Riddhi Sen is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Bengali films along with a few Hindi films. He is the youngest actor in

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to receive the

National Film Award for Best Actor The National Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India instituted since 1967 to actors who have delivered the best performance in a leading role within the Indian film indus ...

for his performance in the film ''

Nagarkirtan ''Nagarkirtan'' is a 2019 Indian Bengali-language film written and directed by Kaushik Ganguly and produced by Sani Ghose Ray. The film stars Riddhi Sen as Parimal, a trans woman from rural Bengal, and Ritwick Chakraborty as Madhu, a flute pla ...

''. He is also known for his work in several other film productions. In 2019, ''

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'' ranked Sen's performance in ''

'' among ''100 Greatest Performances of the decade.''

Early life

Born in

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

, Riddhi Sen is the son of

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

stage and film actor

Kaushik Sen Koushik Sen (born 19 September 1968) is an Indian actor in film, television, OTT and theatre, based in Kolkata. He is the founder and director of the theatre group Swapnasandhani. He won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for best ...

and dancer Reshmi Sen, and grandson of actress

Chitra Sen Chitra Mandal Sen is an Indian actress and dancer who works in Bengali language films and television series. She has worked mainly in theatres, but she has also worked in films and on television. She started her career under Jnyanesh Mukhopadhy ...

and actor Shyamal Sen. 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." He is a regular actor of the theatre group

Swapnasandhani Swapnasandhani (Bengali: ) is a Bengali theater group from Kolkata. The group was founded on 29 May 1992. Swapnasandhani has been marked by the acting and direction of Kaushik Sen. Performance From 2006, Swapnasandhani began performing on a r ...

and is an alumnus of South Point school,

. In 2010, he received a special talent award from his school for his achievements in the field of theatre.

Filmography

YouTube short films

*''Satya Dar Coaching''

Theatre performances

* ''Prachya'' * ''Dakghor'' (directed by

) * ''Banku Babur Bandhu'' (directed by Kaushik Sen) * ''Bhalo Rakkhosher Golpo'' (directed by Kaushik Sen) * ''Krironok'' *''Dushman No.1'' (directed by

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) * '' Birpurush'' (2010) * ''Macbeth'' (2012 Bengali theatre, based on Shakespeare's play ''

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'', directed by Kaushik Sen; Riddhi Sen played the role of one of the three witches) * In mid-2012 Sen played the role of young Andrea in

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's Bengali theatre adoption of

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's ''

Life of Galileo ''Life of Galileo'' (), also known as ''Galileo'', is a Play (theatre), play by the 20th century Germany, German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and collaborator Margarete Steffin with incidental music by Hanns Eisler. The play was written in 1938 and re ...

''. * ''Drohokaal'' (Directed by Kaushik Sen) * ''Ashwathama'', directed by Kaushik Sen based on

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's play Ashwathama; Riddhi Sen played the role of Ashwathama. * ''Taraye Taraye'', directed by Kaushik Sen based on

Srijato Srijato Bandyopadhyay is an Indian poet of the Bengali language. He won the Ananda Puroskar in 2004 for his book ''Udanta Sawb Joker: All Those Flying Jokers''. In 2014, he won the Filmfare Awards East 2014, Filmfare Awards East for Best Lyrici ...

's novel Tara Bhora Akasher Niche; Riddhi Sen played the role of Ritwik.

Web series

Sen's first directorial debut is a short film based on the author Nabarun Bhattacharya's short story, ''Coldfire'', a dystopian dark comedy, which released in 2021.

Awards

for ''

'' *Award by Nehru Children's Museum, 2005. *Sundaram Award, 2008 *Shera Bangali Award by ABP Ananda, Kalker Shera Ajke 2015. *18th Tele Cine Award, Best Actor Male for ''Nagarkirtan'', 2019. *Best Rising Actor by Kalakar Awards for '' Helicopter Eela'', 2019. *Best Actor for Nagarkirtan at SAARC in 2019

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sen, Riddi Bengali male actors Bengali Hindus Living people Indian male stage actors 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors from Kolkata 1998 births Best Actor National Film Award winners Filmfare Awards Bangla winners