Hindi Tv Serial Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani - Cast & Crew

Trishna Vivek is a talented Indian television actress. She has played significant roles in series like Ek Packet Umeed, which aired on Imagine Channel and Shree on Zee channel. She also played the protagonists bhabhi in the popular show 'Shorr', which aired on Sahara TV.

Intro: The veteran actress is popularly known as Madhuri Dixit of Television because of her smile that resembles with that of the heroin of big screen.

Niki Aneja Walia is a popular name in Indian household as she still holds a place in the hearts of Indian middle class women for her stupendous acting as Dr Simran for the popular TV serial Astitva-Ek Prem Kahani. This popular TV serial was aired on ZEE TV during 2002 to 2006. In the year 2005-2006, Niki Aneja Walia won the TV & Producers Guild best actress award for this role. She is married to UK based businessman Sonny Walia.

This gorgeous lady is a veteran Indian television actress who has worked for more than 20 years in various important lead roles for various television serials. She is a versatile actress who can deliver quality performances in various genres including comedy, drama, and action. She first appeared on Television in the year 1995 for the comedy serial Baat Ban Jaye in which she played the lead role of Niki, a bubbly cheerful girl. In 1996, she appeared in a serious lead role of a scorned woman for the TV serial Dastan. During the same year, she also worked with cult star Om Puri for the TV serial Sea Hawks that appeared on Star TV. In the year 2000, she got the chance to work with popular actor Kabir Bedi for the TV serial thriller titled Samandar. In the year 2001, she again opted for comedy genre and appeared in the TV serial Gharwali Uparwali in the lead role of Pooja.

After her successful stint as Dr Simran for Astitva-Ek Prem Kahani that was aired on Zee TV, this glamorous actress appeared in special appearance in the TV serial Ghar Ek Sapna in the year 2009. However, during the same period she also appeared as presenter of the show Zee & U for Zee TV UK. In the year 2012, she appeared as Nisha for Cloud 9. UK’s First British Asian Soap that was aired on Zing TV UK.

Nandita Puri is an Indian actress and a choreographer who appeared as Shyama Solanki in the Hindi series, Kuch Toh Log Kahenge on Sony Entertainment Television India. She was also part of the serial, Chamatkar on Sony TV which stars Farookh Sheikh. Nandita was debuted in the television serial, Campus. But acting was never her passion at first. She is a classical dancer based in Mumbai and Kathak is her first and only love. It’s her dance that brings Nandita to the acting industry.

She got many opportunities to perform Kathak and that’s the time she was approached by the Upnayaas director, Vinay Dhumale and asked her if she can choreograph a Mujra dance. Afterwards, she got an offer to do a role in Upanyaas on DD1 channel. After this, she distanced herself in the industry because she started being a typecast, until she got the opportunity to perform in the serial, Campus and essayed the role of Kiran Joshi. One of her Kathak gurus told her to audition for the serial and she was luckily selected. Since then, she got many offers to do television serials like Aashirwad on Zee TV in year 1998. Nandita was also seen on Zee TV’s Sarhadein. In year 2000, she was seen in the drama series, Milan on Sony TV which stars Rohit Roy and Nattasha Singh. In 2001, she acted in Ekta Kapoor’s soap opera, Kalash in STAR Plus. Nandita was also part of the Hindi serial, Sanjivani – A Medical Boon on STAR Plus. In 2007, she was popularly known as Mohini Malhorta in Maayka – Saath Zindagi Bhar Ka on Zee TV.

Aside from working in the small screen, Nandita also tried her luck working in the big screen. She played as the mother of Priyanshu in the film, Mumkin which stars Bipasha Basu and John Abraham.

Nandita is a Psychology graduate and started her dance training when she was 17 years old from her Guru, Shankar Dev Jha. She won many awards for her performances in India and abroad. She received the Government of India Scholarship in year 1982 to 1983. After working in many television shows and films, Nandita has enough money to pursue her career as a choreographer; she has proven herself in the 1996 Hindi film, Sardari Begum by Shyam Benegal. She choreographed a Kathak piece in the film. She is also doing Ballet dance which will define Thumris in classical dance. She choreographed a poetic version of Thumris. Nandita was also the director of the audio-visual clip on Bade Ghulam Ali Khan’s (a Hindustani classical vocalist) life. Her mother, Primila Puri who is also a vocalist from the Patiala Gharana assisted her and Nandita got Bade Ghulam’s grandsons. Nandita danced to Bade Ghulam’s compositions while his grandsons speak about the inspirations following his bandishes such as Kya Karoon Sajni Aaye Naa Balam. The show was a hit in Mumbai and she also plans to bring it on Punjab and Patiala.

She also choreographed ballet dance like Shan-E-Moghul-Darbar/Agra and for the television serial, Ramayan on Zee TV and in some music albums and commercials. She was also sent in different countries to perform her dance.

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Purnima Joshi is a Hindi TV actor, whose work is tremendous in the television industry. She's been a part of TV serials, and due to that, she received a lot of fame. Ms. Purnima is very hardworking and dedicated and also takes her work seriously. After completing her studies, she didn't pursue acting, but after some time she decided to start her career in the Bollywood.

Suzanne Bernert is the only polyglot in the Indian Entertainment Industry. The languages she fluently speaks include, German, French, Italian, Spanish, English, and Hindi. The motivation behind why she got acknowledged in the business so effectively is a result of her ability to talk in distinctive dialects. Suzanne Bernert was conceived in Detmold, Germany. Both of her guardians were German and she had no association with India. When she was 16, she did a three year acting course in Germany, followed by a small course with an American performer/maker, Susan Batson, in Berlin.

