Thursday, March 6, 2008
Biography
Name: Reema Sen
Birth Date: 29 October 1981
Birth Place: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Sex: F
Nationality: Indian
Profession: Actress and Model
Education: Completed High School in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Reema Sen (born 29 October 1981) is an Indian actress and model. Reema Sen was born in Kolkata, into a middle class family. She completed high school from Kolkata, after which her family moved to Mumbai. In Mumbai, she began her modeling career, appearing in a number of advertising campaigns. Reema moved from modeling to acting soon after. Her first film was a low budget film, "Chitram", in Telugu, in which she acted opposite Uday Kiran. Later she appeared in the Tamil film, "Minnale", which was very successful. She tried to enter Bollywood but her first Hindi film "Hum Ho Gaye Aap Ke" flopped, and she decided to continue working in Tamil cinema. Her latest movie Rendu was also a successful movie in the Tamil cinema. Her facial expressions in the film "Thimiru" earned her the name 'cute' and her horrific role in "Vallavan" gave her the name 'extremely talented'.
In April 2006, a Madurai court issued non-bailable warrants against Sen and Shilpa Shetty for "posing in an obscene manner" in photographs published by a Tamil newspaper. The report stated that the two actresses had failed to comply with earlier summons for the same reason, hence the issuance of the warrants. The petitioner submitted that the paper had published "very sexy blow-ups and medium blow-ups" in its issues December 2005 and January 2006 issues, and which allegedly violated the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 1986, Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act 1956, and the Indian Penal Code Section 292 (Sale of Obscene Books). The petitioner further demanded that the images should be confiscated under the terms of the Press and Registration of Book Act 1867.
Reema Sen responded that she had not received any court summons and also discounted the charges. She further claimed that the pictures were freeze-frame shots from a recent movie that only exposed her navel. "As far as my photographs go, what is obscene about it? If navel-showing is obscenity, then our traditional Indian outfit - the traditional sari - should be banned in the first place." In January 2007 outgoing Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal confirmed that Reema Sen had written to him in order to enunciate guidelines against frivolous lawsuits against artists, but refused her plea on the grounds that she should have filed a formal petition instead of writing a letter.
Filmography
2008: Aayirathil Oruvan (Filming)
2008: Chal Chala Chal (Filming)
2007: Yamagola Malli Modalayindi (Vaijayanti)
2006: Rendu - Velli
2006: Vallavan-Geeta
2006: Thimiru -Srimathy
2006: Bangaram
2006: Malamaal Weekly - Sukmani
2004: Aan: Men at Work - Special appearance (Song)
2004: Iti Srikanta - Rajlakshmi
2004: Giri
2004: Anji - (Special appearance in the song Mirapakaya Bajji)
2004: Chellamae -Mynthili
2004: Enakku 20 Unakku 18 - Cameo
2003: Jodi Kya Banayi Wah Wah Ramji - Priyanka
2003: Veede
2003: Jaal: The Trap - Anita Saxena
2003: Jay Jay - Cameo (Dance Number)
2003: Dhool - Swapna
2002: Bagavathi
2001: Hum Ho Gaye Aap Ke - Chandni Gupta
2001: Minnale - Reena Joseph(Filmfare Award South for best female debutant)
2001: Manasanta Nuvve - Anu
2000: Chitram - Janaki