Name : Riya Sen
Nick Name : Riya Dev Varma
Birth Place : Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Star Sign : Aquarius
Height : 5’5”
Eye Color : Light Brown
Hair Color : Black
Nationality : Indian
Father Name : Bharat Dev Varma
Mother Name : Moon Moon Sen
Sister Name : Raima Sen
Grandmother Name : Suchitra Sen [Actress]
Ex-Boy Friend : Ashmit Patal
Marital Status : Single
Collage Days : Rani Birla Collage, National Institute of Fashion Technology.
Skills : Kathak Dance and Kickboxing
Languages : Hindi, English
Favorite Actor : Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan,
Favorite Actress : Aishwarya Rai
Favorite Hollywood Actor : Keanu Reeces
Profession : Bollywood Actress, Model
First Movie : Love You Hemesha
Debut Film as Female Lead : Taj Mahal[Tamil]
Claim to Fame : Her Role in the Style [Hindi]
Likes : Love to work, Have dinner and Sleep
Riya Sen
Riya Sen Is Yesteryear’s Actress Moon Moon Sen’s Daughter, Suchitra Sen’s Granddaughter And Current Actress Raima Sen’s Sister. Her Father, Bharat Dev Varma Is A Member Of The Royal Family Of Tripura. Ila Devi Of Coochbehar, Whose Younger Sister Is Gayatri Devi, Is Riya’s Grandmother. Both Sister’s Use Their Maternal Grandmother, Suchitra Sen’s Surname. Riya Is A Student Of Loreto House And Rani Birla College And She Also Did A Stint At The National Institute Of Fashion Technology. She Designs Most Of Her Clothes In Commercials And Films. Meanwhile Riya Became A Known Face On The Indipop Circuit Featuring In Quite A Considerable Number Of Music Videos Including Jagjit Singh-Asha Bhosle’s Jab Samne Tum And Kahin Kahin Se. Her Debut Flick In Bollywood, N. Chandra’s Style Turned Out To Be An Unexpected Debacle. But The Petite Riya Sen Continues Undeterred To Carry Forward The Legacy Left Behind By Her Mom And Grand Mother Suchitra Sen. Riya First Appeared As A Child Artist In The Film Vishkanya In 1991, Where She Played The Role Of The Young Pooja Bedi. At The Age Of Fifteen, National Film Awards Winning Director Bharathiraja's Tamil Film, Taj Mahal [2000], Which Did Not Achieve Commercial Success. She Was Scheduled To Make Her Bollywood Film Debut In Love You Hamesha, Opposite Actor Akshaye Khanna; However, The Film Was Stalled, And She Ultimately Made Her Debut In N. Chandra's Style [2001]. This Low-Budget Sex Comedy Was The First Commercial Success In Over A Decade For The Director, Whose Previous Successes Included Ankush [1986] And Tezaab [1988]. A Launch Pad For Riya, Cast In The Female Lead Along With Fellow-Newcomers, Sharman Joshi, Sahil Khan And Shilpi Mudgal, The Film Pioneered A Trend Of Commercial Success For Small Budget Films In India. Riya And The Second Female Lead Of The Film Were Replaced By Aspirant Actresses Sunali Joshi And Jaya Seal In Xcuse Me, The Sequel Of Style. Her Next Success Was Jhankaar Beats, A Comedy Revolving Around The Music Of Legendary Composer R D Burman, Which Saw Her Playing A Small And Glamorous Role Alongside Shayan Munshi, Juhi Chawla, Rahul Bose, Rinke Khanna And Sanjay Suri. Produced By Pritish Nandy, Publishing Director Of The Times Of India, And Directed By Debutant Director Sujoy Ghosh,The Film Was Made On A Budget Of Rs. 25 Million [US$525,000], Marking The Sixth In A Row Of Small To Medium Budget Films Made By Pritish Nandy Communications [PNC]. Despite Being Part Of A Wave Of Offbeat Films That Mostly Failed To Make An Impact At The Box Office, It Surprisingly Drew Public Attention Upon Its Release, Which Led To A Commercial Success Among A Restricted Audience Targeted By A Selective Release In Twenty Cities. It Was One Of The First Films Made In Hinglish, A Mixture Of Hindi And English. In 2005, She Starred In Shaadi No. 1, Which Saw Her Sharing Screen Time With Esha Deol, Soha Ali Khan And Ayesha Takia, Without Anyone Getting Established As The Female Lead.
