Riya Sen

Riya Sen

Born: January 24, 1981
in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Riya Sen (born Riya Dev Varma; 24 January 1981) is an Indian film actress and model. Riya, who comes 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 actress in the film Vishkanya. Her first commercial success in her film career was with Style, a 2001 Hindi low-budget comedy directed by N. Chandra. Some of her other notable films include producer Pritish Nandy's musical film, Jhankaar Beats (2003) in Hinglish, Shaadi No. 1 (2005) and 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 in 1998. Since then, she has appeared in music videos, television commercials, fashion shows, and on magazine covers. 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.

Movies for Riya Sen...

#Fair And Ugly
Title: #Fair And Ugly
Released: March 22, 2024
Type: Movie
An anthology directed by Prasenjit Biswas.
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Senapati
Title: Senapati
Released: December 31, 2020
Type: Movie
This is the debut Bengali film of columnist cum author Suhel Seth.
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Title: Pati Patni Aur Woh
Character: Rimjhim
Released: June 10, 2020
Type: TV
Set in Mathura, the Pati Patni Aur Woh story revolves around a middle-class couple whose marriage comes to an abrupt end, but this is just the beginning of their story.
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Title: Bekaaboo
Character: Chitra Irani
Released: May 15, 2019
Type: TV
Kiyaan Roy's bestselling erotica novel gifts him a life that appears as perfect as a dream. However, the deepest corners of his heart desire for a different kind of pleasure; a wild pleasure that comes with pain. One day he realizes that someone has been watching him and knows his secret. Someone, who is equally obsessed with the pleasure in pain. Surprised at his luck and tempted by the opportunity, he sets out to explore his dark fantasies with her. But things turn out to be wilder than his imagination and he ends up at the verge of losing everything he ever had-right from his reputation and career, to his family and fiancée. Will Kiyaan be able to reclaim his perfect life, or lose it all in this chase for the thrill in pain?
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Title: Poison
Released: April 19, 2019
Type: TV
After his release from jail, Ranveer moves to Goa to seek revenge on his enemies. Meanwhile, DSP Vikram sets his eyes of Antonio Verghese, a don who operates from Goa. Find out what happens when the lives of these three men get entwined.
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Title: Mismatch
Released: September 15, 2018
Type: TV
Mishka is terrified of her husband Abir's fantasies. Her boss Aditi intimidates her husband Anirban. The two mismatched couples begin a wild journey!
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Title: Ragini MMS Returns
Released: October 19, 2017
Type: TV
When Ragini joined a new college, little did she know that she was entering a realm where horrors lurked around every corner. It's scary. It's a must watch.
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Dark Chocolate
Title: Dark Chocolate
Character: Rina Bardhan
Released: September 2, 2016
Type: Movie
The film is based on the real life murder mystery of Sheena Bora. Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhry makes her debut in Bengali film as Ishani Banerjee, a character based on Sheena's mother and alleged murderer Indrani Mukherjea. Riya Sen will play the part of Rina Bardhan, inspired by Sheena Bora. Media baron Peter Mukherjea, Sheena's stepfather, will be portrayed by Sudeep Mukherjee.
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Hero 420
Title: Hero 420
Released: July 15, 2016
Type: Movie
In order to win a woman's heart, a clever man creates a fake character, but when the imaginary person materialises in real life, he draws them into a terrible political tangle. They'll escape unscathed.
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Title: Comedy Nights Bachao
Character: Self
Released: September 15, 2015
Type: TV
Based on the format of roast comedy, the show features comic crusaders who take a jibe at celebrity guests testing their patience through slapstick humor and make unpleasant jokes about them.
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The Easiest Way to Slim Down
Title: The Easiest Way to Slim Down
Released: June 26, 2015
Type: Movie
Ranjana Sen, a straightforward, young woman, starts feeling that her husband will stop loving her since she has been putting on weight, which forces her to adopt unconventional ways to attract him.
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Family Album
Title: Family Album
Released: May 29, 2015
Type: Movie
This is a movie that exposes the not-so picture-perfect Family Album...a hilarious and sad and eccentric concoction of the truth.
