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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1979|11|07}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| mother = [[Moon Moon Sen]]
| relatives = [[Riya Sen]] (sister)<br />[[Suchitra Sen]] (maternal grandmother)
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'''Raima Sen''' (born '''Raima Dev Varma'''
==Early life==
Raima Sen was born
Raima's maternal great-grandfather Adinath Sen was a prominent Kolkata businessman, whose son Dinanath Sen – a relative of former Union Law Minister [[Ashoke Kumar Sen]]- was the [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] or a Minister of the Maharaja of Tripura.<ref>{{cite book |last=Chatterji |first=Shoma A. |title=Suchitra Sen: A Legend in Her Lifetime . |publisher=[[Rupa & Co.]] |year=2002 |isbn=81-7167-998-6}}</ref> The sisters are credited on-screen under their mother's maiden name, although their official papers carry the surname Dev Varma.<ref>{{cite news |title=Will you change your surname after marriage? |work=The Times of India |date=24 January 2004 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/calcutta-times/will-you-change-your-surname-after-marriage/articleshow/443410.cms |access-date=31 May 2008 |first1=Amrita |last1=Mukherjee}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Sen is said to resemble [[Suchitra Sen|her grandmother]] much more than either her mother or her sister.<ref>{{cite web |title=I want to do what Rani did in Black |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/jan/09sld4.htm |access-date=26 June 2011 |work=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> In an interview, she says while she enjoys Mumbai's faster pace of life, its gyms and its nightclubs, she misses her family in Kolkata, her dog Cuddles, and Kolkata's street food, notably Jhal Muri and Aloo chaat.<ref>{{cite web |title=I want to do what Rani did in Black |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/jan/09sld3.htm |access-date=26 June 2011 |work=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> Raima Sen in 2006 said that she had a brief relation with Odisha politician [[Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo]] in 2006–2007, but the relationship did not last long.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohapatra |first=Anurag |title=Raima Sen, The Bong Beauty And Her Odisha Connection. Biography - Odiha News |date=12 April 2021 |url=https://newsodihaonline.com/raima-sen-dev-verma/ |access-date=26 April 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Career==
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Sen made her debut in the film ''[[Godmother (film)|Godmother]]'', which was a critically acclaimed{{by whom|date=March 2014}} success, but her minor role may have been overlooked in favour of the protagonist, played by [[Shabana Azmi]]. She then starred in the film ''[[Daman (2001 film)|Daman]]'' playing [[Raveena Tandon]]'s daughter, where her small performance was appreciated.
Her breakthrough role came when she starred in the [[Rituparno Ghosh]]'s film ''[[Chokher Bali (2003 film)|Chokher Bali]]''. After a few more average movies she had ''[[Parineeta (2005 film)|Parineeta]]'' in 2005, where she played the playmate of the film's heroine, played by the debutante [[Vidya Balan]]. Since then she has had two more hits with the action thriller ''[[Dus]]'' and the Bengali film ''[[Antar Mahal]]'' (where she had a very small role). In 2006, she appeared in the film ''[[The Bong Connection]]'' (co-starring [[Shayan Munshi]]). In 2007, she worked in the thriller ''[[Manorama Six Feet Under]]'' with Abhay Deol. In 2011, she starred in the hit Bengali film ''[[Baishe Srabon]]'', opposite [[Parambrata Chatterjee]].
2014 saw Sen as the leading lady in the critically acclaimed ''[[Hrid Majharey]]'', the first Bengali movie based on the works of [[William Shakespeare]], and presented as a tribute on the 450th year of birth of the Bard.<ref name="Love, and jealousy, 450 years after the Bard - The Times of India">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Love-and-jealousy-450-years-after-the-Bard/articleshow/39571600.cms |title=Love, and jealousy, 450 years after the Bard – The Times of India |website=[[The Times of India]]|date=4 August 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Hrid Majharey (Bengali) / Dark but honest|">{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/hrid-majharey-bengali-dark-but-honest/ |title=Hrid Majharey (Bengali) / Dark but honest|date=24 July 2014 }}</ref> She co-stars with [[Abir Chatterjee]] and [[Indrasish Roy]] in this dark love-story by debutant filmmaker [[Ranjan Ghosh]].<ref name="Abir-Raima jodi-The pair comes together in Ranjan Ghosh's first film">{{cite web |url=http://mobiletoi.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=25§id=edid=&edlabel=TOIKM&mydateHid=28-12-2012&pubname=Times+of+India+-+Kolkata&edname=&articleid=Ar02502&publabel=TOI |title=Abir-Raima jodi-The pair comes together in Ranjan Ghosh's first film |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017130853/http://mobiletoi.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=25§id=edid%3D&edlabel=TOIKM&mydateHid=28 |archive-date=17 October 2014 |access-date=19 December 2014 }}</ref> The film has earned a rare recommendation from the ''Film London'' in its list of world cinema based on the plays of Shakespeare.<ref name="Film London launches Shakespeare India">{{cite web |url=http://article.wn.com/view/2014/11/22/Film_London_launches_Shakespeare_India/# |title=Film London launches Shakespeare India}}</ref> The film and its screenplay have also been included in the ''UGC Literature Archive''.<ref name="Hrid Majharey part of JU project">{{cite web |url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31812&articlexml=Hrid-Majharey-part-of-JU-project-02112014101045
In 2016, she was seen in ''[[Bollywood Diaries (film)|Bollywood Diaries]]'', a film written and directed by [[K.D. Satyam]]. The film also stars [[Ashish Vidyarthi]] and [[Salim Diwan]].
==Filmography==
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| rowspan="3" | 2002 || ''[[Nil Nirjane]]'' || Ria || rowspan="2" | [[Bengali language|Bengali]] ||
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| ''[[Chokher Bali (2003 film)|Chokher Bali]]'' || Ashalata ||
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| ''[[Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th Century]]'' || Junali || rowspan="2" | Hindi ||
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| ''[[Baishe Srabon]]'' || Amrita Mukherji ||
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| ''[[Veeraputhran]]'' || Kunhi Beevathu ||[[Malayalam]]||{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}
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| rowspan="4" |2012 || ''[[Chitrangada: The Crowning Wish]]'' || Kasturi || rowspan="3" | Bengali ||
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| rowspan="1" |2023 || ''[[The Vaccine War]]'' || Rohini Singh Dhulla || [[Hindi]] || <ref>{{Cite web |title=The Vaccine War: Review and Story |url=https://kissu.in/the-vaccine-war-review-and-story/ |access-date=30 September 2023 |website=Kissu |language=en}}</ref>
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|rowspan="2" |2024
|''[[Bastar: The Naxal Story]]''
|Vanya Roy
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|''[[Aliya Basu Gayab Hai]]''
|Aliya Basu
|Hindi
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