Rimi Sen Biography

Bollywood film actress,Rimi Sen is the rising star in the Hindi film industry. Originally known as Shubhomitra Sen; Rimi Sen hails from Kolkata, West Bengal. 'Bollywood's Lucky Mascot' is the nick-name of Rimi Sen in the industry. Rimi was born on 21st September, 1981. The new heartthrob Rimi Sen acted in multiple Hindi movies like 'Hungama', 'Garam Masala', 'Golmaal', 'Dhoom', 'Dhoom 2', 'Baghban', 'Phir Hera Pheri', 'Johnny Gaddaar', 'De Taali', 'Kyon Ki', 'Hattrick', 'Sankat City', 'Thank You'. Most of her films turned out to be blockbuster hits.

She always dreamed of becoming a film actress, as she had a passion for acting since her childhood. Sen is a Commerce graduate from University of Kolkata. She is a trained Odissi dancer under Guru Aloka Kanungo - Kolkata-based Odissi expert. The actress was also a known to be a part of a dance troupe performing Odissi.

Rimi Sen completed her schooling in the year 1998 from Bidya Bharati Girls' High School in Kolkata. The 31-year old actress revealed that she didn't get much encouragement for pursuing her career in the field of acting from anyone in her family except her grandfather. After a lot of efforts and rounds, Rimi's luck shined upon her and she got a chance to do an advertisement of Coca Cola with Aamir Khan. The film director Priyadarshan was impressed by Rimi's acting talent, when the auditions happened. A Telugu movie, 'Nee Thodu Kavali' opened the doors of the film industry for Rimi Sen. 'Hungama' was Rimi's Hindi debut movie in 2003. 'Hungama' by Vijay Galani was a comic-flick that also starred Akshaye Khanna and Aftab Shivdasani in lead roles, as well as Paresh Rawal and Shoma Anand. 'Dhoom', 'Golmaal' and 'Garam Masala' were some of the big budget films, in which Rimi bagged interesting roles to play. The charismatic Rimi reduced her weight by eight kilos for her role in the movie 'Dhoom'. The film 'Dhoom' was a Yashraj production.

Now, Rimi Sen has come up with a new spelling of her name as, 'Rimmi'. The reason behind it lies in making herself stand out from the crowd of 'Sens' in Bollywood. This may be a new formula of success in the industry invented by Rimi Sen...

Some of the upcoming movies of the Bengali beauty include 'Yahan Ke Hum Sikander', 'Dost', and 'Mukti'.