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Kolkata Calling
Title: Kolkata Calling
Released: November 21, 2014
Type: Movie
People from different backgrounds struggle to make their mark in the world while also trying to deal with their families and societal pressures.
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Jaatishwar
Title: Jaatishwar
Character: Sudeshna
Released: February 28, 2014
Type: Movie
Rohit, a Gujarati, studies the life of Anthony Firengee, and in the process meets with a mysterious man Kushawl Hajra.
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Zindagi 50 50
Title: Zindagi 50 50
Character: Naina
Released: August 12, 2013
Type: Movie
Zindagi 50 50 has three stories of common people's special dreams. And to fulfill those dreams they have to struggle hard. Sometimes few get it easily, where most of them must struggle very hard with lots of sacrifice, values, principals to achieve their dreams. Among them only few get it after long struggle time where most of them have to loose everything with a failure tag.
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Rabba Main Kya Karoon
Title: Rabba Main Kya Karoon
Released: August 2, 2013
Type: Movie
Rabba Main Kya Karoon is a roller coaster ride, which centres around a big - lavish Delhi wedding.
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3 Bachelors
Title: 3 Bachelors
Released: June 29, 2012
Type: Movie
Story of 3 Bachelors wandering for girls
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Chargesheet
Title: Chargesheet
Released: September 30, 2011
Type: Movie
The story revolves around the murder case of an actress.
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Tere Mere Phere
Title: Tere Mere Phere
Character: Muskaan
Released: September 30, 2011
Type: Movie
An irate groom-to-be abducts a recently married bickering couple and asks them to take him to his wedding: Tere Mere Phere is a story about a newly married couple, Pooja and Rahul, who have a perfect love affair and a perfect marriage and set out on a perfect dream honeymoon in a motor home, driving through the breath taking Himalayas … but then can life ever be perfect?! If “distance makes the heart grow fonder” then too much proximity should have the reverse effect! And it does ... As Pooja and Rahul get too close for comfort, the gilt of romance begins to rub off, a series of absurd fights follow and soon they get embroiled with a local Himachali small town guy ( Vinay Pathak) and his girl Muskaan, the “Pahadi Mirch” (Riya Sen).
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A Strange Love Story
Title: A Strange Love Story
Character: Jennifer
Released: May 20, 2011
Type: Movie
There are things that science can't explain and also some events that can't be understood. This story is based on a young aspiring photographer named Kabeer. A dream that he cherishes to show the world that he has never seen before. In the midst he unleashes of being not of this world. All what he cares for is a girl named Jennifer. They start seeing things, and people around starts getting horribly murdered, and all the evidence directs to Kabeer and Jennifer's direction.
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Noukadubi
Title: Noukadubi
Character: Kamala
Released: May 20, 2011
Type: Movie
Rameshchandra Chaudhry, a lawyer by profession, is in love with Hemnalini, and is displeased when he finds that his father wants him to marry Sushilla, the daughter of a widow. He initially refuses despite of his father disowning him, but changes his mind when the bride's mother pleads with him, and gets married without even seeing, leave alone getting to know his bride. After the marriage, they board a boat which overturns after a storm, and they end up being the only survivors. Unable to get Hemnalini out of his mind, he refuses to be intimate with his bride. On talking with her gradually over the next few months, it slowly sinks in that she is not Sushilla but Kamla - the bride of another male! The question remains: what can he do under these circumstances, and what impact will this have on Kamla - who has traditionally accepted him as her husband.
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Benny And Babloo
Title: Benny And Babloo
Character: Riya
Released: October 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Benny and Babloo is a 2010 Bollywood satirical comedy film, produced by Umesh Chouhan and directed by Yunus Sajawal. The film was released in October 2010 under the Chamunda Films banner. The film stars Kay Kay Menon, Rajpal Yadav, Riya Sen, Shweta Tiwari, Rukhsar, Natassha, Richa Chadda, Maushumi Udeshi, Hiten Paintal and Aasif Sheikh in prominent roles
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Abohomaan
Title: Abohomaan
Character: Chandrika
Released: December 22, 2009
Type: Movie
Abohomaan tells the story of Aniket, one of the finest filmmakers of Bengal in eastern India and the loves of his life. Devoted to his craft, Aniket met and fell in love with his wife Deepti, an actress, while they worked together on the set of a film. They were so in love that Deepti sacrificed her own career for her husband's and for their son Apratim, but lost a little of who she was in the process. The plot thickens when Aniket auditions a young actress, Shikha, who bares an uncanny resemblance to his wife when she was younger. Deepti enthusiastically begins to coach Shikha for her husband's film - so much so that Shikha becomes even more like the girl Deepti used to be and as a result the aging Aniket falls in love with Shikha, a woman as young as his son, despite the sadness and trouble it brings to his family.
