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{{Short description|Indian actor}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Riddhi Sen
| image = Riddhi Sen in May 2018.jpg
| alt = Riddhi Sen
| caption = Riddhi Sen
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|05|19}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| nationality = Indian
| parents = [[Kaushik Sen]] (father) <br>Reshmi Sen (mother)
| relatives = [[Chitra Sen]] (grandmother) <br> Shyamal Sen (grandfather)
| other_names =
| occupation = [[Actor]]
| alma_mater = [[South Point School]]
}}

'''Riddhi Sen''' is an [[India]]n [[Bengalis|Bengali]] film actor. He is a regular actor of the theatre group [[Swapnasandhani]]<ref name="Theatre for a cause">{{cite news|title=Theatre for a cause|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081125/jsp/calcutta/story_10160192.jsp|access-date=11 May 2012|newspaper=Telegraph Kolkata|date=25 November 2008}}</ref> and was a student of South Point school, [[Kolkata]]. In 2010, he received a special talent award from his school for his achievements in the field of theatre.<ref name="South Point prize distribution ceremony document">{{cite web|title=South Point prize distribution ceremony document|url=http://www.southpoint.edu.in/Images%2Fpressroom%2F52_prizer.pdf|publisher=South Point school, Kolkata|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref> He is the youngest actor in [[India]] to win the [[National Film Award for Best Actor]] for the film ''[[Nagarkirtan]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=National Film Awards 2018 complete winners list: Sridevi named Best Actress; Newton is Best Hindi Film|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/national-film-awards-2018-complete-winners-list-sridevi-named-best-actress-newton-is-best-hindi-film-4429915.html|access-date=13 April 2018|work=Firstpost|date=13 April 2018}}</ref> In 2019, ''[[Film Companion]]'' ranked Sen's performance in ''[[Nagarkirtan]]'' among ''100 Greatest Performances of the decade.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/best-of-the-decade/100-best-performances-indian-cinema.html|title=100 Greatest Performances of the Decade|website=100 Greatest Performances of the Decade|language=en|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>

==Early life==
[[File:Riddhi Sen Dakghar.png|thumb|upright|250px|Sen in 2010]]
Sen is the son of Bengali stage and film actor [[Kaushik Sen]] and dancer Reshmi Sen, and grandson of actress [[Chitra Sen]] and actor Shyamal Sen.<ref name="Familty drama">{{cite web|title=Family drama|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/family-drama/1/99766.html|publisher=India Today|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="Chitra Sen: Bengali theatre and acting-Exclusive Interview">{{cite web|title=Chitra Sen: Bengali theatre and acting-Exclusive Interview|url=http://calcuttatube.com/chitra-sen-bengali-theatre-and-acting-exclusive-interview/138182/|publisher=Calcuttaweb|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref> Sen has acted on stage from an early age, with his grandmother saying "From a very tender age he is performing at ‘Prachya’, I remember carrying him through the crowds at the age of 3."<ref name="Chitra Sen: Bengali theatre and acting-Exclusive Interview" />

