Cinema is about storytelling. It is about narratives. While the stories have their own trajectory the ones portraying the roles have their origin stories as well. Indian cinema has actors and filmmakers who have come from various walks of life. Even the royals are here. There are several families and individuals who ha royal blood running in them The Pataudis being the most famous of them all. This actress in focus also hails from royal lineage. No its  not the Khans Aditi Rao Hydari or Manisha Koirala. This actress made her debut in 1991 and has worked in Hindi and Bengali films. She has worked with Amitabh Bachchan Aishwarya Rai Vidya Balan Saif Ali Khan Sanjay Dutt amongst others. The name of the actress is Raima Sen. Royalty to Bollywood Raima Sen is known to always speak her mind. Big or small she has essayed several role sin Bollywood. She made her debut in 1991 with a film titles Godmother starring Shabana Azmi. Next she worked with Raveena Tandon as her daughter in Daman. Chokher Bali a Rituparano Ghosh directorial Bengali film is considered her breakthrough project. She worked with Aishwarya Rai in this film. The Royal Connect Raima Sen was born to actress Moon Moon Sen and Bharat Dev Varma. She is the grand-daughter of famous actress Suchitra Sen. Reportedly her father belongs to the Royal Family of Tripura and Ila devi princess of Cooch Behar was her paternal grandmother. Ila Devi’s younger sister is Gayatri Devi who was the Maharani (Queen) of Jaipur. Ila Devi’s mother Indira Devi happened to be the only daughter of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda. Sen has never shied away from calling spade a spade. She has often addressed the dull phase in her life and how she did not have scripts coming her way for few years. Before Chokher Bali there was a little dull period of 2-3 years where I did not get any work. It was pretty depressing and that was a long time back. People not getting back to you took a huge beating to me and to my own confidence” the actress revealed adding that she while she did go through with that in retrospect she realises it made her stronger. If someone replaces me or does not call me back today I am ok with this. I have been there and done that. I feel that maybe I do not look like the role or fit the part.” On the work front her latest works include The Vaccine War Bastar: the Naxal Story and Aliya Basu Gayab Hai.