Riddhi Sen

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.

Riddhi Sen
Riddhi Sen
Born	(1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 27) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma mater	South Point School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2014–present
Parent(s)	Kaushik Sen (father) Reshmi Sen (mother)
Relatives	Chitra Sen (grandmother) Shyamal Sen (grandfather)

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

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

Riddhi Sen with co-star Kajol at an event for Helicopter Eela in 2018

Year	Film	Directed by	Role	Ref.
2014	Children of War	Mrityunjay Devvrat		[8]
	Chirodini Tumi Je Amar 2	Soumik Chatterjee	Supporting role
2015	Open Tee Bioscope	Anindya Chatterjee	Main role	[9]
	Loadshedding	Soukarya Ghosal	Main role	[10]
	Parched	Leena Yadav	Short role	[11]
2016	Lion (2016 film)	Garth Davis	Short role	[12]
2017	Samantaral	Partha Chakraborty		[13]
	Nagarkirtan	Kaushik Ganguly		[14]
2018	Helicopter Eela	Pradeep Sarkar		[15]
2019	Vinci Da	Srijit Mukherji	Cameo Appearance
2021	Anusandhan	Kamaleshwar Mukherjee		[16]
2022	Bismillah	Indraadip Dasgupta		[17]
2023	Bogla Mama Jug Jug Jiyo	Dhrubo Banerjee
2025	Mon Kharap	Pavel		[18]
	Hawa Banduk	Birsa Dasgupta
2026	Daktar Kaku	Pavel		[19]

YouTube short films

• Satya Dar Coaching^[20]

Theatre performances

• 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)
• 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
2017	Feluda	Topshe	Addatimes	directed by Parambrata Chatterjee[25][26]
2019	Sharate Aaj	Swapno	ZEE5	directed by Aritra Sen created by Parambrata Chatterjee
2019	Panch Phoron		Hoichoi	[27]
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.^[28]

Awards

Sen in 65th National Film Awards

• National Film Award for Best Actor for Nagarkirtan
• Award by Nehru Children's Museum, 2005.^[21]
• Sundaram Award, 2008^[21]
• 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^[29]