Nandana Sen

Sen is the daughter of Nobel Laureate and Bharat Ratna economist Amartya Sen and Padma Shri awardee Nabanita Dev Sen. Nandana was born in New Delhi. Her elder sister Antara Dev Sen is a journalist. Nandana spent few years of her childhood in Delhi and London. After her parents separated, she and her sibling Antara moved to Kolkata with their mother Nabanita. After completing her schooling in Kolkata, she went to United States for further studies and completed her BA and Master's in English literature from Harvard University. Nandana Sen's first piece of writing was published when she was a child in the magazine Sandesh, selected by Satyajit Ray.{{cite news |url=http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/newswallah-bollywood-edition-10/?_r=0 |work=The New York Times |first=Anupama |last=Chopra |title=Newswallah: Bollywood Edition |date=28 January 2012}} She spent her formative years in various cities across Europe, India and America.

Nandana Sen studied literature at Harvard University, where she was awarded the Detur Prize in her first year for topping her class,{{cite news |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-05-22/news/39445533_1_nandana-sen-shantiniketan-topper |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608102033/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-05-22/news/39445533_1_nandana-sen-shantiniketan-topper |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 June 2013 |work=The Times Of India |title=Amartya Sen's daughter Nandana meticulously handles her passion from movies to non-profit work |date=22 May 2013}} and thereafter won both the John Harvard Scholarship and the Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Award for Academic Achievement of the Highest Distinction. As a Junior, she was elected early into the academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa. Subsequently, Sen studied Film Producing at the Peter Stark Producing Program at the USC Film School. She wrote and directed various short films, including her thesis film "Arranged Marriage" which was shown at multiple film festivals. As an actor, Nandana trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, New York, as well as the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London.

