Raima Sen

Name: Raima Sen

Birthdate: 7th November, 1979

Zodiac: Scorpio

Marital Status: Unmarried

Awards:

In the year 2006, Raima Sen received the BFJA (Bengal Film Journalists’ Association) Most Promising Actress award for the Sandip Ray directed Bengali film titled ‘Nishijapon’.

Biography: The pellucid beauty Raima Sen was born on the 7th of November, 1979 to Bharat Dev Varma and Moon Moon Sen, the renowned Bengali actress.Bharat Dev Verma belonged to the aristocratic family of Tripura. The legendary Bengali actress Sushmita Sen was Raima Sen’s grandmother. Riya Sen, her sister is also a big name in the Bollywood film industry. Gayatri Devi, Raima’s younger sister held the prestigious position of the Maharani of Jaipur whereas Ila Devi, her paternal grandmother was the princess of the district of Cooch Behar situated in the state of West Bengal, India. Indira, Raima’s paternal great grandmother was the daughter of the respected Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad the third, of Baroda. Adinath Sen, her maternal great grandfather was a well-known businessman from Kolkata, whose father was a relative of Ashok Kumar Sen, a former Union Minister of Law. Ashok Kumar Sen was a Diwan of the Maharaja of Tripura.

Raima Sen set foot into the glamour and glitz filled world of Bollywood in the year 1999 with the release of her first film ‘Godmother’. This film which was written and directed by Vinay Shukla was apparently inspired by the life of Santokben Jadeja. Santokben Jadeja, known popularly as ‘Godmother’ was a lady in control of an underworld enterprise in India. The movie was a success and it received numerous National Film Award awards for various categories namely: Best Feature Film in Hindi, Best Editing, Best Male Playback Singer and many more. Vishal Bharadwaj received the National Film award for the film’s catchy music and Javed Akhtar grabbed the award for the Best lyrics category. In the film, although Raima’s role might have been overlooked because of the lead role of the protagonist played by Shabana Azmi, yet she acquired some amount of appreciation for her act in the film. Next up in 2001, she starred in the Kalpana Lajmi directed ‘Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence’. In this movie she played the role of Raveena Tandon’s daughter and although the role which she played was a small one, yet she continued to receive praises for her performance in the film.

Raima Sen had her first ever breakthrough when she signed for the Rituparno Ghosh’s film named ‘Chokher Bali’ (2003). This film (literally when translated means ‘sand in the eye’) is a Bengali movie based on the novel ‘Chokher Bali’ written by Rabindranath Tagore. This film which had Prosenjit Chatterjee (Mahendra), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Binodini) and Raima Sen (Ashalata) in the leading roles, turned out to be a hit at the box office and Raima Sen received lots of positive remarks and appreciation for her stupendous performance in the film. This film was followed by a number of average films and then she had another hit in the year 2005. This time it was the PradeepSarkar directed ‘Parineeta’ which turned out to be a boon for her. This film which had Saif Ali Khan, VidyaBalan, Sanjay Dutt, Raima Sen herself and DiaMirza was a huge success at the theatres and Raima Sen received lots of accolades for her act in the film. Here she played the role of a playmate of the lead heroine VidyaBalan who at that time was herself a debutant. After Parineeta’s success, Raima Sen had two hits : The first being the Rituparno Ghosh directed ‘AntarMahal’ and the second being the action multi-starrer thriller titled ‘Dus’ directed by AnubhavSinha.

In the year 2006, she appeared in the AnjanDutt directed ‘The Bong Connection’ starring Raima Sen herself, Parambrata Chatterjee and ShayanMunshi. This film depicts the life led by Bengalis in the United States of America and Kolkata. Next year Raima started working for AbhayDeol’s thriller film titled ‘Manorama Six Feet Under’. This film which was released in 2007 did not do well at the box office. In 2011 she made her appearance in the Bengali psychological thriller movie ‘BaisheSrabon’, written and directed by SrijitMukherji and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. This film which was a super hit had Raima Sen herself, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Parambrata Chatterjee, Abir Chatterjee and GautamGhosh in the ranks.

