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	'''Moon Moon Sen''', also credited as '''Moonmoon Sen''', (born 28 March 1948)<ref ~~name~~=~~LS16Bio~~ /> is an [[Indian film]] actress, known for her works in [[Hindi film\|Hindi]], [[Cinema of West Bengal\|Bengali]], [[Cinema of Kerala\|Malayalam]], [[Kannada]], [[Telugu films\|Telugu]], [[Tamil cinema\|Tamil]], and [[Marathi language\|Marathi]] films. She eventually starred in [[Bollywood]] films. She has appeared in 60 films and 40 television series. She has received [[Andhra Pradesh]] state [[Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress]] in 1987, for her role in the film ''[[Sirivennela]]''.		'''Moon Moon Sen''', also credited as '''Moonmoon Sen''', (born 28 March 1948)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.bollywoodmdb.com/celebrities/biography/moon-moon-sen/6707\|title=Moon Moon Sen Biography\|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref> is an [[Indian film]] actress, known for her works in [[Hindi film\|Hindi]], [[Cinema of West Bengal\|Bengali]], [[Cinema of Kerala\|Malayalam]], [[Kannada]], [[Telugu films\|Telugu]], [[Tamil cinema\|Tamil]], and [[Marathi language\|Marathi]] films. She eventually starred in [[Bollywood]] films. She has appeared in 60 films and 40 television series. She has received [[Andhra Pradesh]] state [[Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress]] in 1987, for her role in the film ''[[Sirivennela]]''.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	==~~Televsision~~==		==Television==
	* Paliyathachan - Malayalam serial		* Paliyathachan - Malayalam serial
	* Rishtey - Hindi Serial		* Rishtey - Hindi Serial

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{{Short description|Indian film actress}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Moon Moon Sen
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|03|28|df=y}}<ref name=LS16Bio>{{cite web |title=Sixteenth Lok Sabha – Members Bioprofile – Varma, Smt. Dev (Moon Moon Sen) |url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4912 |website=Parliament of India – Lok Sabha |access-date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220142813/http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4912 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], India <br/> (present-day Kolkata)
| residence = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]]
| constituency1 = [[Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bankura]], [[West Bengal]]
| term_start1 = 2014
| term_end1 = 24 May 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Basudeb Acharia]]
| successor1 = [[Subhash Sarkar]]
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| parents = Dibanath Sen<br />[[Suchitra Sen]]
| spouse = Bharat Dev Varma (1978–present)
| children = [[Raima Sen]]<br />[[Riya Sen]]
| profession = Actress
| alma_mater = [[Somerville College, Oxford]]<br />[[Jadavpur University]]
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'''Moon Moon Sen''', also credited as '''Moonmoon Sen''', (born 28 March 1948)<ref name=LS16Bio /> is an [[Indian film]] actress, known for her works in [[Hindi film|Hindi]], [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]], [[Cinema of Kerala|Malayalam]], [[Kannada]], [[Telugu films|Telugu]], [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]], and [[Marathi language|Marathi]] films. She eventually starred in [[Bollywood]] films. She has appeared in 60 films and 40 television series. She has received [[Andhra Pradesh]] state [[Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress]] in 1987, for her role in the film ''[[Sirivennela]]''.

==Early life==
Moon Moon Sen was born in Calcutta (present-day [[Kolkata]]) to popular Bengali actress [[Suchitra Sen]] and Dibanath Sen. Her father, of [[Ballygunge Place]], was the son of one of the wealthiest businessmen of [[Kolkata]], Adinath Sen. Her great-grandfather Dinanath Sen was the [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] or a Minister of the Maharaja of [[Tripura]].

She was educated at Loreto Convent, [[Shillong]] and at Loreto House, [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]. She completed her graduation from [[Somerville College, Oxford]] and received her masters in [[Comparative Literature]] from [[Jadavpur University]], [[Kolkata|Calcutta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodmdb.com/celebrities/biography/moon-moon-sen/6707|title=Moon Moon Sen Biography|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="screenindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/20001124/focus.htm|title=Focus on IIFCL refinance to pump in Rs 75,000 crore|date=6 January 2009|access-date=7 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501064254/http://www.screenindia.com/old/20001124/focus.htm|archive-date=1 May 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As a child, Sen learnt drawing from [[Jamini Roy]], one of India's greatest artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990603/ile03172.html |title=Sorry |work=Indianexpress|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref> She loves paintings and collecting antiques. In an interview in 2000, she said she taught at Ballygunge Govt High School for a year<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://www.screenindia.com/20001124/focus.htm |title=Sorry |publisher=Screenindia.com |access-date=6 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131222802/http://www.screenindia.com/20001124/focus.htm |archive-date=31 January 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and then taught graphics at Chitrabani, a school teaching film techniques. She was also active in [[social work]] and even thought about adopting a baby, even before she was married.<ref name="screenindia.com"/> Sen taught English at a well known Boys' school (Ballygunge Govt. High School) in [[Kolkata]] before joining films.

