Raima Sen


Raima Sen, is an Indian film actress who appears mainly in Bengali and Hindi movies. She is known for her roles in films like Chokher Bali, Parineeta, The Japanese Wife, and Baishe Srabon, earning praise for her natural performances.
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Early life

Sen was born on 7 November 1979 in Bombay to Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Varma and the granddaughter of actress Suchitra Sen who is regarded as the Mahanayika of Bengali Cinema. Her sister Riya Sen is also in the Bollywood industry. Their father Bharat Dev Varma is a member of the royal family of Tripura. Her paternal grandmother, Ila Devi, was the princess of Cooch Behar, whose younger sister Gayatri Devi was the Maharani of Jaipur. Sen is also a descendant of the social reformer Keshab Chandra Sen through her paternal lineage; her ancestor Suniti Devi, the Maharani of Cooch Behar and daughter of Keshab Chandra Sen, was the mother of Jitendra Narayan, who was Raima Sen’s paternal great-grandfather. Her paternal great-grandmother Indira was the only daughter of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda.
Raima's maternal great-grandfather Adinath Sen was a prominent Kolkata businessman, whose son Dinanath Sen – a relative of former Union Law Minister Ashoke Kumar Sen- was the Diwan or a Minister of the Maharaja of Tripura. The sisters are credited on-screen under their mother's maiden name, although their official papers carry the surname Dev Varma.

Personal life

Sen is said to resemble her grandmother much more than either her mother or her sister. In an interview, she says while she enjoys Mumbai's faster pace of life, its gyms and its nightclubs, she misses her family in Kolkata, her dog Cuddles, and Kolkata's street food, notably Jhal Muri and Aloo chaat. Raima Sen in 2006 said that she had a brief relation with Odisha politician Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo in 2006–2007, but the relationship did not last long.

Career

Sen made her debut in the film Godmother, which was a critically acclaimed success, but her minor role may have been overlooked in favour of the protagonist, played by Shabana Azmi. She then starred in the film Daman playing Raveena Tandon's daughter, where her small performance was appreciated.
Her breakthrough role came when she starred in the Rituparno Ghosh's film Chokher Bali. After a few more average movies she had Parineeta in 2005, where she played the playmate of the film's heroine, played by the debutante Vidya Balan. Since then she has had two more hits with the action thriller Dus and the Bengali film Antar Mahal. In 2006, she appeared in the film The Bong Connection. In 2007, she worked in the thriller Manorama Six Feet Under with Abhay Deol. In 2011, she starred in the hit Bengali film Baishe Srabon, opposite Parambrata Chatterjee.
2014 saw Sen as the leading lady in the critically acclaimed Hrid Majharey, the first Bengali movie based on the works of William Shakespeare, and presented as a tribute on the 450th year of birth of the Bard. She co-stars with Abir Chatterjee and Indrasish Roy in this dark love-story by debutant filmmaker Ranjan Ghosh. The film has earned a rare recommendation from the Film London in its list of world cinema based on the plays of Shakespeare. The film and its screenplay have also been included in the UGC Literature Archive. It is also famous for being the only other Bengali film after Sabuj Dweeper Raja to be shot in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
In 2016, she was seen in Bollywood Diaries, a film written and directed by K.D. Satyam. The film also stars Ashish Vidyarthi and Salim Diwan. Amazon Prime The Last Hour Web Series will release in 2020 Ending in this series Raima Sen & Sanjay Kapoor playing the main role this series directed by Amit Kumar.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1999GodmotherSejalHindiDebut film
2001DamanDeepa SaikiaHindi
2002Nil NirjaneRiaBengali
2002Chokher BaliAshalataBengali
2002Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th CenturyJunaliHindi
2003Kuch Dil Ne KahaHindi
2004ShaktiManasiBengali
2005Antar MahalRukminiBengali
2005DhairyamMallikaTelugu
2005NishijaponSunitaBengaliBFJA - Most Promising Actress Award
2005ParineetaKoelHindi
200599.9 FMKim G. SinghHindi
2005DusPriyaHindi
2006The Bong Connection SheelaBengali
2006AnurananPreetiBengali
2007Eklavya: The Royal GuardPrincess NandiniHindi
2007Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.Milly P. SenHindi
2007YatraHindi
2007Manorama Six Feet UnderSheetal/NeetuHindi
2007MigrationYamunaHindiShort film
2008KhelaAnjaliBengali
2008DhariyaHindi
2008C KkompanyPriyaHindi
2008MukhbiirRoshniHindi
2009Mere Khwabon Mein Jo AayeMaya SinghHindi
2009Mumbai CuttingHindi
2010The Japanese WifeSandhyaBengali
2010Memories in MarchSahana ChowdhuryEnglishPartly in Bengali & Hindi
2010Teen PattiShivani MukherjeeHindi
2010Notobor NotoutMistuBengali
2010MirchMaya/ManjulaHindi
2011NoukadubiHemnaliniBengaliDubbed in Hindi as Kashmakash
2011Baishe SrabonAmrita MukherjiBengali
2011VeeraputhranKunhi BeevathuMalayalam
2012Chitrangada: The Crowning WishKasturiBengali
2012AboshesheyNandiniBengali
2012Koyekti Meyer GolpoRiniBengali
20123 BachelorsNehaHindi
2013Maach Mishti & MoreIshaniBengaliNominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor Supporting Role – Bengali
2013I, Me, aur MainBeena ChandokHindi
2013Hawa BodolTanuka/TanuBengali
2013ShabdoTarukh's wifeBengali
2013Ami Aar Amar GirlfriendsPreenitaBengali
2013Ganesh TalkiesShabanBengali
2013SunglassBengali
2014Chaya ManushBengali
2014Children of WarFidaHindi
2014Baari Tar BanglaAbantiBengali
2014Hrid MajhareyDebjaniBengali
2015Abby SenParamaBengali
2015Kaagaz Ke FoolsRubinaHindi
2015Roga Howar Sohoj UpayBengali
201589PurbaBengali
2016Bollywood DiariesImliHindi
2016MonchoraNandaBengali
2016Bastu ShaapBanya Dasgupta/BonyBengali
2016KhawtoSrijita /SriBengali
2017ESP-Ekti Rohosso GolpoBengali
2017Hason RajaDilaramBengali
2018Vodka DiariesRoshni BanerjeeHindi
20182006 Varanasi – The UntoldHindi
2018ReunionMurari Mohan RakshitBengali
2019Finally BhalobashaMalabikaBengali
2019SitaraSitaraBengali
2020Dwitiyo PurushAmritaBengali
2022AnyaDivyaHindi, MarathiBilingual film
2023The Vaccine WarRohini Singh DhullaHindi
2024Bastar: The Naxal StoryVanya RoyHindi
2024Aliya Basu Gayab HaiAliya BasuHindi
2024Chaalchitro: The Frame FataleMilliBengali

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatformNotes
2017HelloNanditaHoichoi
2018MehmaanAalo ChakrabortyZEE5
2019ParchhayeeJulieZEE5
2019Love BitesZEE5
2019Eat Sleep RepeatSanjanaZEE5
2020Black WidowsInnaya ThakurZEE5
2020Forbidden LoveSudhaZEE5
2021The [Last Hour (Indian TV series)|The Last Hour]NyimaAmazon Prime
2022Mai: A Mother's RageNeelamNetflix
2023RoktokorobiRanjaZEE5
2024KolonkoChaitiHoichoi
2024Big Girls Don't CryUma AhujaPrime Video

Awards and nominations