Hindi Movie Review Andhadhun - Cast & Crew

Radhika Apte, an Indian actress was born on Sept 7, 1985. Radhika has acted in films in many languages ranging in Hindi, Marathi and many southern languages as well. She has also worked in a theatre group Aasakta. She was nominated for SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her Tamil film Dhoni. Her father Dr. Charudutt Apte is Pune’s leading neurosurgeon. She got married to musician Benedict Taylor in 2012. She had done her graduation in economics and mathematics from Fergusson College, Pune. She has learnt contemporary dance at London's Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

She started work in Hindi movies from her first small role in “Vaah Life Ho To Aisi” in 2005. In 2009 she did her debut in Marathi Industry from Gho Mala Asla Hava, she played the character of a village girl named Savitri and worked in some more films that year. She had worked in Vakratunda Swaha, which was filmed by Ashish Avikunthak over a period of 12 years. Also she played one of the lead roles in Anurag Kashyap's short film on eve teasing, That Day After Everyday which was released on YouTube in 2012. The main roles she played were in Rakht Charitra and in its second part. This year she did remarkable work in Badlapur and Hunterrr and got a lot of appreciation for that as well from Bollywood critics and her audiences. She is a very bold and fearless person as shown in her choice of films. She is working in multiple movies this year that are either being filmed or in post production phase.

Apart from movies she is also actively involved in theatre and has done many plays in Aasakta group and also in some other plays like Purnaviram, Matra Ratra . As stated by her she believes in experimental theatre and has plans to do an English play in London as well.

Pooja LadhaSurti is an editor and screenwriter by profession. She is currently working in Bollywood for the past few years. Pooja was born in Jamnagar, Gujarat, and grew up in Mumbai after her family shifted because her grandfather's health was not good. She has studied in St. Xavier's, where she read a lot of books related to movies. She was quite interested in dramas from her childhood, leading her to become an Associate director, editor, and screenwriter.

Snigdha Karmahe is a production designer, art director, art installation artist, and concept photographer. Snigdha was born in Raipur and lives in Mumbai. She studied Bachelor Of Engineering at NIT Raipur and is an alumnus of the National Institute Of Design, Ahmedabad, where she studied visual communication. She was an Assistant Art Director at Aamir Khan Productions Pvt Ltd from 2009 to 2010. Since then, she has worked as an Art Director for Baby Sellers movie. Snigdha also worked as a Production Designer for films like - Andhadhun, Jhund, Aa Dekhen Zara, Table No. 21, and Dishkiyaoon.

Gayatri Shinde is an art director in the Indian film industry. She is also a production designer and set decorator. She majorly works in and around Mumbai. She is an up-and-coming art director who has worked on significant movie projects like Andhadhun, Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi, ABCD: Any Body Can Dance, and Prasthaanam. Gayatri Shinde has also worked on the web series Pushpavalli, which stars famous standup comedian Sumukhi Suresh. Her most recent work is the 2022 movie Radhe Shyam, where she worked as a set decorator. She is known for her dedication and work ethic. She is an artist whose hobbies include creating new art pieces.

Ashwini Kalsekar is an Indian actress who is very famous for doing soap operas and films. She was born on January 22, 1970 at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She was the daughter of a bank employee, Anil Kalsekar. She graduated her Bachelor of Arts in Bombay on the year 1991. Ashwini pursued her theatre career on year 1991 to 1994 as a backup. Then from 1992 to 1993, she is a backup to Neena Gupta. She is also a trained theatre actress by Muzammeel Vakil in 1992 to 1995. Besides acting, she is also a good and trained dancer of Kathak. Ashwini was married twice. First is with theatre actor, Nitesh Pandey from 1998 to 2002. Second is with television and film actor, Murali Sharma.

"Chhaya Kadam is an actress and has done many Marathi films. She is famous for her roles in two Nagraj Majule movies- Fandry and Sairat. Chhaya originally belongs to Karambal, Sindhudurg Taluka in Maharashtra. She was born and spent her childhood in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Her mother’s name is Suhasini Kadam.