Some of her filmography includes ‘Godmother’, ‘Daman’, ‘Nil Nirjane’, ‘Chokher Bali’, ‘Fun22shh…Dudes in the 10th Century’, ‘Shakti’, ‘AntarMahal’, ‘Dhairyam’, ‘Nishijapon’, ‘Parineeta’, ’99.9 FM’, ‘Dus’, ‘The Bong Connection’, ‘Anuranan’, ‘Eklavya: The Royal Guard’, ‘Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.’, ‘Yatra’, ‘Manorama Six Feet Under’, ‘Sunglass’, ‘Migration’, ‘Meridian Lines’, ‘Khela’, ‘Dhariya’, ‘C Kkompany’, ‘Mukhbiir’, ‘Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye’, ‘Mumbai Cutting’, ‘The Japanese Wife’, ‘Memories in March’, ‘Teen Patti’, ‘Natobar Not Out’, ‘Mirch’, ‘Noukadubi’ (‘Kashmakash’ is the Hindi dubbed version of this film), ‘BaisheSrabon’, ‘Veeraputhran’, ‘Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish’, ‘Abosheshey’, ‘3 Bachelors’, I, Me aur Main’ and ‘Mach Mishti& More’.

Riya Sen

Name: Riya Sen

Birthdate: 24th January, 1981

Zodiac: Aquarius

Marital Status: Unmarried

Trivia:

1) Riya Sen used to take jewellery designing as a hobby and she designs most of the outfits which she wears in her films and other television commercials.

2) In the year 2007, at Bangkok Riya had to undergo a detoxifying session to get rid of her chocolate addiction.

3) In the year 2004, Riya Sen was featured semi nude in Dabboo Ratnani’s annual calendar for which she gained a great response.

Biography: Riya Sen is a well-known Indian model as well as a film actress. She hails from a family where her grandmother, mother and sister, all are distinguished names in the film industry. The evergreen Suchitra Sen is her grandmother while Moon Moon Sen, her mother and Raima Sen, her sister are also known faces in the industry.

Riya Sen was born on the 24th of January in the year 1981 in the City of Joy, Kolkata. Her mother Moon Moon Sen is a former actress in the Bengali film industry while Bharat Dev Verma, her father is a distinguished personality belonging to one of the royal families of Tripura. Ila Devi, the Coochbehar princess was her paternal grand mother. Gayatri Devi was Ila Devi’s younger sister and she used to hold the tile of the Maharani of Jaipur. Indira, the daughter of Baroda’s Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III was Riya’s paternal great grandmother. Adinath Sen was Riya’s paternal great grand father and he was a well-known businessman in Kolkata.

Riya Sen did her schooling from the prestigious Loreto House, Kolkata and she later on graduated from the Rani Birla Girls’ College, also situated in Kolkata. Soon after her graduation she enrolled herself for a course in fashion designing at the National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi. She got a considerable amount of training in Kathak under Vijayshree Chaudhury. After from Kathak, RIya Sen is also well trained in kick boxing as well as belly dancing.

Riya Sen made her entry into the glamour and glitz filled film industry through small modeling assignments which she had to do by travelling to and fro from Kolkata to Mumbai. Soon after she got her breakthrough in the industry, she shifted moved to the City of Dreams, Mumbai in order to pursue her career in the Bollywood film industry. Later on Riya moved in with her sister, Raima in the family house at Juhu.

Raima Sen has also been on the receiving end of the stick numerous times. During the shooting of ‘Shaadi No. 1′, she got injured after she was accidentally run over by a stuntman’s bike. Next up, prior to the release date of the film, ‘Silsiilay’ where Riya Sen starred along with Ashmit Patel, her boyfriend, a video clip went viral through MMS which showed both of them in a compromising situation. Soon after this episode, both of them split up with Riya denying her presence in that video clip. In the month of December in 2012, Riya Sen again faced a controversial situation when she was caught kissing some girl at some nightclub in Mumbai.

