Riya Sen

As An Actor
Hey Baby (July 6, 2007) (Under Production) ...... Special Appearance In Song
Tum..Ho Na! (2007) (Post-Production)
The Bachelor (2007) (Stuck/On Hold) ...... Nisha
Rokda (2007) (Post-Production)
Apna Sapna Money Money (November 10, 2006) (Released) ...... Shivani Pandit
Shaadi No.1 (November 2, 2005) (Released) ...... Madhuri
James (September 16, 2005) (Released) ...... Item Girl In Title Credits
Fareb (July 8, 2005) (Released)
Silsiilay (June 17, 2005) (Released) ...... Anushka
Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa (September 10, 2004) (Released) ...... Kaveri(Speacial Appearience)
Plan (January 9, 2004) (Released)
Qayamat (July 11, 2003) (Released) ...... Sheetal (As Sen Riya)
Jhankaar Beats (June 20, 2003) (Released) ...... Preeti
Dil Vil Pyar Vyar (October 18, 2002) (Released) ...... Special Appearance
Style (December 28, 2001) (Released) ...... Sheena
Love You Hamesha (1999) ...... Meghna
Vishkanya (1991) (Released) ...... Young Nishi

Source -- www.indiafm.com

Riya Sen ( Bengali : রিয়া সেন ; Hindi : रिया सेन ,  (born Riya Dev Varma on 24 January 1981) 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. 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.


Personal life and family

Born on 24 January 1981 in Kolkata , West Bengal , Riya is the daughter of Moon Moon Sen , a former actress, and granddaughter of Suchitra Sen , a legend in Bengali cinema . Before moving to Mumbai , she lived in Kolkata with her parents and sister Raima Sen , also an actress. Her father Bharat Dev Varma is a member of the royal family of Tripura . Her paternal grandmother, Ila Devi, was the princess of Cooch Behar , whose younger sister Gayatri Devi was the Maharani of Jaipur . Her paternal grandmother Indira was the only daughter of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda . Riya's maternal great-grandfather Adinath Sen was a prominent Kolkata businessman, whose father Dinanath Sen - a relative of former Union Law Minister Ashoke Kumar Sen - was the Diwan or a Minister of the Maharaja of Tripura. The sisters are credited on-screen under their mother's maiden name, although their official papers carry the surname Dev Varma.

Riya completed her schooling at Loreto House and Rani Birla College, both in Kolkata. Thereafter, she studied at the National Institute of Fashion Technology , and she took up jewellery-designing as a hobby. She designs most of the clothes that she wears in films and commercials. Riya is trained in Kathak and is still pursuing it under Vijayshree Chaudhury. She is taking kickboxing lessons and has completed Level I of the 5 levels in belly dancing . Riya entered the film industry through small-time modeling assignments, commuting between Mumbai and Kolkata and traveling by public transport during the her early career. After breaking into the film industry, she shifted from her mother's house in Ballygunge Circular Road in south Kolkata to Mumbai. There she moved into the family house in Juhu , where she stays with her sister. During her stay in Mumbai, the media romantically linked her to model and actor John Abraham . In the Bollywood press, she was, in 2008, speculatively linked to the novelist Salman Rushdie , although both stated that they were simply good friends.

Riya has suffered a number of untimely incidents. During the filming of Shaadi No. 1 in France, she was knocked unconscious after being accidentally run over by a stuntman 's motorbike, but she was not seriously injured. Shortly before the release of Silsiilay, in which she starred opposite her boyfriend Ashmit Patel, a 90-second video clip was circulated through Multimedia Messaging Services and the internet, showing the pair in compromising situations. This was one of a number of controversies that erupted when celebrities were caught in similar situations using cameraphones . Following this incident, the couple split up, although Riya denied that she was the girl in the MMS clip. One commentator claimed that the footage was an orchestrated publicity stunt. In 2007, she underwent a brief detoxification session in Bangkok for addiction to chocolate .
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Trivia

Daughter of actress Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Varma, a descendant of the royal family of Cooch Behar. Her maternal grandmother is the legendary actress Suchitra Sen.

Sister of actress Raima Sen.

First stepped into the limelight at the age of 15 when she faced the camera for the Tamil film 'Taj Mahal' directed by 'Bharati Raja'.

She studied at the Rani Birla College in Calcutta.

Has starred in a number of music videos in the Indipop circuit.