Hindi Movie Review Firangi - Cast & Crew

Ishita Dutta is the sister of Femina Miss India Universe 2004 title winner Tanu Shree Dutta. Like her sister, Ishita is also an actress. Her birthday is on the 26 of Aug 1990. She did Mass Media in Mumbai and has been working mostly in Telugu movies. She can speak Telugu, Hindi and English Languages.

Monica Gill is an upcoming actress and is an excellent model born in USA. She is 26 years old and was born on 24th June 1991. Monica is an Indo-American and is the holder of many beauty pageant contests. In 2014, she won the Miss India Worldwide and in 2013 she went on to become the winner of Miss India USA. She acted in many Punjabi movies; she made her debut in 2006 with the hit flick, Ambarsariya. The story is about an officer who lives two different lives, at one end he is a RAW agent and on the other he is an insurance agent. He is on a mission to save the Minister who is the target of a drug mafia.

Maryam Zakaria is an actress and dancer in Bollywood of Swedish origin. She found fame and recognition in the Hindi film industry by playing the role of ‘Farah Faqesh’ in the 2012 release ‘Agent Vinod’ starring Saif Ali Khan. Maryam was born on 27th September in the year 1984. She was born to a Swedish-Iranian mixed cultural family in the city of Tehran in Iran. Maryam was greatly exposed to Bollywood films and songs from a very young age and that had planted the seeds of desire to be a dancer in her. Maryam had fallen in love with dance after being mesmerized by the colorful and energetic Bollywood dance numbers she used to watch regularly.

Jyoti Nooran is a Punjabi Sufi singer and the sister of Sultana Nooran. The sister’s duo became popular around the country and internationally. They rose to fame after their performance of the super hit song Tung Tung at the MTV Sound Tripping. Jyoti was born on February 24, 1994 in Jalandhar, India.

Mamta Sharma is a very renowned playback singer of Bollywood. She was born on September 7, 1980, in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Right from the beginning she had the urged to sing and had formed her bands. She used to sing at parties, weddings, reception, cultural fests and all. Her singing lifestyle provided her a strong base in singing career.

Naisha Khanna is a beautiful and the innocent child actress with hazel color eyes and brown hair, in the Bollywood and television industry. She was born in Mumbai in 2009,to parents Rohit Khanna and Mehak Khanna. She started acting at the age of four and also has been a part of many ad campaigns like Bank of India and LIC. She has also worked in Tv serials like Best of Luck Nikki at Disney,Sapne Suhane Ladakpanke at ZeeTv. Her innocence and cuteness made her very special. Her Mother Mehak said , “one of my friends suggested me to put my daughter into an acting career because she looks so good and innocent.” Tiger Shroff is her favorite actor. Career- She started acting when she was four years old. She has been seen in few ads, print shoots, Tv Serials and movies as well.

Neeta Mohindra is an Indian actress. She was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab. Shrimati Neeta Mohindrahas been doing theatre since 1978. Her work is predominant in the Punjabi theatre industry. She has also worked in Hindi, Urdu, and English plays. She obtained her master’s degree in fine arts and a PhD on tribal art forms of southern Rajasthan. Since then, she had been teaching college. She has attended several workshops by Shri M. K. Raina in 1990 to learn new ways of doing theatre, and later worked with him to produce Buhe Bariyan, her much-acclaimed single-actor play. She learnt Kalaripayattu in Kerala and, thereafter, learnt movements of body in Germany under Constanza Macras.

