Bengali Tv Serial Aahat-Bengali - Cast & Crew

 Surekha Sikri is known for her character as Kalyani Devi in Balika Vadhu, aired on Star Plus, a top-rated TV show, especially among homemakers; even though she played a negative role and was one of those characters who made the life of the lead character miserable, she is loved by almost everyone who watch the show; the reason was her acting which gave a new life to the character. Art is what ran through her veins. Surekha Sikri studied in Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, and after that she graduated from National School of Drama (1968),she worked with the NSD Repertory Company for over a decade until she figured out that she needed to pursue her dream and moved to Mumbai.

Smita Bansal is the famous face of Indian Television. She has worked both on small screen and big screen. She was born on 21st Feb, 1977 in Jaipur. She got her education from India International School, Jaipur. She is married to Ankush Mohla (director) on 8th Dec, 2000. She is living a happy life with her two daughters and with a lovely husband.

She came to Mumbai in 1997 and started her career as a model. She has worked in many serials and films. Talking about her role in Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, she has played the role of Nivedita Kamal Agarwal. This show was aired on Star Plus. It grabbed the attention of domesticated women and it was the 2nd highest viewed show on Indian Television. It won several Indian Telly awards in different categories.

She got famous with the name Sumitra in Balika Vadhu (2008-2014). This soap is aired on Colors. The story portrays the illegal child marriages going on in villages. Smita was playing the role of Jagdish’s mother. This show was also dubbed in Tamil as Mann Vasanai and was aired on Raj TV. Smita has won ITA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Indian Telly Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in this serial. After working for six long years, she quitted this show because she was exhausted from this show. The show is still going with lots of success.

She has also worked in the soap Sanjivani as Neha on Star Plus. In the serial, she had an affair with Dr Shashank. They both have a son named Karan. She has also worked in CID on Sony TV as Sub Inspector Aditi. She has also participated in Nach Baliye with her spouse on Star Plus and Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi with Saurabh Roy as her partner on Colors.

Considering her role in Amanat, she was the third eldest daughter of Lala Lahori Ram as Dr. Bala. The show was based on the life of an Indian man with his 7 beautiful & dutiful daughters. This daily soap was telecasted on Zee TV.

Channa Ruparel is an Indian actress, who has appeared on many Hindi TV serials during late 80’s and early 90’s. Having lived in Mumbai her whole life, she got her standard academic education from The Modern School in Sikka Nagar. She then went on to pursue her further studies in Lala Rajpatrai College, before embarking her career in small screen.

Ananya Khare was born on March 16, 1968 in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, India. She is an actress from Bollywood who performed on numerous popular movies on a supporting role, such as the Indian romantic drama film, Devdas on 2002 as Kumud Mukherjee and the 2001 Hindi film, 'Chandni Bar', where she got the Indian National Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared in TV serials for almost 20 years before she got her success on the big screen. Ananya got several awards for performing on stage, TV and even in the big screen.

Mamta Luthra is an Indian television actress who hails from Delhi but presently lives in Mumbai and regularly performs in supporting roles in various TV serials.

She was first noticed in the serial 'Rishton Se Badi Pratha' which was aired on Colors channel during 2010 in the role of the grandmother of the male protagonist. The serial was produced by Pearl Grey and directed by Jatin Ravasla. It was a serial based on the background of western Uttar Pradesh where honour killing is observed regularly and rampantly. The story is about two young lovers who fall in love with each other and in turn earn the wrath of their respective families who want to kill both the lovers for the honour of their families. The role of Dadi played by Mamta who on the one hand loves her grandson very much and on the other hand cannot agree with his marriage to his girl. She acclaimed high regards for her great acting in the serial. Unfortunately the serial could not pick up much due to violence and beating and ended abruptly in may 2011 after running for nearly six months.

She was again seen in 2011 Sony TV serial 'Bade Achchhe Lagte Hain' of Balaji Telefilms which is one of the most popular TV serial of present times and ended very recently in July 2014. Mamta again was in the role of a grandmother-Nani and her role was highly appreciated by viewers. She also appeared in the role of Mausi in the popular Zee TV serial 'Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke' where she performed the character of an old lady highly opposed to modern views and typically orthodox and dominating matriarch who won't tolerate anything against her wishes.

