Actress Riya Sen, whose real name is Riya Dev Varma, primarily works in Bollywood.  Riya is from a powerful royal family.  Bharat Dev Varma, Sen's father, is a member of the Tripuran royal dynasty.  He was the nephew of Maharani gayatri Devi of jaipur and the son of Ila Devi, a princess of Cooch Behar.  Both her grandmother, Suchitra Sen, and mother, moon moon Sen, were well-known actresses. Actress raima sen is Riya's older sister as well.

At the age of five, Riya started acting by portraying her real mother's reel daughter.  She then appeared in the 1991 movie Vishkanya as a kid actress.  She first gained popularity as a performer in Falguni Pathak's Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi. Style, a financially successful movie, marked her bollywood debut. Despite having a modest budget, Style was a huge hit at the box office.  In a similar vein, Jhankar Beats, her subsequent CD, was produced at a reasonable cost and enjoyed commercial success.  Riya was taking pleasure in her achievement till...

A purported MMS video of Riya and her ex-boyfriend ashmit patel became viral in 2005.  They were both seen kissing in the footage, which quickly went viral.  Both reportedly referred to the clip as phony, but Ashmit was later spotted talking about it on Bigg Boss.  The MMS incident had an impact on Riya's bollywood career. Her career was not aided by her roles in popular movies like Apna Sapna Money Money and Qayamat.  Riya gradually strayed from Bollywood.
 
 
 


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