== Career ==

===Acting career===
Moon Moon Sen started her career in films and television after marriage and motherhood. She made her debut in ''[[Andar Baahar]]'' (1984).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020302/ncr3.htm|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - NCR stories}}</ref> Her daring role in that film apparently created a storm of controversy.

She had also starred in a suspense thriller [[100 Days (1991 film)|''100 Days'']] with [[Madhuri Dixit]]. After ''Zakhmi Dil'' (1994) she did not appear in films until 2003 when she starred in an unsuccessful thriller ''[[Kucch To Hai]]''. She could not match success of [[Suchitra Sen|her mother]]. She'd acted in a Telugu movie ''[[Sirivennela]]'' directed by the legendary Telugu director [[K. Viswanath]].

Before and after entering the film industry, she appeared alone (or with her daughters) in some modelling assignments. She notably modelled for soap ads<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/chat/adichat.htm|title=Rediff on the NeT: Transcript of the Adi Godrej Chat}}</ref> which were quite controversial in the 1980s. Apart from doing some television serials, she also did couple of Bengali tele-films.

Sen said she would bare all even at 70.
<blockquote>"Age is not important, the attitude is. Sophia is the ultimate glam girl who can manage to look beautiful in such a picture even now. But yes, India too has beautiful women like Rekha and Hema Malini who can carry such a thing out with aplomb. In fact, I wouldn't mind myself if the shoot is done aesthetically and with taste."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/dare-to-bare-at-70/articleshow/1719360.cms |title=Dare to bare at 70?|work=The Times of India|date=9 July 2006 |access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref></blockquote>

Her film ''My Karma'' (2004),<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1432960/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 My Karma (2004) IMDb]</ref> directed by Korak Day<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3449510/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Korak Day, IMDb]</ref> earned her international praise, as the film received international awards and recognition for her as a "tough and sweet Indian wife, standing as a rock behind her husband".{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

She is now doing a few films at a time.[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020302/ncr3.htm] She is also apparently writing a [[cookbook]] in Bengali, which is yet to be published.{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}}

===Political career===
She joined [[All India Trinamool Congress]] in March 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.ibnlive.com/news/baichung-bhutia-moon-moon-sen-bring-star-power-to-mamatas-tmc/456206-37-64.html|title=Baichung Bhutia, Moon Moon Sen bring star power to Mamata's TMC|access-date=6 March 2014|archive-date=7 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307113045/http://m.ibnlive.com/news/baichung-bhutia-moon-moon-sen-bring-star-power-to-mamatas-tmc/456206-37-64.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and won in [[2014 Indian general elections|2014 Lok Sabha Polls]] from [[Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bankura]] constituency, where she defeated CPI(M)'s nine-time MP, [[Basudeb Acharia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tollywood wishes luck to Dev, Moon Moon Sen for Lok Sabha Polls|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/tollywood-wishes-luck-to-dev-moon-moon-sen-for-lok-sabha-polls/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=7 March 2014|archive-date=2 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702212021/http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/tollywood-wishes-luck-to-dev-moon-moon-sen-for-lok-sabha-polls/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=tib>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lok-Saba-polls-Bhaichung-Bhutia-Moon-Moon-Sen-to-contest-on-Trinamool-ticket/articleshow/31477172.cms?from=mdr |title=Lok Saba polls: Bhaichung Bhutia, Moon Moon Sen to contest on Trinamool ticket|work=The Times of India|date=5 March 2014|access-date =7 March 2014}}</ref> In 2019, she lost the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency election to [[Babul Supriyo]] of BJP.<ref>{{cite news |title=Asansol Election Result 2019: Moon Moon Sen loses to BJP's Babul Supriyo |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/asansol-lok-sabha-election-result-2019-babul-supriyo-leading/articleshow/69470680.cms |date=24 May 2019 |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Moon Moon Sen married in 1978, to a descendant of the erstwhile royal family of [[Tripura|Tripura state]]. They have two daughters, actresses [[Raima Sen]] and [[Riya Sen]]. She has high regard for her husband, for his consistent support of her professional acting career.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Her late mother-in-law, Ila Devi, daughter of [[Indira Raje]], was the princess of [[Cooch Behar]], and elder sister of [[Gayatri Devi]], the Maharani of [[Jaipur]].