Sriram Raghavan is an estimable film director and screenplay writer in Indian film industry. He came into fame from his latest thriller movie ‘Badlapur’ starring Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi, Yami Gautam. This movie was both critically acclaimed and accepted by the audience. It made the director marked the first success of his career. His birth place is Chennai, and he comes from a simple family. His father was botanist and mother being the movie lover. Later on, his family moved to Pune. His cliché and pull toward film industry led him to join FTII, Pune. Before joining FTII, he worked with stardust and left the position soon Rajkumar Hirani, a famous director, known for his films like ‘3idiots’ and ‘Munna Bhai’ series is said to be the directors classmate during his FTII course.

This Vicky donor worked as radio jockey, Video jockey, television anchor, host, actor, lyricist, singer, theatre actor anything left… huhh ya reality show contestant in Roadies too is Ayushmann the multi talented.

Sanjay Routray is a famous producer in the Hindi film industry. He is known for his work in films like Merry Christmas (2024), Andhadhun (2018), and Scoop (2023). He also has experience working as an executive producer in films like Ekk Deewana Tha (2012), Ragini MMS (2011), and Khosla Ka Ghosla! (2006). His film Andhadhun led the 20th IIFA Awards (International Indian Film Academy Awards 2019) with 13 nominations, won 6 awards, and became the most-awarded film at the ceremony. In some projects, he is credited as a producer in addition to a line producer and co-producer. He has received multiple award nominations in acknowledgment of his contributions to the industry.

Ashish Kathpal is an Indian Film director and a producer, well-known for his work in “Yamala Pagla Deewana”, “Heroes”, “Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2’, and much more. Ashish Katpal was born in 1972 in Pune in a middle-class family and was raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He completed his schooling at Govt. Sr. High School, Mumbai. He got married to Jyoti Rela Kathpal in December 2015.

Arijit Biswas a director, a story writer, screenwriter, and producer, is nationally renowned for his works, namely, Andhadhun, Badlapur, Agent Vinod, Surjo Prithibir Charidike Ghore, and more. Born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Arijit hasn't always aspired to work for the entertainment industry of the nation. Before his debut as an independent filmmaker five years ago, Arijit was the Head of HR Digitization in Tata Consultancy Services. Arijit's passion for arts took root in the mid '90s when he was studied engineering in Kolkata. During his undergrad, he was an active member of an amateur drama group. Though the theatre club ended after college, Arijit, fuelled by his relentless determination, continued to pursue writing. He was introduced to a Bengali TV production house by one of his theatre friends, for which he went on to write numerous scripts.

Rajeev Ravi is an Indian cinematographer from the state of spices, Kerala. He is also a well-established film producer and a director. Though he is from Kochi, yet he studied and completed his graduation from the Film and Television Institute of Pune in the year 1997. He was the one to start his career slowly and gradually. Initially, he worked as an assistant cinematographer and assisted in the Malayalam film ‘Pranayavarnangal’ which was released in the year 1998.

Girish Nakod is a singer and music director/composer. He has given music to various Bollywood films like Attack and Andhadhun. Apart from this, he has also done a lot of albums and music videos. His videos on youtube have reached millions of people, and his most famous song is Dhoka Hai Tu which is currently at 9.9 million. Girish was born in Chinchwad, Pune. He did his high school at St. Andrew's High School. Later he did his graduation in computer science. He then shifted to Mumbai to start his music career and make his dream a reality. Girish has worked with many renowned artists and actors like Raftaar, Ayushman Khurana, Akshay Kumar and many more.

RAFTAAR was born on November 16, 1988 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. His real name is Dilin Nair. He is a popular Indian rapper. His stage name is Raftaar. Although his hometown is Thiruvananthapuram; he has settled in Delhi with his family. He is the single child of his parents. His father worked as a steward in The Indian Railways, and his mother was a receptionist. Raftaar had a very hard time in school. His classmates and teachers discriminated against him. His obsession with music started when he was in class ninth.