She gained popularity as a model when she started appearing in various music videos such as Falguni Pathak’s ‘Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi’ (‘Chudi Jo Khankayi’), Asha Bhosle and Jagjit Singh’s ‘Kahin Kahin Se’ and ‘Jab Samne Tum’, ‘Jhumka Gira Re’ by Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle and Jagjit Singh’s ‘Dil Kahin Hosh Kahin’, ‘Sutta Maro’ by Shann and Sonu Nigam’s ‘Jeena Hai Tere Liye’.

When Riya was just sixteen years of age, she appeared in her very first music video, ‘Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi’. She earned a considerable amount of recognition thanks to her performance in this music video. Apart from music videos, she has also made her place on the covers of various magazines such as Elaan, Femina, Man’s World, Savvy, Gladrags and in the Indian copies of Cosmopolitan, Elle and Maxim. She has also appeared as a model on the ramp of fashion shows such as Wills Fashion Week (2006 – 2007) and Lakme Fashion Week (2005 – 2007).

She used to appear in these fashion shows along with Raima Sen, her sister.

Apart from modeling, Riya Sen has also been into numerous advertisements for brands such as Nirma, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Dabur Vatika, Colgate and Reliance Industries. In the year 2006, she replaced actress Deepika Padukone as the brand ambassador of Limca, the soft drinks company.

Riya Sen’s very first film was in the year 1991 when she appeared in ‘Vishkanya’. In this film she enacted the child role of the character of Pooja Bedi. When she was eighteen years of age, she starred in Bharathiraja’s Tamil flick titled ‘Taj Mahal’. ‘Love You Hamesa’ was supposed to be Riya’s very first Bollywood film but this film got stalled and eventually she debuted in the N. Chandra directed sex comedy called ‘Style’, starring Sharman Joshi, Shilpi Mudgal and Sahil Khan. This film was a success and Riya Sen received lots of appreciation for her perfromance in this low budgeted sex comedy.

Riya’s next successful film was the Sujoy Ghosh directed ‘Jhankar Beats’. This movie which is a tribute to the R.D Burman, the legendary music composer, is a story about music, love and friendship. Here Riya donned the role of a pretty girl by the name of Preeti. She starred along with Shayan Munshi, Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose, Juhi Chawla and Rinke Khanna. This Pritish Nandy produced film was released under the banner of PNC (Pritish Nandy Communications) and it was made in Hinglish which is a mix of English and Hindi languages.

Next up in the year 2005, she appeared in David Dhawan’s ‘Shaadi No. 1’, starring Fardeen Khan, Zayed Khan, Aarti Chhabria, Sharman Joshi, Soha Ali Khan, Esha Deol, Ayesha Takia, Sohia Chaudhary and Sanjay Dutt.

Riya Sen mostly appears in films for small item numbers or for playing small cameos and most of the successful films where she played a leading role are mainly small budgeted films. For instance, she enacted minor roles in films such as ‘Plan’ (2004), ‘Qayamat’ (2003) and ‘Dil Vil Pyar Vyar’ (2002). More attention was paid on the item numbers in these three films, especially the scene in Qayamat which showed her taking a bubble bath. Later on she also did some item numbers for James (2005) and ‘Heyy Babyy’ (2007).

Apart from Bollywood flicks, Riya Sen appeared in several English, Bengali, Malayalam, Telegu and Tamil films. Her very first English film was the one titled ‘It Was Raining That Night’. This film was a remake of ‘Shei Brishtir Raat’ which is a Mahesh Manjrekar directed and Sudeshna Roy scripted Bengali film. In this film Riya starred alongside Moon Moon Sen.

Initially Riya was signed up for Anjan Dutt’s ‘The Bong Connection’, but later on she was dropped and Peeya Rai Chaudhary was signed in her place. Riya Sen and Raima Sen were casted together in the Ajai Sinha directed Bengali flick titled ‘The Bachelor’.

