Biography

Date of Birth: 11 November 1979

Raima Sen is the daughter of  Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Varma. She is the granddaughter of legendary actress Suchitra Sen. Her younger sister is Riya Sen, she is also in the Bollywood industry. Her father is scion of the erstwhile royal family of Tripura state.

Her paternal grandmother Ila Devi, was the princess of Cooch Behar (in Bengal), whose younger sister Gayatri Devi is the Maharani of Jaipur.

She made her debut in the film Godmother, which was a critically acclaimed 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. She won much praise for her role as the simple, submissive Ashalata. After a few more average movies she had a critically acclaimed hit in 2005 with Parineeta. Since then she has had two more hits with the action thriller Dus and the Bengali film Antar Mahal.

Filmography

Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2006) ... (post-production)
Antar Mahal (2005) ... Rukmini
Dus (2005) ... Priya
Parineeta (2005) ... Koel
Nishijapon (2005) ... Sunita
Swapner Din (2004)
99.9FM (2004)
Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th Century (2003) ... Junali
Chokher Bali (2003) ... Ashalata
Nil Nirjane (2003)
Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence (2001) ... Deepa Saikia
Godmother (1999) ... Sejal

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