Jaideep Sahni is an Indian screenwriter and lyricist known for his contribution in Bollywood. Born in 1968, Jaideep was brought up in New Delhi. In his school days, Jaideep could not understand the differences between the arts and science streams, as he loved these academic fields. Later, he opted for science subjects instead of arts. He continued his education at Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Bidar that is located in the state of Karnataka. Fondly known as JD during his college days, his friends considered him as an intelligent student who kept quiet in most of the time. He worked with NIIT Limited, a learning-based company as a computer engineer.

Akanksha Sharma is an Indian playback singer, popular amongst the audience for her work in movies like Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana (2017), Half Girlfriend (2017), Rustom (2016), Wah Taj (2016), and Article 15 (2019).

Abhijeet Srivastava is an Indian artist, who has worked extensively in Bollywood. Abhijeet has worked on popular movies such as Haseen Dillruba, and India's Most Wanted. Abhijeet's first film to be made available in theaters was Haseen Dillruba in 2021. Although Abhijeet Srivastava was a finalist in the popular Saare Ga ma Pa Lil Champs in 2009 with fans among the country's TV audience, he did not want to hasten his career in the industry. Instead of waiting for an opportunity to sing in the film, he decided to learn to compose music. When he finished the program, he realized that he wanted to pursue a career in music. He moved to Mumbai and studied Sound Engineering and Music Production at the Media Tribe,” recalls the Uttar Pradesh-born singer.

Altamash Faridi, an Indian playback singer, was born on August 17, 1989, in a one of the biggest cities of Uttar Pradesh, Saharanpur.He was the winner of the musical reality show, Close-Up Performer winner telecasted on Doordarshan in the year 2009. He competed with 99 other candidates to win that award and received a cash price of one lakh rupees along with a singing contract worth ten lakhs rupees with Rajshri Production. He contested in "Music Ka Maha Muqabla" telecasted on StarPlus as a member of Shaan’s team “Striker.” He was seen later in the same year, in Zee "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar." He was in brother’s duo, Sajid-Wajid team and managed to reach the top 18 contestants. He first ventured as a playback singer for the comic thriller "No Problem" in the year 2010 alongside Wajid Khan. Since then he playback for many Bollywood numbers. He sang the song Babbe Mast with Sonu Kakkar for the feature What The Fish. He also gave his voice for Sajna Ve Sajna Ve in the movie Mickey Virus.

Most famous for his songs in Aashiqui 2, Arijit Singh has established himself as a prominent playback singer and music programmer. He was the runner-up in Fame Gurukul, a singing competition, in 2005. He then went on to win another singing reality show, 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil.

Born in 1987 in West Bengal, Arjit was trained in classical music by his aunt and mother. He had a passion for music from an early age and his parents decided to get him a professional trainer, Rajendra Prasad Hazari for classical music and Dhirendra Prasad Hazari to train him at tabla.  His teachers encouraged Arijit to try out for Fame Gurukul in 2005 and chose to promote the Indian classical music genre.

Pritam Chakraborty gave Arjit a chance and signed him for three films; Crook, Golmaal 3, and Action Replayy. He made his debut singing “Phir Mohabbat” for Murder 2 in 2011. This kickstarted his career as a playback singer and led to him singing songs such as; “Raabta", “ Duaa", and “Phir Le Aya Dil", earning nominations for the latter two in Mirchi Music Award With the release of the hit song “Tum Hi Ho” Singh became a common household name. The song helped him win nine awards from various award shows. He has since sung.

Arjit is known as a down to earth, hardworking singer. His hobbies include badminton and writing.

Shadab Faridi is an Indian playback singer. He has sung songs for Hindi Bollywood cinema. He came into limelight when he participated in the reality singing Tv show Junoon - Kuchh Kar Dikhaane Ka, which was aired on NDTV Imagine in 2008 from June to September. Junoon - Kuchh Kar Dikhaane Ka was created by Gajendra Singh and hosted by popular Annu Kapur. Although, he didn't win the show but became famous for his melodious singing. He became an instant favorite in audiences.

