Now, this one really shows the darker side of the stars who instantly take success to their heads. Talking about Rimi Sen and her starry airs, the gal had enrolled her name to take part in the Celebrity Squash Tournament, but very abruptly refused to take part later when she got to know that her opponent is not a very known celeb, but just a character actor.
However, her opponent, actor Vikrant Chaudhury is not ready to take it lying down and retorts, “See, big stars always want to get involved in things which is been covered by the media. Rimi would have participated in the competition thinking that other Bollywood personalities would also have been participating and in the process, the tournament would have got media attention. But seeing that the players involved were mostly from television world have irked her and she decided to give me a walkover”.
Vikrant who portrayed the role of the CBI officer Naveen in the recently released Subhash Ghai’s Black and White says, “I was even ready to give her nine handicap points in a game of eleven, then too she didn’t want to play the match.”
Vikrant sure is very hurt and he should be, isn’t it?
Rimi Sen (b. on September 21, 1981 in Kolkata, India) is an Indian actress working in the Bollywood film industry. In an interview with journalist Vickey Lalwani, Sen revealed that she does not use her real name, Shoumitra Sen, "because it is so unusual." Sen moved to Mumbai to become a film actress. She was first noticed when she auditioned for a Coca-Cola advertisement, impressing Priyadarshan, the director of the ad. Priyadarshan cast her in his hit film Hungama, establishing her in Bollywood. She then played Amitabh Bachchan's and Hema Malini's granddaughter in the hit film Baghban. Her next big hit was the Yashraj produced Dhoom. Her next releases Phir Hera Pheri and Golmaal have been successful at the box office. Her latest release Dhoom 2, released on November 24, 2006, is another big hit, though she has very little presence in the film. Rimi is now going by the screen name Rimii. She explains the name change as a career move: there are many other Sens working in Bollywood right now, and a single name may help her stand out from the crowd and stay apart from others.Glamsham.com interviewed Sen in July 2006, discussing her movie Golmaal. In the interview Sen said, "I play a sweet and beautiful girl in the film. The best thing that I like about the film is that though it has four heroes, I am the only heroine. Rohit Shetty is amazing as a director. He can make even a black African look pretty." Ligali, an African British group, condemned her statements and said it showed "how normalized anti-African ideology is within Bollywood and its audiences. It would be unlikely that her racist comments will hinder her career or that of the journalist and media organisation that published this anti-African statement." Jaspreet Pandohar, Bollywood film critic for BBC Movies Online, said that Sen's comments were "shameful but not entirely surprising. It not only reflects her ignorance of other cultures and belief that black people can be naturally beautiful, but also illustrates India and Bollywood long-running obsession with fair skin. The sad thing is Rimi probably doesn't even realise her comments can be construed as offensive and maybe sometimes even racist . It would be practically unheard of a British actor making these kinds of racist comments in the open and to the media. She's currently still in Indian Cinema."
Horn Ok Pleassss’ is a comedy flick starring Nana Patekar, Rimi Sen and Muzammil Ibrahim. The film portrays the sotry of a simple- hearted down-to-earth truck tycoon named Govinda (Nana Patekar). He loves his wife (Rimi Sen) dearly. The comedy starts gearing up when he saves the life of a heartbroken suicidal photographer Ajay (Muzammil Ibraim). Ajay tells him that he loves a married woman, and not knowing that the woman is his wife, Govinda advises him to kill the husband. To add to the humour, he chalks out the murder plan himself. The confusion reaches its climax when Ajay’s look-alike, Rocky, appears in the scene. What follows is utter confusion, madness and loads of laughter.
Produced by Abdol Samee Siddique and directed by Rakesh Sarang, the film promises to be a total ‘paisa vasool’. Hope it sets the cash registers ringing for the entire team!
After been appreciated for her remarkable performance in Johnny Gaddaar, Shubhomitra Sen aka Rimii Sen would now be seen playing her career’s first double role in Rakesh Sarang’s Horn Ok Please. Rimii talks about her experience doing a double role and also shares why she hasn’t yet been involved in casting couch.
