Riddhi Sen

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Riddhi Sen
Riddhi Sen
Riddhi Sen
Born (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 27)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma materSouth Point School
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present
Parent(s)Kaushik Sen (father)
Reshmi Sen (mother)
RelativesChitra Sen (grandmother)
Shyamal Sen (grandfather)

Riddhi Sen is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Bengali films along with a few Hindi films.[1] He is the youngest actor in India to receive the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film Nagarkirtan.

He is also known for his work in several other film productions.[2] In 2019, Film Companion ranked Sen's performance in Nagarkirtan among 100 Greatest Performances of the decade.[3]

Early life

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Born in Kolkata, Riddhi 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.[4][5] 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."[5] He is a regular actor of the theatre group Swapnasandhani[6] and is an alumnus of South Point school, Kolkata. In 2010, he received a special talent award from his school for his achievements in the field of theatre.[7] and he was not able to clear his final Class 12 examination.

Filmography

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Photograph of Riddhi Sen and Kajol.
Riddhi Sen with co-star Kajol at an event for Helicopter Eela in 2018
  • Note: all films are in Bengali, unless otherwise noted.
Year Film Role Notes Ref.
2014 Children of War Rafiq [8]
Chirodini Tumi Je Amar 2 Rakhal Mondal
2015 Open Tee Bioscope Fowara [9]
Loadshedding [10]
Parched Gulab Hindi film [11]
2016 Lion Café Man English film [12]
2017 Samantaral Arko [13]
Nagarkirtan Parimal / Puti [14]
2018 Helicopter Eela Vivan Raiturkar Hindi film [15]
2019 Vinci Da Young Adi Bose Cameo appearance
2021 Anusandhan Prosecutor [16]
2022 Bismillah Bismillah alias Bisu [17]
2023 Bogla Mama Jug Jug Jiyo Kebu
2025 Mon Kharap [18]
Hawa Banduk
2026 Daktar Kaku [19]

YouTube short films

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  • Satya Dar Coaching[20]

Theatre performances

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  • Prachya[21]
  • 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 Suman Mukhopadhyay)[22]
  • 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)[23]
  • In mid-2012 Sen played the role of young Andrea in Anjan Dutt's Bengali theatre adoption of Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo.[24]
  • Drohokaal (Directed by Kaushik Sen)
  • Antigone, directed by Kaushik Sen, based on the play Antigone by Sophocles; Riddhi Sen played the role of narrator.[25]
  • Ashwathama, directed by Kaushik Sen, based on Manoj Mitra's play Ashwathama; Riddhi Sen played the role of Ashwathama.[26]
  • Taraye Taraye, directed by Kaushik Sen, based on Srijato's novel Tara Bhora Akasher Niche; Riddhi Sen played the role of Ritwik.[27]
  • Hamlet, directed by Kaushik Sen, based on Shakespeare's play Hamlet; Riddhi Sen played the role of Hamlet.[28]

Web series

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Year Title Role Platform Notes
2017 Feluda Topshe Addatimes directed by Parambrata Chatterjee[29][30]
2019 Sharate Aaj Swapno ZEE5 directed by Aritra Sen

created by Parambrata Chatterjee

2019 Panch Phoron Hoichoi [31]
2021 Boyfriends and Girlfriends Hoichoi
2022 Sundarbaner Vidyasagar 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 released in 2021.[32]

Awards

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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
Sen in 65th National Film Awards

References

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  29. ^ "Riddhi Sen as Topshe in Web-Series Feluda; New Topshe for the New Age Audience" https://www.addatimes.com/show/feluda/
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