Actress Raima Sen's father, Bharat Dev Varma, passed away on November 19 in Kolkata. Ahead of the tragic incident, we at Zoom had the opportunity to have a heart-to-heart conversation with Raima, where she reminisced about her childhood days and revealed how her dad never made her and her sister Riya (Riya Sen) 'grounded' and never 'spoiled'. She also shared some valuable details about his father's royal lineage.
Raima Sen on her paternal royal lineage and upbringingWhen asked whether Raima ever felt pressure to maintain a certain image considering her father's royal background on one side and her maternal grandmother Suchitra Sen's successful acting career on the other, Raima told Zoom, "So, because my father is from the royal family side, his mother and Gayatri Devi were real sisters. We've grown up with Gayatri Devi; we've seen the weddings, we've gone to the royal balls. We've seen the best of both worlds, thanks to my grandmothers.
See, my grandmother (Suchitra Sen) wasn’t in the movies when we were born, so we didn’t see that film world through my grandmother. But we saw the film world through my mother (Moon Moon Sen). She started acting after Riya and I were born.
So we saw the film world very well through my mother’s eyes." Raima added, "And from my father’s royal family side, we experienced it while growing up. We attended all the weddings, went to the palaces.
So, we saw that side as well. But the good thing is, my father kept us very grounded. He never spo.