After an arrangement of offers from India Suzanne Bernert chose to move to India to seek after her fantasy and turn into a performer (2005). She was first seen in the TV screen, with a role in an extremely prominent broadcast slot of that time, Kasautii Zindagii Kay (29 October 2001 – 28 February 2008), aired on Star Plus. In the television serial she played the part of a foreign bahu 'Doris Bajaj', daughter-in-law of the lead character (Mr. Bajaj). After being casted in Ekta kapoors tv serial, everyone had their eyes upon her, and soon she got casted in many Marathi TV series and movies.

She was also casted in a number of television series such as Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai (October 3, 2011- September 13, 2013), which aired on Star Plus. And another Documentary based TV show named 7 RCR (11 January 2014 – 29 March 2014: 24 May 2014-7 June 2014), aired on ABP NEWS. 7 RCR is a show of performed histories of every one of the individuals who have the courage to make it to 7 Race Course Road, the Prime Minister's official living arrangement. The show intends to bring to the crowd previously never seen actualities of Indian history. She has also worked with, one of Bollywood's leading actor, Aamir Khan in a TV commercial.

Suzanne calls India as her new home; she likes Indian people and their culture. She said in an interview, "I was conceived German, yet Indian is what I am from within. I don't know why, but I always fancy India and I am planning on staying here in India.”

Shiju Kataria is an Indian TV and movie actress. Kataria is the only child of her parents. She is famous for portraying various roles in Television as well as films. She was born in the small village of Fazilka in Punjab. Shiju is best known as Smriti in Star Plus serial Behne. She completed her initial schoolings on Fazilka and later moved to Chandigarh. She did her higher studies in Chandigarh. During her college days, she was selected for Miss Catwalk Chandigarh in a contest. This marked her entry into the Bollywood industry after which she moved to Mumbai where her struggle and hard work began. Finally, her work was recognized by Gulzar Sahib, who chose her as a lead in two movies directed by Gulzar Sahib himself. After completing her projects, Kataria understood the importance of a performer and became a theater artist.

Shalini Arora is an Indian television actress, who has been of part of this industry from many years. She has been cast in many hits Television series, such as Tere Liye (June 14, 2010 - April 2, 2011), aired on Star Plus. The story revolves around two young lovers, Taani Banerjee, and Anurag Ganguly, who belong to a Bengali family and their houses are right next to each other. The show by popularity among its viewers is ranked as 8th best TV show of all time (Star Plus).

Rajni Chandra is an Indian actress who is best known for her appearances in some commercial movies such as ‘Masoom Chudail’ (2000), ‘Champakali’ (2000), ‘Raat ki Baat’(2000) etc. She worked mostly as a character artist in the movies in which she got opportunities to work with some famous actors/actresses like Moon Moon Sen, Shakti Kapoor, Manisha Koirala and Kiran Kumar.

Pooja Bharti is an Indian TV actress and model from Punjab. She debuted her carrier in 2002 with DD National’s  Amrapali. The show was based on an Indian historical drama and a big budgeted assignment of 100 million Rupees. The sets and screenplay were very beautiful that no one could even feel that the serial was setup in modern age. The serial was started in 2002 and Shilpa Shinde was playing the character of Amrapali but was replaced by Pooja Bharati. 

After Amrapali, she was busy in attending the auditions for many shows but got success in bagging the role of Inspector Divyanka Chauhan (STF Officer from Kashmir's Branch) in Zee TV’s Zindagi Badal Sakta Hai... Hadsa. The show was based on true incident of society and screenplay was written to suite the emotional thriller genre.  She got highly praised for her role in the serial. The serial was the last assignment for on screen presence.

Apart from TV she played the leading lady in thriller film Paapi Ek Satya Katha opposite Arya Babbar. The film was based on cyber crime about fake profiles. She played the character of Pia in the movie that fell in love with Rahul. After the strong commitment of body and soul she came to know that Rahul was not the one whom she met on internet.

Payal Nair is an Indian television and film actress who is best known for her roles in films like ‘Sorry Bhai’ (2008) and for television appearances in series such as ‘Do Saheliyan’ (2010) & ‘Saat Phere- Saloni Ka Safar’ (2005) & ‘Chand Chupa Baadal Mein’ (2010). In ‘Sorry Bhai’ (2008), she played the role of ‘Sandy’. The movie got critical acclaim and she too started getting offers.

Pallavi Joshi is an Indian model, producer, film and television actress. She started her career as an on stage performer at her early age. She started acting in the big screen as a child actress, appearing in films like Badla and the 1977 Bollywood film, Aadmi Sadak Ka. In 1979, she played as a blind kid in the film, Dada.

From 1980’s to early 90’s, Pallavi acted in various films including the Rukmavati Ki Haveli and Vanchit. She played as Iti opposite Nirvana (played by Nitish Bharadwaj in the 1988 Hindi film, Trishagni. Pallavi made a special appearance in the film, Rihaee in 1988. She also donned the 1992 Hindi film, Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda under the direction of Shyam Benegal, where she played the role of Lily, the intellectual. The actress also bagged supporting roles as a sister or the friend of the heroine in big budget films like Tehelka, Mujrim, Panaah and Saudagar. Her role as a handicapped in the 1987 film, Andha Yudh gained her the Best Supporting Actress award at the Filmfare. In 1994, she played the role of Apsara in the film, Woh Chokri where she won the Special Jury Award at the National Film Award. Pallavi also received the Excellence in Cinema Award at the 7th Global Film Festival Noida. In the same year, she bagged the main character as Shantha in the 1994 critically acclaimed Malayalam movie, Illayum Mullum by KP Sasi. She is also part of the Indian-South African film, The Making of Mahatma in 1996 under the direction of Shyam Benegal. From year 1999 to 2001, she appeared in many episodes of Zee TV’s Rishtey. She also donned the lead role in the Marathi film, Rita under the direction of Renuka Shahane. Pallavi also worked as a producer. She produced the Marathi series, Asambhav in 2008 and Anubandh, both were aired on Zee Marathi.

