Shruti Gholap
Shobha Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor
Pooja Banerjee
Devoleena Bhattacharjee
Kratika Sengar
Neha Chowdhury
Purvi Mundada
Sunaina Shukla
Shilpa Sakhlani
Roma Bali
Renee Dhyani
Charvi Saraf
Prerna Wanvari
Maleeka R Ghai
Urvashi Dholakia
Madhurima Tuli
Rita Kaul Kotru
Lalit Prem Sharma
Surender Thakur
Altamash Faridi
Ranjan Kumar Singh
Ajay Arya
Surendra Pal
Ethan Rao
Nirmal Soni
Sandeep Rajora
Shreyas Pandit
Surjit Saha
Punit Talreja
Shaad Randhawa
Nikhil Arya
Vishal Aditya Singh
Sadiq Saman
Shankar Mishra
1. Shruti Gholap
Shruti Gholap was born on 24th October 1989 in Vadodara, Gujrat. She did her masters in Performing arts and Specializations in Dramatics from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Shruti is extremely skilled in painting and crafting. She is a Gujarati theater artist who also works in Hindi TV serials and movies. Shruti has displayed her acting skills on both Gujarati and Hindi big screens. She played the role of Shivani in Gujarati film “Roll No. 56”. She also did the role of Shruti Banerji in a Hindi Film named “Sweetie Weds NRI". Shruti Gholap was nominated for the Supporting Artist of the Year by the Gujrati Iconic Film Awards for her work in “Roll No. 56”.
...2. Shobha Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor is a film and television producer from India and the Managing Director of the much acclaimed Balaji Telefilms, a serial production house based in Mumbai. It is now run by her talented daughter Ekta Kapoor. Shobha mainly takes care of the production and administration activities of the company. She has co-produced many cult Hindi serials such as ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ from 2000 to 2008, ‘Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii’ also from 2000 to 2008, ‘Kasautii Zindagii Kay’ from 2001 to 2008 and ‘Kaahin Kissii Roz’ from 2001 to 2004. She is married to veteran actor Jeetendra, and they have two kids, Tusshar Kapoor, and Ekta Kapoor. Shobha and Jeetendra were dating each other for 13 years before their wedding, and former was working as an air-hostess then.
...3. Ekta Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor; a legendry producer in Indian TV and film industry was born on 7 June 1975 in India. She is basically the creative director and Joint Managing Director of her production company Balaji Telefilms. She is the daughter of Shobha Kapoor and actor Jeetendra. Tusshar Kapoor, his brother is also working in Bollywood movies. She completed her early studies from Bombay Scottish School Mahim and went to college Mithibai.
Ms. Kapoor has produced many wonderful soap opera, unforgettable movies and long remembered tv series. Kasturi, Kabhii sautan Kabhi Sahelii, Hum Paanch, Kasautii Zindagii Ki, Kahiin to Hoga, Miya Fauj mein Biwi Mauj Mein, Kkavyanjali, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kkusum, Kitani Mohabbat Hai, Kutumb, Tere Liye, Bandini, Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil, Zindagi Kay Sapno Ka and Kya Hua Tera Vaada are some of her most likeable soap operas. Presently, she is working on Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, Pavitra Bandha, Pavitra Rishta and Ye Hai Mohabbatein.
Ekta began her Bollywood career as producer in 2001 started with Kyo Kii Main Jhuth Nahi Bolta and Kucch to hai. Her one of the very famous movie Krishna Cottage broke many records and still remains most favorite. She is also known by her block buster movies Once Upon a time in Mumbai, Dirty Picture, Shootout at Wadala, Once Upon a time in Mumbai dobara, Eik Villan, C Kkompany and Ek Thi Daayan.
4. Pooja Banerjee
Pooja Banerjee is an Indian Television Actress. Pooja Banerjee was born on 8th Nov, 1991. She comes from Mumbai. Pooja completed her graduation from Hislop College. Puja first appeared on the reality show “Roadies Season 8” on MTV. Pooja is also a national level Swimmer and an Athletic. Pooja started her career as a TV artist in the year 2012 with the serial Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum. Then she continued her career in Television by doing serials namely, Crime Patrol, Maan Na Maan Main Tera Mehmaan, Chhanchhan and few more series.
...5. Devoleena Bhattacharjee
6. Kratika Sengar
Kratika Sengar or Kratika Sengar Vedant is an Indian television actress and dancer. She was born on 3rd July 1986 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. She did her schoolings in Methodist High School, Kanpur and graduated from Amity University in Delhi. After her graduation, she moved to Mumbai to make her career in acting. She recently married to “Nikitin Dheer” in September 2014. Nikitin is also an Indian actor who acted in many movies in Bollywood.