Along with acting in theatre and films internationally, Nandana also promotes the cause of child protection. Nandana, who is the Child Protection Ambassador for Save the Children India, was Smile Ambassador for the global children's NGO Operation Smile,{{Cite web |url=http://www.operationsmile.org.in/news/news/index.phtml?news_num=1154 |title=Operation Smile India – News & Press – News |access-date=5 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608131418/http://www.operationsmile.org.in/news/news/index.phtml?news_num=1154 |archive-date=8 June 2015 |url-status=dead}} UNICEF India's National Celebrity for Child Protection and against Gender Based Violence,{{Cite web |url=http://www.unicef.org/india/partners_5762.htm |title=Celebrities Speak {{!}} UNICEF |website=www.unicef.org |access-date=30 April 2016 |archive-date=2 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202183826/http://www.unicef.org/india/partners_5762.htm |url-status=dead }} and Cause Ambassador for RAHI (India's first organization to break the silence about child sexual abuse).{{Cite web |url=http://www.rahifoundation.org/home.html |title=RAHI – Recovering and Healing from Incest |access-date=5 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029023818/http://www.rahifoundation.org/home.html |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://twfindia.in/WomenDetailsPage/womenDetails171111a.php |title=TWF India-"Child abuse a neglected crisis in India" |access-date=5 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509005110/http://twfindia.in/WomenDetailsPage/womenDetails171111a.php |archive-date=9 May 2012 |url-status=dead}} She is a Director for the Women's Refuge Commission, New York, serving also on its Program and Advocacy Committee. She collaborates with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) as a Child Rights Expert and Juror for Public Hearings. Nandana has been actively fighting to stop the crisis of child trafficking in India,{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130303/jsp/calcutta/story_16627157.jsp#.UTMMfKKotjs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002134448/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130303/jsp/calcutta/story_16627157.jsp#.UTMMfKKotjs |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 October 2013 |location=Calcutta, India |work=The Telegraph |first1=And |last1=All |title=Gender sensitivity is a matter of life & death |date=3 March 2013}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/state-ranks-second-in-child-trafficking/article4433510.ece#.USRWR6QAu18.email |location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu |title='State ranks second in child trafficking' |date=20 February 2013}} both with organizations such as the NCPCR and the Terre des hommes foundation{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Nandana-Sen-to-fight-against-child-trafficking/articleshow/10441288.cms |work=The Times Of India |title=Nandana Sen to fight against child trafficking – The Times of India}} as well as addressing this topic in cinema.{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120510/jsp/entertainment/story_15470660.jsp#.Uf7nfKVuDzI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513113624/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120510/jsp/entertainment/story_15470660.jsp#.Uf7nfKVuDzI |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 May 2012 |location=Calcutta, India |work=The Telegraph |title=Nandana the maneater |date=10 May 2012}} She has been invited to speak on the cause of child protection in international conferences, including the Global Call to Action Summit for Child Survival and Development organized by USAID{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/My-work-in-child-protection-has-been-integral-to-my-life-Nandana-Sen/articleshow/18511261.cms |work=The Times Of India |title=My work in child protection has been integral to my life: Nandana Sen – The Times of India}} and the International Comprehensive Cleft Care Conference of 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.meetingsnmore.com/OPERATIONSMILEINDIA2013.COM/Download/Programme.pdf |title=ICCCC 2013 Schedule |website=Meetings n more |access-date=16 May 2023 | archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516065010/http://www.meetingsnmore.com/OPERATIONSMILEINDIA2013.COM/Download/Programme.pdf |url-status=dead }} Nandana Sen has combined her commitment to child rights with her acting work,{{Cite web |url=http://www.magnamags.com/savvy/nandana-sen-in-our-film-industry-sexy-implies-a-total-absence-of-intellect/6338?item=10612 |title=Nandana Sen: "In Our Film Industry, 'Sexy' Implies A Total Absence Of Intellect!" : MagnaMags |website=www.magnamags.com |access-date=30 April 2016 |archive-date=18 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418144028/http://magnamags.com/savvy/nandana-sen-in-our-film-industry-sexy-implies-a-total-absence-of-intellect/6338?item=10612 |url-status=dead}} including originating the role of the traumatized protagonist of the play "30 Days in September" (Prithvi Theatre) and the film "Chuppee/ The Silence" on Child Abuse (UNIFEM).{{Cite web |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-05-22/news/39445533_1_nandana-sen-shantiniketan-topper |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608102033/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-05-22/news/39445533_1_nandana-sen-shantiniketan-topper |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 June 2013 |title=Amartya Sen's daughter Nandana meticulously handles her passion from movies to non-profit work |website=timesofindia-economictimes |access-date=30 April 2016}}{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/My-work-in-child-protection-has-been-integral-to-my-life-Nandana-Sen/articleshow/18511261.cms? |title=My work in child protection has been integral to my life: Nandana Sen – Times of India |website=The Times of India |access-date=30 April 2016}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/sen-and-sensibility/article4450457.ece |location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu |first=Sudhish |last=Kamath |title=Sen and sensibility |date=25 February 2013}}

