Riya Sen is a renowned Indian actress and model. She is daughter of Moon Moon Sen and the grand daughter of Suchitra Sen, both ex-Bollywood actresses. Her father, Bharat Dev Varma hails from a royal family of Tripura. Her sister Raima Sen is also a film actress. A drop out from Rani Birla College, Riya also failed to continue her studies at the National Institute of Fashion Technology. Since her heart lay in Bollywood Riya Sen shifted to Mumbai in the fond hope of becoming numero uno in Bollywood. As the saying goes, 'like mother like daughter', Riya Sen too acquired the 'sex symbol' image in Bollywood just like her mother Moon Moon Sen, who is regarded as sexiest actress of her time. On the contrary, Raima Sen has acquired the image of a soft shy actress like her grandmother Suchitra Sen.
Riya Sen first appeared as a child star in "Vishkanya" in 1991. It was in 1999, she finally became a full-fledged actress with a Tamil film, "Taj Mahal" in 1999 and followed it up with the "Good Luck" {2000}, another Tamil movie. She then made her Bollywood debut in 2001 with "Style" a wonderful comedy directed by N. Chandra, which became a blockbuster hit. Her other successful movies include "Saazish" {2003}, "Plan" {2004}, "Shaadi No.1" {2005}, "Tum...Ho Na!" {2005}, a Malayalam movie "Ananthabhadram" {2005}, and "Apna Sapna Money Money" {2006}, wherein she gave a commendable performance in each of the movies she acted and won the hearts of millions of moviegoers. Even in special appearance roles, Riya Sen left no stone unturned in giving out the best of performances. She has acted in Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English language movies. The hot happening actress is awaiting the release of her movies "Hey Baby" and "Krrish 2", which she is expecting to be a further push to her already successful career.
The dazzling sensuous beauty before venturing into the movies has done several commercial ad campaigns like Lakme, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Limca, Vatika, Margarita King, Colgate, and many more ads featuring in a number of leading magazines and television slots. The stunning sensuous Riya has also dabbled in music videos performing for the likes of Asha Bhonsle, Sonu Nigam, Falguni Pathak, and Jagjit Singh. She's also got the chance to sing along with the galaxy of stars in an anti-HIV/AIDS music video called, "Haath Se Haath Mila". She took the Bollywood by storm when she did a semi-nude photo shoot for Dabboo Ratnani's unique 2004 calendar. Even her mother, Moon Moon Sen, a former sex symbol herself has reportedly commented that the photo shoot was too sexy. But Riya had the last laugh as she went on to hog the limelight and a further three-year deal with Dabboo Ratnani to feature on his annual calendar from 2005-2007.
Riya Sen not only acquired the image of a sex-queen; she is also famous for her onscreen kisses. When this delectable kissing queen lusciously kisses her co-stars onscreen she sends the hearts of her fans flutter in ecstasy as she did in "Style" and "Silsilay". Speaking of "Silsilay", her intimate sexy shots with her boyfriend and co-star Ashmit Patel in the movie has slowly sneaked onto the Internet and was widely circulated on mobile phones through MMS. As the scandal began to erupt, the actress quick on her feet denied that it was not she in the so-called MMS clips. Further, to play down the scandal the couple seemingly distanced themselves from each other and ended their friendship.