Besides acting, she also hosted the reality singing show, Sa Re Ga Ma Marathi L’il which was aired on Zee Marathi in 2008 and Antakshari on Zee TV. Pallavi’s television appearances include Talash, Imtihaan, Justajoo, Bharat Ek Khoj, Mr. Yogi and Aarohan on Doordarshan. She also played as Neelam Sharma in the Indian soap, Justujoo on Zee TV in 2013. This year, she made a comeback in the silver screen as she portrays the role of a potter and the wife of Anupam Kher in the film, Buddha in a Traffic Jam under the direction of Vivek Agnihotri. 

She was married to film director, Vivek Agnihotri and they have two children namely Mallika and Manan. Pallavi is also the sister of actor, Master Alankar Joshi.

Mrinal Kulkarni is one of a famous face in small screen. She is from Pune, Maharashtra. She completed her Master's degree in Linguistics from Pune University. In age of 16 she made her entry in Marathi television drama “Swamy”. She played a character Peshawe Madhavrao's wife Ramabai. Later the success of Swami she continue her career in television drama like Avantika, Ristey, Khamoshiyan and many more. She acted in a television drama called Shrikant. It is based one of a famous Novel of Saratchandra Chatterjee.

She became famous by the Hindi television drama named “Son Pari”. She played a character of Pari (angel).She worked in many Marathi and Hindi movies. Her first movie as a debut actress was Jai Dakshineshwar Kali Maa, release in 1996. She acted in Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in 2000, Ashiq and Veer Savarkar in 2001, Kuch Meetha Ho Jaye in 2005, Quest in 2006. Her last movie was Chodo Kal Ki Baatein, release in 2012.

She bagged screen Award for Best Actress category for Marathi movie named Jodidar in 2000.She won Star Parivar Award for the character of Pari in Sonpari. She also bagged National Award for movie “The Quest”. She married Ruchir Kulkarni, he is a criminal lawyer and has son Virajas Kulkarni.

Neena Cheema is a highly experienced and well known TV actress. In a vast acting career, she has done a number of plays, TV serials and movies in both Hindi and Punjabi language. While most of her initial career was dedicated to doing stage plays, the latter half of her career has seen her take up both serials as well as films.

She starred in multiple Hindi television films and plays such as Wapasi and Aaghosh among others. Neena was part of the extremely popular comedy TV show known as Flop Show, which aired on India’s national TV channel Doordarshan in the 90s. She was also seen in a couple of Punjabi serials which were telecasted on Jalandhar Doordarshan namely Parchhaven and Lafafi. Of late, she has been in the supporting cast for TV serials such as Parrivaar - Kartavya Ki Pariksha which is a fable revolving around the life of Radha who lives a life full of struggles and the more popular show - Sabki Laadli Bebo, a show about a highly pampered girl named Bebo.

Neena Cheema has also starred in a number of Hindi and Punjabi movies. Mann and Ek Chadar Maili Si are the two Hindi movies she acted in. As for Punjabi movies, she featured in Sounh Menoo Punjab Di and Yara O Dildara. Most recently, she featured in the role of a witch in the TV show The Adventures of Hatim which is a serial based on a fantasy fable of a prince named Hatim. He had to crack 7 riddles to overcome the sorcerer Zargam.

Nazneen is a television actress who has been a part of the industry for a couple of years and done a couple of serials. She was seen in the serial Kyun Hota Hai Pyaar. This show was a weekly show that featured on Star Plus every Thursday evening. The show was a love story between a small town girl, and a rich spoilt brat from the city, who fall in love at college. In this serial Naveen plays a friend to the protagonists. She is also a college student. She plays a tomboy in the show.

Nazneen has also been seen in the serial Mukti Bandhan, which is the story of an ordinary man, who starts doing extremely well in the business world, with the support and help from his wife. She has also featured in the 2008 movie, Good Luck that tells the tale of one’s destiny, and how it can change overnight. Also seen in the supporting roles for the show, Haunted Nights, on Sahara One, by Vikram Bhatt!

Her current television ranking is 1664, and that in the last week was 1773. She reached the peak of her fame in May, 2010, when her rank was only 42, that speaks for being very popular. She has also been known for playing a role of a journalist in Main Aisi Kyun Hoon, by Paresh Rawal where her character is called Sanjana Pushpa Patil. Here she writes a column called Pyaar Love, but her own life has no love affairs. Love is completely nonexistent in her own life. She done a bit of modelling too, and has successfully settled in the city of Mumbai, in the television industry.

Natasha Rana is a very talented Indian actress on television. She was born in Jalandhar, Punjab. After her school education, she got admission for a degree in law but observed that she got emotionally involved with the case studies at hand and decided to leave the profession as it did not suit her. 

She entered into acting profession by chance as at that point of time, Lalit Behl was looking for a girl with long hair and Natasha decided to give it a try as she considered the profession was easy money. She developed a liking for the profession in due course and decided to continue with it as she had a natural talent for acting though she realised the hard work that is needed to be put to succeed in this profession. 

She was noticed in 2004 in Balaji telefilms serial Kesar as Pam Mallya, an out and out negative character. The role of this cruel woman was played by Natasha so beautifully that she became the talk of the audiences for his cruelness. He performance was highly applauded and again she appeared in Sapna babul Ka Bidaai, a Star Plus serial and again a super hit performance by her. Her performance in the serial Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan was also highly appreciated.

She is married to famous TV actor Deepraj Rana and they run a production house together apart from acting in TV serials. Nataasha also writes the stories for the serials and episodes.

Deepa Parab hails from Mumbai and she was interested in acting since her childhood. She was already active in Marathi theatre when she was studying in Maharishi Dayanand College in Parel, Mumbai. There she met Ankush Chaudhary who was also a student in the college and was also interested in drama and acting. They made good friends and decided to marry each other but only after they settle down in life. 