Sen has starred in over 20 feature films from various countries and in various languages. Her portrayal of Sugandha in Rang Rasiya (2008) has been hailed by critics as "pitch-perfect,"{{cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/rang-rasiya-movie-review-1048 |title=Rang Rasiya Movie Review – NDTV Movies |access-date=16 June 2015 |archive-date=15 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115203425/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/rang-rasiya-movie-review-1048 |url-status=dead}} "superb,"{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/rang-rasiya-review-a-passionate-but-flawed-ode-review-bollywood-15058564.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110022244/http://www.sify.com/movies/rang-rasiya-review-a-passionate-but-flawed-ode-review-bollywood-15058564.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2014 |title=Rang Rasiya review: A passionate but flawed ode|website=Sify }} "divine, elegant, and enticing,"[https://web.archive.org/web/20141106173453/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/reviews/rang-rasiya-review-the-randeep-hooda-starrer-is-much-more-than-a-period-film/article1-1283218.aspx#pq=FYJbqq Hindustan Times] "innocent and vulnerable,"{{Cite web |url=http://www.magnamags.com/live-feed/movie-reviews/rangrasiya-review-a-stunning-visual-treat/5551 |title=Rang Rasiya review: A stunning visual treat : MagnaMags |website=www.magnamags.com |access-date=30 April 2016}} "fearless, uninhibited,"{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-rang-rasiya-is-an-important-film/20141107.htm |title=Review: Rang Rasiya is an important film |website=Rediff |access-date=30 April 2016}} "radiant in every frame",{{Cite web |url=http://www.koimoi.com/reviews/rang-rasiya-review/ |title=Rang Rasiya Review {{!}} Koimoi |last=Basu |first=Mohar |website=www.koimoi.com |date=6 November 2014 |access-date=30 April 2016}} "poignant, lustrous",{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-review/Rang-Rasiya/movie-review/45045484.cms |work=The Times Of India |title=Rang Rasiya Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India}} "stunning"{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/507692 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626001120/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/criticreview/id/507692 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 June 2014 |title=Rang Rasiya / Colors of Passion Review – Bollywood Hungama |first=Bollywood |last=Hungama|website=Bollywood Hungama |date=2 June 2023 }} and "as refined as it is bold".{{cite web |title=Movie Review: Rang Rasiya |url=http://www.filmfare.com/reviews/movie-review-rang-rasiya-7662.html |website=Filmfare}} Sen's groundbreaking performance as artist Ravi Varma's muse in this historical romance on the religious censorship of art subsequently won her the prestigious Kalakar Award for Best Actress in 2015: in her acceptance speech, Nandana went on record saying that the award honours "the greater cause of free speech and expression, now under enormous threat everywhere, as shown by the horrifying Charlie Hebdo killings in Paris. The need to protect our creative freedom – whether we are actors or journalists, film-makers or novelists – is more urgent now than ever."{{Cite web |url=http://us.india.com/showbiz/paris-attack-nandana-sen-makes-charlie-hebdo-the-star-262541/ |title=Paris attack: Nandana Sen makes Charlie Hebdo the star! |date=27 January 2015 |website=India.com |access-date=30 April 2016}}

However, controversial acting choices,{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Embracing-nudity-was-a-difficult-decision-to-make-Nandana-Sen/articleshow/44995042.cms |work=The Times Of India |title=Embracing nudity was a difficult decision to make: Nandana Sen – The Times of India}} Best Actress Awards,{{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonindia.com/#!/actor/Nandana-Sen |title=Whats On App}}Autograph (2010 film){{Circular reference|date=August 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://ww.itimes.com/photo/sizzling-nandana-sen-520e2245c937d |title=Sizzling Nandana Sen – itimes}} and critical acclaim{{Cite web |url=http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/09-2002/modigliani_2593.html |title=Modigliani |website=TheaterMania.com |date=24 September 2002 |access-date=30 April 2016}}{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/reviews/autograph-1117944016/ |work=Variety |first=Jay |last=Weissberg |title=Autograph |date=9 November 2010}}{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/the-doll-2-1200450340/ |title=The Doll |date=2 June 1997}}{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/autograph-film-review-42928 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Deborah |last=Young |title=Autograph – Film Review}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2005/10/13/the-war-within-the-war-within/ |title=The War Within {{!}} Arts {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |website=www.thecrimson.com |access-date=30 April 2016}}{{Cite web |url=https://komalsreviews.wordpress.com/2014/11/08/367/ |title=Komal Nahta's Blog |date=8 November 2014 |website=Komal Nahta's Blog |access-date=30 April 2016}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/reviews/rang-rasiya-movie-review.asp |title=Rang Rasiya Movie Review: Randeep Hooda-Nandana Sens RANG RASIYA brings alive colours of life! {{!}} glamsham.com |website=www.glamsham.com |access-date=30 April 2016}}{{Cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/movie-review-rang-rasiya-randeep-hooda-nandana-sen-an-important-story-that-needed-to-be-told/1/399536.html |title=Movie Review: Rang Rasiya an important story that needed to be told |website=indiatoday.intoday.in |date=7 November 2014 |access-date=30 April 2016}} are not unique in Nandana Sen's unconventional career.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} Sen experienced her first taste of cinema acting while still a student when director Goutam Ghose tapped her to play the lead in his dark and disturbing psychodrama The Doll (Gudia){{cite news |url=https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/the-doll-2-1200450340/ |work=Variety |first=David |last=Stratton |title=The Doll |date=2 June 1997}} as one of the targets of a middle-age man's sexual obsession, which premiered at the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. Sen was first seen on Indian screens as Rani Mukerji's younger sister in Sanjay Leela Bhasali's award-winning film Black. Sen's portrayal of a vulnerable teenager was not only critically appreciated{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117926203/?refcatid=31 |work=Variety |first=Derek |last=Elley |title=Black |date=15 February 2005}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/reviews/black.asp |title=Black movie review : glamsham.com |website=www.glamsham.com |access-date=30 April 2016}}[http://www.sify.com/movies/bollywood/preview.php?ctid=5&cid=2425&id=13663000 sify.com]{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/black-review-bollywood-13663000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730012052/http://www.sify.com/movies/black-review-bollywood-13663000.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2014 |title=Movie Review : Black |website=Sify |access-date=25 August 2013}} but also earned her a nomination for Breakthrough Performance of the Year (Stardust Awards, 2005).

