This gorgeous daughter of Bengali actress Moon Moon Sen first stepped under the arc lamps at the tender age of 15 when she faced the camera for the famous Tamil flick 'Taj Mahal', directed by Bharati Raja.
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.
Although her film career has yet to achieve large-scale success, Riya has generated considerable media attention. She was ranked ninth on Femina 50 Most Beautiful Women, published in the magazine's September 2007 issue. She was a jury member for the 2008 Final of the Mr. India contest. Along with Bollywood actors such as Waheeda Rehman, Shilpa Shetty, Dia Mirza, Raveena Tandon, Jackie Shroff, Naseeruddin Shah, Tabu and Lara Dutta, Riya appeared in Haath Se Haath Mila, an HIV/AIDS awareness music video. She made charity appearances at McDonald's India to raise money for paediatric eye-care during World Children's Week (November 14?20) in 2003.
Name : Riya Sen
Birth Name : Riya Dev Varma
Date of Birth : January 24, 1981
Birth of Place : Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Profession : Actress & Model
Height : 5'1"
Father : Bharat Dev Varma
Mother : Moon Moon Sen
Sister : Raima Sen (Actress)
School Days : Loreto House in Kolkata
College Days : Rani Birla College in Kolkata (Fashion Technology)
Favourite Actors : Sharuk khan, Salman Khan, Keanu Reeves
Favourite Actress : Aishwarya Rai
Hobbies : jewellery Designing
Trained in : Kathak, kickboxing, Belly dancing
Debut Film : "Love You Hamesha" (Hindi), Taj Mahal (Tamil)
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