Roshni Walia is one of the most prominent and leading child artistes in the current scenario of the Indian television and film circuits predominantly known for her talent and for her method and quality acting skills and impeccable expressions. Roshni hails from a middle class educated Indian family from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Roshni’s mother Mrs. Sweety Walia is also passionate about acting and is known to support Roshni in her all acting endeavors till date and is the pillar of strength for Roshni. Actress Roshni Walia was born on September 20, 2001 in Allahabad and soon after her parents shifted their base to Mumbai. Roshni got noticed at a very tender age of 10 and she started her career as a child artiste and as a child model. Roshni went on to appear in a number of TV commercials of reputed brands and she was also seen featuring in many South Indian advertisements also. Roshni Walia debuted on the small screen in the year 2012 with popular channel Life OK’s tele serial Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan ki where she played the daughter of the lead pair of the serial and her character in the serial was named Jiana. Roshni then went on to appear in a paranormal television mini series Ringa Ringa Roses where she essayed the role of a little girl Maitri who loves her father unconditionally and believes that her dad will save her from every danger. Her acting performance in this show was much appreciated and was telecasted on Life OK channel. Veteran actor Sameer Soni played the role of Roshni’s dad in this serial. But, the role which made Roshni Walia a star and a household name is the magnum opus of Sony television channelBharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap, where she played the role of young Maharani Ajabade Punwar – Queen consort of Maharana Pratap. Her chemistry with her co actor Faisal Khan was much appreciated and she won accolades for her brilliant acting performance. Roshni also won the award of best child artiste (female) for this role in the recently concluded Indian telly awards 2014. Roshni Walia aspires to be an able actress in future and is currently concentrating both on her studies and acting and will be seen in movies like My friend Ganesha 4, Machli Jal ki rani hai and few others untitled projects.

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A well-known director who has worked with many known faces of Bollywood is Rajiv Dhingra. Along with directing films, he has also produced many Bollywood movies and television shows. In 2011 and 2013, he has worked in Comedy Circus Ke Tansen, Comedy Nights With Kapil, a comedy show. These shows have gained much popularity and support from the audience. He has also directed some Bollywood movies like Love Punjab in 2016, Firangi in 2017. He has shared the platform of Firangi with Kapil Sharma. Both of them worked together in Comedy Nights With Kapil. In 2020 Rajiv Dhingra appeared as a director with a television series named Hasdeya De Ghar Vaude.

Balwinder Singh Janjua is a Punjabi screenwriter, producer, and director. He has done a several movies as a writer, namely Chak Jawana in the year 2010, Mubarakan, and Firangi in the year 2017, Saand Ki Aankh in the year 2019, Puaada in the year 2021, Unfair & Lovely, and a television series Cat in the year 2022. As a director, he did a movie Unfair & Lovely, and a television series Cat in the year 2022. He produced a few movies, such as Chak Jawana in the year 2010, Mubarakan starring Arjun Kapoor, Ileana D’Cruz, and Aathiya Shetty in the year 2017, Shadaa in the year 2019, Puaada in the year 2021, and Unfair & Lovely in the year 2022.

Navneet Misser is an Indian cinematographer who started his career in 2013 with the Gujarati movie Saptapadi. He has been in the industry for more than a decade now and is related to many famous titles. Following his maiden venture, he was associated with the 2014 Hindi romantic movie Karle Pyaar Karle, featuring debutants Shiv Darshan andHasleen Kaur. He went on to work on Punjabi movies and was involved in the making of films like Angrez, LovePunjab, and Sardar Saab, and in 2017, he also worked on Kapil Sharma's Firangi. His 2018 releases include Punjabi War, Ashke, and Bhajjo Veero Ve.

Jatinder Shah is a Punjabi film industry musician, singer, and music composer. Genres he has worked in are Bollywood, Bhangra, Punjabi and Folk. He enjoys playing Dhol, Tabla, and Tumbi. He has worked with many celebrities including Diljit Dosanjh, Gurdas Mann, Amrinder Gill, Sunidhi Chauhan and many more. In 2011, he made his debut from the hit movie ‘Jihne Mera Dil Luteya’ directed by Mandeep Kumar. After that, he has worked in many films including ‘Mirza: The Untold Story’ and ‘Jatt and Juliet’ in 2012, ‘Singh vs. Kaur’ in 2013, ‘Romeo Ranjha’ in 2014, ‘Angrej’ in 2015 and so on. His 2019 releases are ‘Kala Shah Kala’, ‘Ardaas Karaan’, ‘Laiye Je Yaarian’ and ‘Chandigarh Amritsar Chandigarh’.

Aanjjan Srivastav is a veteran Indian Stage, Film and Television Actor. He was born on June 2, 1948 in Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta) to a household from Uttar Pradesh. His father is a banker who worked at the Allahabad Bank in Kolkata. He studied Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws at Calcutta University. From there, shifted his focus to acting by joining Theatre Groups in the year 1968 while doing plays at All India Radio.