In the anti-war film Tango Charlie, Sen played the female lead opposite Ajay Devgan starring Sanjay Dutt and Bobby Deol and with Anil Kapoor in My Wife's Murder. Nandana followed this by signing lead roles opposite Salman Khan in the bilingual Hollywood-Bollywood film Marigold,{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/marigold-1200557131/ |work=Variety |first=Peter |last=Debruge |title=Marigold |date=16 August 2007}} and Vivek Oberoi in Prince, at the same time playing the protagonist in unconventional but acclaimed films such as Strangers{{Cite web |url=http://www.glamsham.com/movies/reviews/14_movie_reviews_strangers_120707.asp |title=Strangers movie review : glamsham.com |website=www.glamsham.com |access-date=30 April 2016}} and The Forest.

The British television series Sharpe increased her notability. The episode Sharpe’s Peril featured Sen in a pivotal role.{{Cite web |url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayArticle.php?id=n042908084807 |title=Sean Bean And Nandana Sen Cross Sharpe Swords In Orcha! – Planet Bollywood News |website=www.planetbollywood.com |access-date=30 April 2016}} In 2007, Sen signed on to portray a young rebellious woman fleeing from law authorities in director Shamim Sarif's lesbian-themed period drama The World Unseen. In 2010, Nandana starred in the Bengali super-hit Autograph,{{Cite web |url=http://www.venkateshfilms.com/microsite/autograph/ |title=Autograph – Prosenjit Chatterjee, Nandana Sen – Bengali Movie (2010) – Shree Venkatesh Films Production – Cinergy Pictures |website=www.venkateshfilms.com |access-date=30 April 2016 |archive-date=4 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104211523/http://www.venkateshfilms.com/microsite/autograph/ |url-status=dead }} for which she was awarded the TeleCine Award for Best Actress and the Reliance BIG Bangla Rising Star Award.

