Saturday, March 8, 2008
Biography
Name : Riya Sen
Birth Date : January 24, 1981
Birth Place : Kolkata(India)
Height : 5' 1
Nationality : Indian
Occupation : Actress
Family: Raima Sen, Munmun Sen (both are bollywood actress)
Riya Sen born as Riya Dev Varma on January 24th, 1981 in Kolkata, India is a promising Indian film actress and a former model. Widely regarded as the sexy star, Riya Sen has acted in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and English language movies.
Riya Sen was born in the family of actresses. She is the daughter of Moon Moon Sen and a grand daughter of Suchitra Sen. Both famous Indian actresses of yesteryears. Her sister Raima Sen is also a noted actress. Her father Bharat Dev Varma hails from the Royal family of Tripura. A drop out from college, Riya Sen studied for a while at the National Institute of Fashion Technology.
Riya Sen began her career as a child artist in film "Vishkanya" and bagged her major role at the age of fifteen in a Tamil movie, "Tajmahal" directed by Bharathiraaja. Her Bollywood debut began with a stalled movie, "Love You Hamesha" opposite Akshaye Khanna. Next "Style" {2001} came her way directed by N. Chandra, which became a box-office hit. She acted in several movies thereafter such as "Dil Vil Pyar Vyar" {2002}, "Jhankaar Beats" {2003}, "Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha" {2004},"Tum... Ho Na"; "Silsiilay", "Shaadi No. 1" {All 2005 releases}, "Apna Sapna Money Money" {2006}, and "Hey Baby", which is due for release. She has also acted in a Bangladeshi movie, "Money Porey Tomakey". Her best film to date was "Ananthabhadram" {2005} directed by Santhosh Sivan.
Besides movies Riya Sen also appeared in several music videos gyrating her body to the popular tunes in the background. As a model, Riya Sen successfully endorsed several brands such as Margarita King, Limca, Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate, Colgate, Lakme and Vatika.
Riya Sen appeared partially nude in an Indian photographer Dabboo Ratnani's annual calendar. It generated tremendous response to the calendar as the photograph was too sexy and she became the only female to appear on the calendar for four years continually from 2004 to 2007.
Riya Sen dated Ashmit Patel, her co-star in "Silsilay" and both were reportedly caught in an intimate position on a cell phone that was widely circulated through MMS and the Internet. However, Riya Sen denied saying, that it wasn't her in the MMS clip.
Filmography
1. Krrish 2 (2009) (announced) .... Villain's girlfriend
2. Heyy Babyy (2007) .... Special appearance in song
3. Apna Sapna Money Money (2006) .... Shivani S. Shashtri
4. Anandabhadram (2005) .... Bhama
5. Shaadi No. 1 (2005) .... Madhuri
6. James (2005)
7. Silsiilay (2005) .... Anushka
8. It Was Raining That Night (2005)
9. Tum... Ho Na! (2005) .... Reema
10. Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha (2004) .... Kamini, Pari's best friend
11. Plan (2004) .... Shalini
12. Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003) .... Sheetal
13. Jhankaar Beats (2003) .... Preeti
14. Dil Vil Pyar Vyar (2002) .... Gaurav's girlfriend (Guest Appearance)
15. Style (2001) .... Sheena
16. Love You Hamesha (1999) (as Rhea Dev Verma) .... Meghna
17. Taj Mahal (1999)