Riddhi Sen, the 19-year-old Bengali actor who recently won the National Film Award of Best Actor for Nagarkirtan, will also be seen in Pradeep Sarkar’s directorial venture, Eela.
Ridhi will be playing the role of Kajol’s son. He took up theatre at a very early age. Ajay Devgn was the one who launched him in Parched and he has also worked in films like Kahaani, Bhoomi, Churanga, directed by Vikas Mehra and Open Tee Bioscope, a Bengali film which is directed by Anindya Chatterjee.
After the announcement of the National Film Awards, Kajol took twitter to congratulate her reel son. She tweeted, “My virtual son from Eela wins a national award for his Bengali film Nagarkirtan. Awesomesauce Riddhi Sen!”
My virtual son from Eela wins a national award for his Bengali film Nagarkirtan ??. Awesomesauce Riddhi Sen!
— Kajol (@KajolAtUN) April 14, 2018
In fact, Pradeep Sarkar was the first one to congratulate Riddhi after the news of him winning the prestigious award came out. “Dada (Sarkar) was really happy and Kajol ma’am even arranged for a cake for me on the set to celebrate my National Award win,” he stated.
In Eela, Kajol plays the role of an aspiring singer and single mother, and is based on Anand Gandhi’s Gujarati play Beta, Kaagdo.
The movie is produced by Ajay Devgn and Jayantilal Gada (Pen India Limited).