In theatre as in film, Sen has often played an artist's muse and has been critically appreciated each time, including the off-Broadway production "Modigliani",{{cite web |url=http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/09-2002/modigliani_2593.html |title=Modigliani|date=24 September 2002 }} the Bengali blockbuster "Autograph", and her latest release, "Rang Rasiya".{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/rang-rasiya-movie-review-1048 |title=Rang Rasiya Movie Review – NDTV Movies |website=NDTVMovies.com |access-date=30 April 2016 |archive-date=15 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115203425/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/rang-rasiya-movie-review-1048 |url-status=dead}} A favorite cover-girl of leading magazines for women as well as men, such as Femina,{{cite web |url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/Femina-August-27-2008-Nandana-Sen-Feroze-Gujral-Zaheer-Khan-Womens-Magazine-/141410178945 |title=Femina August 27, 2008 Nandana Sen Feroze Gujral Zaheer Khan Women's Magazine}} Savvy,{{cite web |url=http://www.magnamags.com/savvy/nandana-sen-in-our-film-industry-sexy-implies-a-total-absence-of-intellect/6338?item=10612 |title=Nandana Sen: "In Our Film Industry, 'Sexy' Implies A Total Absence Of Intellect!" : MagnaMags |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-date=18 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418144028/http://magnamags.com/savvy/nandana-sen-in-our-film-industry-sexy-implies-a-total-absence-of-intellect/6338?item=10612 |url-status=dead}} FHM,{{cite web |url=http://www.magxone.com/fhm/nandana-sen-fhm-india-february-2010/attachment/nandana-sen-fhm-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211135715/http://www.magxone.com/fhm/nandana-sen-fhm-india-february-2010/attachment/nandana-sen-fhm-2/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=11 February 2010 |title=Nandana Sen FHM 2 |date=7 February 2010}} Man's World{{Cite web |url=http://www.mansworldindia.com/women/nandana-sen-talks/ |title=Nandana Sen Talks |date=5 November 2014 |website=Man's World India |language=en |access-date=30 April 2016}} and Maxim,{{Cite web |url=http://allindianbollymodels.blogspot.com/2013/05/nandana-sen-on-cover-of-maxim.html |title=Nandana-sen-on-the-cover-of-maxim |website=Nandana-sen-on-the-cover-of-maxim – Bollywood Hot Models |access-date=30 April 2016}} Sen is known as much for her performances as for being comfortable with her sexuality and for speaking her mind:{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} "My body is as much a part of my humanity as my brain, my morals, and my heart, and I will never be ashamed of expressing it with the dignity and self-respect it deserves."{{Cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/female-bodies-are-often-treated-as-objects-in-showbiz-nandana-sen/164322 |title=Female bodies are often treated as objects in showbiz: Nandana Sen |website=mid-day |date=23 May 2012 |access-date=30 April 2016}}