After leaving college Deepa took up acting in Marathi theatre as her professional career and did her first commercial drama which was titled Bombay Meri Jaan. The drama was directed by Kedar Jadhav and she performed a small but challenging role in it. Her performance attracted the attention of public towards her and the first success she received was in the drama 'All The Best'. After that she performed in a number of Marathi films and dramas like Maratha Battalion, Chakwa, lagaan-the dedication etc.

Almost at the same time, she received an offer for TV serial Chhoti Maa which was aired on Zee TV and she became the loved one all over the country by the reach of the serial. It was a remake of the super hit Tamil serial Chithi and was an instant hit.

After Chhoti Maa she acted in another serial of Sony TV 'Thodi Khushi Thoda Gam' which was aired during 2006-07. Deepa was an instant hit again and established herself as a Hindi TV serial actor in no time.

After a number of Hindi and Marathi serials and movies, she married her old flame Ankush and settled down.

Meghna Malik is an Indian television and film actress. She was born in the year 1971 in Sonepat, Haryana. She studied Master’s in Kurukshetra University and holds a degree in English. She was a very intelligent student and also received gold medals during her Masters. Her parents were stunned when she decided to step into movies. Initially they were against her acting, but that didn’t stop her from coming to Mumbai twelve years back. She has faced many obstacles in her career and though being talented she didn’t receive much recognition. She acted in various serials, played diverse roles and thrived real hard in making gaining recognition. Her role as “Amma ji” in the serial “Naa Aana Is Des Laado” that aired on Colors TV brought her fame and popularity. She portrayed a very prominent character who is the head of a village and no one can go against her.

She was seen riding a horse, beating up goons etc. This show mainly focused on atrocities a woman faces in a society, mainly in a village. In an interview with Times of India Newspaper, she says that people started treating her with so much reverence and looked up towards her with pride. Laughingly she also adds that she doesn’t want men to consider her as their mothers, as the role, which she played in Laado serial, was much more than her real age. She has also done other shows like “Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hain”, “ Kitchen Champion”, “Yeh Hain Mumbai Meri Jaan” and a few more. After doing Laado, she said she wanted to play the role of a modern sophisticated woman. Well well, her dreams did come true. Currently she is seen as “Barkha” a posh stylish woman who lives in a magnificent house along with her family in the serial “ Gustakh Dil” that airs on Life OK channel.

Harshada is a hot Marathi Actress, who has had a successful career graph. She has predominantly acted in various Television soaps and several theatre dramas. Khanvilkar’s stint in the Television field started early in the year 1998, through a soap titled Dard, that was aired on Doordarshan. She did a small, but significant role in that series. The crew of Dard serial saw her photo that was featured on Woman's Era Magazine and approached Harshada for the role.

Kanika Shivpuri is an Indian actress who is working for TV and Movies. She has participated in many TV Serials and some of the movies also.  She has essayed the character of Biji, in Kasturi a popular Soap Opera that was aired on Star Plus from 2007 to 2009. Biji is a loud Punjabi woman.  Kusturi was about a young girl from middle class. Kusturi who fall in love with a rock star Robbie but then Robbie has a misunderstanding about Kasturi and Raunak. Therefore their relation got disturbed because of that misunderstanding and then there are many ups and downs between both but at the end they got married.

Other than this there is news that she is going to enter in a popular serial “Susral Simar Ka” as paternal to another character Anuraj Arora. In this serial she will be playing the character of a loud conservative Punjabi lady named Buaji who loves religious voyages and likes to visit her relatives.  She also has performed in another serial “Bady Achhe Lagte Hain.”

Kanika Shuvpuri has performed some minor characters and side characters in movies also. Such as in “The Other End Of Line” she has essayed the role of sister in hospital. This movie is released in 2008. It was a comedy movie and was based on the idea “ two countries two cultures but one chance at love.”

Gulfam Khan is an Indian actress. She was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 6th June 1972. She is having four siblings. She is from a Pathan family who came to Mumbai from Punjab. Her family came to Punjab from Pakistan in 1920. She completed her schooling from Silver Beach High School, Juhu and her degree of graduation from Tolani College of Commerce in Mumbai. She married to Sajjad Ali, who is London based on 1st May 2013.

She came to the TV world in 2003. She acted in many TV serials. She got her first assignment of acting in the TV serial “Lipstick” as Guddi which was telecast on Zee TV. She worked for different channels in her career. She did “JBC with Javed Jaffery” on an Ajtak news channel in which she played various characters. She did many serials for Zee TV channel like Astitva, Sindoor, Ghar Ki Laxmi Betiyann, Chi and Me, Bh se Bhade, Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein. She is recognized by her acting. She too worked for different channels. She played a role in a serial “Aathvaan Vachan” as Billo Massi on Sony TV in 2008. She worked for Star one channel in TV series “Remix” and “India Calling”. She did a role in the serial “Diya Aur Bati Hum” which was telecast on Star Plus. She played some comedy roles in “R K Laxman Ki Duniya” and “Twinkle Beauty Parlor” for SAB TV. She has recently done a show “Savdhan India” for Life OK. She got many awards for her acting in different serials. Besides acting, she is a good writer too. She wrote many plays, dramas, screenplays, etc. She wrote for Comedy Circus Season-1 telecast on Sony TV. She also did some advertisements like Surf Excel, Onida A.C, Ayush Shampoo, Laxmi Atta, Munch chocolate, Parle G, etc.

She also worked in bollywood movies with some big banners. She played a role in “Mod” movie in 2011 as nurse Kutty. She also worked in “Gayab”, “Ek Haseena Thi”, “Kya Super Cool Hain Hum”, “Laxmi”, etc. Her last movie was “Talaash” which was a Amir-Khan Starrer movie.