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Love Khichdi
Title: Love Khichdi
Character: Deepti Mehta
Released: August 28, 2009
Type: Movie
A talented Sous-Chef woos a variety of women with a view of using them to try and fulfill his dream.
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Paying Guests
Title: Paying Guests
Character: Alpita
Released: June 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Four friends' attempts to find employment and accommodation pits them against landlords and gangsters in Bangkok.
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Zor Lagaa Ke... Haiya!
Title: Zor Lagaa Ke... Haiya!
Character: Chamki
Released: June 12, 2009
Type: Movie
Children build a tree-house to spy on a beggar, than seek his help against a builder.
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Heroes
Title: Heroes
Character: Shivani
Released: October 24, 2008
Type: Movie
Havaldar Balkar Singh, Captain Dhananjay Shergill and Lieutenant Sahil Naqvi are amongst numerous fatalities on India's side in the 1999 Kargil war against Pakistan. All 3 men had written their last letters to Kuljeet Kaur, Squadron Leader Vikram Singh, and Dr. Naqvi respectively. These letters were located 3 years later by IBN Reporter, Avinash Sarin, who entrusts them to two Indore-based slackers, Ali Shah and Sameer Suri, and asks them to deliver them to Chandigarh, Manali, and Leh respectively. Ali and Sameer set out to film this journey in order to get a graduation degree so that they can re-locate to America as well as televise it widely in order to convince the youth not to join any of India's armed forces.
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Nenu Meeku Telusa...?
Title: Nenu Meeku Telusa...?
Character: Madhumitha
Released: October 10, 2008
Type: Movie
Aditya (Manoj Manchu) has a strange disorder. His memory keeps refreshing every night he sleeps, but he wakes up with a blank mind every day. Only two people (his uncle and his personal doctor) know about his problem. He falls in a situation where he is accused of a murder. The rest of the story is all about how he rescues himself.
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Apna Sapna Money Money
Title: Apna Sapna Money Money
Character: Shivani S. Shashtri
Released: November 10, 2006
Type: Movie
Kishan is a young man from Goa whose brain is full of every conceivable trick to make a quick buck. He cons people by slipping into different outfits and by assuming many guises. Julie, is a sexy club dancer with quite a local reputation, but behind her raunchy exterior is a compassionate, kind-hearted woman who goes out of her way to help the needy...
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Anandabhadram
Title: Anandabhadram
Character: Bhama
Released: November 3, 2005
Type: Movie
In the ancient village of Shivapuram, little Ananthan hears a tale from his mother, Gayathri (Revathi). She tells him that his family comes from a line of powerful magicians, and they are responsible for protecting nagamanikyam, a jewel on a serpent's head. The jewel, she narrates, lies in a secret place in the house guarded by snakes, including a tiny snake called Kunjootan. Years later, obeying the wishes of his dead mother, Ananthan (Prithviraj Sukumaran) returns to his ancestral village to light the lamps at Shivakavu, a dark and mysterious temple of Shiva.
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James
Title: James
Character: Item Number
Released: September 16, 2005
Type: Movie
James, who comes to Mumbai seeking a successful life, and ends up working as a bouncer at a club there, and fighting gangsters. He then encounters the brother of an MP who is always causing crime. James has a little fight in club which cause causes a huge conflict between the two, this also gets his brother and MP Shanthi Narayana involved. This conflict then causes death of James's friend, whom he lives with, Babloo, and because of this James is set on revenge.
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Silsiilay
Title: Silsiilay
Character: Anushka
Released: June 17, 2005
Type: Movie
An account of the lives of three women who are not connected to each other.
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Tum... Ho Na!
Title: Tum... Ho Na!
