Riddhi Sen
Riddhi Sen | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | South Point School |
Occupation | Actor |
Parent(s) | Kaushik Sen (father) Reshmi Sen (mother) |
Relatives | Chitra Sen (grandmother) Shyamal Sen (grandfather) |
Riddhi Sen is an Indian Bengali film actor. He is a regular actor of the theatre group Swapnasandhani 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. He is the youngest actor in India to win the National Film Award for Best Actor for the film Nagarkirtan. In 2019, Film Companion ranked Sen's performance in Nagarkirtan among 100 Greatest Performances of the decade.
Early life
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. 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
Year | Film | Directed by | Reference |
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2010 | Iti Mrinalini | Aparna Sen | |
2012 | Kahaani | Sujoy Ghosh | |
2014 | Children of war | Mrityunjay Devvrat | |
2014 | Chirodini Tumi Je Amar 2 | Soumik Chatterjee | |
2014 | Open Tee Bioscope | Anindya Chatterjee | |
2015 | Chauranga | Bikas Mitra | |
2015 | Loadshedding | Soukarya Ghosal | |
2016 | Parched | Leena Yadav | |
2016 | Lion | Garth Davis | |
2017 | Bhoomi | Omung Kumar | |
2017 | Samantaral | Partha Chakraborty | |
2017 | Nagarkirtan | Kaushik Ganguly | |
2018 | Helicopter Eela | Pradeep Sarkar | |
2019 | Vinci Da | Srijit Mukherjee | |
2021 | Anusandhan | Kamaleshwar Mukherjee | |
2022 | Bismillah | Indraadip Dasgupta | |
2022 | Mon Kharap | Pavel | |
2022 | Doctor Kaku | Pavel |
YouTube short films
- Satya dar coaching
Theatre performances
- Prachya
- 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)
- 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)
- In mid-2012 Sen played the role of young Andrea in Anjan Dutt's Bengali theatre adoption of Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo.
- 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
Year | Title | Role | Platform | Notes |
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2017 | Feluda | Topshe | Addatimes | directed by Parambrata Chatterjee |
2019 | Sharate Aaj | Swapno | ZEE5 | directed by Aritra Sen
created by Parambrata Chatterjee |
2019 | Panch Phoron | Hoichoi |
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.
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.[citation needed]
- Best Rising Actor by Kalakar Awards for Helicopter Eela, 2019.
- Best Actor for Nagarkirtan at SAARC in 2019