Kamya Panjabi is a popular Indian actress. She mostly played negative roles in Hindi TV serials. She is also popular for her Standup Comedy. She was born in Mumbai, on 13 August 1979. Her maternal life has some ups and downs. She got married to Bunty Negi and has a daughter. But unfortunately, the couple may not develop a good understanding and file a divorce.

She has performed in many TV serials such as, Pya ka Ghar in which she essayed the role of Simren. This serial is about the affairs and problems that a girl has to face after marriage. Other than this she has performed in Bano Main Teri Dulhan, Reth, and Nagan-Wadon ki AgniPrekshaa, which are premiered on Zee.TV.

Banoo Main Teri Dulhan is a story about a girl from a little town. She got married to Sagar and reached Delhi. Kamya has performed the role of Sindoora who is the wife of Aniket. Aniket has killed vidhya and her husband. Reth in which Kamya has essayed the role of Netra, is about a girl who is gang-raped. Then she struggles to get back her honor and respect. Netra is a typical woman who causes problems for Jia who was raped.

Other than this she has performed in ‘Kehta Hai Dil’ as Karishma Singh and in ‘Maryada-Lakin Kab Tak’ as Uttara. These both serials were aired on Star Plus. She also has essayed the role of Kamya Parashar in ‘Wo Rehany Wali Mahillon Ki’ that was aired on Sahara One. In short, she has performed in many TV serials. She also took a part in reality shows like Big Boss.

In other words it can be said that she is a versatile actress. She has won ‘Indian Telly Award’ for best actress in negative role in ‘Banoo Main Teri Dulhan.’ She also has won the ‘Loin’s Gold Award’ as ‘Appreciation award’ for Big Boss; a reality show.

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Himani Shivpuri is an Indian actress, born on October 24, 1960 and bought up in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. She was known for doing supporting roles in Hindi television series and also in Bollywood films. She was the daughter of Hindi teacher, Haridutt Bhatt. He used to teach at The Doon School in Dehradun where Himani studied. During her school days, she usually used to attend school plays and when she was in her Organic Chemistry post graduation, her passion in acting was developed and she started to perform in school plays while studying. Later on, she joined the National School of Drama in New Delhi and finished her studies in 1984. 

Samarpit is an Indian film actor, producer, and director. He was born as Arpit Kanwatia on October 3 to Kailash and Urmila Kanwatia. He changed his name to Samarpit when he entered the film industry. He became popular as Samarpit Kanwatia, but some also known him as Samarpit Agarwal. He studied at Little Flower School (LFS) and graduated at Bangalore’s Bishop Cotton School. Samarpit is married to Aanal Kanwatia and they have three children namely Aeishwarya, Shaurya, and Arna Kanwatia. In 1998, he left for Mumbai to pursue his dreams of becoming an actor.

Ajai Sinha an Indian television and film director and story writer is best known for his work as a director for ‘Astitva Ek Prem Kahani’, In the year 2001, he made his debut as a director for 'Dollar Bahu' which was aired on Zee TV. The show was created by Cinemaya Media Limited. He also directed, later on, three Hindi movies namely 3 Bachelors ( 2012), Khap ( 2011) and Stop (2004). Ajai Sinha also directed Hasratein and Astitva, Ek Prem Kahaani.

Nagesh Bhonsle or Nagesh Bhosale is an Indian television, film and also a theatre actor. He is also a respectable producer and director. He was the co-producer and director of the Marathi film, Goshta Choti Dongraevadhi in 2009, where he also appeared in the main lead role as Nandu. He also directed the films Gallit Gondhal, Dillit Mujra in 2009 and another Marathi film, Adgul Madgul in 2011.

Nagesh was born in year 1960 at Nagpur, India. He initiated his career in acting into theatre.  While in college, he happens to watch the play, Aata Manushya Jagne in a competition which was performed by actor Arun Nalawade. He was impressed by his performance and since then, he gets more interested in theatre. Later, he performed in the play, Kondmara where he played the main lead role. The play won many accolades and he won the Best Actor award. After this, he performed in two more plays from which he also won the same award. Afterwards, he decided to move to Mumbai in the early 90’s. He met Mangesh Kulkarn, a Marathi actor, writer and poet and told him that the casting for Nagmandala. He went to the audition and Bhaskar Chandawarkar selected him. He was also the narrator in the play. Chandawarkar is also in charge in the music of the play and he was given a role in the chorus. He feels so lucky since Vijaya Bai is a big production house and he got the chance to be part of it, and worked with the people with huge experiences in the Marathi stage. He found himself working in a big workshop for acting at the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA). After the Nagmandala, he works consistently in the Marathi commercial theatre.

Sometime in year 1996 or 1997, Nagesh has stopped on performing in the Marathi commercial theatre. He was offered to do the role of Kishan Murari on Zee TV’s Hasratein. Later, he started to appear in many tele-serials like the C.I.D., Bhavar and more. His very first appearance in serial is from Doordarshan channel entitled, Upanyas together with Shekhar Kapoor. That time, Doordarshan is the only channel available and he was new to the television world.

He was debuted as a film actor through the Marathi film, Bangarwadi where he essayed the role of Daddu Baltya under the direction of Amol Palekar. The film became one of the best films in year 1997. Later, he did another film by Amol Palekar entitled, Daayra. In 1999, he was seen in a cameo role in the comedy film, Bombay Boys. And then, Anurag Kasyap introduced him to E. Nivas, the director of the Hindi crime film, Shool from which he appeared as Sudhir Vinod and the Bollywood thriller film, Bardaasht. Nagesh also did Hindi films like D, Sarkar, Kyon Ki, Hostel, Billu, Shiva, Dum and Lal Salam. He also did some Marathi films like Duniyadari, Chingi, Vishwavinayak and more.