Roshni Achreja is an Indian female actress. She was born on 1st January 1970.She had acted in the Hindi television drama series Banegi Apni Baat which aired in ZeeTv from 1993 to 1997.It also starred Irrfan Khan, R. Madhavan and Achint Kaur. She has also starred in the film version of the same directed by Ashok Dhingra. However, the film which was completed in 2013, is yet to be released.Other films she acted in are Urf Professor (2001) where she played the role of a librarian Lily Braganza.The black comedy directed by Pankaj Advani became a cult classic and won the Best Film Award at the International Digital Film Festival India and[ best editing at KaraFilm Fest (Pakistan) besides being screened at other international film festivals. Roshni Achreja also acted in Lessons in Forgetting, which was released in 2011.

Prateeksha Lonkar is an actress for many films and TV series. She is known for her Marathi films in India. She got her name and fame for her lead role portrayal in the Marathi TV show Damini. The show aired on Doordarshan Sahyadri. She was born and raised in Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Her mother was a teacher and father was a popular doctor in the city.

Utkarsha Naik is an Indian television & film personality, who is best known for her much talked about roles in the serials such as ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ (2000), ‘Ssshhhh...Koi Hai’’ (2006) & ‘Apna Asmaan’ (2007). She has worked in some most famous serials of the Hindi television industry.

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Ajit Mehra is an Indian veteran actor with over two decades of experience in the industry. He acted in Shakitmaan, a television show that was once the most popular and loved by the audience, particularly children. It got aired on DD national and is still popular. He played the role of Swami Ji in this show. He appeared in two DD national series, Shaktiman and Kridar (1993-1994). Kridar was based on short stories written by many writers in several languages, primarily Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali.

Ravi Patwardhan is a Hindi and Marathi actor. He is most well-known for his role in the movie ‘Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman’ which released in the year 1992. This movie told the story of a boy named Raju who after getting his degree in Engineering decided to shift to Mumbai for better opportunities. The story tells all the problems he faced in his journey to success. In this film, Ravi Patwardhan played the role of the prosecuting lawyer. The movie did fairly well at the box office receiving a rating of 7/10.

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.

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.

Dinesh Kaushik is a Punjabi actor, born on May 27, 1957 in Bhatinda, Punjab in India. A theatre graduate of Punjab University in Chandigarh, the actor has worked with the professional theatre artists in Mumbai. He also donned several advertisements, TV shows and films. He started his career by playing the role of Narsinghrao Pradhanmantri (Jhansi’s Prime Minister) in the historical drama series, Jhansi Ki Rani on Zee TV channel in 2009. Prior to this, he also acted in the television series, Raghukul Reet Sada Chali Aayi, along with Rajesh Khanna and Jaya Bhattacharya in 2008. 

Dinesh started his career in doing theatre acts and became an active member of Majma Theatre Groups and Ekjute Theatre Groups. He also became a regular face in the television commercials, especially for the leading brands in the 80’s like Cadbury, Tree Top, Keo-Karpin, Thumbs Up, Hero Honda Motor Bikes, Girnar Tea, Surf, Vicks and Mayur Suitings. Later on, he shifted and focused on doing television series and films. Dinesh also made an appearance in the T series video album entitled Main Pardesi Hoon. 

Dinesh has donned several television shows and serials, including Pancham, Hip Hip Hurray, Commander, Parampara, Tum Bin Jaon Kaha, X Zone and Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan on Zee TV channel. He also appeared on Star Plus’ Kora Kaagaz, Kumkum, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, and Meri Awaaz Ko Mil Gayee Roshni. The actor also donned television serials on the Doordarshan channel, including Mahabharat, Kunti, Raaz Ki Baat, Anoogoonj, Raghukul Reet Sada Chali Aayi and more. Dinesh also donned Remix, Ssshhhh… Koi Hai and Ssshhhh… Phir Koi Hai on Star One; Vaidehi, CID, Aahat and Par Is Dil Ko Kaise Samjhae on Sony TV and few serials on Life OK and Sahara One channels. 

He made his debut in the big screen through the 1986 Hindi film entitled Ankush, which was written, produced and directed by N. Chandra. In 1991, he appeared in the Bollywood musical romantic film, Jeena Teri Gali Mein, followed by his appearance in the 1993 horror film, Mahakaal. In 1999, Dinesh played as the brother of Sonali Bendre in the action drama film, Sarfarosh, helmed by John Matthew Matthan. He also got the chance to work with the Bollywood star, Salman Khan in the box-office musical romantic drama film, Tere Naam. In 2002, Dinesh has acted with Anil Kapoor’s first production venture, Badhaai Ho Badhaai, a film which was inspired by the America’s The Nutty Professor. He also worked in the thriller film Vaada in 2005 and in Jackie Shroff-starrer Bhoot Unkle in 2006. 

