Hindi Movie Review Kahaani 2 - Cast & Crew

Bianca Gomes is a playback singer who began to sing professionally at the age of fifteen. She is famous for tracks such as ‘Aunty ji’ from Ek Main Aur Ek Tu and ‘Rootha’ from TE3N. She is from the middle-east, where she has sing with some of the most popular gig bands. Three years later, she moved to Mumbai, where she sang on resident band contracts with the Taj and Oberoi hotels.

Namrata Rao is an Indian movie editor who was born on the 15th of April in the year 1981. Namrata was born to a Dehli middle-class family, she managed to obtain a degree in IT but decided to leave the field to pursue film. Namrata started her career as a graphic designer and worked with NDTV for some time, before she decided to study a film making at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata.

Vidya Balan is an award winning Bollywood actress who was born in Poothamkurussy, Puthur of Kerala. Her birthday is 1st of January in 1978. Her parents are Saraswathy and P. R Balan. Her elder sister is Priya Balan and her second cousin is Indian actress Priyamani. She studied at a High School in Mumbai and in 1995, at the age of sixteen, she played the role of Radhika in the first season of Ekta Kapoor's TV series named “Hum Paanch”. In her teenage, she was inspired by Indian actress Shabana Azmi and Madhuri Dixit. She studied Sociology in St. Xavier's College and completed Master's in Mumbai University. She has appeared in several TV commercials and also she has starred in music videos. Vidya has briefly studied Carnatic music, Bharatnatyam and Kathak. She was listed as the "India's hottest vegetarian" in polls conducted by PETA in 2011 and 2012. In 2003, she commenced her career in feature film industry with the Bengali movie “Bhalo Theko”. “Parineeta” (2005) was her foremost Hindi movie. There she played the role of Lalita. Parineeta was a box-office hit and Vidya received the Filmfare best actress award in 2006, for her performances in Parineeta. Later, she appeared in “Lage Raho Munna Bhai” (2006) co starred with Sanjay Dutt. In 2007, she appeared in romantic comedy film “Heyy Babyy”. Heyy Babyy is a remake of Hollywood film “Three Men and a Baby”. Vidya played the role of Isha Sahni and the movie became an overnight hit. She got the opportunity of working with director Aziz Mirza, in 2008. Aziz selected Vidya for the role of Priya, in “Kismat Konnection”. The victorious period of her career as a Hindi actress began in the year 2009. She appeared in five different successive films, including “Paa” (2009), “Ishqiya” (2010), “The Dirty Picture” (2011), Kahaani (2012). Her prominent acting skills in those roles recognized her in Hindi cinema. She has won the National Film Award for best actress (Dirty picture), five Filmfare Awards for Parineeta (2005), Paa (2009), The Dirty Picture (2011), and Kahaani (2012) and Ishqiya (2010), five Screen Awards and Padma Shri Award in 2014. Vidya Balan got married to Siddharth Roy Kapoor, the CEO of UTV Motion Pictures on 14th of December 2012 in Bandra, Mumbai.

Manini Chadha is an Indian model and actress working primarily in the Hindi film industry. She started her career as a model and was featured in the Skin tone: Fair advertisement.

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.

Tunisha Sharma was an Indian Film and Television Actress. She worked in the Hindi Television and Film Industries. Tunisha was born on the 4th of January in the year 2002. She was born in Chandigarh, India. Tunisha started her career as an actress with the Sony TV’s Mythological Drama Bharat Ke Veer Putra-Maharana Pratap (2015) as Chand Kanwar.

Sujoy Ghosh born in Kolkata had his schooling at St. James School at Bhowanipore. He migrated to London at the age of 13 and did his engineering there. He has also earned the Business degree from Manchester University. As a professional, he worked as South Asia head of Reuters Media division. Sujoy Ghosh made debut as a director in 2003 with 'Jhankar Beats' which was the tribute to great R.D. Burman.

Akshay Gada is an Indian producer, who has predominantly worked in the Hindi film industry. He has been a part of many popular feature films in Bollywood. Akshay grew up in a family made of some of Bollywood’s most renowned cinematographers. His father, Jayanthilal Gada, was the founder of Popular Entertainment Network (PEN), one of India’s leading media agencies. Akshay sought out a career in the entertainment industry, collaborating with his brother, Dhaval Gada, in creating major motion pictures like ‘Singh is Bling’ and ‘Kahaani.’ At the young age of 19, he began a digital portal called Bollywood Times, which catered to various marketing and advertising services. His entrepreneurial ventures paid off, and he rose in the ranks of the media industry.

Jayantilal Gada is a Hindi filmmaker and producer. He was born in the rural area of Gujarat, India. He is not well educated, but he gained basic knowledge till 10th grade. His schooling was done from Gurukul High School in Ghatkopar, a small village in Gujarat. He had financial problems in his early stages, after his schooling, he started working with his father in their family general stores.