...7. Neha Chowdhury
Neha Chowdhury is an Indian model, dancer, and actress. She was born and brought up in New Delhi. Chowdhury is popular on social media and loved for her styling sense and beautiful looks. She has also done many Facebook vines that have gone viral and made her a sensation by crossing millions of views. She is a Successful YouTuber with a channel called NehaBeautyTV, where she shares her immense knowledge of beauty and home remedies.
...8. Purvi Mundada
Purvi Mundane was born in India in 1992. She is an actress by profession and is a talented person who proved to the world that by persistence and hard work, anyone could achieve what one desires. She is from Pune and had acted in many ads and commercials before she took the first step in a daily soap. Her acting skills and command over the character forced the director of “Nisha Aur Uske Cousins”, Rahib Siddiqui, to cast her as a member of the family.
...9. Sunaina Shukla
Sunaina Shukla is an Indian actress. She was born on March ninth in Gwalior, Madhya-Pradesh. She was a science student from Awadh University who later developed an interest in performing arts. She got chosen in Bhartendu Natya Akademy(BNA)as a National Scholar for dramatic arts, Lucknow in the 2006-2008 batch.
...10. Shilpa Sakhlani
Shilpa Sakhlani was born on 20th January 1982 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She got married to Apurva Agnihotri, and she is a very prominent actress in the Hindi television. She is active in the serials right from the year 2000 and still going strong.
...11. Roma Bali
12. Renee Dhyani
Born in Noida, Delhi, Renee Dhyani is a known television personality. She has taken part in several reality shows. She is a very bold, strong and outspoken individual. Renee is in a serious relationship with her long time friend, Lalit Bisht. She shares a very strong bonding with him as they were friends for several years. She is well known for contesting in MTV reality show Roadies 8. She had been selected in an audition from Delhi and had a very aggressive, daring and abusive nature in the show. She had an argument with her co-contestant, Prachi on the first episode, but she was the fourth contestant who got evicted from the show. She participated in another reality shoe ‘Welcome 2- Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi KI.’
...13. Charvi Saraf
Charvi Saraf is an Indian Television Actress who is from Delhi, India. She was born on 6 July 1993. She has done her schooling from St. Thomas Girls School, Delhi. Charvi Saraf debuted from Channel V’s show ‘Sadda Haq.’ She is a model too and has appeared in many Television Ad commercials. She is best known for the TV Shows ‘Naagin (2015), ’Bade Bhaiyya Ki Dulhania (2016),’ and ‘Voh Apna Sa (2017).’
...14. Prerna Wanvari
Prerna Wanvari is an Indian model and actress who started her acting career on February 2009. She was born on November 22, 1989 in Andheri, Mumbai, India. She likes to do dancing and acting and luckily, she was given the chance to enter the glamour world in such a short span of time. She also made a performance in the dance class show, Nachle Ve, hosted by Saroj Khan on NDTV Imagine. Prerna is also a disciple of famous dancer and choreographer, Terence Lewis.
She became popular for essaying the role of Kadambiri Shashank Mehta in Ekta Kapoor’s Bandini in 2009. Prerna was also part of the horror show, Koi Aane Ko Hai which was aired on Colors TV. In 2010, the actress bagged the role of Shivani in Director Kut’s Productions’ ‘Sapna Babul Ka…Bidaai’ on STAR Plus. She also made a guest appearance on NDTV Imagine’s Kitani Mohobbat Hai where she danced to the tune of the Punjabi song, Mera Laung Vacha during the engagement of Arohi Sharma (played by Kritika Kamra) and Arjun Punjj )played by Karan Kundra). Subsequently, she essayed the role of Raveena Vikram Garewal, the younger sister of Sameer Soni’s character in the drama soap, Parichay – Nayee Zindagi Kay Sapno Ka on Colors TV. In 2013 up to the present, she played as Sunaina in the courtroom drama series, Adaalat on Sony TV. She was also seen in the serial, Bairi Piya and made a cameo appearance in the horror television series, Anhoniyon Ka Andhera on Colors.
Prerna also enters the film industry and she was part of the Bollywood film, P Se PM Tak under the direction of Kundan Shah which stars Meenakshi Dixit.
