Riya Sen is an Indian actress and model. Riya comes from a family of actors and is famous for the 2001 Bollywood film Style. You are presented with some interesting facts about her personal life, film career, controversies, marriage and more.
Biography/Wiki
Riya Sen Dev Varma is the daughter of famous actress Moon Moon Sen and the granddaughter of yesteryear star Suchitra Sen. Raima Sen is her sister. Suchitra Sen is a famous Bengali and Hindi film actress. In 1991, Riya played the role of young Nishi in the film “Vishkanya” and began her glamorous world as a child artist. She rose to fame with the 2001 low-budget Bollywood film Style. Riya Sen is also known for her roles in the films Jhankaar Beats and Shaadi No. 1. At the age of 16, she was recognized as a model. In addition to being an actress, she has also appeared as a model in advertisements for many popular brands. In addition, Riasson is a philanthropist who works to raise awareness about AIDS.
appearance
Riya Sen is 5 feet 1 inches tall and weighs about 50 kg. Her body measurements are 32-26-34. She has dark brown eyes and black hair.
Sen is also a certified yoga teacher and trainer.
Riassen Aerial Yoga Teacher Training Certificate
family and religion
Riya Sen was born on January 21, 1981 (37 years old) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Her father is Bharat Dev Varma and her mother is the famous actor and politician Moon Moon Sen. Moon Moon Sen is a TMC (Trinamool Congress) MP from Bankura constituency in West Bengal. Her father belonged to the royal family of Tripura. Raima Sen is her sister.
Ria Sen as a child
Riya Sen with her parents and sister
Riya Sen’s mother Moon Moon Sen campaigned in Bankura
Suchitra Sen is her maternal grandmother.
Riya Sen’s grandmother, Suchitra Sen
boyfriend and husband
Rumor has it that Riason dated many actors in the past. Her name is associated with actors John Abraham and Ashmit Patel.
Leah Sen and John Abraham
Riya Sen and Ashmit Patel
She is rumored to be in a relationship with novelist Salman Rushdie.
Ria Sen and Salman Rushdie
Additionally, she has been linked to cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Sreesanth.
Riya Sen and Yuvraj Singh
Riya Sen and Sreesanth
Finally, she married her boyfriend Shivam Tewari in a private ceremony in Kolkata on August 16, 2017.
Riasson’s wedding photos
Riya Sen with family, sisters and husband
Profession
Riya Sen completed her education at Loreto House, Kolkata and graduated from Rani Birla Women’s College, Kolkata. Riya is also a certified fashion designer and has pursued a course in fashion design from the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai. Riya Sen made her silver screen debut as a child artist in 1991, playing the role of Young Nishi in the Bollywood film Vishkanya. Riya Sen has worked in various films including Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam, English, Telugu and Oriya.
Riya Sen made her Bollywood debut as a child artist – Vishkanya (1991)
In 1998, at the age of 16, Riya was recognized as a model for Falguni Pathak’s music video Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JESH8I3Dpw
She made her Tamil debut as Machakanni in 1999’s Taj Mahal.
Riya Sen’s Tamil film debut – Taj Mahal, 1999
In 2001, she made her debut in Bollywood with the movie “Style”. In the same year, Riya Sen made her mark in the Bengali film industry with the film Mone Pore Tomake.
Riya Sen made her Bollywood debut as an actress – Style (2001)
In 2005, she starred in the Malayalam film “Anandhabhadram” and the Hollywood film “That Night It Rained”.
Riya Sen’s Malayalam film debut – Anandhabhadram, 2005
Riya Sen made her Telugu debut with the film Nenu Meeku Telusa…? Year 2008.
Riya Sen’s Telugu film debut – Nenu Meeku Telusa, 2008
In 2013, Riya appeared in the Oriya film My Love Story.
Rhea Sen Oriya’s film debut – My Love Story, 2013
Sen has endorsed various products and brands such as Lakme, Keo Karpin Body Oil, Reliance, Nirma Lime Fresh Soap, Close Up Toothpaste, Colgate Toothpaste, Gitanjali Jewelery, Dabur Vatika Hair Oil, Limca, Agni Jewelery, etc.
Riya Sen has modeled for many popular fashion designers such as Ritu Kumar, Manish Malhotra, Neeta Lulla, Raghuvendra Rathore, Ranna Gill, JJ Valaya, Arpan Vohra, etc.
Ramped walkway designed by Riya Sen for designer Arpan Vohra
She also played the role of Radhika Kapoor in the short film Lonely Girl (2017) and Simran in the web series Ragini MMS: Returns (2017).
Riya Sen was trained in Kathak dance and is still continuing her studies under the guidance of Vijayshree Chaudhury.
In 2007, Femina magazine ranked her ninth among the 50 most beautiful women. Riya was also one of the judges for the finals of the Mr. India 2008 contest. She has appeared on the covers of various magazines like Enlighten India, T3, Stylespeak and many more.
Riya Sen appears on the cover of T3 magazine
Riya has been an activist and has appeared in AIDS awareness music videos aimed at dispelling popular myths about AIDS. As of 2017, she is the only female face to have appeared on the calendar for five consecutive years (ie, 2003 to 2007).
Riya Sen is often seen as a bold youth idol. Riya Sen’s public image has been compared to that of her mother, Moon Moon Sen, who was regarded as a sex symbol of her era.
Awards
- In 2012, Riya Sen won the Star Association Bangladesh Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in “Nukadubi”.
dispute
An MMS message between her and her then-boyfriend Ashmit Patel was leaked and went viral on the internet. MMS messages showed the pair in a compromising position in a hotel bedroom.
Favorites
- Riya Sen likes black cod and Mexican chicken.
- She prefers Thai food any day.
- Her favorite restaurant is Nobu.
- Sen enjoyed watching the films Titanic (1997) and Gone with the Wind (1939).
- Riya’s favorite car is the Porsche Cayenne.
- She enjoys vacationing in London and Paris.
car collection
Riya is passionate about cars. Her personal collection of cars includes Tata Indica, Ford Ikon and Audi A4.
fact
- She smokes and drinks.
- Sen is a non-vegetarian.
- Her hobbies include swimming, yoga, listening to music, dancing and painting.
- Riya and her sister Raima Sen take the surname of her maternal grandmother Suchitra Sen.
- She is also an avid dog lover.
Riya Sen likes dogs
- During the filming of “Sadie 1” (2005) in France, she was accidentally run over by a stuntman’s motorcycle and fell into a coma, but the injury was not serious.
- On November 17, 2022, she became the second Bollywood actress after Pooja Bhatt to join Rahul Gandhi’s “Bharat Jodo Yatra”; she participated in the Maharashtra Encore Pilgrimage to Ra.
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