Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Reclusive Bengali screen goddess Suchitra Sen, who had bewitched generations of filmbuffs with her grace and beauty, died at a Kolkata nursing home Friday following a massive cardiac arrest, attending doctor Subir Mondal said.

The 82-year old actress, under treatment at the Belle Vue Clnic for the last 26 days following serious respiratory problems, breathed her last at 8.25 a.m., Mondal told IANS.

A widow, Suchitra left behind her daughter Moon Moon and grand daughters Riya and Raima - all three having taken up acting as a career.