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Film
!Directed by
!Reference
|-
|2010
|[[Iti Mrinalini]]
|[[Aparna Sen]]
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Iti Mrinalini: An Unfinished Letter...|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1521223/|access-date=2020-06-24}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|[[Kahaani]]
|[[Sujoy Ghosh]]
|<ref name="A little twist in ‘Kahaani'">{{cite news|date=24 Oct 2010|title=A little twist in ‘Kahaani'|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-24/news-interviews/28213068_1_sujoy-ghosh-kahaani-twist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212094429/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-24/news-interviews/28213068_1_sujoy-ghosh-kahaani-twist|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 December 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Kahaani|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821480/|access-date=2020-06-24}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|[[Children of War (2014 film)|Children of war]]
|Mrityunjay Devvrat
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Children of War|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3369670/|access-date=2020-06-24}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|[[Chirodini Tumi Je Amar 2]]
|Soumik Chatterjee
|
|-
|2014
|[[Open Tee Bioscope]]
|[[Anindya Chatterjee]]
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Open Tee Bioscope|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4365506/|access-date=2020-06-24}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|[[Chauranga]]
|Bikas Mitra
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Chauranga|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3777164/|access-date=2020-06-24}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|[[Loadshedding]]
|[[Soukarya Ghosal]]
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Load Shedding|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5475244/|access-date=2020-06-24}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|[[Parched]]
|[[Leena Yadav]]
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Parched|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3043252/|access-date=2020-06-24}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|[[Lion (2016 film)|Lion]]
|[[Garth Davis]]
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Lion|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3741834/|access-date=2020-06-24}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|[[Bhoomi (2017 film)|Bhoomi]]
|[[Omung Kumar]]
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Bhoomi|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6265988/|access-date=2020-06-24}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|[[Samantaral]]
|Partha Chakraborty
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Samantaral|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7746986/|access-date=2020-06-24}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|[[Nagarkirtan]]
|[[Kaushik Ganguly]]
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Nagarkirtan|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7808072/|access-date=2020-06-24}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|[[Helicopter Eela]]
|[[Pradeep Sarkar]]
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Helicopter Eela|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt8427036/|access-date=2020-06-24}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|[[Vinci Da]]
|[[Srijit Mukherji|Srijit Mukherjee]]
|<ref>{{Citation|title=Vinci Da|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt10217550/|access-date=2020-06-24}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|[[Anusandhan (film)|Anusandhan]]
|[[Kamaleshwar Mukherjee]]
|<ref>{{Cite news |title=Riddhi feels lucky to work with Kamaleswar in ‘Anusandhan’|author=Sankha Ghosh|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/riddhi-feels-lucky-to-work-with-kamaleswar-in-anusandhan/articleshow/78926382.cms |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=29 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|Bismillah
|[[Indraadip Dasgupta]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indraadip Dasgupta on his next ‘Bismillah’ - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/indraadip-dasgupta-on-his-next-bismillah/articleshow/71520904.cms|access-date=2020-06-24|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|Mon Kharap
|[[Pavel (film director)|Pavel]]
|
|-
|2022
|Doctor Kaku
|[[Pavel (film director)|Pavel]]
|
|}

===YouTube short films===
*''Satya dar coaching''<ref>{{cite news |title=শিক্ষক দিবসে অনলাইনে মুক্তি পেল মীরের ‘সত্যদার কোচিং’ |url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/entertainment/cinema/satyadar-coaching-starring-mir-released-on-teachers-day/ |work=[[Sangbad Pratidin]] |date=5 September 2017}}</ref>

===Theatre performances===
* ''Prachya''<ref name="Awards Pr">{{cite web|title=Preview|url=http://www.narthaki.com/info/prv11/prv497.html|publisher=narthaki.com/|access-date=13 May 2012}}</ref>
* ''Dakghor'' (directed by [[Kaushik Sen]])
* ''Banku Babur Bandhu'' 2006 (directed by [[Kaushik Sen]])
* ''Bhalo Rakkhosher Golpo'' (directed by [[Kaushik Sen]])
* ''Krironok''
*''Dushman No. 1'' (directed by [[Suman Mukhopadhyay]])<ref name="A little twist in ‘Kahaani'2">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-24/news-interviews/28213068_1_sujoy-ghosh-kahaani-twist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212094429/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-24/news-interviews/28213068_1_sujoy-ghosh-kahaani-twist|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 December 2013|title=A little twist in ‘Kahaani'|date=24 Oct 2010|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref>
* ''[[Birpurush (play)|Birpurush]]'' (2010)
* ''Macbeth'' (2012 Bengali theatre, based on Shakespeare's play ''[[Macbeth]]'', directed by Kaushik Sen; Riddhi Sen played the role of one of the three witches)<ref>{{cite news|title='Performance speaks louder than star power' |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Performance-speaks-louder-than-star-power/articleshow/12634177.cms?|newspaper=Times of India|date=12 April 2012|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref>
* In mid-2012 Sen played the role of young Andrea in [[Anjan Dutt]]'s Bengali theatre adoption of [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s ''[[Life of Galileo]]''.<ref name="Anjan as galileo">{{cite news|title=Anjan as galileo|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120619/jsp/entertainment/story_15626178.jsp#.T-gjtOLJVVg|access-date=25 June 2012|newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta|date=19 June 2012}}</ref>
*Drohokaal (Directed by [[Kaushik Sen]])
* ''Ashwathama'', directed by Kaushik Sen based on [[Manoj Mitra]]'s play Ashwathama; Riddhi Sen played the role of Ashwathama.
* '' Taraye Taraye'', directed by Kaushik Sen based on [[Srijato]]'s novel Tara Bhora Akasher Niche; Riddhi Sen played the role of Ritwik.