She also has passion in theatre and it motivates her to connect to both worlds. So besides acting in the small and big screen, she is also doing theatre and played a pivotal role in the play, Wake Up Call. She also donned a play by Preetika Chawla, the Laali of the 2010 Hindi film, Shahrukh Bola “Khoobsurat Hai Tu”, which was adapted from Devdutt Pattanaik’s book, The Pregnant King. The actress stated that she is not acting in theatre to gain something, but she wanted to experience it. She also auditioned for the film, Life of Pi but it didn’t work well.
She also donned a Secret Temptation advertisement which became very popular. She was one of the top ten Best Supporting Actresses at the 5th Gold Awards for her performance in Parichay in 2012. She also presented the Arts Programming award at the 40th International Emmy Awards.
...15. Maleeka R Ghai
Maleeka R Ghai is an Indian television actress who has been working for almost five years. She has this special appeal and charm in her face which makes her outstanding in her work. Adding to her her acting skills are remarkable, be it any role, she acts with perfection. Her perfection has let her bag many serials in the years. Not only this, but she also has a womanly figure of a strong headed one which makes her on screen persona appealing. She is working right from the age of fifteen and after a few years she took a break of almost 5 years. After her break, she appeared on screen with a great role.
She made a comeback with the role of Aanchal Pandey on the show Desh Ki Beti Nandini on Sony Tv. This show was very important to her as she got to play different shades in this show. She mentioned in an interview that this role might connect to a lot of audiences. Although she played the role of mother in such a young age yet she had no qualms about it, in fact she says of this that what matters to her is the role and she is more than happy to explore her acting skills.
At an early age of 15, she started her career as a theater artist. After theatres she went to film industry where she did good work, but it wasn't so remarkable. Then she debuted on Zee TV in the show Parivartan. This show added her to the category of best female actresses. After Parivartan she left the industry for almost 10 years. Currently, there are news about her being cast in Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi on Colors channel.
She wishes to play different roles in the future, which adds to her credit and the one thing she never wants to be is typecasted. She loves experimenting and is completely against the idea of restricting herself to a particular role.
16. Urvashi Dholakia
17. Madhurima Tuli
Madhurima Tuli is an Indian actress as well as a South Indian Actress. She debuted in a Telugu movie Saththaa with Sai Kiran. She also worked as a model for various advertisements which includes Fiama Di Wills, Karbonn Mobiles and Godrej. She was born on august 19th,1985 in Dehradun. She began her career in Hindi serials with the role of Tanu in ‘Kasturi’. She took acting seriously and went to learn acting at Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting School.
She was raised in a beautiful family where her dad worked in Tata Steel and mother worked in the NGO. She has a younger brother. Her actual career began in 2008 when she gained a lot of offers. She played the role of Satya in Homam which was an Indian thriller. Thereafter, she worked in a movie named Toss as Sherry. She got two serials after this movie on Zee TV Channel – Shree and Jhansi Ki Rani. One of her remarkable role was of Khushi in Rang badalti Odhni.
Currently, she is working as a lead Rukmini in serial Kaalo and it won the best cinematography award and best feature film award in South African Halloween Horror Festival held in Cape Town. She is fearless as she took part in colors channel Khatron K Khiladi along with Dino Morea. She debuted in Bollywood with the movie ‘Kya Karein Ya Naa Karen’ as nisha. Later she worked in Cigarette Ki Tarah and an English short film – ‘Lethal’. Her other works include 3D film Warning, NImbe HUli. Also, she worked in the movie ‘Mariacha’ of which Kannada and Tamil remake were made.
18. Rita Kaul Kotru
19. Lalit Prem Sharma
Lalit Prem Sharma is the producer of one of the famous TV shows like Dehleez, and Crime Patrol. He is a commerce graduate from Sri Venkateshwara College. He worked as the Vice President of Production and Operations at the Colosceum Media Pvt Ltd for five years and as the former Chief Operating Officer for a year. He became the Chief Executive Officer in April, 2014. Previously, he worked in the Operations department of Star TV Network for about nine years. He received the award for the Best Short Film- Fiction for his short film, Juice, in 2018.
...20. Surender Thakur
Certain actors are known to carve out a niche for themselves through the roles they play. Surender Thakur is one such actor who has distinguished himself through his acting in Malayalam cinema. He has frequently been cast in the part of the muscled goon or the villain’s henchman, which he duly pulls off magnificently by his large stature and intimidating dialogues.
