Raima Sen (born Raima Dev Varma on 7 November 1979) is an Indian film actress who primarily works in Bengali and Hindi Film industry. Born in Mumbai to actress Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Barma, she made her feature film debut with the biographical drama Godmother in 1999. She has worked extensively in Bengali and Hindi language films and has been nominated for a Filmfare East and a Producers Guild Film Award.
Early life
Raima Sen was born on 11 November 1979 in Mumbai, Maharashtra to Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Barma and the granddaughter of actress Suchitra Sen. Her sister Riya Sen is also in the Bollywood industry.Their father Bharat Dev Varma is a member of the royal family of Tripura.Her paternal grandmother, Ila Devi, was the princess of Cooch Behar, whose younger sister Gayatri Devi was the Maharani of Jaipur.Her paternal great-grandmother Indira was the only daughter of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda.
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 or a Minister of the Maharaja of Tripura.The sisters are credited on-screen under their mother's maiden name, although their official papers carry the surname Dev Varma.