He got married to Ragini and they have been blessed with two daughters namely Ruchika and Simran.

Madan Jain is both a Hindi film actor and a production manager. He is known for films such as Saaransh which got released in the year 1984, Sangharsh which was released in the year 1999 and Page 3 which was released in the year 2005. In the picture Saaransh Madan Jain plays the character of Vilas Chitre. The film was released on 25th May 1984 and was a Drama. The film was directed by Mahesh Bhatt. Madan wrote the screenplay dialogues and the story. He did get help from Amit Khanna when it came to the dialogues and Sujit Sen for the screenplay. Some of the actors in the film apart from Madan Jain are Rohini Hattangadi, Anupam Kher, Soni Razdan, Suhas Bhalekar, Alok Nath, Akash Khurana, Vijay Kashyap, Kishore Jariwala and many more.

He is an Indian Television actor born on 25th March 1955, popular for his work in Mahabharat in 1988. Lalit Tiwari has also worked in the Indian Film Industry. A graduate of India's number one college for drama - the National School Of Drama, the actor has made debuts in movies like Ye Wo Manzil Toh Nahi, Welcome to Sajjanpur, The Forgotten Hero, Suraj ka Satvan Ghoda and many more. He's been a part of many popular Bollywood movies, namely Dilwale Dhulaniya Le Jayenge, Lamhe, and Chandni.

Salim Shah was born on September 17, 1964 in Aligarh. He got his education from Aligarh Muslim University where he made stage performances and was secretary of the AMU Drama Club. Mr. Salim Shah had acting skills in his veins. Being the cousin of Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah, he saw a speck of light in the Indian television industry.

Salim Shah’s first movie was “English, August” in 1994 in which he played the role of Ravi Srivastava, a bureaucrat. The lead character, August fights the bureaucratic society. This movie bagged several awards.  Lahore, released in 2010 is his most recent movie in which he played the role of Mr. Hidayaat. The movie is about a cricketer who turns into a kick-boxer to avenge the death of his brother.

Salim Shah made quite a mark in the Indian television industry with his first serial “Just Mohabbat” in 1996. The story spirals around the life of Jai who lives in a hostel in Dehradun, away from his parents Raj, played by Salim Shah. “Kashmeer”, another TV series was shot in Kashmir and telecasted on Star Plus in the year 2003. Salim plays the role of Saiffudin Bhatt. This serial showcases the life of three main characters and their families set in the beautiful location of Kashmir.

Salim Shah also enacted in Bengali TV serial namely Byomkesh Bakshi. The character is a fictional detective in Bengali literature. “Meri Awaz Ko Mil Gayi Roshni” began in 2007. Salim Shah plays the role of Mr. Vijendra Malik, who is the father of the male lead, Raj. The story is about Raj and Sudha’s love and how Sudha wants to become a singer to fulfil her mother’s desire.

The most successful one is “Bade Achhe Lagte Hain” in 2011. Salim Shah plays the role of Shiney. The serial is about a joyous family which faces trouble.

Salim Shah has shown extreme interest in theatre. Hence, he has proved to be a versatile actor.