Madhu Apsara is a renowned sound designer who has worked endlessly to deliver the best of his work throughout his life. Madhu has completed his education at GHS Payambra and Silver Hills English High School, Calicut, Kerala. Further, he continued to study the workings of Cinema with a specialization in sound from FTII, Cinema. His work predominantly includes Bollywood movies along with other films from South cinema. Madhu has received Filmfare Award for Best Sound Design and Screen Award for Best Sound Design. His talent can be reflected in the famous movie “Andhadhun” (2018), “Love Story 2050” (2008), and “Dhoom 2” (2006). Madhu is also known for his work in “Evening Shadows” (2019).

Girdhar Swami is a Mumbai based Casting director. He has cast several actors and actresses for the movies, including director Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots (2009), Sriram Raghavan's Andhadhun (2018), Prabhu Deva's Rowdy Rathore (2012) and David Dhawan's upcoming Coolie No. 1 (2020). Girdhar was born on 10th January 1989 and raised in Churu district of Rajasthan, where he completed his studies and went to Mumbai for his career in Bollywood.

Indian choreographer Vijay Ganguly, who was born in 1980, is best known for his work on the films Jagga Jasoos (2017), Andhadhun (2018), Stree (2018), and Love Aaj Kal (2018). (2020). For the song "Galti Se Mistake" in Jagga Jasoos, he also won the 2018 Zee Cine Awards for Best Choreography and the 2017 International Indian Film Academy Award for Best Choreography, he received the 2018 Filmfare Award for Best Choreography. His father, director Anil Ganguly, gave birth to Vijay Ganguly in 1980. He is Rupali Ganguly, an actress,' younger brother. As a young actor, Vijay Ganguly appeared in a few movies like Saaheb (1985), Sadak Chhap (1987), and Dushman Devta (1991). As an assistant choreographer, he began his career in 2005 with the movie Bunty Aur Babli. Subsequently, he worked as an assistant choreographer on movies like Taare Zameen Par (2007), Yuvvraaj (2008), and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011).

Vicky Bhatia is an Indian producer, production manager, and former assistant director working predominantly in the Hindi film and television industry. He has worked in several well-known Bollywood films such as Boss, Zid, Roy, Gabbar Is Back, Mary Kom, Andhadun, Guilty, and many more. Vicky Bhatia started his Bollywood career as an assistant producer in the Salman Khan starrer movie Dabangg 2. His first project as a post-line producer began in 2013 with the Hindi movie Rangrez. From 2013 to 2015, he has worked for fifteen Bollywood films as a post-line producer, which includes Boss (2013), Mary Kom (2014), Khoobsurat (2014), Roy (2015), and Gabbar Is Back (2015).

Sandeep Kamal is perhaps the biggest name in visual effects creation in the Bollywood industry. Sandeep is a visual effects artist, filmmaker, director, producer and content creator. Born and bred in Udaipur, Sandeep grew up in a very simple family. He had no proper education in the field of animation or painting or, yet during his school days Sandeep won a host of awards in school and even on the regional level. He became quite popular in Udaipur for his artistry and his name started to go around the whole state. Right after he finished his school education, he started working for an artist production house which was founded by an artist family, where Sandeep would draw family portraits, portraits of monuments and he would also adapt some of the greatest paintings into the oil painting form. Under the mentorship of Rekha Pancholi, he entered the Rajasthan Lalitkala Academy Painting competition which he won. He also worked under the distinguished artist Shahid Parvez, from whom he learnt the art of caricature and cartooning. He has always cited his teacher, Bijoy Choudhary as the main reason he got into animation, as he was the one who introduced Sandeep to the world of computer art and animation.

Manav Vij is an Indian actor and singer. He was born on 2nd January 1977 in Ferozpur Punjab. He is also a psychiatrist. He got a degree in Psychology from Ludhiana University. He has a unique dream to play the role of Adolf Hitler. So to fulfill it he entered the Entertainment Industry. The main idols of Manav are Bhagat Singh, Gurdas Ji Mann and his father Mr. S. K. Vij.