Edward Sonnenblick, an American who can speak in both Hindi and broken Marathi, became popular in India after his performance in the 2011 Marathi film, Gajaar – The Journey of a Soul. This film won several awards and nominations, produced by Sunill Khosla, who adapted the film to Hindi and has been entitled as Mokssh – The Journey of a Soul. 

Edward was from Cupertino, California, who’s working as a chef. He loved cooking food for large group of people, but somewhere in his heart, he knows that he should really enter the glamour world of the film industry. Edward never thought of leaving his own country, but one day, after watching the film Lagaan, he was astounded by it and since then, he started watching Bollywood films and read several books about India. He even learned how to speak Hindi through a lesson book. In year 2005, he decided to fly to India and completely fell in love with the country. During that time, Edward was into Vipassana meditation, one of the oldest meditation technique in India that was rediscovered for over 2,500 years ago by Gotama Buddha. So it is also a big draw for him that India has lots of Vipassana centers. 

When he returned to India in the year 2007, he already had an intention of starting his acting career in the country. Things worked out the way he wanted it to be and he started doing what he loves to do. 

In 2009, Edward played as Captain James Manson and Captain John W. Nelson in the historical drama serial, Jhansi Ki Rani, broadcasted on Zee TV. In 2010, he was seen in the Hindi romance film Anjaana Anjaani, which stars Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor. Then in 2011, he became part of the Sunny Deol-starrer, Yamla Pagla Deewana. In the same year, he also appeared in the Telugu historical film, Rajanna as Governor Curzon, which stars Nagarjuna, but his biggest break came when he played a significant role as Eric, a Anthropology researcher, in the award-winning film, Gajaar – The Journey of a Soul. In year 2012, Edward was seen as a collector in another Nagarjuna-starrer entitled Shirdi Sai, followed by the historical war drama film Chittagong, where he played as Col. Tait. He also donned an episodic in the television series, Darr Ki Sachchi Tasveerein in the same year. 

Besides living in the country he loves the most, he also got the chance to meet his one true love, Sonal Mehta, a short film maker. They got married on March 18, 2010.

Inaamulhaq is a prominent Indian actor, director and screenwriter. He was born on November 14, 1979, in Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh, India. They are nine in the family and even if they are not financially stable, his father, whom he called Babuji, ensured that all of them will attain academic education. He is married to Shibli and they have a son named Ivaan. He graduated Arts before doing a post graduation at the National School of Drama (NSD) and started stage performance at the age of twelve. He took several theatre workshops in Delhi University so he can earn and pursue acting in Mumbai. However, after two years, he was not able to obtain money and decided to borrow from a friend. He participated in Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA) and acted in the lead roles for some stage plays that was produced by NSD, IPTA and SARGAM-A. In 2006, Inaamulhaq shifted to Mumbai and became a writer for television including the reality-based comedy show, Comedy Circus and the season 2 of the popular detective series, Karamchand.

The only way one can fulfill their passion for something is just by going for it. Until you get involved, you have to try, and finally, you have to achieve. Here is a guy who got acceptance from the family but couldn't find means of gaining it. But he went ahead and won. He is the actor and director Jameel Khan.

Kumud Mishra is a well-known name in the arena of Indian theatre, due to his versatile acting talent. He got this knack from his father, who was a stage actor too. Also, two of his teachers in Belgaum Military School of Karnataka, Mr. Pathare and Mr. Janardhan embedded the love of acting in young Kumud and inspired him a lot, with their enthusiasm in conducting various stage plays at school. 

After completion of school education, he returned home at Bhopal and attended college there to do his graduation, with History and Political Science as major subjects. But here he got the scope to work on stage with various renowned theatre personalities and acted under the guidance of the expert stage directors, like Alok Nandan, Sachin Tiwari, John Martin and Irfan Saurabh. Later, he joined Prabhat Ganguly’s ‘The Little Ballet Theatre’, on behalf of which he participated in the Festival of India, in USSR in 1989. 

Then he decided to polish his skill of acting by doing a Diploma course in Acting from National School of Drama in 1990 – ’91. Consequently, he shifted to Mumbai, to try his luck there, in 1994. Here, he rose to fame by acting in several plays; among them the most notable ones are Medha and Zoombish by Ramu Ramanathan and Shakkar Ke Paanch Daane by Manav Kaul. His superb performance in Ramu Ramanathan’s play ‘Cotton 56 Polyester 84’ has earned him Best Play Award in 2006, from META.

