Riya Sen: A Rising Star From Bengal
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Riya Sen often regarded as a ‘sex
symbol’ is one of the most famous and rising star from the
of
Sharmila Tagore, Suchitra Sen; Mausmi Chaterji etc made their entry in the
Bollywood industry and gained fame & recognition and now its turn of
contemporary Bollywood actress Riya Sen, who is the next rising star of
in this Bollywood industry.
Riya comes from a celebrity
family, as her grandmother Suchitra Sen is one of the greatest Bengali
actresses of Bengali films. Her mother Moon Moon Sen was also an actress and
her father is a member of a Tropura Royal family. Her paternal grandmother Ila
Devi, was the princess of
whose younger sister Gayatri Devi is the Maharani of Jaipur. Before moving to
Mumbai, she lived with her parents and sister Raima Sen, who is also an
actress, in Kolkata.
Before entering show business,
she studied at Loreto House and
dropped out of both institutions. She also briefly studied at the National
Institute of Fashion Technology. Since her Bollywood debut, she has moved from
Kolkata to Juhu in Mumbai.
Riya became a popular model when
she appeared in numerous music videos for songs by popular singers, including
Asha Bhonsle, Falguni Pathak, Jagjit Singh and Sonu Nigam. She was one of many
Bollywood stars who appeared in Haath Se Haath Mila an anti-HIV/AIDS music
video.
She is also an advertising model.
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was when she replaced Lisa Ray as the Lakmé Girl, but she has since been
replaced by Yana Gupta. Her other notable assignments include Colgate, Limca,
Vatika, Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate, and Margarita King. She has also appeared
on the cover of a number of magazines. In 2004, she was featured partially nude
in leading Indian photographer Dabboo Ratnani's[8] annual calendar, which is a
major happening in the Indian glamor industry. She is the only female face to
be featured on the calendar on four consecutive years (2004-2007).
As per her acting career is
concerned, Riya Sen first appeared as a child artiste in the film Vishkanya,
where she played the role of the young Pooja Bedi. At the age of 15 she was
cast in a major role in Bharathiraaja's Tamil film Tajmahal. Her Bollywood film
debut was supposed to have been in Love You Hamesha, opposite Akshaye Khanna,
but the film was stalled and she ultimately made her debut in N. Chandra's
low-budget comedy Style.
It was through style that she started crossing the ladder of
success. Even her modeling career also nourished her image in Bollywood
industry. It was not her family background that made her to reach top but it
was her personal talent that brought this Bengali women in the top notch of the
Bollywood actress list.
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