Riya Sen
This Comedy, Which Is Based On The Theme Of Modern Marriage, Was Directed By David Dhawan, A Renowned Film Director From This Genre. Her Next Success Was Jhankaar Beats, A Comedy Revolving Around The Music Of Legendary Composer R D Burman, Which Saw Her Playing A Small And Glamorous Role Alongside Shayan Munshi, Juhi Chawla, Rahul Bose, Rinke Khanna And Sanjay Suri. Produced By Pritish Nandy, Publishing Director Of The Times Of India, The Film Was Made On A Budget Of Rs. 25 Million [US$525,000], Marking The Sixth In A Row Of Small To Medium Budget Films Made By Pritish Nandy Communications [PNC]. Despite Being Part Of A Wave Of Offbeat Films That Mostly Failed To Make An Impact At The Box Office, It Drew Public Attention Upon Its Release, Which Led To A Commercial Success Among A Restricted Audience Targeted By A Selective Release In Twenty Cities. It Was One Of The First Films Made In Hinglish, A Mixture Of Hindi And English. In 2005, She Starred In Shaadi No. 1, Which Had No Female Lead. This Comedy, Based On The Theme Of Modern Marriage, Was Directed By David Dhawan, A Renowned Film Director From This Genre. Although Films Like Style And Jhankar Beats Succeeded Commercially, Most Of Her Later Films Have Generated Less Revenue. Riya Became A Popular Model When She Appeared In Numerous Music Videos For Songs By Popular Singers, Including Falguni Pathak's Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi [Alternative Title: Chudi Jo Khankayi], Asha Bhosle's Jhumka Gira Re, Jagjit Singh And Bhosle's Jab Samne Tum And Kahin Kahin Se, Lata Mangeshkar, Bhonsle And Singh's Dil Kahin Hosh Kahin, Sonu Nigam's Jeena Hai Tere Liye And Shaan's Sutta Maro. She Shot For Her First Music Video, Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi, At The Age Of Sixteen. This Led To Her Being Identified Primarily As A Performer For Music Videos Early In Her Career, An Image She Aimed To Shed In 2005. Riya Has Appeared On Several Magazine Covers, Including Femina, Elaan, Man's World, Gladrags, Savvy And Indian Versions Of Elle, Maxim And Cosmopolitan, As Well As On The Ramp Of Major Fashion Shows Like Lakmé Fashion Week [2005–07] And Wills Fashion Week [2006–2007]. She Participated In Fashion Shows Along With Her Elder Sister, Raima Sen. Besides Modeling, Riya Has Ventured Into The Advertisement World As Well. A High Point Of Her Modeling Career Came In 2006, When She Became The Soft Drink, Limca's Brand Ambassador, Replacing Deepika Padukone. Her First English Language Movie Was It Was Raining That Night, A Remake Of The Bengali Film Hei Brishtir Raat, Scripted By Sudeshna Roy And Directed By Mahesh Manjrekar. In The Film, She Collaborated With Mother Moon Moon Sen. Riya Was Slated To Appear In Anjan Dutta's Bengali-English Bilingual Film The Bong Connection With Her Sister, But She Was Eventually Dropped From The Project And Replaced By Peeya Rai Chaudhary. The Two Sisters Were Later Cast Together In Director Ajai Sinha's The Bachelor, A Bengali Film That, As Of 2008, Is Yet To Be Finished. Her Most Successful Non-Hindi Film Has Been Director Santhosh Sivan's Ananthabhadram [2005]. The First Malayalam Venture For Both Riya And Sivan, Was Both A Critical And Commercial Success. It Won Five Kerala State Film Awards And Surfaced As One Of The Biggest Malayalam Successes That Year. She Played The Role Of Bhama In The Film, A Village Girl Who Is Lured By Digambaran, The Evil Magician Portrayed By Manoj K Jayan.
