Riya Sen Biography

Name : Riya Sen
Nick Name : Riya Dev Varma
Date of Birth : 24th January, 1981 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]
Birth Name: Riya Dev Varma
Most remembered for: For her dare-bare photo in Dabboo Ratnani's 2004 Calendar and her controversial MMS clip with former boyfriend Ashmit Patel.

Biography:
Riya Sen was born on 24 January 1981 and she is an Indian film actress and model. Riya, who hails from a family of actors including her grandmother Suchitra Sen, mother Moon Moon Sen and sister Raima Sen, began her acting career in 1991 as a child artiste in the film Vishkanya. Her first commercial success in her film career was with Style, a 2001 Hindi low-budget sex comedy directed by N. Chandra. Some of her other films include producer Pritish Nandy's musical film, Jhankaar Beats (2001) in Hinglish, Shaadi No. 1 (2005) Malayalam horror film Ananthabhadram (2005).

Riya was first recognised as a model when she performed in Falguni Pathak's music video Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi at the age of sixteen. Since then, she has appeared in music videos, television commercials, fashion shows, and on magazine covers.she has been a heart throbbing sensation throughout india and is known for her gorgeuos smile.she has one of the most beautiful faces in the whole cinema. Riya has worked as an activist and appeared in an AIDS awareness music video with the aim of dispelling popular myths about the disease. She also helped raise funds for pediatric eye-care. Riya has faced controversies such as a MMS clip with actor Ashmit Patel, her semi-nude photograph on photographer Dabboo Ratnani's annual calendar and her on-screen kisses in a conservative Indian film industry.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.

Riya was first noticed as the delicate beauty in Falguni Pathak's video, Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi, though she made her film debut in Vishkanaya in 1991. She has appeared in many other music videos like Shaan's Sutta Maro and Sonu Nigam's Jeena Hai Tere Liye.
While Riya does not have a good film career to boast of, she has established herself as a sex symbol. She wore a bikini in Shaadi No.1; she also kissed her co-stars Sharman Joshi and Ashmit Patel in Style and Silsilay respectively. She has appeared on magazine covers such as Savvy, Femina, Cosmopolitan and Elle and walked the ramp with her sis Raima at the Wills and Lakme Fashion Weeks from 2005 to 2007. Jhankaar Beats and Shaadi No. 1 are the only notable hits of her career. Riya is often compared to her mother Moon Moon Sen because of her sex symbol status.