Character: Reema
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
It's love at first sight for Anjali and Jai Walia. However, after Anjali gets an anonymous tip-off about Jai's alleged infidelity, cracks begin to appear in their once happy marriage.
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Arasatchi
Title: Arasatchi
Released: September 22, 2004
Type: Movie
Siddharth has suffered at the hands of corrupt lawyers and decides to kill all lawyers who help criminals evade the law. He doesn't even refrain from going against a lawyer who turns out to be family.
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Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa
Title: Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa
Character: Kamini
Released: September 10, 2004
Type: Movie
A wealthy man working in an advertising agency and a dedicated doctor fall in love and marry. When his wife dies, the devastated man must fulfil her last wishes.
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Qayamat: City Under Threat
Title: Qayamat: City Under Threat
Character: Sheetal
Released: July 11, 2003
Type: Movie
CBI Officer Akram Sheikh is on the verge of nabbing three dreaded Pakistan-backed arms dealers, the brothers Ali and Abbas and their common moll Laila. When Sheikh busts an important arms deal conducted by his three targets, Ali-Abbas join forces with Gopal, a corrupt scientist to get hold of a deadly virus and take the tourists at the Elphinstone Jail resort as hostage. Akram Sheikh is now compelled to get help from Rachit, a criminal serving jail time who was a former associate of Ali-Abbas and the only person in history to have successfully escaped the Elphinstone jail . Along with a commando team, they try to pull off a rescue attempt by breaking in the jail and rescuing the hostages.
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Jhankaar Beats
Title: Jhankaar Beats
Character: Preeti Sharma
Released: June 19, 2003
Type: Movie
This movie was a tribute to R. D. Burman. Jhankaar Beats is a story about love, friendship and music. Two copywriter brothers have lost in pop music contest called Jhankaar Beats for the last two years. They take the help of an apprentice to compete in a music contest.
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Dil Vil Pyar Vyar
Title: Dil Vil Pyar Vyar
Character: Guest Appearance
Released: October 18, 2002
Type: Movie
Three friends, who have known each other for a long time, decide to enter a singing and musical competition. The events that lead to this competition, and their personal lives, including their romantic ties, is the theme of this movie. Included are popular Burman Movie songs, a delight to hear any time.
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Style
Title: Style
Character: Sheena
Released: December 28, 2001
Type: Movie
Chantu and Bantu are a couple of scam-artists trying to woo rich girls for easy money. In the process, they get embroiled in a murder case and become the prime suspects.
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Good Luck
Title: Good Luck
Released: February 4, 2000
Type: Movie
Surya (Prashanth) is a carefree youth living in Malaysia with his brother Chandramohan (Raghuvaran) and sister-in-law Devi (Sukanya). Chandramohan and Devi are childless because of a problem with Chandramohan. Surya falls in love with dancer Priya (Riya Sen) and manages to steal her heart too. Just when things seem happy, a bombshell is dropped by a Sister Mary who tells Surya that he is the father of a small girl Pooja. Pooja must undergo an operation to save her life but insists on seeing her dad before agreeing to the operation. Surya agrees to pose as her dad and is forced to do so on a more permanent basis even after the operation is done.
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Taj Mahal
Title: Taj Mahal
Character: Machakkanni
Released: November 7, 1999
Type: Movie
Even though Maayan and Machakanni are deeply in love with each other, her brother decides to get her married to someone else. So, Maayan's friends resolve to unite the couple.
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Vishkanya
Title: Vishkanya
Character: Baby Nisha
Released: July 30, 1991
Type: Movie
Inspector Rakesh Verma has been assigned the case of the mysterious deaths of Zoravar and his associate. His investigations take him to meet the other two associates namely Thakur Dhurjan Singh, and Lala Lachiram Chaudhary - both fearful for their lives. While Rakesh is aware that both are connected to the criminal underworld, he is required to provide protection to them. His investigations make him conclude that the suspects could be Wali Khan, a former jailbird; Trilokchand, another former jailbird, in jail for murder, but who is now crippled and confined to a wheelchair; and a mysterious woman who was fed venomous poison as a child - and is quite capable of administering it in lethal doses. Rakesh must now find who the real killer is - before he/she kills the Thakur and Lala.