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Reema Sen (born 29 October 1981) is an Indian actress
and model.
Career
Reema Sen was born in Kolkata, into a middle class family
in 1981. She completed high school from Calcutta, after
which her family moved to Mumbai. In Mumbai, she began
her modelling career, appearing in a number of advertising
campaigns.
Reema moved from modelling to acting soon after. Her
first film was a low budget film, Chitram, in Telugu,
in which she acted opposite Uday Kiran. Later she appeared
in the Tamil film, Minnale, which was very successful.
She tried to enter Bollywood but her first Hindi film
Hum Ho Gaye Aap Ke flopped, and she decided to continue
working in Tamil cinema. Her latest movie Rendu was
also a successful movie in the Tamil cinema. People
found her facial expressions in the film Thimiru endearing
and her horrific turn in Vallavan exposed her abilities
in the histrionic department.
Obscenity charges
In April 2006, a Madurai court issued non-bailable
warrants against Sen and Shilpa Shetty for "posing
in an obscene manner" in photographs published
by a Tamil newspaper. The report stated that the two
actresses had failed to comply with earlier summonses
for the same reason, hence the issuance of the warrants.
The petitioner submitted that the paper had published
"very sexy blow-ups and medium blow-ups" in
its issues December 2005 and January 2006 issues, and
which allegedly violated the Indecent Representation
of Women (Prohibition) Act 1986, Young Persons (Harmful
Publications) Act 1956, and the Indian Penal Code Section
292 (Sale of Obscene Books). The petitioner further
demanded that the images should be confiscated under
the terms of the Press and Registration of Book Act
1867.
Sen responded that she had not received any court summons
and also discounted the charges. She further claimed
that the pictures were freeze-frame shots from a recent
movie that only exposed her navel. "As far as my
photographs go, what is obscene about it? If navel-showing
is obscenity, then our traditional Indian outfit - the
traditional sari - should be banned in the first place."
In January 2007 outgoing Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal
confirmed that Sen had written to him in order to enunciate
guidelines against frivolous lawsuits against artists,
but refused her plea on the grounds that she should
have filed a formal petition instead of writing a letter.
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