Raima Sen

Raima Sen was born on 7 November 1979 in Bombay (now Mumbai){{Cite web |date=2024-11-07 |title=Raima Sen Birthday: I'd Like To Do A Film Like Jodhaa Akbar Or Yuva {{!}} EXCLUSIVE |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/bollywood/raima-sen-birthday-id-like-to-do-a-film-like-jodhaa-akbar-or-yuva-exclusive-article-115037944 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Times Now |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2019-11-07 |title=Raima Sen’s birthday just got all the more special, here’s why |url=https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/web-series/article/Raima-Sen-s-birthday-just-got-all-the-more-special--here-s-why-22050170 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Mid-day |language=en}} 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.[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/bollywoods-royal-connection/the-royal-family-strikes-a-regal-pose/photostory/61151062.cms Bollywood's royal connection], The Times of India. Her paternal grandmother, Ila Devi, was the princess of Cooch Behar, whose younger sister Gayatri Devi was the Maharani of Jaipur.{{Cite news |title=Raima and Riya Sen - Bollywood's royal connection |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/bollywoods-royal-connection/Raima-and-Riya-Sen/photostory/52745966.cms |access-date=7 November 2020 |website=The Times of India}} Her paternal great-grandmother Indira was the only daughter of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda.[http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/c/coochbehar.html COOCH BEHAR (Princely State)], University of Queensland. Retrieved 18 April 2008.Geraldine Forbes et al., [https://books.google.com/books?id=ohnfWmSgFkAC&dq=indira+Sayajirao+&pg=PA135 The new Cambridge history of India]{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, p. 135, Cambridge University Press, 2003, {{ISBN|0-521-26727-7}}.

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.{{cite book |last=Chatterji |first=Shoma A. |title=Suchitra Sen: A Legend in Her Lifetime . |publisher=Rupa & Co. |year=2002 |isbn=81-7167-998-6}} The sisters are credited on-screen under their mother's maiden name, although their official papers carry the surname Dev Varma.{{cite news |title=Will you change your surname after marriage? |work=The Times of India |date=24 January 2004 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/calcutta-times/will-you-change-your-surname-after-marriage/articleshow/443410.cms |access-date=31 May 2008 |first1=Amrita |last1=Mukherjee}}

Sen is said to resemble her grandmother much more than either her mother or her sister.{{cite web |title=I want to do what Rani did in Black |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/jan/09sld4.htm |access-date=26 June 2011 |work=Rediff.com}} 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.{{cite web |title=I want to do what Rani did in Black |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/jan/09sld3.htm |access-date=26 June 2011 |work=Rediff.com}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Mohapatra |first=Anurag |title=Raima Sen, The Bong Beauty And Her Odisha Connection. Biography - Odiha News |date=12 April 2021 |url=https://newsodihaonline.com/raima-sen-dev-verma/ |access-date=26 April 2021 |language=en-US}}

Raima Sen with her mother [[Moon Moon Sen|alt=|thumb|220x220px]]

Sen made her debut in the film Godmother, which was a critically acclaimed{{by whom|date=March 2014}} 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 (where she had a very small role). In 2006, she appeared in the film The Bong Connection (co-starring Shayan Munshi). 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.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Love-and-jealousy-450-years-after-the-Bard/articleshow/39571600.cms |title=Love, and jealousy, 450 years after the Bard – The Times of India |website=The Times of India|date=4 August 2014 }}{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/hrid-majharey-bengali-dark-but-honest/ |title=Hrid Majharey (Bengali) / Dark but honest|date=24 July 2014 }} She co-stars with Abir Chatterjee and Indrasish Roy in this dark love-story by debutant filmmaker Ranjan Ghosh.{{cite web |url=http://mobiletoi.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=25§id=edid=&edlabel=TOIKM&mydateHid=28-12-2012&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Kolkata&edname=&articleid=Ar02502&publabel=TOI |title=Abir-Raima jodi-The pair comes together in Ranjan Ghosh's first film |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017130853/http://mobiletoi.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=25§id=edid%3D&edlabel=TOIKM&mydateHid=28 |archive-date=17 October 2014 |access-date=19 December 2014 }} The film has earned a rare recommendation from the Film London in its list of world cinema based on the plays of Shakespeare.{{Cite web|url=https://article.wn.com/view/2014/11/22/Film_London_launches_Shakespeare_India/|title=Film London launches Shakespeare India - Worldnews.com|website=article.wn.com}} The film and its screenplay have also been included in the UGC Literature Archive.{{cite web |url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31812&articlexml=Hrid-Majharey-part-of-JU-project-02112014101045 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102194032/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31812&articlexml=Hrid-Majharey-part-of-JU-project-02112014101045 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 November 2014 |title=Hrid Majharey part of JU project}} It is also famous for being the only other Bengali film after Sabuj Dweeper Raja (1979) to be shot in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.{{cite web |title=Andaman album Hrid Majharey maker Ranjan Ghosh shares his andaman album with t2 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/andaman-album/cid/160468 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205002902/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/andaman-album/cid/160468 |archive-date=5 February 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.andamansheekha.com/2013/02/28/actress-raima-sen-in-city-shooting-of-bengali-film-hrid-majharay-in-afc/ |title=Actress Raima Sen in city :::: Shooting of Bengali Film 'Hrid Majharay' in AFC|date=28 February 2013 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/i-was-awe-struck-on-visiting-cellular-jail-abir-114062500074_1.html|title=I was awe-struck on visiting Cellular Jail: Abir}}

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.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Amazon Prime The Last Hour{{Cite web |title=The Last Hour |url=https://www.webseriesreviews.com/amazon-prime-the-last-hour/ |website=webseriesreviews.com |date=25 April 2020}} Web Series will release in 2020 Ending in this series Raima Sen & Sanjay Kapoor playing the main role this series directed by Amit Kumar.

• 2006: BFJA-Most Promising Actress Award for Nishi Japan{{cite web |url=http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/200467.htm |title=69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007 |publisher=bfjaawards.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108092124/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/200467.htm |archive-date=8 January 2010 |access-date=24 October 2008}}

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