===Web Series===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Platform
!Notes
|-
|2017
|''[[Feluda#Web Series|Feluda]]''
|Topshe
|[[Addatimes]]
|directed by [[Parambrata Chatterjee]]<ref name="Feluda Web Series">"Riddhi Sen as Topshe in Web-Series Feluda; New Topshe for the New Age Audience" https://www.addatimes.com/show/feluda/</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Riddhi Sen in Feluda web series - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/riddhi-sen-in-feluda-web-series/articleshow/59806840.cms|access-date=2020-12-01|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|''Sharate Aaj''
|Swapno
|[[ZEE5]]
|directed by Aritra Sen
created by [[Parambrata Chatterjee]]<ref name="Sharate Aaj Web Series">"Bengali original web series Sharate Aaj shooting continues in London" https://thekolkatamail.com/zee5-bengali-original-web-series-sharate-aaj-shooting-continues-in-london/</ref>
|-
|2019
|[[Paanch Phoron|Panch Phoron]]
|
|[[Hoichoi]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-02-21|title=Paanch Phoron review: Hoichoi's new anthology series is a delicious, satisfying concoction - Entertainment News , Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/paanch-phoron-review-hoichois-new-anthology-series-is-a-delicious-satisfying-concoction-6129111.html|access-date=2020-12-01|website=Firstpost}}</ref>
|}
Sen’s first directorial debut is a short film based on the author [[Nabarun Bhattacharya]]'s short story, Coldfire, a dystopian dark comedy, which is set to release in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kahlon |first1=Sukhpreet |title=Coldfire review: Fiction comments on reality in this dystopian sci-fi drama |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/reviews/coldfire-47112 |website=Cinestaan |access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref>

==Awards==
[[File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Best Actor Award to Riddhi Sen for the Bengali feature film – NAGARKIRTAN, at the 65th National Film Awards Function, in New Delhi.JPG|thumb|200px|Sen in [[65th National Film Awards]]]]
*[[National Film Award for Best Actor]] for ''[[Nagarkirtan]]''
*Award by Nehru Children's Museum, 2005.<ref name="Awards Pr" />
*Sundaram Award, 2008<ref name="Awards Pr" />
*Shera Bangali Award by ABP Ananda, Kalker Shera Ajke 2015.
*18th Tele Cine Award,Best Actor Male for ''Nagarkirtan'', 2019.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}}
*Best Rising Actor by Kalakar Awards for ''[[Helicopter Eela]]'', 2019.
*Best Actor for Nagarkirtan at SAARC in 2019<ref>{{cite news |title=Kajol के इस 'बेटे' की फिल्म ने नौवें SAARC Film Festival में मचाई धूम, प्रकाश जावड़ेकर ने दी बधाई |url=https://www.jagran.com/entertainment/bollywood-helicopter-eela-actor-riddhi-sen-film-nagarkirtan-bagged-best-feature-film-at-saarc-film-festival-2019-he-also-won-best-actor-awards-19405386.html |work=Dainik Jagran |date=16 July 2019 |language=hi}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|4690844}}

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