Anang Desai was born on May 4, 1953 at Ahmedabad. He is married to ‘Chitra Desai’, who is a lawyer and has two sons. He went to ‘National School of Drama’, Delhi to hone his acting skills and graduated in 1978. He then, for the next 8 years, remained connected to institute’s Theater Company.
He started his acting career with his debut appearance in the Oscar winning Hollywood movie, ‘Gandhi’. The movie was released in 1982, wherein he performed the role of ‘J.B Kriplani’. Since then, he had acted in around 85 Bollywood movies. He has performed almost all types of characters in his 3 decades of Bollywood career.
He has also been working for TV industry since 1987, when he appeared in the political TV series, ‘Raj Se Swaraj’. The next year, he did a few episodes of all time hit Tele series, ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ as ‘Raja Ram Mohan Roy’ and as ‘Ibrahim Lodi’. This historical drama was aired during 1988, on Doordharshan or DD National, as it is currently known as. In his illustratious career, he had worked with top Indian directors including Shyam Benegal, Subhash Ghai, Mahesh Bhatt and Satish Kaushik among others. He has acted in more than eighty TV-shows so far. The last year, he was seen in a Psychological thriller ‘Main Naa Bhoolungi’ as ‘Mahanto Jagannath’. The serial has been aired from Dec 2013 and recently been concluded during the month of Aug 2014 on Sony TV. Currently he is busy in doing a TV sitcom, titled, ‘Chandrakant Chiplunkar Seedi Bambawala’ where in he is performing the role of ‘Hasubai Mehta’. The show has started on 18th Aug 2014 and is running on SAB TV.
He won two Star Pariwar awards for the role of ‘Tulsidas Parekh’ aka ‘Babuji’ in the TV sitcom, ‘Khichdi’. The serial was broadcasted from 2002 to 2004 on Star Plus. The second season was named as ‘Instant Khichdi’ wherein he again donned the role of ‘Tulsidas Parekh’ but this time the TV series was broadcasted on Star One (a sister channel of Star Plus) from 2005 to 2006. This was followed by the movie with the same name, ‘Khichdi: The Movie’ which was released during Oct 2010 and rated as average. In the movie, he again performed the role of ‘Tulsidas Parekh’ aka ‘Babuji’.

Govind Namdev is known for his villainous characters in Bollywood movies. However, he has worked in some significant television serials too.

Govind Namdev is a veteran actor who has performed a good number of character roles in Bollywood movies. He has also worked for some television serials and shows and he has also made a name in movies of regional languages. It should be noted that in his debut movie Shola Aur Shabnam, Govind Namdev played a negative role of a corrupt cop. While he has played some positive character roles too, but one can say that mostly he has played negative or antagonist roles. An alumnus of National School of Drama New Delhi, he has performed some notable theatrical works too. Some of the popular theatre dramas for which Govind Namdev has worked includes Tughlak directed by Ebrahim Alkazi. Some other popular plays of Govind Namdev are The Fools, Cherry Orchard, Andhayug, Othello, Azar Ka Khwab, Matta Villas, and Marco Millions.

Govind Namdev appeared in the television series Viruddh – Har Rishta Ek Kurukshetra which was telecasted on Sony TV in 2007. Namdev played the role of Mr. Sinha in the series whose main lead was Smriti Irani playing the role of Vasudha Raisinghaniya-Verma. Another popular serial for which Govind Namdev worked for was Aashirwad which was aired on Zee TV in the year 1998. In this serial, Govind Namdev played the role of Purushottam Choudhary, a strict patriarch. Navin Nischol also played a significant role in this serial.

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Govind Namdev is a well-known face of the Indian Cinema since the 90s. He is married to Sudha Namdeo and also has three Daughters named Pragati, Megha, and Pallavi. Making his debut as a Corrupt Cop in the film “Shola Aur Shabnam” in 1992, he has contributed over 25 years to the film industry with over 60 films to his credit. Born on 3rd September in 1950 in Sagar, India, he is a critically acclaimed actor who his famous for villainous roles in many films. In 1977, he attended the famous National School of Drama. He has given notable performances in some films, some of which are Bandit Queen, Satya, Kachche Dhaage, Mast, Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani, Sarfarosh, Qayamat, etc. In the year 1999, he was nominated for the Best Villain Award for his film Satya. He also has won many awards like Best Negative Performer of the Year (Male) at Screen Awards, Best Actor at Osian Cine Film Awards in 2009, Best Actor International Osian Cine Fan Awards in 2012, Best Performance (Male) at RAPA Awards and the very prestigious Madhya Pradesh Ratna award. He was last seen in films like Singham Returns and Main Gabbar. Now, He will be seen sharing screen space with Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan in his film Raees and another movie titled “JD”.

Anant Jog was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra and he is an Indian movie and television actor. He has acted very well, be it a small screen or a big screen and has never done any compromise with respect to his acting skills. He has so far acted in a couple of film industries; they are Hindi and Marathi movies. He had acted in Dish TV, and honour which was ensued in the year 2004. The people from his next generation have  also actively propagated his profession.

Bakul Thakkar is an actor. He has acted in a number of TV Shows. He has played the role of Anuj Diwan in "Sidhhi" in 1995. He acted in "Thriller at Ten" in 2000. He played the role of Inspector Vasant in "Paagalpan" in 2001. He acted in "Urf Professor" in 2001. He acted as Roshan Kumar in "Mumbai Matinee" in 2003. He played the role of Lalit Kapoor in "Kkusum" in 2003. He acted in "Yeh Hai Chakkad Bakkad Bumbe Bo" in 2003. 

