Raja Sen

Raja Sen
Raja Sen
	Sen at the Focus Exhibition of Mayukhardo, 2019
Born	10 November 1955; Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Died	16 August 2026 (aged 70); Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Occupations	Film director; television director;
Spouse	Papiya Sen
Website	www.rajasensfilms.com

Raja Sen (10 November 1955 – 16 August 2026) was an Indian film and television director who was the winner of three National Film Awards from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He was the father of Subhasree Sen and Sreyoshi Sen.

Career

He first received recognition with Subarnalata (1997), a teleserial. He followed it up with Adarsha Hindu Hotel, Arogyo Niketan, and a few episodes of Desh Amaar Desh.

He also documented the real life paradigm of the personalities of Bengal's world of art and culture, namely, Suchitra Mitra, Tapan Sinha, Sombhu Mitra, Subhas Mukhopadhyay.

Personal life and death

Sen was married to Indian actress Papiya Sen. He had two daughters.^{[citation needed]}

Sen died at the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, on 16 August 2026, at the age of 70.

Filmography

Feature film

Damu (1996) – Cast: Raghuvir Yadav, Satya Banerjee, Monoj Mitra, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Rimi Sen (Child Artist).
Atmiyo Swajan (1999) – Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Supriya Devi, Dipankar De, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Rituparna Sengupta, Shakuntala Barua, Alok Mukherjee, Ashok Mitra, Asit Mukherjee, Chaitali Ghoshal, June Malia, Papiya Sen, Piyush Ganguly, Pradip Chakraborty, Rimi Sen (Child Artist), Tridib Ghosh.
Chakrabyuhya (2000) – Cast: Indrajeet, Chiranjeet, Anjan Srivastava, Rituparna Sen Gupta, Indrani Haldar, Chitra Sen, June Maliya.
Desh (2002) – Cast: Jaya Bhaduri, Abhishek Bachchan, Sabyasachi Chakravarthy, Subhendu Chatterjee, Gyanesh Mukherjee, Nayana Das, Monu Mukherjee, Kaushik Sen, Rajesh Sharma, Dulal Lahiri.
Debipaksha (2004) – Cast: Soumitra Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Satabdi Roy, Koel Mullick.
Viswa O Arjun (2006) – Cast: Mayukh Mukherjee, Ashok Mukherjee, Indarni Pal, Anindya Bhaduri, Ipshita Nandi
Krishnakanter Will (2007) – Cast: Jeet, Soumitra Chatterjee, Swastika Mukherjee.
Tinmurti (2009) – Cast: Ranjit Mullick, Dipankar Dey, Manoj Mitra, Paoli Dam.
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 Tapas Paul.
Maya Mridanga (2016) – Cast: Debshankar Haldar, Rituparna Sengupta, Paoli Dam, Gautam Haldar

Documentaries

Filmmaker for Freedom (a film on Tapan Sinha)
Subhas Mukhopadhyay
Suchitra Mitra
Sambhu Mitra – 3 hours documentation by EZCC
Jyotirmoyee Devi
Alkaap – a dying folk culture
Itihasher Kolkata (5 episodes on the heritage of Kolkata)
Samaresh Basu (ICIL)
Rosogolla – brand ambassador of Bengal (EZCC)
The Greatest Bengali of The Millennium – (a film on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, BBC announced the founding father of Bangladesh as the Greatest Bengali of all time voted by Bengalis worldwide.)

Television 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
1997 – Debut feature film Damu – National Film Award for Best Children's Film
1997 – Damu – Best Film – Shiromoni Award
1997 – Damu – Best Audinence Juvenile Award in Dhaka International Film Festival
1999 – Atmiyo Swajan – National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare
1999 – Atmiyo Swajan – Cairo International Film Festival

References

↑ "Film Director Raja Sen Speaks About His New Movie (Interview)". VOA News. 29 October 2007.^{[dead link]}
↑ "Veteran Bengali filmmaker and three-time National Award winner Raja Sen dies at 70". The Telegraph. 16 August 2026. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
↑ "Kamal Hasan, Tabu, Gulzar bag national film awards". Rediff.com. 1997.

External links

Raja Sen Biography and Filmography Calcuttaweb.com
Raja Sen at IMDb

[1] "Film Director Raja Sen Speaks About His New Movie (Interview)". VOA News. 29 October 2007.^{[dead link]}

[2] "Veteran Bengali filmmaker and three-time National Award winner Raja Sen dies at 70". The Telegraph. 16 August 2026. Retrieved 16 August 2026.

[3] "Kamal Hasan, Tabu, Gulzar bag national film awards". Rediff.com. 1997.

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Raja Sen
Sen at the Focus Exhibition of Mayukhardo, 2019
Born	(1955-11-10)10 November 1955 Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Died	16 August 2026(2026-08-16) (aged 70) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Occupations	Film director television director
Spouse	Papiya Sen
Website	www.rajasensfilms.com