Name |
Nandana Sen |
Height |
5' 9" |
Naionality |
Indian |
Date of Birth |
19 August 1967 |
Place of Birth |
Calcutta, India |
Famous for |
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Nandana Sen became more than her father’s daughter when she showcased her talent as an actress in a range of roles in movies made in India and overseas.
Basics on Nandana
Nandana Dev Sen was born on 19th August 1967 in Cambridge, MA to Amartya Sen, a Nobel Prize winning economist and Nabanita Dev Sen, a Bengali writer.
Nandana’s growing up years were spread across India, America and Europe. She was married to Horst Yorgan Rutstch and was dating Madhu Varma, nephew of director Ram Gopal Varma.
Nandana Sen’s Movies
1998 to 2004 Nandana was first seen in Gautam Ghose’s The Doll (1998). The English language movie Hunt Hoe’s Seducing Maarya (1999) saw her as the florist Maarya. This was followed by an Italian movie Branchie (2001).
In Shyamaprasad’s Bokshu - The Myth (2003) which was based on the Hindi novel Mriganthak, she played the role of an assistant to the temple priest. The Miracle: A Silent Love Story was her release in 2004.
2005 to 2009 Nandana Sen played Duri in Joseph Castelo’s The War Within (2005). My Wife’s Murder (2005) saw her with Anil Kapoor and Suchitra Krishnamurthy. Tango Charlie (2005) did not do well commercially but received a good response for it’s portrayal of war and grief.
In Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Black (2005) she played Rani Mukherji’s younger sister Sarah. The movie won several words like National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and is on the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.
Following the success of Black, Nandana was seen in Anand Rai’s Strangers (2007) which was based on Hitchcock’s Stangers on the Train and Willard Collard’s Marigold (2007) that failed to do well.
In 2009 Nandana will be seen in diverse roles in Rang Rasiya, Prince, Zindabad, The Forest, Kaler Rakhal and Season’s Greetings.