Kishore Kadam introduced Ramu Ramanathan to Nagesh. They did a play together and they decided to do it in two languages, Hindi and English. Kishore did the English version and he did the Hindi version. They did a play entitled, Angst Angst Coontah Coontah Bhoom Bhaam Dhandhal Dhamaal Kaput. Nagesh received the Best Actor Award from the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) committee for Ramu’s Cotton 56, Polyester 84 and he considered it as a milestone in his career.

Besides acting, producing and directing, he is also a good singer. But he says, he was not a trained singer but he is just naturally inclined to music.

Avinash is a Kannada actor, who has starred in South Indian language films and notably in the Kannada, Telugu and Tamil film industries. Avinash completed Master of Arts in Literature from the Mysore University and began his Career as a lecturer of English. In the beginning of his career, he was very active in the English theater circuit in Bangalore. He was following theater during his college days and he got into films. Avinash has acted in more than 200 movies in his career. Avinash married lawyer turned actress Malavika, who was his co-star in the soap opera Mayamriga.

Avinash made his debut in the movie ‘Thrishoola’. Unfortunately, the movie was not released due to reasons. He was introduced to the Kannada film industry through another movie “Samyuktha”. His first notable role was as saint Madhvacharya in the movie Madhavacharya by G.V.Iyer. Some of the famous films in which he acted are Chinnari Mutha, Nishkarsha, Mathadaana, lockup death, Appu, Dweepa, Chigurida Kanasu, Apthamitra, Chandramukhi, and Amrithadhare. For over a period of years, Avinash with his exceptional acting steadily built a place for himself in the film industry. Avinash is much sought after supporting actor in the Kannada film industry.

He won many awards. Some awards are Karnataka State Award for Best Supporting Actor for Mathadaana, Suvarna Film awards for Best Performance in a negative role for Prithvi. SICA (South India Cinematographers Association) Award for best supporting actor for Singarava, Film fare Award for best supporting actor for Aptharakshaka. Avinash is a keen cricket enthusiast himself. He also actively takes parts in actor Vishnuvardhan's Snehaloka Cricket Team (SCT).

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Avinash B. S. is a motion picture actor from India. He acts in Kannada films predominantly. Avinash was an entrepreneur by profession initially. But his love and passion for acting made him divert his energies in a different path. He has been looking forward to getting into films since a long time, but his business kept him from doing so. It has always been Avinash B. S.’s dream to get into the cinema industry. However, he was very busy with his former work. Along with having a packed schedule, he also did not have the correct knowledge of how to make his way into the industry.

Mohan Bhandari is an enormously talented Indian actor, who played as a loving father in the popular Hindi television serial, Saat Phere – Saloni Ka Safar on Zee TV. He played the role of Narpat Singh, father of Saloni (played by Rajshree Thakur) from which he gained the Zee Rishton Ka Utsav as Favorite Mata-Pita Rishta in 2007 along with Ambika (played by Pratichee Mishra). This is also the show where he got praises and positive responses from the viewers. 

Vishal Singh Kashyap is a famous Indian television actor and film actor. He is best known for his role in the TV series Dekh Bhai Dekh. Vishal was born in 1974. He is 41 years old. Vishal was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He started his acting career as a child artist in the movie Rajput in the year 1982. His performance as a child artist was adorable. Vishal stepped into the television world in 1989. He appeared in the show Indradhanush in 1989 on DD National. The show was directed by Anand Mahendroo. Indradhanush was a children television series. The story of the serial revolves around four kids and their school life. Anand was so impressed by Vishal’s acting skill in the show that he even gave him a chance to cast for  his next television series, Dekh Bhai Dekh.

Varun Badola was born on 7 January 1974 in New Delhi. Though his home town is Uttarakhand, he spent his childhood in Ahemdabad. His father Vishwas Mohan Badola is a well known television artist and his sister Alka has acted in TV serials titled Kutumb and Qubool Hai. His second sister Kalindi is a radio jockey. Varun Badola always wanted to be an actor. He studied at Sardar Patel Vidhyalaya in Delhi. He is also a good singer and dancer and has been part of many reality shows. He has also worked as a costume arranger and assistant director in his early days with Tigmanshu Dhuliya. He has written dialogues for his serials Ek Chabi Hai Pados Me and Astitva Ek Prem Kahani. All in all, he is a multitasker. For his dedicated performances he is also considered as Dev Anand and Amir Khan of Hindi television.

He is a cricket fan and has also been a part of Celebrity Cricket League team Mumbai Heroes. Recently he has directed some episodes of Nisha Aur Uske Cousins. His father, Varun Mohan Badola is also acting in this serial but he could not get chance to direct him. He played the role Thakur Vikram Singh in Zee TV's Serial Phir Kab Subah Hogi and was seen on in Jaya Bachchan's serial Vasundhara, which telecasted in Sony TV. His debut serial was Banegi Apni Baat, but he gained popularity through Koshish and Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand. In Balaji telefilm's serial Koshish, which aired on Zee TV he played the role of a mentally challenged person. In Des Mein Nikla Hoga Chand, he played an extremely romantic character of Dev, which increased his female fan following. He is married to Rajeshwari Sachdev and the couple has participated in dance reality show Nach Baliye 2 and reached up to the semifinals.

He considers his father and Tigmanshu Dhulia as his godfathers and is thankful to them for teaching him acting and direction. These days he can be seen as charming lead actor Veer in Tumhari Pakhi on Life OK.

Rafan Khan is an Indian child artist and model. He was born in Bhopal but shifted to Mumbai soon after his birth. As a child, he loved to watch television and dreamed of becoming an actor one day. He began his modeling and acting career at the age of eight years with various commercial advertisements.

Nitesh Pandey is a veteran TV and movie actor. His Twitter account is NITESH PANDEY (@PAHADIPANDEY) so no point in guessing he hails from the hilly area of Kumaon. He is well known for his versatile acting, be it comedy or intense, he is equally good at both.

