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Raima Sen
Raima Sen
	Sen in 2017
Born	Raima Dev Varma; 7 November 1979 (age 44); Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present
Mother	Moon Moon Sen
Relatives	Riya Sen (sister); Suchitra Sen (maternal grandmother)

Raima Sen (born Raima Dev Varma) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Hindi and Bengali films.

Early life

Raima Sen was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) to Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Varma 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. Their father Bharat Dev Varma is a member of the royal family of Tripura.^[1] Her paternal grandmother, Ila Devi, was the princess of Cooch Behar, whose younger sister Gayatri Devi was the Maharani of Jaipur.^[2] Her paternal great-grandmother Indira was the only daughter of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda.^[3]^[4]

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.^[5] The sisters are credited on-screen under their mother's maiden name, although their official papers carry the surname Dev Varma.^[6]

Personal life

Sen is said to resemble her grandmother much more than either her mother or her sister.^[7] 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.^[8] Raima Sen in 2006 said that she had a brief relation with Odisha politician Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo in 2006–2007, but the relationship did not last long.^[9]

Career

Sen made her debut in the film Godmother, which was a critically acclaimed^{[by whom?]} 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 Parineeta in 2005, 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.^[10]^[11] She co-stars with Abir Chatterjee and Indrasish Roy in this dark love-story by debutant filmmaker Ranjan Ghosh.^[12] The film has earned a rare recommendation from the Film London in its list of world cinema based on the plays of Shakespeare.^[13] The film and its screenplay have also been included in the UGC Literature Archive.^[14] 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.^[15]^[16]^[17]

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.^{[citation needed]} Amazon Prime The Last Hour^[18] Web Series will release in 2020 Ending in this series Raima Sen & Sanjay Kapoor playing the main role this series directed by Amit Kumar.

Filmography

Key
	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1999	Godmother	Sejal	Hindi	Debut film
2001	Daman	Deepa Saikia	Hindi
2002	Nil Nirjane	Ria	Bengali
	Chokher Bali	Ashalata	Bengali
	Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th Century	Junali	Hindi
2003	Kuch Dil Ne Kaha		Hindi
2004	Shakti	Manasi	Bengali
2005	Antar Mahal	Rukmini	Bengali
	Dhairyam	Mallika	Telugu
	Nishijapon	Sunita	Bengali	BFJA - Most Promising Actress Award
	Parineeta	Koel	Hindi
	99.9 FM	Kim G. Singh
	Dus	Priya
2006	The Bong Connection	Sheela	Bengali
2006	Anuranan	Preeti	Bengali
2007	Eklavya: The Royal Guard	Princess Nandini	Hindi
	Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.	Milly P. Sen
	Yatra
	Manorama Six Feet Under	Sheetal/Neetu
	Migration	Yamuna		Short film
2008	Khela	Anjali	Bengali
	Dhariya		Hindi
	C Kkompany	Priya	Hindi
	Mukhbiir	Roshni
2009	Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye	Maya Singh
2009	Mumbai Cutting
2010	The Japanese Wife	Sandhya	Bengali
	Memories in March	Sahana Chowdhury	English	Partly in Bengali & Hindi
	Teen Patti	Shivani Mukherjee	Hindi
	Notobor Notout	Mistu	Bengali
	Mirch	Maya/Manjula	Hindi
2011	Noukadubi	Hemnalini	Bengali	Dubbed in Hindi as Kashmakash
	Baishe Srabon	Amrita Mukherji	Bengali
	Veeraputhran	Kunhi Beevathu	Malayalam	^{[citation needed]}
2012	Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish	Kasturi	Bengali
	Abosheshey	Nandini
	Koyekti Meyer Golpo	Rini
	3 Bachelors	Neha	Hindi
2013	Maach Mishti & More	Ishani	Bengali	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actor Supporting Role (Female) – Bengali
	I, Me, aur Main	Beena Chandok	Hindi
	Hawa Bodol	Tanuka/Tanu	Bengali
	Shabdo	Tarukh's wife
	Ami Aar Amar Girlfriends	Preenita
	Ganesh Talkies	Shaban		^[19]
	Sunglass
2014	Chaya Manush
	Children of War	Fida	Hindi
	Baari Tar Bangla	Abanti	Bengali
	Hrid Majharey	Debjani
2015	Abby Sen	Parama
	Kaagaz Ke Fools	Rubina	Hindi
	Roga Howar Sohoj Upay		Bengali
	89	Purba	Bengali
2016	Bollywood Diaries	Imli	Hindi
	Monchora	Nanda	Bengali
	Bastu Shaap	Banya Dasgupta/Bony	Bengali
	Khawto	Srijita /Sri	Bengali
2017	ESP-Ekti Rohosso Golpo		Bengali
2017	Hason Raja	Dilaram	Bengali
2018	Vodka Diaries	Roshni Banerjee	Hindi
	2006 Varanasi – The Untold		^[20]
	Reunion	Murari Mohan Rakshit	Bengali
2019	Finally Bhalobasha	Malabika	Bengali
2019	Sitara	Sitara	Bengali
2020	Dwitiyo Purush	Amrita	Bengali
2022	Anya	Divya	Hindi, Marathi	^[21]
2023	The Vaccine War	Rohini Singh Dhulla	Hindi	^[22]
2024	Bastar: The Naxal Story	Vanya Roy	Hindi
2024	Aliya Basu Gayab Hai	Aliya Basu	Hindi

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Notes
2017	Hello	Nandita	Hoichoi
2018	Mehmaan	Aalo Chakraborty	ZEE5
2019	Parchhayee	Julie	ZEE5	^[23]
2019	Love Bites		ZEE5
2019	Eat Sleep Repeat	Sanjana	ZEE5
2020	Black Widows	Innaya Thakur	ZEE5
2020	Forbidden Love	Sudha	ZEE5
2021	The Last Hour	Nyima	Amazon Prime
2022	Mai: A Mother's Rage	Neelam	Netflix
2023	Roktokorobi	Ranja	ZEE5
2024	Kolonko	Chaiti	Hoichoi
2024	Big Girls Don't Cry	Uma Ahuja	Prime Video