‘Ananthabhadram’ (2005), directed by Santosh Sivan, is Riya Sen’s most successful Malayalam movie. This film was a great success at the box office and it won 5 Kerala State Film Awards.

Riya Sen’s very first Telegu flick was ‘Nenu Meeku Telusa… ?’ where she starred opposite Manoj Manchu.

Her filmography includes ‘Vishkanya’ (1991), ‘Taj Mahal’ (1999), ‘Good Luck’ (2000), ‘Style’ (2001), ‘Mone Pore Tomake’ (2001), ‘Dil Vil Pyar Vyar’ (2002), ‘Saazish’ (2003), ‘Qayamat: City Under Threat’ (2003), ‘Jhankaar Beats’ (2003), ‘Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa’ (2004), ‘Plan’ (2004), ‘Arasatchi’ (2004), ‘Ananthabhadram’ (2005), ‘Shaadi No. 1’ (2005), ‘Tum… Ho Na!’ (2005), ‘James’ (2005), ‘Silsiilay’ (2005), ‘It Was Raining That Night’ (2005), ‘Apna Sapna Money Money’ (2006), ‘Rokda’ (2006), ‘Love You Hamesha’ (2006), ‘Heyy Babyy’ (2007), ‘Nenu Meeku Telusa… ?’ (2008), ‘Heroes’ (2008), ‘Zor Lagaa ke… Hayya’ (2008), ‘Love Khichdi’ (2008), ‘Paying Guests’ (2009), ‘Benny and Babloo’ (2010), ‘Abohoman’ (2010), ‘Noukadubi’ (2011), ‘Tere Mere Phere’ (2011), ‘3 Bachelors’ (2012), ‘Zindagi 50-50’ (2013) and Krrish 3 (2013).

Srabanti Chatterjee

 ull Name : Srabanti Chatterjee Biswas
Nick Name : Srabanti
Bron : August 13, 1987
Bron Place : Kolkata, India
Occupation : Actress
Years Active : 2003- Present

Personal Life :

Bengali film industry in Kolkata, Known as the nickname Tollywood. And Srabanti is the most popular Actress in Tollywood.She start her carier in 1997 by "Mayar Badhon" But her next Movie release in after long time in 2003. Her second movie was "Champion" After the big sucess in 2003, Srabanti thought otherwise and married to Rajib Biswas, the Chief Assistant Director of Hindi Cinema Yugpurush & Ghulam-E-Musthafa. After a long 5 years, Srabanti once again produced a hit Bengali film Bhalobasha Bhalobasha and in 2010 Srabanti is coming up with back to back two Bengali Films of Srabanti named, Wanted and Amanush.

Koel Mallick

Koel Mallick
Actress
Koel Mallick is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali films.
Born: April 28, 1982 (age 32), Kolkata, India
Height: 1.65 m
Spouse: Nishpal Singh (m. 2013)
Education: Modern High School for Girls
Parents: Ranjit Mullick, Deepa Mallick
At a glance of Koel Mullick:
Native name: Rukmini Mullick
Born: 28 April, 1982
Born place: West Bengal, Kolkata
Occupation: Actress
Height: 5’4″
Spouse: Nespal Singh Rane
Nationality: India

Koel Mullick is known as hot, beauty queen and big film star in Tollywood bengali film industry. Her real name is Rukmini Mullick. Her others a known she is daughter of legendary bengali film actor Ranjit Mullick. Her many popular film of bengali film industry. She has involved in bengali film years active 2002- in present time.

Born of Koel Mullick:
Koel Mullick was born 28 April, 1982 West Bengali in Kolkata in renowned Mullick family. Her father name is film actor Ranjit Mullick and mother name is Deepa Mullick.

Education of Koel Mullick:
Koel Mullick completed her educational life. Her first school name was Modern High School (Girls) and she completed Bsc (Honors) Psychology from Gokhale Memorial Girls College and she affilicated of University of Calcutta.