Tapan Basu is a director of photography and cinematographer based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He hails from the city of Kolkata, West Bengal. He primarily works in the Bollywood film industry. He started his journey in the entertainment industry as an assistant cameraman with a movie called Brahmachari, which was released in 1968. Since then, he has been working in the camera department of various films, TV series, commercials, etc. As an assistant cameraman, Tapan worked in a film called Kaminey, which was released in 2009.

Clinton Cerejo is an Indian singer and music producer. He has given his contribution in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil movies as a song composer. His work in the industry is a wide range, and it includes vocal arrangements, playback singing, background scores, production, music programming, and musical arrangements. He is known for his unique style of presentation. Famous singer and personalities such as Hugh Padgham, Roy Thomas Baker, Babyface, Trevor Horn, Stevie Wonder, Peter Gabriel, Arif Mardin, Roland Orzabal and much more have always insipid him. He was born in Mumbai and belonged to a family with people from the IT field who had no connection with the music. His father worked as an engineer in L&T Company, and his mother served as a French professor.

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.

Ash King, also known as Ashutosh Ganguly, is a singer born on 3 August 1984. He was born in London to a Bengali father and a Gujarati mother. At the age of 25, he bagged his first Bollywood debut as playback singer debut in Rakesh Omprakash Mehra’s, Delhi 6 movie. Ashutosh Ganguly, whose name was shortened to Ash King as it could not fit in one line for a CD cover, hails from a background of musical artists. His discovery of music at a young age triggered his special relationship with musical notes. His grandfather, the late Brajendralal Gangopadhyay who was a freedom fighter, was also the first Indian music teacher in the classical category who had the chance to compose music with Rabindranath Tagore at his home and school named Shantiniketan.

Kaushik Das is an Indian - Australian actor who works in English and Indian cinema. He was last seen in the Australian film, The Furnace featuring David Wenham and Ahmed Malek that premiered at the 77th Venice Film festival. As a child, Kaushik witnessed some frightful incidents that forced him to pursue a career in Law. Kaushik worked in the Criminal Courts in Australia. His 1st performance as a toddler was in Hanuman in an outdoor theatre with five hundred audiences. In 2021 he was awarded the John Dommett Medal from the Australian Performing Arts Conservatory.

Subrata Barik is an art director and production designer in the Bollywood film industry. He is known for Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Sigh (2016) directed by Sujoy Ghosh, produced by Sujoy Ghosh, Suresh Nair, and released on 2 December-2016 and Badla (2019) directed by Sujoy Ghosh and produced by Gauri Khan, and released on 8 March-2019. His other movies as a production designer are Chaplin (2011), Aborto (2013), Typewriter TV Series (2019), Mandaar TV Series (2021), and Ballabhpurer Roopkotha (2022). He was an art director for Buno Haansh (2014) and Hello Remember Me TV Series (2022). He was selected for the Filmfare Awards Bangala 2022 and the 19th Star Screen Awards.

Amit Rampal is an Indian Actor, Host, Producer and a model who played his role in various Cinema movies and Television shows. He was born on 26th November 1972 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India in the family of Amarjit Rampal and Gwen Rampal. Amit did his schooling from St. Patrick School in Maharashtra where his mother was also a Teacher. He is very intelligent and talented boy from his childhood and he is very naughty guy. He is very hard worker, spiritual, self-confident, smart, team spirit, patient, serious, self-motivated guy. And these are the life skill reasons behind his success in his career as an Actor. He started dreaming as his career as Cinema Actor when he was just 10 years old. He was also a good anchor and stager performer in his school time. He did his graduation from Amity School of Drama, India. He is married to Mehr Jesia in the year of 1998. She is also Television Actress and Model. They have two daughters Mahika and Myra. Amit Rampal is very popular for his Television serials like Pyar Ishqq Aur Mohabatien, Dil Ka Rishta, Asaabhav, Yakin and other Bollywood movies like Om Shanti Om, Rock on, Houseful, Ra-one. He is known for his role as Suraj Saxena in the movie Dewanapan, Jai Mehra in the movie Dil Kaa Rishta, Rohit Babbu in the movie Humko Tumse Pyar Hai, Jasjeet in the superhit movie Don, Arjun Singh Chauhan in the movie Ajaab Gajaab Love. He also played his role in Television serials like he participated in the shows of Nach Baliye 4, Love to Hate you, Apsra Awards. He also nominated for 18 awards in his career as Actor and out of which he was awarded by 12 awards.
 

Jugal Hansraj is a prominent Indian actor, screenwriter and National award-winning director. He was born on July 26, 1972, in Mumbai, India. He got married to Jasmine Dhillon in July 2014 through a small private ceremony, held in Oakland, Michigan. Jugal is the one who gave the first eight lines of the tune and lyrics of the song, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai from Karan Johar’s directorial film of the same name. The song became a huge hit up to this date.

Kharaj Mukherjee also known as Kharaj Mukhopadhyay is an Indian Hindi Cinema actor. He was born on 7 July in the year 1963 at Rampurhat in Birbhum, India. His son’s name is Bihu Mukherjee. Kharaj is active in the film industry for 32 years.