Riya Sen Film List
Sr No
Year
Name of Film
Cast
1
2011
A Strange Love Story
Riya Sen, Ashutosh Rana, Eddie Seth, Yashpal Sharma, Milind Gunaji
2
2011
Kashmakash
Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta, Raima Sen, Riya Sen, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Apratim Dhar, Apratim Dhar, Sumanta Mukherjee,Sagar Mukherjee, Ammu Chatterjee, Maria Chatterjee
3
2011
Chargesheet
Dev Anand, Jackie Shroff, Riya Sen, Divya Dutta, Naseruddin Shah
4
2011
Tere Mere Phere
Vinay Pathak, Riya Sen, Jagrat Desai, Sasha Goradia, Darshan Jariwala, Sushmita Mukherjee
5
2010
Benny And Babloo
Kay Kay Menon, Rajpal Yadav, Riya Sen, Shweta Tiwari, Rukhsaar, Anita Hassanandani, Richa Chadda, Maushumi Udeshi
6
2009
Zor Lagaa Ke Haiya
Mithun Chakraborty, Riya Sen, Sachin Khedekar, Gulshan Grover, Mahesh Manjrekar, Seema Biswas, Raj Zutshi, Ashwin Chitale, Ritwik Tyagi, Meghan Jadhav, Ayeshka Kaduskar, Hardik S. Thakkar
7
2009
Hum Phirr Mileinge
Vikram Gokhale, Smita Jaykar, Riya Sen, Kiran Kumar, Rati Agnihotri, Sarvar Ahuja
8
2009
Love Khichdi
Randeep Hooda, Kalpana Pandit, Saurabh Shukla, Riya Sen, Divya Dutta, Rituparna Sengupta, , Sonali Kulkarni, Jesse Randhawa, Sadam
9
2009
Paying Guests
Shreyas Talpade, Celina Jaitley, Neha Dhupia, Javed Jaffrey, Aashish Chaudhary, Sayali Bhagat, Riya Sen, Vatsal Sheth, Johnny Lever, Chunkey Pandey, Asrani, Paintal, Delnaz Paul, Viju Khote, Vida Samadzai
10
2008
Heroes
Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Dino Morea, Riya Sen, Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Sohail Khan, Preity Zinta, Amrita Arora, Vatsal Sheth
11
2007
Heyy Babyy
Aarti Chabria, Akshay Kumar, Amisha Patel, Amrita Arora, Amrita Rao, Diya Mirza, Fardeen Khan, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Koena Mitra, Malaika Arora, Minissha Lamba, Neha Dhupia, Ritesh Deshmukh, Riya Sen, Shamita Shetty, Tara Sharma, Masumi Makhija, Vidya Balan, Boman Irani, Shahrukh Khan, Sophie Chaudhary
12
2006
Apna Sapna Money Money
Ritesh Deshmukh, Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty, Shreyas Talpade, Anupam Kher, Koena Mitra, Celina Jaitley, Riya Sen, Rajpal Yadav, Gulshan Grover, Brijesh Hirji, Chunkey Pandey
13
2005
Silsilay
Tabbu, Riya Sen, Bhoomika Chawla, Kay Kay Menon, Rahul Bose, Jimmy Shergill, Ashmit Patel, Celina Jaitley, Natassha, Divya Dutta, Karan Panthaky, Shahrukh Khan, Uday Chandra
14
2005
Shaadi No.1
Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Zayed Khan, Sharman Joshi, Ayesha Takia, Esha Deol, Soha Ali Khan, Riya Sen, Sophie Chaudhary, Aarti Chabria
15
2003
Jhankaar Beats
Sanjay Suri, Juhi Chawla, Rahul Bose, Rinke Khanna, Riya Sen, Shayan Munshi
16
2002
Style
Sharman Joshi, Sahil Khan, Riya Sen, Shilpi Mudgal, Tara Deshpande
17
1999
Love You Hamesha
Akshay Khanna, Sonali Brende, Riya Sen, Rohit Bal, Ketan Desai, Lillete Dubey, Vijayendra Ghatge, Seema Kelkarm Amitabh Nanda, Nirupa Roy, Dalip Tahil, Rishma Malik
