Palash Sen

Born to doctors, he comes from a Baidya Brahmin family of Rajvaidyas (Sen Sharma) and is the 17th generation physician of his family.[1] He was born in Lucknow, brought up in Delhi. Earlier, he used to stay in Connaught Place's Railway Colony and Srinagar.

He did his schooling from St. Columba's School, Delhi. He was active in theatre and singing right from his school days and that's where he realised his singing capabilities.

Thereafter he studied medicine at the University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, and received his M.B.B.S. degree.

While in college, Sen founded his band Euphoria. He had started composing songs from in college days and was writing them in English. His first composition is believed to be 'Heaven on the Seventh Floor' which was an ode to his college hostel room, on the seventh floor.

After finishing college, Sen met DJ Bhaduri, and their friendship took off instantly.

The duo have been working together ever since, and Sen regards DJ as the backbone of Euphoria. Euphoria's first release, 'Dhoom Pichuck Dhoom,' was a major commercial hit and received rave reviews from the critics worldwide.

A very famous single song is 'Maerii' which is sung in Hindi folk language. Euphoria went on to become the renowned Indian band, with five hit studio albums, one compilation and seventeen music videos.

Sen's Bollywood debut came with Filhaal... (2002) directed by Meghna Gulzar, which also starred Tabu and Sushmita Sen. Thereafter, he appeared in "And It Rained" segment of anthology film, Mumbai Cutting (2008). Sen has also composed an eight-and-a-half-minute song for the film, and Euphoria performed on it.

Sen has done multiple television appearances, most notably FameX (2006), Channel V Popstars, MTV Rock On (with Euphoria, 2008), MTV Unplugged (with Euphoria, 2011), NDTV Greenathon (with Euphoria, 2012).

Over the years, Sen has collaborated with musicians and composers on songs, most notably

• Zindagi, Friday the 13th (featuring Sen)
• Mauka, Indraneel Hariharan (featuring Sen)
• Candywalk, Orange Street (featuring Sen)
• Salma, Dhoondhte Reh Jaaoge (composers: Sajid Wajid)
• Kadavule Kadavule (Tamil) (2010 composer: Eeman)
• Main Kaun Hoon, Lamha (2010 composer: Mithoon Sharma)
• Music band Na Karo, Hum Tum aur Shabana (2011 composers: Sachin | Jigar)

His remarks at a concert in Mood Indigo 2013, IIT Bombay was deemed to be sexist by the organizers and public. In 2012, Sen accused the music composer Ram Sampath for plagiarising the main chorus of the title track of popular television series Satyamev Jayate produced and hosted by Aamir Khan from a Euphoria song by the same name, released in the 2000 album "Phir Dhoom". He had reportedly sent a legal notice to the composer.

He is married to Shalini Sen, a lecturer at Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi, and the couple have two children, Kinshuk Sen and Kyna Sen.

Kinshuk attended UCLA, after finishing his schooling from The Mother's International School, New Delhi. Kyna was also a student of The Mother's International School, New Delhi.

Sen runs a home clinic in Delhi, along with a studio, also known as "The Clinic".

• 1998 – Dhoom
• 2000 – Phir Dhoom
• 2003 – Gully
• 2006 – Mehfuz
• 2008 – ReDhoom
• 2010 – Follow Your Dreams[2]
• 2011 – Item
• 2012 – Sharnaagat
• 2016 - Halla Bol (single)
• 2018 - Alvida (single)
• 2019 - Mujhse Kaha Naa Gaya (single)
• 2021 - Sale

• Filhaal... (2002)
• Mumbai Cutting (2010)
• Sondhe Namar Aage (Bengali)
• Aisa Yeh Jahaan (2015)
• Jiya Jaye (Director)(2017)
• Iktarfa (Director)(2018)

• Palash Sen at IMDb