Marital Status:Koel Mullick marriage picture
Koel Mullick is an married. Her husband name is renowned film producer Nespal Singh Rane. They are marriage completed on 2013.

Hobby:
Koel Mullick’s best hobby avting and inside travels. She likes spend her leisure time her husband and family.

Favorites foods:
Koel Mullick;s favorites foods her mothers hand making any foods. Speacially she likes Bhuna Khichuri and Indian local foods.

First Debuted Film of Koel Mullick:
Koel Mullick;s first debuted film was Nater Guru in 2003 with her co-actors Jeet and directed by Haranath Chakraborty.

Speacial Appearance of Koel Mullick:
Koel Mullick’s only one movie done a speacial guest appearance and movie name is Hangover directed by Prabhat Roy on 2010.
Koel Mullick latest picture
Filmography of Koel Mullick:
Movie name and years:
2003: Nater Guru
2004: Baadshah, Bandhan, Shudhu Tumi, Devipaksha
2005: Manik, Yuddho, Subhodristhi, Premi no. 1, Chore Chore Mustuto Bhai

2006: Hero, Tu Mo Manara Mita, Ghatok, Shikar, MLA Fatakeshto
2007: Nabab Nandini, Minister Fatakeshto, Mahanayak (Oriyaa movie), Chander Bari
2008: Premer Kahini, Mon Mane Na, Chiroshati, Love
2009: Saat Pake Bandha, Jackpot, Neel Akhasher Chadni, Bor Ashbe Ekhuni, Hitlist, Bolo Na Tumi Amar
2010: Tu Tha Mun Jauchi Rushi (Oriyaa movie), Mon Je Kore Uru Uru, Prem By Chance, Hangover, Dui Prithibi
2011: Paglu
2012: 100% Love, Jaaneman, Hemlock Society, Paglu 2, Doshomi
2013: Rongbaaz, Highway, Mafia
2014: Paglu 3, Arundhruti

Payel Sarkar

Payel Sarkar
Actress
Biography:Original Name: Payel Sarkar,
Nick Name: Piu
Parent’s Name: Sri Ashok Kumar Sarkar ,Smt.Konica Sarkar
Sister Name: Sohel Sarkar
Favorite Dish: Chinese, Thai
Favorite Food: Choclate
Schooling:Pratt Memorial
College: Jadavpore University (subject:History)
Big Screen Debut: Bibar
Favourite Actor:Shahrukh Khan
Favourite Actress: Kajol, Sonam Kapoor
Hobbies:Watching t.v.,Reading books,Shopping
Dream Holiday spot:Switzerland
Ideal Life Partner:Simple,Honest,Fun loving

Kolkata, India, Occupation: ActressThe Diva of today was a simple girl when she began...with both her parents working...she hardly got to spend much time with them...her grandmom is one of her best friends,she says...she appeared on the cover page of “Unish Kuri”,a popular Bengali Magazine, later on in the first year of college she acted in few telefilms directed by Sudeshna Roy...she was noticed by Ravi Kinagi and Shree Venkatesh films and was selected to play the heroine in their teen love story..I LOVE YOU, opposite Deb...the film was a blockbusters and then onwards there has been no looking back for this talented actress.. The journey continued with Payel delivering success in each and every venture she opted...be it LOVE STORY BY ANURAG BASU, LADIES SPECIAL... journey in tollywood continued parallely with runaway hits like CROSS CONNECTION...but it was PREM AMAR with Sohom that explored the many unseen facets of Payel the actor,specially for the audiences across Bengal...awarded THE MOST POPULAR FILM OF 2009(STAR JALSHA AWARDS),Prem Amar broke all records and made Payel,one of the most sought after stars...all thanks to RAJ CHAKRABORTY who has again given Payel Sarkar a totally different role in LE CHAKKA,after Prem Amar...LE CHAKKA IS THE LAST RELEASED FILM OF PAYEL TILL DATE...n yes one of her finest performances till date. Payel's