but had to close down within a few years as world war -2 erupted and availability of imported studio materials for photography became a big problem .
Asit then went to Kolkata and through some family connections, came in to
with famous film producer Bimal Roy who made him as one of his assistants in film direction and he continued to be so till 1956 but before that he did a commendable job as production executive of hit films – Do bigha Jamin दो बीघा ज़मीन 1953, parinita परिनिता 1954 and Biraj bahu बिराज बहू 1954 .
In 1956, Bimal roy gave him the full responsibility of directing the film named Parivar परिवार and then film Apradhi kaun अपराधी कौन in 1957 .
In the 1960s the tone, the ethos and the entire economics of Hindi films started changing rapidly . Bimal Roy, as producer, was successful in only his own directed films . In such uncertain times , Asit sen ,though quite competent in direction , thought it better to shift to acting .
He signed the film Chota Bhai in which he had to do comedy in the role of a stupid servant. He was not able to think how best to do it . Then he remembered his childhood servant in his house who used to speak in a very slow tempo – ‘Kaa ho babu.. kaa karta hav…’ का हो बाबू ..का करत होउ . Asit Sen copied the same style. This trick worked and he got a line of comedy roles. His unique style of delivering dialogues at a very slow speed and in a thin voice ( despite his huge body ) soon made him famous as a gentle , clean and a polished comedian .
Due to his typical style of speaking dialogues , he was asked to speak dialogues in the same way and in the same style in every film .
Asit Sen began fearing being typecast in the same style, but the 1961 film ‘Bees Saal Baad’ बीस साल बाद took him to great heights due to his this very style.
In this film he played the role of Gopichand Jasoos – a character that became so popular that it was copied again and again .
He worked in about 200 films in his career and acted in various roles such as Pujari , doctor , police man, domestic help, kunwar babu, teacher , lawyer , seth, dhaba owner , munim , professor etc
Asit Sen was married to Mukul, a calcuttan . They had Two sons Abhijit and Sujit Sen and a daughter Rupa. Abhijit Sen was an assistant to famous director Dulal Guha and then worked in Bengali films. Sujit Sen is a cameraman.
In 1993, Asit’s wife Mukul Sen fell seriously ill, after which she died. Asit was so devastated by his wife’s death that a few months later, on 18 September 1993, he also passed away leaving behind millions of his fans who will always remember him .

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Three stars