Moreover, he has acted in Bollywood films, like Sardari Begum, 1971, Patiala House, Rock Star, Filmistaan, Raanjhanaa, Revolver Rani and very recently released Badlapur. Another of his film named Bangistan is waiting for release in this year.

Rajesh Sharma is an Indian actor. His work is predominant in the Malayalam film industry. He was born on 1st December 1973 in Kollam, Kerala. He finished his education in drama from the centre for performing arts at Sopanam Kalakendram, Kollam, in 1996. His career was started as a drama artist, with his work diversifying over fifty dramas.

Vishal Sharma is an Indian Actor. He primarily works in the Hindi Film Industry. Some of the movies in which he had worked are What the Fish which released on 13 th December 2013, and it is directed by Gurmmeet Singh, Peepli Live which released on 13th August 2010, and it is directed by Anusha Rizvi, Jab We Met which released on 26 th October 2007, and it is directed by Imtiaz Ali. The movie Jab We Met was the big hit movie of the year 2007, and due to this, he has gained much popularity in the Bollywood Industry. In this movie, he had worked with some of the prominent personalities of the Bollywood Industry, including Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Dara Singh, Pavan Malhotra, Kiran Juneja, Sanjay Kushwaha, Saumya Tandon, Tarun Arora, Divya Seth, Nihar Thakkar, Brijendra Kala, Kishore Pradhan, and Divya Seth.

Making a career in the film industry and then keeping it the same is not easy, some succeed in it and some fail. Same way this actor earned his name by his hardworking skills and long lasting spirit. He contributed to the industry as a dialogue and a story writer. With his experience of more than 24 years in writing, he has given a lot to the industry. He has written for many people like Satish Kaushik, Anubhav Sinha etc, and production houses like Venus, Viacom 18, and Tandev Films, etc. His career also included writing of around 600 Gazals and creating Jingles for companies such as PepsiCo and PVR. He is known as a dialogue writer for the films “Sharafat Gayi Tel Lene”; it was a Hindi comedy thriller film and ‘Warning’, it was also a thriller 3d movie. And also worked as a screenplay writer for the same. He also worked as a writer in ‘Surkhaab’.

Ashraf Ali is a well-known actor, lyricist, executive producer and music director in the Bollywood film industry. He was born on the 11th of December, 1985. Ashraf has acted in several Chhattisgarhi and Hindi films, including Tor Surta Aathe Sangi (2022); Le Chal Nadiya Ke Par (2017); Vetri; The Bhai, directed by Thomas Jacob; Prem Ke Bandhana (2018), directed by Shiv Naresh Kesharwani; Admissions Open…Do What You Are Born For… (2010), starring Anupam Kher and Ashish Vidyarthi, Bombay My Beloved (2023), a television series and Mumbai 2025 (2010), starring Hanna Simone.

Krishna Bhardwaj is a Hindi lyricist who has worked for different firms since 2008. He was born in June 1990 in Mumbai. His career as a lyricist began in the same city itself. He is a freelance lyricist who writes religious, folk, romantic, and item songs and has worked with big names in Bollywood like Neha Kakkar and Javed Ali. Bhardwaj has also written numerous lyrics for TV serials on big channels like Colors, Zee TV, Sahara One, and many others. His first Hindi album as a lyricist was for the movie “Murari: The Mad Gentleman,” released in 2016. One of his most famous religious songs, “Jai Shree Krishna,” is available on YouTube. He is famous for his work in a Hindi film named “V for Victor,” starring Sudip Pandey, released in 2019. In 2020, he signed contracts with many Bollywood movies.

Daler Mehndi, also known as Daler Singh, is a well-known singer, song writer, and musician known for his energy filled Punjabi pop songs. He is one of India’s best and earliest pop icons to set the trend of fusing Punjabi folk and pop music together.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is a renowned singer worldwide. He was born on 9 December 1973 in Faisalabad, Pakistan.

He is famous for his melodious voice and is nephew of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He is very popular in Bollywood and Lollywood and has been active from the last few years. His numerous albums have been released and loved by music lovers. He got his early training from Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan who also was his uncle, after that he joined his group at 15 years age. In 1985, he went to UK with group his uncle and sang solo qawwalis at a Birhingam concert.

