Raima Sen

Raima Sen (born Raima Dev Varma on 7 November 1979)[1] is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali and Hindi Film industry.

Not to be confused with Reema Sen, Rii Sen, Rimi Sen, Riya Sen, or Reema.

Raima Sen
Raima Sen at HM store launch in Kolkata on 2017.
Born
Raima Dev Varma

(1979-11-07) 7 November 1979
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActress
Years active1999–present
Parent(s)Moon Moon Sen (mother)
Bharat Dev Varma (father)
RelativesRiya Sen (sister)
Suchitra Sen (grandmother)

Early life

Raima Sen was born on 7 November 1979 in Bombay (present-day Mumbai) to Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Barma 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.[1] 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. Her paternal great-grandmother Indira was the only daughter of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda.[2][3]

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.[4] The sisters are credited on-screen under their mother's maiden name, although their official papers carry the surname Dev Varma.[5]

Career
Sen with her mother Moon Moon Sen

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 a critically acclaimed hit in 2005 with Parineeta, 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.[6][7] She co-stars with Abir Chatterjee and Indrasish Roy in this dark love-story by debutant filmmaker Ranjan Ghosh.[8] The film has earned a rare recommendation from the very prestigious Film London in its list of world cinema based on the plays of Shakespeare.[9] The film and its screenplay have also been included in the prestigious UGC Literature Archive.[10] 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.[11][12][13]

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.[14] Amazon Prime The Last Hour [15] Web Series will release in 2020 Ending in this series Raima Sen and sanjay kapoor playing the main role this series directed by Amit Kumar.

Personal life

Sen is said to resemble her grandmother much more than either her mother or her sister.[16] 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.[17]

Filmography

Films
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
1999GodmotherSejalHindi
2001DamanDeepa Saikia
2002Nil NirjaneRiaBengali
Chokher BaliAshalata
Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th CenturyJunaliHindi
2003Kuch Dil Ne Kaha
2004ShaktiManasiBengali
2005Antar MahalRukmini
DhairyamMallikaTelugu
NishijaponSunitaBengaliBFJA - Most Promising Actress Award
ParineetaKoelHindi
99.9 FMKim G. Singh
DusPriya
2006The Bong Connection SheelaBengali
AnurananPreeti
2007Eklavya: The Royal GuardPrincess NandiniHindi
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.Milly P. Sen
Yatra
Manorama Six Feet UnderSheetal/Neetu
MigrationYamunaShort film
Meridian LinesJyoti
2008KhelaAnjaliBengali
Dhariya
C KkompanyPriyaHindi
MukhbiirRoshni
2009Mere Khwabon Mein Jo AayeMaya Singh
Mumbai Cutting
2010The Japanese WifeSandhyaBengali
Memories in MarchSahana ChowdhuryEnglish(Partly in Bengali & Hindi)
Teen PattiShivani MukherjeeHindi
Notobor NotoutMistuBengali
MirchMaya/ManjulaHindi
2011NoukadubiHemnaliniBengali(Dubbed in Hindi as Kashmakash)
Baishe SrabonAmrita Mukherji
VeeraputhranKunhi BeevathuMalayalam[18]
2012Chitrangada: The Crowning WishKasturiBengali
AboshesheyNandini
Koyekti Meyer GolpoRini
3 BachelorsNehaHindi
2013Maach Mishti & MoreIshaniBengaliNominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor Supporting Role (Female) – Bengali
I, Me, aur MainBeena ChandokHindi
Hawa BodolTanuka/TanuBengali
ShabdoTarukh's wife
Ami Aar Amar GirlfriendsPreenita
Ganesh Talkies[19]Shaban
Sunglass
2014Chaya Manush
Children of WarFidaHindi
Baari Tar BanglaAbantiBengali
Hrid MajhareyDebjani
2015Abby SenParama
Kaagaz Ke Fools Rubina Hindi
Roga Howar Sohoj Upay Bengali
2016Bollywood DiariesImliHindi
MonchoraNanda Bengali
Bastu ShaapBanya Dasgupta/Bony
Khawto Srijita /Sri Bengali
2017ESP-Ekti Rohosso Golpo
Hason RajaDilaram
2018Vodka DiariesRoshni BanerjeeHindi
Sitara[20]SitaraBengali
3 DevBhairaviHindi
2006 Varanasi – The Untold[21]
ReunionMurari Mohan RakshitBengali
2019Agni SiragugalSmithaTamil
2020Dwitiyo PurushAmritaBengali

Web Series
YearTitleRolePlatformNotes
2017 Hello Nandita Hoichoi
2019ParchhayeeJulieZEE5[22]
2019 Love Bites ZEE5
2019Eat Sleep RepeatSanjanaZee5
2020 The Last Hour Amazon Prime
2020 Black Widows Innaya Thakur ZEE5
2020 Forbidden Love Sudha ZEE5
2018 Mehmaan Aalo Chakraborty ZEE5

Awards

References
  1. "Raima Sen". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. COOCH BEHAR (Princely State), University of Queensland; Retrieved: 2008-04-18
  3. Geraldine Forbes et al., The new Cambridge history of India, page 135, Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-521-26727-7
  4. Chatterji, Shoma A. (2002). Suchitra Sen: A Legend in Her Lifetime . Rupa & Co. ISBN 81-7167-998-6.
  5. Mukherjee, Amrita (24 January 2004). "Will you change your surname after marriage?". Times of India. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
  6. "Love, and jealousy, 450 years after the Bard – The Times of India".
  7. "Hrid Majharey (Bengali) / Dark but honest".
  8. "Abir-Raima jodi-The pair comes together in Ranjan Ghosh's first film". Archived from the original on 17 October 2014.
  9. "Film London launches Shakespeare India".
  10. "Hrid Majharey part of JU project".
  11. "Andaman album Hrid Majharey maker Ranjan Ghosh shares his andaman album with t2".
  12. "Actress Raima Sen in city :::: Shooting of Bengali Film 'Hrid Majharay' in AFC".
  13. "I was awe-struck on visiting Cellular Jail: Abir".
  14. "Raima Sen to play a Sonagachi sex worker in KD Satyam's Bollywood Diaries". India.com. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  15. "The Last Hour". webseriesreviews.com. 25 April 2020.
  16. "'I want to do what Rani did in Black'". Rediff.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  17. "'I want to do what Rani did in Black'". Rediff.com. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  18. "Sharath Kumar instead of Lal – Malayalam Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  19. "Ganesh Talkies". The Times of India. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  20. "sitara Bengali Movie".
  21. "Raima gears up for a new thriller". The Times of India. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  22. "Anju Mahendroo, Raima Sen, Saloni Batra, Sajjad Delafrooz in ZEE5's ghost stories of Ruskin Bond". IWM Buzz. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  23. "69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007". www.bfjaawards.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
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