Manav appeared in family drama shows like ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’, ‘Mitwa Phool Kamal Ke’ and ‘Kis Desh Mai Hai Mera Dil’. His inocent and lovable character Joydeep in ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ is appreciated by the audience. Joydeep is the adopted son of Saahil in the show. In the serial ‘Kis Desh Mai Hai Mera Dil’he played the role of Kiran Gupta, one of the important character in show. In ‘Mitwa Phool Kamal Ke’ he played the role of Raghav, brother of the nain character Bela which was done by the actress Tanvi Bhatia. The show was telecast on Star Plus.

Manav also appeared in Punjabi films like ‘Mannat’, ‘Mini Punjab’, ‘Asan Nu Man Vatna Da’and ‘Apni Boli Apna Desh’. In all these films his costar was famous Bollywood and Punjabi actor cum singer Jimmy Shergil. For a punjabi music album ‘Mail’, he sings two songs which touch the hearts of the viewers. On 5th July 2009, he married to the beautiful TV actress Vaishali Sachdeva. Vashali played the role of Heer sister in ‘Kis Desh Mai Hai Mera Dil’. The character Heer is done by Aditi Gupta.

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Manav Vij is an Indian actor from Gurdaspur, Punjab. He has worked in many Punjabi movies and appeared in many TV Serials like Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi BahuThi, Kis Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil, and Mitwaa Phool Ke. Manav has acted in films like Dil Vil Pyaar Vyaar and even a blockbuster Hit movie Aankhen in 1993. He has also done a cameo in Ekta Kapoor’s Mahabharat. Manav is married to Meher Vij also known as Vaishali Sachdev. Before his career started in acting, Manav was a professional doctor. He is doing well in the Punjabi film industry and has given a hit movie Mini Punjab, after bonding in Des Me Hoya Chand along with Gurdaas Maan. Manav has already honed his skills in acting and now turned a singer for Punjab Mail.

Zakir Hussain is a veteran and prominent film and television actor from India. He was famous for doing comedic and negative roles and his best performance was from the dramatic film, Sarkar in 2005 where he played the role of Rasheed; a don from Dubai. Followed by this is the 2007 neo-noir film, Johnny Gaddaar by Sriram Raghavan. He is Shardul, one of the gang that operates a gambling club along with Vikram (played by Neil Nitin Mukesh), Prakash (played by Vinay Pathak), Swshadri (played by Dharmendra) and Shiva (played by Dayanand Shetty). He was notably remembered by every people on the street and they started to call him Shardul. This is the film that pays him well and gained him so much fame.

Zakir was born and raised up in the village of Janikhurd Tehsil in the district of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He got fascinated with theaters and cinema when he was studying in New Delhi. And then, he initiated his career in a small time theater and later he joined a group in Mandi House called, Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts. Afterwards, he also joined the respected National School of Drama and had a graduation in year 1993.

After performing in theaters for few years, he moved to Mumbai to work as a television and film actor. He first speared in serials like Kitty Party, Firdaus and Gaatha from which he gained a lot of recognition. His first film was Ek Hasina Thi in 2004 under the production of Ram Gopal Varma, from which he played the character of Sanjiv Nanda. From this film, Zakir appeared in two scenes only, but the director was impressed by is acting so he offered him the role of Rasheed in the film, Sarkar. His character as a villain was acclaimed and he got the New Menace Award in Stardust Film Awards in 2006. Since then, he started to appear in most of Varma’s productions.

Aside from acting, he is also a brilliant percussionist and he sings well. Some of the films that he did include Dishyen, Kala Juma, D, D, James, Shiva, The Killer, Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante, Risk, Fool n Final, Darling, Contract, Radio and a lot more. Some of his recent films are Hoiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty where he played the role of Alvin D’Souza, the Bollywood action film Singham Returns and the upcoming thriller film, Chaarfutiya Chhokare.

He was also roped in to do the character of Anand Upadhyay (Yudh’s companion) in the psychological mini-serial, Yudh in 2014.

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