Pradeep Sharma is a Hindi Producer in the Indian Film Industry. His other name is Tutu Sharma. He is famous for the films One Night Stand, Direct Ishq, Tera Kya Hoga Johnny, and Paanch, etc. He was born in 1960 in Jaipur. He studied in St. Xavier’s Jaipur and did his later education from Mumbai. At the age of 20 years, he made his first film. He is married to the actress Padmini Kolhapure. They fell in love on the sets of the movie Aisa Pyaar Kahan in 1986.

Bobby Khanna is a Bollywood film and television actor, who is most remembered for his role in Mansoor Khan’s sports drama, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, released in 1992. The film became a superhit at the box office, and went on to win the Filmfare Award for the Best Film and Best Editing. The film also got remade into various regional languages.

Chandra Mohan was born on 23rd May 1945 in Pammidimukala village, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. Chandra Mohan’s original name is Mallampalli Chandrasekhara Rao. He has done his graduation at the Agriculture College, Bapatla. His brother’s name is Chinnayya. 

Chandra Mohan is a versatile and popular Telugu actor. He was introduced with the Telugu film Rangula Ratnam in 1966. He has acted in nearly 500 films. He has acted as a hero, as a supporting actor and as a comedian. Some of his Telugu films are- Sukhadukhalu, Kotha Neeru, Siri Siri Muvva, Shankarabharanam, Seetamalakshmi, Rendu Rella Aaru, Radha Kalyanam, Ram Robert Rahim, Chandamama Rave, Padaharella Vayasu etc. He has also acted in Tamil films. Naalai Namadhe is Chandra Mohan’s first Tamil film. Later, he has acted in some other Tamil films. Many actresses who worked with him in their first film have later on become big heroines. In September 2012, Chandra Mohan has announced that he will retire in 3 years time. 

Chandra Mohan has received many awards like- Filmfare Award for Best Actor in 1978 for Padaharella Vayasu, Nandi Award for Best Character Actor in 2005 for Athanokkade and Raghupathi Venkayya Award in 2005.

Chandra mohan has acted in some Telugu TV serials. He has acted in the serial Anubandhalu for Gemini TV and he is currently acting in the serial Gangatho Rambabu as Kameshwara Shastri for ZEE Telugu.

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Mallampalli Chandrasekhara Rao is the full name of the actor Chandra Mohan. He was born on May 23^rd, 1945. He is 71 years old and was born in Pamidimukkala (Mandal and Village), Krishna District located in Andhra Pradesh, India. He is an Indian fim actor by profession, who majorly works for Telugu Film Industry and has also worked for few of Tamil films. He completed his graduation from Baptala’s Agricultural College (University). He has two siblings, a brother and an elder sister named Chinnayya and Satyavathi respectively. K. Viswanath, a veteran film maker is one of his first cousins.

 His debut film “Rangula Ratnam” was released in the year 1966. Then he starred in “Sukha Dukhau” which was released in the year 1968. In this movie, he played the role of a caring brother of the actress Vanisri for which he was well appreciated and received many awards. In his career, he has received two Filmfare Awards for his contribution to the industry and also awarded with Nandi Awards, that too 7. For the movie “Rangula Ratnam” he was awarded State “Nandi Award For The Best Actor.” His movie “Padaharella Vayasu” released in the year 1978, starring Sridevi opposite him won the prestigious “Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu).” His first Tamil film was “Naalai Namadhe” which was released in the year 1975 starring M.G. Ramachandran and Latha. He has also enacted the lead role in the movies like “Rendu Rella Aaru,” “Seetamalakshmi,” “Chandamama Rave,” “Radha Kalyanam” and “Ram Robert Rahim.” He also did a movie alongside the famous actress Jayaprada named “Siri Siri Muvva” which was released in the year 1978.

Shashi Kiran is a far-famed actor of Indian television. He is also known by the names Sashi Kiran, Shashi Kiron, Shashi Rajan, Sashikiran & Shashi Kiran. Shashi Kiran is a marvelous man who has entertained public worldwide by acting and taking up different roles in various movies. He has been starred in many films with different storylines like Mehbooba (2008), Bhootnath(2008), etcetera.

