Riddhi Sen

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Riddhi Sen
Riddhi Sen
Riddhi Sen
Personal details
Born (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 27)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actor
Parent(s) Kaushik Sen (father)
Reshmi Sen (mother)

Riddhi Sen is an Indian Bengali film actor. He is a regular actor of the theatre group Swapnasandhani[1] 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.[2] He is the youngest actor in India to win the National Film Award for Best Actor for the film Nagarkirtan.[3] In 2019, Film Companion ranked Sen's performance in Nagarkirtan among 100 Greatest Performances of the decade.[4]

Early life[edit]

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.[5][6] 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."[6]

Filmography[edit]

Year Film Directed by Reference
2010 Iti Mrinalini Aparna Sen [7]
2012 Kahaani Sujoy Ghosh [8][9]
2014 Children of war Mrityunjay Devvrat [10]
2014 Chirodini Tumi Je Amar 2 Soumik Chatterjee
2014 Open Tee Bioscope Anindya Chatterjee [11]
2015 Chauranga Bikas Mitra [12]
2015 Loadshedding Soukarya Ghosal [13]
2016 Parched Leena Yadav [14]
2016 Lion Garth Davis [15]
2017 Bhoomi Omung Kumar [16]
2017 Samantaral Partha Chakraborty [17]
2017 Nagarkirtan Kaushik Ganguly [18]
2018 Helicopter Eela Pradeep Sarkar [19]
2019 Vinci Da Srijit Mukherjee [20]
2021 Anusandhan Kamaleshwar Mukherjee [21]
2022 Bismillah Indraadip Dasgupta [22]
2022 Mon Kharap Pavel
2022 Doctor Kaku Pavel

YouTube short films[edit]

  • Satya dar coaching[23]

Theatre performances[edit]

  • Prachya[24]
  • 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)[25]
  • 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)[26]
  • In mid-2012 Sen played the role of young Andrea in Anjan Dutt's Bengali theatre adoption of Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo.[27]
  • 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[edit]

Year Title Role Platform Notes
2017 Feluda Topshe Addatimes directed by Parambrata Chatterjee[28][29]
2019 Sharate Aaj Swapno ZEE5 directed by Aritra Sen

created by Parambrata Chatterjee[30]

2019 Panch Phoron Hoichoi [31]

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.[32]

Awards[edit]

Sen in 65th National Film Awards

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Theatre for a cause". Telegraph Kolkata. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "South Point prize distribution ceremony document" (PDF). South Point school, Kolkata. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "National Film Awards 2018 complete winners list: Sridevi named Best Actress; Newton is Best Hindi Film". Firstpost. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "100 Greatest Performances of the Decade". 100 Greatest Performances of the Decade. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Family drama". India Today. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Chitra Sen: Bengali theatre and acting-Exclusive Interview". Calcuttaweb. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  7. ↑ Iti Mrinalini: An Unfinished Letter..., retrieved 24 June 2020
  8. ↑ "A little twist in 'Kahaani'". The Times of India. 24 October 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  9. ↑ Kahaani, retrieved 24 June 2020
  10. ↑ Children of War, retrieved 24 June 2020
  11. ↑ Open Tee Bioscope, retrieved 24 June 2020
  12. ↑ Chauranga, retrieved 24 June 2020
  13. ↑ Load Shedding, retrieved 24 June 2020
  14. ↑ Parched, retrieved 24 June 2020
  15. ↑ Lion, retrieved 24 June 2020
  16. ↑ Bhoomi, retrieved 24 June 2020
  17. ↑ Samantaral, retrieved 24 June 2020
  18. ↑ Nagarkirtan, retrieved 24 June 2020
  19. ↑ Helicopter Eela, retrieved 24 June 2020
  20. ↑ Vinci Da, retrieved 24 June 2020
  21. ↑ Sankha Ghosh (29 October 2020). "Riddhi feels lucky to work with Kamaleswar in 'Anusandhan'". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  22. ↑ "Indraadip Dasgupta on his next 'Bismillah' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  23. ↑ "শিক্ষক দিবসে অনলাইনে মুক্তি পেল মীরের 'সত্যদার কোচিং'". Sangbad Pratidin. 5 September 2017.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 "Preview". narthaki.com/. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  25. ↑ "A little twist in 'Kahaani'". The Times of India. 24 October 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  26. ↑ "'Performance speaks louder than star power'". Times of India. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  27. ↑ "Anjan as galileo". Telegraph Calcutta. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  28. ↑ "Riddhi Sen as Topshe in Web-Series Feluda; New Topshe for the New Age Audience" https://www.addatimes.com/show/feluda/
  29. ↑ "Riddhi Sen in Feluda web series - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  30. ↑ "Bengali original web series Sharate Aaj shooting continues in London" https://thekolkatamail.com/zee5-bengali-original-web-series-sharate-aaj-shooting-continues-in-london/
  31. ↑ "Paanch Phoron review: Hoichoi's new anthology series is a delicious, satisfying concoction - Entertainment News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  32. ↑ Kahlon, Sukhpreet. "Coldfire review: Fiction comments on reality in this dystopian sci-fi drama". Cinestaan. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  33. ↑ "Kajol के इस 'बेटे' की फिल्म ने नौवें SAARC Film Festival में मचाई धूम, प्रकाश जावड़ेकर ने दी बधाई". Dainik Jagran (in हिन्दी). 16 July 2019.

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