Riddhi Sen is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Bengali films. He is a regular actor of the theatre group

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and is an alumnus of South Point school,

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

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to receive the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film '' Nagarkirtan''. In 2019, ''

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'' ranked Sen's performance in '' Nagarkirtan'' among ''100 Greatest Performances of the decade.''

Early life

Born in

, 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 ...

stage and film actor Kaushik Sen and dancer Reshmi Sen, and grandson of actress Chitra Sen 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."

Filmography

Riddhi Sen and Kajol promoting Helicopter Eela (cropped)

YouTube short films

*''Satya dar coaching''

Theatre performances

* ''Prachya'' * ''Dakghor'' (directed by Kaushik Sen) * ''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 Anjan Dutt's Bengali theatre adoption of

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's ''

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

''. * ''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

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

* National Film Award for Best Actor for '' Nagarkirtan'' *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 ''Helicopter Eela'' is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Pradeep Sarkar. It features Kajol in the lead role as an aspiring singer and single mother Helicopter parent and is written by Mitesh Shah and Anand Gandhi. It ...

'', 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