Sen, whose professional choices have included a tenure as a literary editor at Houghton Mifflin Company, and as Princess Jasmine in Disneyland, is also a children's book author, a screenwriter,{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/29/stories/2003052900870300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030630013816/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/29/stories/2003052900870300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2003 |location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu |title=She's no doll, nor a moll |date=29 May 2003}} a maker of short films,http://wonderwoman.intoday.in/photo/10-things-you-would-love-to-know-about-nandana-sen/1/4304.html#photo10 short films and a published writer in multiple genres, including poetry,{{cite news |url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nandanasenblog/page/mostReadPosts |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130805200239/http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nandanasenblog/page/mostReadPosts |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 August 2013 |title=Most Read : Nandana Sen's Blog : nandana.sen – Times Of India Blog}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.nandanasen.net/fhm_Cover_Story.pdf |title=nandanasen.net |website=www.nandanasen.net |access-date=30 April 2016}} narrative non-fiction,{{Cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/specials/2009/may/170509-Nandana-Sen-Mothers-Day-Play-Sunday-Midday-Nabaneeta-Dev-Sen-poet-novelist.htm |title=Special News, Special Stories, Special Reports, Hot News Today, Blogs, Editorial – Midday |website=mid-day |access-date=30 April 2016}}{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Nandana-shocked-at-Durga-ma-in-bikini-top/articleshow/5059101.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130805200307/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-26/news-interviews/28076069_1_ma-durga-durga-puja-mahalaya |url-status=live |archive-date=5 August 2013 |work=The Times of India |title=Nandana shocked at Durga ma in bikini top! |date=26 September 2009}}{{cite news |url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nandanasenblog/entry/when-another-umbrella-flew-off-exposing-my-first-almost-kiss |work=The Times Of India |title=When another umbrella flew off exposing my first almost-kiss}} and Op Eds.{{Cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?284355 |title=Pass By On The Sidewalk, Without Looking |website=outlookindia.com/ |access-date=30 April 2016}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gender-sensitivity-is-a-matter-of-life-and-death...-all-of-us-are-accountable/1076012/ |title='Gender sensitivity is a matter of life and death all of us are accountable' |website=indianexpress.com |access-date=30 April 2016}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/specials/2008/dec/141208-Nandana-Sen-Mumbai-Terror-attack-Gateway-of-India-Peace-March-Taj-Mahal-Hotel.htm |title=Special News, Special Stories, Special Reports, Hot News Today, Blogs, Editorial – Midday |website=mid-day |access-date=30 April 2016}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/specials/2009/may/030509-Indian-women-gender-inequality-delhi-schoolgirl-killed-untouchable-child-burnt-Nandita-Sen.htm |title=Special News, Special Stories, Special Reports, Hot News Today, Blogs, Editorial – Midday |website=mid-day |access-date=30 April 2016}} She has authored six children's books, In My Heart (Penguin Random House India, 2019), The Monkey Who Wanted to Fly (Italian: La scimmietta che voleva volare, Fetrinelli Kids, 2018), Talky Tumble of Jumble Farm (Penguin Random House India, 2017), Not Yet! (Tulika Books, 2017), Mambi and the Forest Fire (Puffin, 2016)[https://www.amazon.in/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_2_14?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=mambi+and+the+forest+fire&sprefix=mambi+and+the+%2Caps%2C206&crid=1XFZ6Y1ORTOWN], and Kangaroo Kisses (Otter-Barry Books, 2016)[https://www.amazon.com/Kangaroo-Kisses-Nandana-Dev-Sen/dp/1910959006]. In addition, she has translated and edited a bilingual collection of Bengali poetry, Make Up Your Mind: 25 Poems About Choice (iUniverse, 2013).[https://www.amazon.com/Make-Up-Your-Mind-Choice/dp/1475967527]. In 2021, Acrobat (Archipelago Books), a collection of her mother's poems translated from the Bengali into English, was published. Sen also writes a fiction series for The Wire entitled Youthquake[http://thewire.in/tag/youthquake/]. Sen's first original screenplay to be made into a film was Forever, funded by Telefilm Canada.{{cite web |url=http://divanifilms.com/film-tv/forever/ |title=Forever}} She was commissioned by Divani Films to adapt R.K. Narayan’s novel Waiting For the Mahatma into a film script, and by Big Bang Company to write an original script focusing on a father-daughter relationship. Currently Nandana is completing the next book in her bestselling Mambi the Marvel series. She is also working on a multigenerational memoir entitled Mother Tongues, which grew from her essays "Shamelessly Female",. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120513113624/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120510/jsp/entertainment/story_15470660.jsp#.WGanL32Geex], "Every Word a Lifelong Quest" (Lithub, 2021)[https://lithub.com/a-lifetime-of-luminous-poetry-nandana-dev-sen-on-translating-the-work-of-her-mother-nabaneeta/] and "Letter to Ma" (The Ink, 2021) [https://the.ink/p/mothersday]

Sen married John Makinson, Chairman of Penguin Random House, in June 2013.{{Cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nandana-sen-secretly-marries/1/286633.html |title=Celebrities News - Latest Celebrity News & Gossip, Couples and celebrities birthdays |access-date=17 July 2014 |archive-date=25 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725220735/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nandana-sen-secretly-marries/1/286633.html |url-status=dead }} The couple adopted a young Bengali girl in 2018. She was previously in a relationship with Indian film producer, Madhu Mantena, for over a decade.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Nandana-Sen-All-my-big-decisions-in-life-made-sense-to-no-one-but-me/articleshow/45012135.cms |title=Nandana Sen: All my big decisions in life made sense to no one but me – Times of India |website=The Times of India|date=3 November 2014 }}

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