Naresh Suri was born in Pune on July 25, 1951. He is 63 years old and a very reputed actor on Indian Television. He studied in Delhi and got his degree in Commerce. After completion of his graduation he decided to pursue his passion in acting in which he was interested since his childhood and joined a theatre group Dishantar in Delhi. He came in contact with some legendary theatre personalities during this period like Om Shivpuri and B.V. Karanth etc. he relocated to Mumbai and started working full time as an actor. Here he formed his own theatre group 'Ank' and came in contact with actors like Naseeruddin Shah, Dinesh Thakur, Minakshi Tthakur and others. He was a part of many stage plays of great repute and then he entered in to the world of television and acted in a number of TV serials. He has acted in TV shows and serials like Astitva-ek Prem Kahani based on the existance of a woman, Awaz which meant the sound, Sindoor Tere Naam Ka, the story of a woman of unsound mind and many more.

Presently he is working in the popular TV serial Devon Ke dev Mahadev. Apart from acting, he  has also performed as a voice artist for radio. He has performed for a number of films, ad films, corporate films and radio plays.

Parmeet Sethi came to limelight as Kuljeet in the super hit film DDLJ (Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge). The film starred some big names in the Bollywood such as Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Anupam Kher, Amrish Puri, and Farida Jalal amidst others. Character of Kuljeet, an arrogant alpha male betrothed to the heroine Simran (Kajol) and competes with Raj the protagonist played by Shahrukh Khan. The Indian film director as well as TV actor completed his education in Mumbai from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics. On the 30th June 1992, Parmeet married his live-in partner Archana Puran Singh. The couple was in a live-in relationship for several years before they tied the knot. Archana Puran Singh too is a film and TV actress. The couple has two sons together, Aaryamann and Ayushmaan. In terms of his family connections, he is cousin of TV actress Niki Aneja Walia.

Apart from Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, such as Diljale as Captain Ranveer along with actors such as Ajay Devgan and Madhoo. In addition to this, he acted in the Punjabi movie Des Hoyaa Pardes that was critically applauded. Parmeet’s career shot to fame, after his selection for TV series ‘Dastaan’, wherein he played the lead character based in Dubai. The character was highly appreciated by the audience. The actor ventured into direction, with Yash Raj's Production "Badmaash Company" that starred actors such as Shahid Kapoor, Anushka Sharma as well as the singing sensation, Meiyang Chang. The movie was a super duper hit at the Box Office. The entire script along with dialogues for the movie was completed by Parmeet in merely six days. The list of TV series include Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat - Kutumb, Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin (2003–2006) TV series as Raj Malhotra, Detective Omkar Nath (D.O.N.) as Detective Omkar Nath as well as Maayka as Prem.

Aaryamann Sethi Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

The experienced actor Iqbal Azad is native to the city of Gujarat. However, his father grew up in Mumbai and then moved to Patna which led him to be brought up in both the cities. Conversely, his mother was from Himachal, so Iqbal refers to himself as belonging to 4 states; he strongly believes in the importance of keeping in mind where one came from. Iqbal had always been interested in acting and had planned on becoming an actor from a very young age. In his 12th grade, he worked at an amateur theatre and took his career from there.

Harsh Chhaya is an Indian television and Bollywood film actor who has starred in several Indian television series and movies. 

Harsh Chhaya's debut on television was a small role in a Zee TV series Tara. However, Harsh claim to fame was to portray the character of a wealthy but sleazy boss, who sexually exploits his employee in television series Hasratein. Such powerful was his performance that it created a stereotypical image of Harsh as a corrupt boss. As a result, harsh also portrayed the character of an immoral boss in his Bollywood flick in Laaga Chunari Mein Daag. 

But a true actor never settles for a stereotypical branding of his on-screen image. Harsh later acted as different characters in several movies and television series to prove his versatility. The portrayal of a gay fashion designer in Madhur Bhandarkar's 2008 hit Fashion was widely appreciated. Similarly, Harsh's portrayal of Sanjay Ghandi in Shekhar Kapur Pradhanmantri on APB news channel has also received positively by the audience.

Harsh has acted in several television series like Justajoo, Pradhanmantri, Hum Ne Li Hai Sapath, Saaya, Ladies Special and Karishma among others. Harsh is married to actress Sunita Sengupta. This is his second marriage after his first marriage with Shefali Shah ended in a divorce in 2001.

Akshay Anand is a Bollywood actor who became popular for his performances in many Hindi television serials and films. His real name is John Gardener and used the screen name, Akshay Anand from which he acted as Akshay in Indradhanush and Dev Anand added Anand to his name when they were doing the film, Hum Naujawan. He was married to Rama and they have two kids namely Ayaan and Anaaya. He studied at St. Xavier’s School in Mumbai and pursue his Economics course. Initially, he is not interested in acting until one day, while riding in a train on his way to Delhi, a co-passenger approached him about shoes. It turns out that the actor is the popular director, Anand Mahendroo and offered him a role in Indradhanush.

He was debuted as a television actor through the children’s television series, Indradhanush which was aired on DD National in year 1989. He is also part of the award-winning soap, Thoda Hai Thode Ki Zaroorat Hai on Sony TV in year 1997 and Choti Maa – Ek Anokha Bandhan on Zee TV. He also bags a role on DD2 9 Gold’s Mere Samne Wali Khidki. In 2009, Anand played as Manish Sabharwal in the Balaji Telefilms’ Bandini which was aired on NDTV Imagine and played the role of Aatish Parikh in the soap, Basera. He also played as Brijesh Pratap Singh in the television series, Saat Phere. In 2010, he played the character of Amar in the crime thriller series, Kaali – Ek Agnipariksha on STAR Plus channel. He played the main lead, replacing Aman Verma in bagging the role of Adityapratap Singh in Kehta Hai Dil which was also aired on STAR Plus. Anand also made an appearance in the television soap, Behenein. In year 2012, he appeared as Baldev Guggal in the television drama series, Suvreen Guggal – Topper of the Year and in 2014, the brilliant actor acted as Annopraj Premkishor Shekhar in the very popular drama series, Balika Vadhu – Kachchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte on Colors TV.