Deeply religious, in spite of her bohemian screen image, Moon Moon Sen is committed to family life and grieved at her mother, Suchitra Sen's passing away on 17 January 2014, due to a heart attack. She immersed the ashes of her mother ritualistically in the Ganges, on Wednesday, 29 January 2014, the prayers attended by dignitaries, like West Bengal Chief Minister, [[Mamata Banerjee]], close friends and family, who had missed the funeral, it being a hurried affair after five hours of death, as per the last wishes of the dying actress [[Suchitra Sen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/daughter-moon-moon-grandaughters-ria-raima-at-suchitra-sens-cremation/3/|title=Moon Moon Sen immerses ashes of late mother Suchitra Sen in Ganga|date=18 January 2014}}</ref>

==Awards==
*[[Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress]] – ''[[Sirivennela]]'' (1987)
*Kalakendra Screen Award {{Citation needed|date=March 2014}}
*Bharat Nirman Award {{Citation needed|date=March 2014}}
*Kalakar Awards.<ref name="Kalakar award winners">{{cite web|title=Kalakar award winners|url=http://kalakarawards.co/images/listofawardees.pdf|publisher=Kalakar website|access-date=16 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425155216/http://kalakarawards.co/images/listofawardees.pdf|archive-date=25 April 2012}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Hindi===
* ''[[Andar Baahar]]'' (1984) as Reema
* ''[[Musafir (1986 film)|Musafir]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Mohabbat Ki Kasam]]'' (1986) as Radha
* ''[[Jaal (1986 film)|Jaal]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Sheesha (1986 film)|Sheesha]]'' (1986) as Manisha Prakash
* ''[[Pyar Ki Jeet (1987 film)|Pyaar Ki Jeet]]'' (1987) as Rani sahiba
* ''[[Majnu (film)|Majnu]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Maashuka]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Woh Phir Aayegi]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Be Lagaam]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Mil Gayee Manzil Mujhe]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Tere Bina Kya Jeena]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Ek Din Achanak]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Apna Desh Paraye Log]]'' (1989) as Journalist Sunita
* ''[[Pathar Ke Insan]]'' (1990) as Dancer
* ''[[Lekin...]]'' (1991) as Pammi
* ''[[Jeevan Ek Sanghursh]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Bahaar Aane Tak]]'' (1990) as Renu
* ''[[100 Days (1991 film)|100 Days]]'' (1991) as Rama
* ''[[Iraada]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Vishkanya (film)|Vishkanya]]'' (1991) as Mrs. Sonal Vikram Singh
* ''[[Waqt Ka Badshah]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Pyaar Ka Saudagar]] ''(1992)
* ''[[Zakhmi Rooh]]'' (1993) as Seema/Reema
* ''[[Zakhmi Dil (1994 film)|Zakhmi Dil]]'' (1994) as Mala
* ''[[Sautela Bhai]]'' (1996) as Sheena
* ''[[Kucch To Hai]]'' (2003) as Madam Sexena
* ''[[Nil Nirjane]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Love at Times Square]]'' (2003) as Sweety's mother
* ''[[Taj Mahal: A Monument of Love]]'' (2003)
* ''[[My Karma (film)|My Karma]]'' (2004) as Mrs. Mullik
* ''[[It Was Raining That Night (2005 film)|It Was Raining That Night]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Bow Barracks Forever]]'' (2007) as Rosi
* ''[[Barood (The Fire) A Love Story]]'' (2010)

===Bengali===
* ''[[Chorus (1974 film)|Chorus]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Rajbadhu]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Rajeswari]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Baidurya Rahasya]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Ajantay]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Pujarini]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Antarale]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Amar Kantak (film)|Amar Kantak]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Anjali (Bengali film)|Anjali]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Apon Ghorey]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Tumi Kato Sundar]]'' (1988)
*''[[Nishi Trishna]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Byabodhan]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Gajamukuta]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Hirer Angti]] (1992)''
* ''[[Mahashay]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Sopan (film)|Sopan]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Neel Nirjane]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Buno Haansh]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Bhobishyoter Bhoot]]'' (2019)

===Malayalam===
* '' Angaadi'' (1982)
* ''Chiriyo Chiri'' (1982)
* ''[[Aval Kaathirunnu Avanum]]'' (1986)
* ''Gentle Man Security '' (1994)

===Kannada===
* ''[[Yuga Purusha]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Vaishakada Dinagalu]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Mangalya Bandhana]]'' (1993)

===Telugu===
*''[[Sirivennela]]'' (1986)
*''[[Majnu (1987 film)|Majnu]]'' (1987)

===Tamil===
* ''[[12B]]'' (2001) Sulo, Jo's mother

===English===
* ''[[MY KARMA (film)|My Karma]]'' (2004) as Mrs. Mallik

==Televsision==
* Paliyathachan - Malayalam serial
* Rishtey - Hindi Serial
* Shudhu Tomari Jonyo - Bengali serial

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
*Shoma A. Chatterjee. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080131222802/http://www.screenindia.com/20001124/focus.htm "Moon Moon Sen: Back in the Spotlight"], Screen (part of the [[Indian Express]] group), 24 November 2000. An article based on an interview with Moon Moon Sen, discussing her career and her private life.

==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|0784018}}
*{{Bollywood Hungama person|moon-moon-sen}}

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