He debuted in Bollywood from Mann Ki Lagan song from movie Paap. He had performed at various worldwide famous venues like Wembley Arena and Manchester Arena. He collaborated and also contributed in various Hollywood sound tracks in movies like Dead Man Walking and showed his talent. Various other Hollywood tie ups have also been there with him.

He also had been a judge in a music reality show Chote Ustad 2 where he was in panel with Sonu Nigam and Raveena Tandon. Indian audiences loved the show. He was a judge at another reality show Junoon Kuch Kar Dikhane Ka from NDTV Imagine.

He also is the first Pakistani Singer to perform at a Noble peace prize ceremony. He has also featured in Coke Studio sessions where he sang Garaj Baras with Ali Azmat and with Abida Parveen on Chaap Tilak. In Bollywood he had sung in lots of movies naming a few in which he got awards from film fraternity are Tere Mast Mast Do Nain from Dabangg and Teri Meri from BodyGuard and Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for `Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji. This year his song Mere Naina Kafir Ho Gaye from Dolly ki Doli was a great hit. His recent song Jaruri Tha became a hit instantly featuring Big Boss fame jodi Kushal Tandon and Gauhar khan.

Boloy Kumar Doloi was born and brought up in Guwahati, Assam, India. He did his schooling at Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Guwahati. When he was just 18 years old, he moved to Mumbai to complete his diploma in Audio Engineering and Film Making. At the same time, he has been working in the industry. Currently, he works as a Sound Recording Mixer and Sound Engineer in the Indian Film Industry. He has worked in Documentaries and Biopics, etc., in different languages such as Hindi, English, Telegu, Bengali, and Marathi. He has been working in this field for more than 19 years. Now he is known to be a person who has mastered the art of mixing on Dolby Atmos. His first job in this field was at Vikrant Studio, and he is still working there. He worked at FutureWorks as a Sound Re-recording mixer and has also worked at Creative Sound Design. He has worked with great filmmakers such as Mira Nair, Shamim Sarif, S.S Rajamouli, and many more. Some of his great works are ‘Holiday: A soldier is never off Duty’ released in 2014, ‘Deep Inside’ in 2021, ‘Kaabil’ in 2017, ‘Haider’ in 2014, ‘Kaali Khuhi’ in 2020, ‘Dhadak’ in 2018 and a lot more. He is not active on social media.

Rashid Rangrez is an art director who began the journeyin 2003 with the movie Kahan Ho Tum, directed by Vijay Kumar. He then proceeded to work in Darna Zaroori Haiand Rockin` Meera, both in 2006. He was also indulged in the movies Sukhmani in 2010 and director Sukhwant Dhadda`s romantic drama Chooriyan in 2015.

What is the ultimate reason for the success of a movie? Most of us would agree that it the story and script that does the work. But, in reality there is much more work involved which escapes our eye's on a daily basis. One of such work is of a Casting director. A casting Director is someone who has a vision to see and judge whether an actor shall be best suited as a character in the movie or not. His functions involve coordinating with the Scriptwriter, Director and to study the characteristics of the role of an actor. Based on this, he puts some time and goes out looking for newcomers or the established actors best describing the role in the movie. Bollywood Introduced "Vicky Sidana" for the very first time when he made his debut work in Sooraj Barjatya’s Rajshri movie’s in 2010.

Chinni Prakash is an Indian choreographer, actor, art director, director, and script-writer. He always had an eye for making it into the Arena of Cinema in India. So, after finishing his studies, he came to Mumbai in search of a career in his dream profession. Luckily, he was introduced to a choreographer Sampath, who took Chinni as his assistant. His work was limited such that he used to choreograph the little portion of the songs.

Arijit Ghosh is a visual effects supervisor in the film industry. He completed his schooling at Sarsuna High School, Kolkata, and later pursued a Bachelor of Commerce in Catering and Business Management at Zed Institute of Creative Arts. Arijit has worked at Famous Studios and Red Chillies as a VFX artist. He also worked as a compositor at Prana Studios, a senior compositor at Prime Focus Limited, and a visual effects supervisor at ReDefine DNEG. Arijit has been nominated for the 2018 Technical Award at the Zed Cine Awards for Bareilly ki Barfi. Arijit has worked as a visual effects artist on Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, Let’s Go India, Om Shanti Om, Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs.

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