Raja Sen (born 10 November 1955) is an Indian film and television director and the winner of three

National Film Awards The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorat ...

from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is the father of actress

Rimi Sen Rimi Sen (born Subhamitra Sen on 21 September 1981) is an Indian actress and producer who appears in Hindi, Telugu, and Bengali films. Sen debuted as child actress in the 1996 Bengali film ''Damu''. She made her debut as a lead actress in 20 ...

Career

Raja Sen first received recognition with ''Subarnalata'' (1997), a teleserial, he followed it up with ''Adarsha Hindu Hotel'', ''Arogyo Niketan'', few episodes of ''Desh Amaar Desh'' are some of the notables of the Bengali television arena. He has also documented the real life paradigm of the living legends of Bengal's World of Art & Culture, namely, Suchitra Mitra,

Tapan Sinha Tapan Sinha (2 October 1924 – 15 January 2009) was one of the most prominent Indian film directors of his time forming a legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen. He was primarily a Bengali filmmaker who worked both ...

, Sombhu Mitra, Subhas Mukhopadhyay.

Personal life

Raja Sen is married to ''Papiya Sen'', has two daughters, Romi Sen and

and two granddaughters Mishka and Juana.

Filmography

Feature film

* ''

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'' (1996) - Cast:

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, Satya Banerjee, Monoj Mitra,

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(Child Artist). * Atmiyo Swajan (1999) - Cast:

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, Supriya Devi,

Dipankar De Dipankar Dey ( bn, দীপঙ্কর দে) (born 5 July 1944) is an Indian actor in the Bengali film industry. He has worked in many movies as hero, villain and character artist. He starred in Ray's ''Jana Aranya'' (''The Middleman'', 1 ...

, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty,

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, Alok Mukherjee, Ashok Mitra, Asit Mukherjee, Chaitali Ghoshal,

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, Papiya Sen, Piyush Ganguly, Pradip Chakraborty, Rimi Sen (Child Artist), Tridib Ghosh. * Chakrabyuhya (2000) - Indrajeet,

Chiranjeet Deepak Chakraborty (better known in film career as Chiranjeet Chakraborty; born 2 November 1955), is an Indian actor and director in the Bengali film industry located in Kolkata, West Bengal. He is also a politician and a Member of the Legisla ...

, Anjan Srivastava, Rituparna Sen Gupta,

Indrani Haldar Indrani Haldar is an Indian actress who is mostly known for her work in Bengali cinema. She was conferred with a National Award, three BFJA Awards and two Anandalok Awards. Halder made her debut in 1986 with the Bengali TV series ''Tero Parbo ...

Chitra Sen Chitra Sen is an Indian actress and dancer who works in Bengali language films and television series. She has worked mainly in theatres, but she has also worked in films and on television. She started her career under Jnyanesh Mukhopadhyay. She ...

, June Maliya. * '' Desh'' (2002) - Cast:

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, Sabyasachi Chakravarthy, Subhendu Chatterjee, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Nayana Das,

Monu Mukherjee Sourendra Mohan Mukherjee (1 March 1930 – 6 December 2020), known as Monu Mukhopadhyay, was an Indian actor who worked in Bengali language films and television serials. In 1958, he became a prompter. His first acting assignment was in the play ...

, Kaushik Sen, Rajesh Sharma,

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. * Debipaksha (2004) - Cast:

Satabdi Roy Satabdi Roy ()(born 5 October 1969) is an Indian actress, film director and politician. As an actress she is known for her work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. She is the recipient of Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, BFJA ...

, Koel Mullick. * Krishnakanter Will (2007) - Cast: Jeet,

, Swastika Mukherjee. * Tinmurti (2009) - Cast: Ranjit Mullick, Dipankar Dey,

Manoj Mitra Manoj Mitra (born 22 December 1938) is an Indian theatre, film and television actor, director and playwright. Early life Mitra was born on 22 December 1938 in Dhulihar village of Satkhira, Khulna, Bangladesh. Initially he used to study at home ...

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. * Laboratory (2010) - Cast: Raveena Tandon (debut in the Bengali film industry), Arpita Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Ranjit Mullick. * Moubone Aaj (2011) - Cast: Ranjit Mullick, Manoj Mitra, Dipankar Dey, Rahul, Priyanka and Rachana Banerjee. * Colonel (2012) - Cast: Chiranjit, Sabyasachi, Kharaj, Saheb, Shakar, Sudip, and

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. * Maya Mridanga (2016) -Cast:

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, Gautam Haldar

Documentaries

* Filmmaker for Freedom (a film on

) * Subhas Mukhopadhyay * Suchitra Mitra *

Sambhu Mitra Sombhu Mitra (22 August 1915 – 19 May 1997) was an Indian film and stage actor, director, playwright, reciter and an Indian theatre personality, known especially for his involvement in Bengali theatre, where he is considered a pioneer. H ...

- 3 hours documentation by EZCC *

Jyotirmoyee Devi Jyotirmoyee Devi ( bn, জ্যোতির্ময়ী দেবী) (1894–1988) was an Indian writer in the early twentieth century. She wrote predominantly about women in the Rajasthan of her childhood and in what is now West Bengal at ...

* Alkaap - a dying folk culture * Itihasher Kolkata (5 episodes on the heritage of

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) *

Samaresh Basu Samaresh Basu (11 December 1924 – 12 March 1988) was a writer in modern Bengali literature, known for his versatility and vast range of themes. He wrote under the pen name ''Kalkut''. Basu was awarded the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengal ...

(ICIL) *

Rosogolla Rasgulla, also known as rasagola, rosogola or rosogolla, is a syrupy dessert popular in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. It is made from ball-shaped dumplings of chhena and semolina dough, cooked in light sugar syrup made of su ...

- brand ambassador of Bengal (EZCC) * The Greatest Bengali of The Millennium - (a film on

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengalis, Beng ...

, BBC announced the founding father of Bangladesh as the Greatest Bengali of all time voted by Bengalis worldwide.)

TV serials

* Kolkata Kolkata * Adarsha Hindu Hotel * Subarnalata * Samparka * Arogya Niket * Anirban * Anjuman * Streeash Charitram * Tarasankarer Chhoto Galpo

Awards

* 1993 - Documentary '' Suchitra Mitra'' -

National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film The National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several aw ...

* 1997 - Debut feature film '

' -

National Film Award for Best Children's Film The National Film Award for Best Children's Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards ...

* 1997 - Best Film - Shiromoni Award * 1997 - Best Audinence Juvenile Award in Dhaka International Film Festival * 1999 - ''Atmiyo Swajan'' -

National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare The National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several ...

* 1999 - Cairo International Film Festival

References

External links

Raja Sen Biography and Filmography
Calcuttaweb.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sen, Raja Indian documentary filmmakers 1955 births Living people University of Calcutta alumni Film directors from Kolkata 21st-century Indian film directors Indian television directors Bengali film directors 20th-century Indian film directors Directors who won the Best Children's Film National Film Award Directors who won the Best Film on Family Welfare National Film Award