Suchitra Sen was born in Pabna,
in the present-day Pabna District of Bangladesh, on 6 April
1931. Her father Late Karunamoy Dasgupta was the headmaster of the local
school, and her mother Indira Devi was a homemaker. She was their fifth child
and third daughter. She received her formal education in Pabna.
Suchitra Sen married Dibanath Sen, son of wealthy Bengali
industrialist Adinath Sen, in 1947 and had one daughter, Moon Moon
Sen, who is a former actress. Her father-in-law Adinath Sen was supportive of
her acting