...21. Altamash Faridi
Altamash Faridi, an Indian playback singer, was born on August 17, 1989, in a one of the biggest cities of Uttar Pradesh, Saharanpur.He was the winner of the musical reality show, Close-Up Performer winner telecasted on Doordarshan in the year 2009. He competed with 99 other candidates to win that award and received a cash price of one lakh rupees along with a singing contract worth ten lakhs rupees with Rajshri Production. He contested in "Music Ka Maha Muqabla" telecasted on StarPlus as a member of Shaan’s team “Striker.” He was seen later in the same year, in Zee "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar." He was in brother’s duo, Sajid-Wajid team and managed to reach the top 18 contestants. He first ventured as a playback singer for the comic thriller "No Problem" in the year 2010 alongside Wajid Khan. Since then he playback for many Bollywood numbers. He sang the song Babbe Mast with Sonu Kakkar for the feature What The Fish. He also gave his voice for Sajna Ve Sajna Ve in the movie Mickey Virus.
...22. Ranjan Kumar Singh
Ranjan Kumar Singh is an actor born in Patna, Bihar, on June 17, 1968. He is well known for Tere Mere Sapne. He graduated from the National School of Drama and is currently employed in Balaji Telefilms. Ranjan Kumar Singh began his acting career with Sanjay Khan's Indian epic television series Jai Hanuman. Some of his works include Nagin3 (Setup), Pyar ki kasauti (Setup), Aaj Likhwnge Kal (zee event fiction show), Pyar ki Kasauti (setup), Chandrakanta (design), Chandra Nandini (design), Brahmrakchhas (design), Kasam, Kalash, Yeh Kahan aa Gaye hum, Naagin, Pyar Ko Ho Jane Do, Thapki (design), Maharana Pratap, and Sankat Mochan Hanuman.
...23. Ajay Arya
Ajay Arya is indeed a computer science engineer, but his fate was calling the other way. He got his acting bug when he saw an audition while studying at Bangalore. As luck was scripting different for Ajay that day, he was asked to come for audition and rest is the story. He appeared in his first commercial of Colgate and the shooting took place at Kuala Lumpur in Singapore. This handsome lad had since appeared in commercial advertisements of Colgate Gel, Tetley Tea, Ponds, and Reynolds among others.
He later made his acting a full time career and started working for TV serials. He is best remembered for ‘Ye Meri Life Hai’ which was aired on Sony TV somewhere between May 2004 and Nov 2005. In this serial, he performed as ‘Akash’ who was the best friend of the protagonist of the serial, named Pooja.
He has also worked for ‘Main Lakshmi Tere Angan Ki’, which was aired on Life Ok channel, between Dec 2011 and Oct 2012. His other appearances were in:
• ‘Kasturi’ (Star Plus) between April 2007 to Mar 2009
• ‘Geet’ (Star One) between April 2010 to Dec 2011
• ‘Navya’ (Star Plus and Star Utsav) between April 2011 to June 2012
Hailing from Haryana, this guy is a fitness freak and is a regular at gym. A true Virgo (born on 2nd September), Ajay is having an n amazing body, which was recently photographed by the noted photographer ‘Varun Anand’ for a health magazine. A strict vegetarian by heart, he doesn’t believe in dieting and claims to be a big foodie rather.
An ardent fan of Preity Zinta and Shah Rukh Khan, he revealed in one of his interviews that his lips were naturally red and at school, his lips were voted as the most kissable lips. That could be the reason behind many toothpaste companies like Colgate liked approaching him.
Another version of his bio...
24. Surendra Pal
Best known for his roles as Dronacharya in Mahabharat, Amatya Rakshas in Chanakya, Tamraj Kilvish in Shaktiman and Daksha in Devon Ke Dev - Mahadev. Surendra Pal was born in 1953, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Surendra Pal belonged to a middle class background and had no idea that one day he will be known as one of the leading actor in the Indian TV Industry. His entrance in the industry was by chance, but after that he worked hard and established himself in the industry.
There is a long list of movies and TV series he has been a part of, he used to get so many offers that even after rejecting some, he doesn’t have spare time for himself in his calendar. Every year brought a number of new characters for him to play, either in Bollywood movies or TV serials. He has been a part of many projects, but one of his most popular roles on TV was that of Vikranta Jabbar, the role he played in the Ramsay Brothers produced horror TV serial Zee Horror Show's episode "Saya."
Even in real life, Surendra Pal is same as the roles he played in the TV shows mentioned above. He likes to read and has a huge collection of books at home, as for him reading is a habit from childhood days. He also likes to keep himself updated with national and international news.
