# Riddhi Sen

Riddhi Sen is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Bengali films along with a few Hindi films. 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. In 2019, Film Companion ranked Sen's performance in Nagarkirtan among 100 Greatest Performances of the decade.

## 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. 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." He is a regular actor of the theatre group Swapnasandhani 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.

## Filmography

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

### YouTube short films

* Satya Dar Coaching

### Theatre performances

* Prachya
* 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)
* 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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.

## 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.
* Best Rising Actor by Kalakar Awards for Helicopter Eela, 2019.
* Best Actor for Nagarkirtan at SAARC in 2019