<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><br /><br /><center><img height="165" width="135" src="-00.jpg" alt="-00.jpg" border="0" /></center><br />mumbai: petite, sexy and giggly is all one can sum up riya sen. long before her film <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">style</span>, riya become famous as the celebrated daughter of moon moon sen. she has the perfect blend of beauty and sensuality (that were synonymous with her mother once) that worked like magic with her fans.
but behind the beauty and appealing eyes lies a giggly teenager who gets laughing fits in the midst of a conversation. <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">filmfare online:</span> congratulations on your successful debut. were you surprised at the success of style? <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">riya sen: </span>when i sign the film, i had this feeling that the film will be a great success and i was right, in some places the film is still running to house full. but performances wise, i had little to do in the film. <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">filmfare online:</span> you were suppose to make your debut with <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">love you hamesha</span> but the film is yet to see the light of the day? <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">riya: </span><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">love you hamesha</span> was never my debut film. i just did a special appearance in it. and maybe i have one or two songs with akshaye. akshaye khanna is paired against sonali bendre in the film. as for the seeing the light of the day, i think the director and the producer will be in a better position to answer it. <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">filmfare online:</span> tell us about your forthcoming films? <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">riya:</span> i have kalpana lajmi''s <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">kyon</span>. it focuses on teenage crime. my mother will play my reel-life mother in the film. i am excited about it for the simple reason that i will do a film with my mother. after that there''s pritish nandy''s next film, <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">jhankar beats</span>. his daughter is the producer of the film directed by newcomer, sujoy ghosh. <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">filmfare online:</span> what is <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">jhankar beats </span>all about? <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">riya:</span> it''s a commercial movie with an offbeat touch in it. it has eleven songs. it''s about three generations. the interesting part of the film is that the producer, director and the heroine, all are bengali. the set resemble a mini bengal (laughs). <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">filmfare online:</span> how come you are not doing n chandra''s next film <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">excuse me</span>, which sounds like a sequel to <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">style</span>. <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">riya:</span> i don''t think it''s a sequel to <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">style</span>. both the female leads of <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">style</span> are not there. moreover i''m not bound by his contract to do his next film. <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">filmfare online:</span> is john abraham a close chapter? <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">riya:</span> more than close chapter, its history now. we got over each other a long time ago. we have drifted apart. each of us is leading his own life. <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">filmfare online:</span> what went with the relationship? <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">riya:</span> nothing we just woke up one fine day and decided to go our own separate way. i wanted to concentrate on my work and john in his. that''s was the end of the so called relationship. <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">filmafare online:</span> any new boyfriends? <span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">riya:</span> no boyfriends please. they are just waste of time and frankly speaking i don''t have time or energy to run after boy friends. </div> </div>