Actress Suchitra Sen on Friday passes away in Kolkata after suffering a massive heart attack.

After having stabilised for the last 2-3 days, the condition of the 82-year-old actress had deteriorated since Wednesday night and in the morning she suffered a heart attack, the doctors said.

The doctors had put in some emergency measures.

The actress was being given non-invasive BIPAP regularly since Wednesday.

Sen was admitted to Belle Vue Clinic on December 23 following a respiratory tract infection.

Later she was treated in a private Intensive Treatment Unit for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Led by Dr Subrata Maitra, a medical board was formed to monitor the health of its star patient around-the-clock.

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

Suchitra Sen was the first Bengali actress to be awarded at an international film festival (Best Actress award for Saat Paake Bandha in the 1963 Moscow film festival).

She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972 by Government of India.

She allegedly refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2005, preferring to stay out of the public eye.

In 2012, Sen was conferred West Bengal government’s highest award Banga Bibhushan.