Shrivallabh Vyas is an Indian television, film and theater artist. Vyas, who also goes by the name of Palav Vyas, completed his education at the National School of Drama in Delhi. Vyas set foot in the television world in 1994 with Tara where he played the role of Mr.Chavan. In 1996, he featured in Ajab Si Hai Zindagi, where he portrayed the character of Mufti Uncle. Vyas was also cast in soap operas such as Justujoo and Mrityunjay. But, the role that made him a television celebrity was that of the former Al Qaeda terrorist, Osama Bin Laden. He played the role of the terror outfit chief in the serial “Timebomb 911.” Vyas has also featured in Sony Entertainment television’s CID. The financial constraints of the Vyas family led Vallabh into juggling his acting career with that of a government office job at Mumbai Municipal Corporation. He also managed to pocket many theater and stage play roles to sustain his family’s needs.

A versatile actor, Ashutosh has worked in Indian films along with Kannada, Telugu, and Marathi films. He was born on November 10th 1964 in Dadarwara and had a knack for acting. His passion for acting prompted him to go to National School of Drama and studied acting. 

Starting his career on the television screen he first graced television in 1994 in a mini-series, Tahqiqat. He got his first break on the big screen, playing a clerk in Sanshodhan in 1995. His role in Dushman made him a well-known actor as he portrayed a psychopathic killer.  This led to his first set of awards for Best Villain in a movie at Filmfare and Screen Weekly Award. He won another Filmfare award in 2000 for Best Villain for his role as Lajja Pandey in Sangharsh. 

Ashutosh has been featured in 220 movies throughout his career in 5 different languages. His latest film is Black Home in which he a darker side of India is portrayed. 

Ashutosh Rana is married to actress Renuka Shahane. The couples have two children together, Shauryaman and Satyendra. He is known to be a devoted believer of his guru who he refers to as Dadda Ji and who guided him throughout his career.

       ‘Ashutosh Rana’ was born on 10th Nov 1964 in Gadarwara, Madhya Pradesh, which is also known as the ‘city of Osho’. He is an Indian Television and Bollywood actor. There he was known as ‘Ashutosh Neekhra’. He spent his childhood in ‘Gadarwara’ where he finished his primary school. He used to play the role of Ravana in the city Ramleela. Ashutosh Rana has staunch faith in his Guru, whom he calls "Dadda Ji". It was Dadda Ji, who suggested to ‘Rana’ to take up the acting career. When Rana was about to venture in the field of acting, Dadda ji told him to go to Bombay and meet ‘Mahesh Bhatt’ and take any project which starts with the letter "S". When Rana got an offer of “Swabhimaan” from Mahesh Bhatt, he didn't wait for a second and grabbed the opportunity. He frequently appears in Mahesh Bhatt's films.

        He is married to TV show host and Bollywood actress ‘Renuka Shahane’ and has two sons ‘Shouryaman’ and ‘Satyendra’. ‘Ashutosh Rana’ learnt acting from “National School of Drama at Delhi”. This was followed by Farz, Sazish, Kabhi Kabhi, Dhund, Apradhi Kaun and Waris. In 2010 he acted in a Star Plus show “Kaali- Ek Agnipariksha”, where he played an extremely powerful negative role as ‘Thakral’. He played the role of “Sarkar” in the reality show, ‘Sarkar Ki Duniya’. He anchored the TV show, ‘Baazi Kiski’ in the year 2001. He made his debut in Hindi films in the year 1996 in ‘Sanshodhan’. His acting was highly applauded in the film ‘Dushman’ in which he played the role of a cold blooded murderer and psychopath killer and he won award for the ‘Best Actor in Negative role’ in the ‘Filmfare’. He is mostly given roles of antagonists in movies, particularly that of a killer. He has played the role of Alia Bhatt's father in Karan Johar's “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania”.

Rajesh Khattar is a prominent Indian Artist. He is known for his tough man portrayals and is also a well-known dubbing artist. He is most known for playing the role of Senior Don, in the Shah Rukh Khan starer, ‘Don- the Chase Begins.’ He is also known for his role in the movie Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, and he has given superhit films with the huge star cast. He was an integral part of Akshay Kumar starer Khiladi 786 where he played the role of an Inspector and Ramesh Taurani's movie RACE 2 where he showcased his prowess in playing the role of Vikram Thapar. 

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