She has received Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1987, for her role in the film Sirivennela.

Her father, of Ballygunge Place, was the son of one of the wealthiest businessmen of Kolkata, Adinath Sen.

She completed her graduation from Somerville College, Oxford and received her master's degree in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University, Calcutta.

[4][5] As a child, Sen learnt drawing from Jamini Roy, one of India's greatest artists.

After Zakhmi Dil (1994) she did not appear in films until 2003 when she starred in an unsuccessful thriller Kucch To Hai.

But yes, India too has beautiful women like Rekha and Hema Malini who can carry such a thing out with aplomb.

[citation needed] She joined Trinamool Congress in March 2014[11] and won in 2014 Lok Sabha Polls from Bankura constituency, where she defeated CPI(M)'s nine-time MP, Basudeb Acharia.

[12][13] In 2019, she lost the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency election to Babul Supriyo of BJP.

The prayers was attended by dignitaries, like West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and close friends and family who had missed the funeral, a hurried affair after five hours of death as per the last wishes of the dying actress.