He was starred in the Hindi feature film, Do Pal in 1991 under the direction of Ravi Rai. He was also seen in the Bollywood film, Pyaar Ka Tarana in 1993. Anand has done five films in year 1996 including his debut film in the Kannada film industry entitled, America America where he bagged the role of Shashank who went to U.S. to pursue his studies and when he came back to India, he started to tell how great America is. In the same year, Anand also made his debut in the Malayalam film industry and has done the film, Indraprastham by Haridas. In 1997, the actor essayed the role of Jugal Chopra in Mahesh Bhatt’s Tamanna and played the role of Suraj in the action film, Daava. Anand also acted in Aamir Khan’s starrer film, Ghulam in 1998 where he received praises for her performance in the film. In the same year, he essayed the role of Anand R. Desai in the Hindi drama film, Zakhm and played as the spoiler in the love story of Saif Ali Khan and Twinkle Khanna’s characters in the film, Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan in 1999. Later, he donned the role of Harish Patel in the Bollywood action film, Aaghaaz. Anand also acted as Ram Prasad Bismil in the Hindi film, 23rd March 1932: Shaheed by Guddu Dhanoa; a film that portrays the events on the hanging of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev in year 1931. Anand was also seen as the uncle of Abhimanyu Singh (played by Sidharth Malhorta) in the box-office romantic comedy film, Student of the Year in 2012. 

Anand has passion for writing too; in fact, he wrote one of the four stories of the horror series, Raat Hone Ko Hai.

Akash Khurana is a noted actor, screenwriter, media personality and an entrepreneur. He is one of those actors who are very well read. He went to St. Francis De Sales School, Nagpur for his schooling. He did his engineering in Mechanical stream from NIT Rourkela, which is one of the prestigious engineering colleges in India. Later, he went to XLRI, Jamshedpur for his post-graduation in Business Management. He didn’t stop there. He went ahead and completed his M.Phil and subsequently a PhD in Social Sciences from another college of repute, Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Then he joined Nimbus Communications, Mumbai as ‘Chief Creative Officer’ and worked there for some time. He has also been visiting faculty at Tata Institute of Social Sciences since 1995.

Alok Nath is an Indian television and Bollywood film actor who got his fame in the television drama series, Buniyaad in 1986. He played as Master Haveliram, a patriot and freedom fighter. Buniyaad was first broadcasted on DD National under Doordarshan network and later, because of its popularity, it was re-broadcasted in DD Metro and several Indian television channels like Sahara One. 

Alok was born on July 10, 1956 and raised up in New Delhi, India. He studied in the Modern School and Hindu College. When in college, he performed along with Ruchika and the popular theater group in Delhi. This became his advantage to join the prominent National School of Drama as a part of his degree in college. 

He started in year 1980 in the television series, Rishte-Naate followed by the epic film, Gandhi in 1982. Alok was the bar owner in the Bollywood film, Aaj Ki Awaaz under the direction of Ravi Chopra. He also appeared in Mashaal under the same director in 1984. Alok made an appearance in some of the major hit Bollywood films and played supporting roles like Taal, Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, Pardes, Maine Pyar Kiya and Vivah which is a box office hit and her role as an uncle was appreciated by the critics. He did negative roles in movies like Shadyantra, Bol Radha Bol and more. In 1989, he played as Karan, a poor mechanic who lives with her daughter Suman (played by Bhagyashree Patwardhan) in the musical romantic film, Maine Pyar Kiya. 

He was essayed to do the role of Deepak Seth in Raman’s Kumar soap opera, Tara on Zee TV channel from 1993 to 1997. He was also in some of the episodes of Zee TV’s, Rishtey from 1999 to 2001. Alok played the role of Prakash Chandra Sharma in Sapna Babul Ka… Bidaai on STAR Plus from 2007 to 2010. He was also the father of Abha in Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli. Some of his recent television serials are Kuch Toh Loh Kahenge and Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se. At present, he is Jagat Babuji in the fictional comedy series, Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai on SAB TV. 

After thirty years of being in the acting industry, Alik became popular in the Hindi cinema and television. Recently, Alok became an overnight viral in social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook when all of a sudden, people make fun on his character on films under Rajshri’s production. Some even created a page entitled, Alok Nath Memes that gained so many likes.

Abbas Khan is an Indian television actor who is mostly known for his role as Inspector Bijji Pandey in Sab TV’s comedy series called ‘Lapataganj’. The actor was born in the city of Hyderabad. However, his schooling took place in Lucknow. He was planning to get married to his Lapataganj co-actor Sucheta, who plays Inspector Indomati. Rumor has it that he has royal blood in him, and that has partly contributed to his rise as a television actor. He is a graduate from the K.S. Law College in Mangalore, and he has also done advanced schooling in drama in New Delhi at the Dramatic Arts and Design Academy.

Naveen Bawa was born on November 26, 1991, and started as a theatre artist in Delhi. Then he moved to Mumbai and took everything that came in his way. He appeared in Reporter and worked in various films like Fanaa in 2006, Hindustan Ki Kasam, Raju Chacha in 2000, Chalte Chalte in 2003, Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal in 2007 and more. Besides that, he also did TV serials such as Knock…Knock…Kaun Hai?, Hum Saath Aath Hai and Imtihan. Naveen also acted in the long-running show, FIR and Maniben.com.

The Gujarati boy image on onscreen as Jigar in Saath Nibhaana Saathiya is Vishal Singh. He was born in 1985 and is active on the small screen since 2006.

Mahesh Thakur who has been in industry for 19 years now, is known for his positive and funny yet supportive roles in Indian television.