...25. Ethan Rao
Ethan Rao is an Indian actor who worked for the Hindi film industry and TV series. He completed his Bachelor’s degree from Delhi University in 2013, and from Asmita Theatre Group, he completed his drama acting in 2015. Ethan has his personal Youtube channel in which, he spread the knowledge regarding body transformation, sports, and many others.
...26. Nirmal Soni
Nirmal Soni is an actor who is best known for his character in ‘Hostel’ and in Indian serial ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ in on SAB TV. This serial revolves around the happenings of Gokuldham cooperative housing society in Mumbai. It is a funny show based upon daily routine of family members. In this serial Nirmal Soni played a role of ‘Dr. Hansraj Hathi’. Currently, he worked in TV series ‘Qubool Hai’ on Zee TV as a Lateef. In this character Nirmal Soni dressed up as a lady and as head-cook of Aahil’s kitchen.
...27. Sandeep Rajora
The AXN Fear Factor winner, Sandeep Rajora has now made it big and had starred in various TV serials. He was born on 14 July 1979 in Delhi, completed his school from Army Public School and did his MBA from Pune University. This talented actor can be called an all-rounder as he was also a state level squash player. He is presently seen in a daily soap named ‘Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Ye’ on Life Ok by Balaji Telefilms. After completing his MBA he worked with Times Bank in Goa and later in Cimatron in Pune. This multitalented man then decided to start a career in modeling in 2001, and he later won the Gladrags Manhunt Contest in the same year itself.
...28. Shreyas Pandit
Shreyas Pandit is an Indian on-screen supporting character and voice artist. The most significant factor in an entertainer's reel is his nature of acting. Shreyas Pandit is an Actor character who has got amounts of it. I know. It appears to be so self-evident. You'd be shocked that throwing chiefs don't get understand his vision of acting.
...29. Surjit Saha
Surjit Saha is a television actor and a model of Indian origin. He played the character of ‘AgentQ’ in Badi Door Se Aaye Hai telecasted on SAB TV. Before starting his career as an actor, Surjit was a fashion stylist. The actor made his first appearance on television in the show called Chidiya Ghar on SAB TV where he played the character of ‘Rajveer’. After watching his performance on the screen, Surjit was soon offered to play a BAIR (Bureau of Alien Research) agent on the drama, Badi Door Se Aaye Hai. He played the character of ‘AgentQ’ on the show. Surjit has also done a show called Thapki Pyar Ki on Colors TV in 2015 where he played the role of ‘Alok.’ Saha has also done several print shoots for the newspaper like The Telegraph (Calcutta) and Sakalbela. Saha was born in Kolkata and is youngest of the two siblings.
...30. Punit Talreja
Punit Talreja is a fine actor in the television industry, born and brought up at Mumbai, Maharashtra. He has worked on a project called, Baade Door Se Aye Hai Hum that is aired on Sab TV, at nine thirty every night. Here he plays the character of Hemant Ghotala. Hemant Ghotala is an alien here, and the story is about his interactions with his family, his neighbours and the rest of the world. Hemant is an innocent and simple guy who often ends up in some problems. He is popular for his characteristic behaviour of a trouble maker. Punit, in one of his posts, says that the character he plays is very similar to him in real life, as he ends up in troubles every now and then. He describes an incident where he first forgot his bag at the security check in and later his boarding pass, while he was on his way to Chandigarh during the show’s promotions!
Initially, he had to struggle for a period of two long years or so to bag his dream role. He also left the final examinations of his CA course to come to this field and pursue acting. His father helped him through this by supporting him for the first one year of struggling!
Another Version
Punit Talreja is a young Indian television actor who had a dream to become the actor. The actor belongs to a middle-class family and never had any sufficient financial background even. With no godfather in the showbiz world, the actor tried his luck in acting. He left his CA profession and made his debut in SAB Television show ‘Badi Door Se Aaye Hai’. In this series, he essayed the role of Hemant. It was the biggest decision for him to become an actor and his parents supported his wish.
Punit always looks forward to his parent’s guidance in his life. He was born on May 23, 1984, in a middle-class family. Since he had no godfather, he had to struggle a lot. He was confused with Mumbai glamor world and had come in contact with many fraud casters. He even took up a job an estate agent in Mumbai to sustain his living. Also, the actor used to travel for 6 hours by train from his Ambernath to Mumbai to give the audition. His patience and faith in his own endeavor had fetched him a role which has comedy touch in television seral ‘Badi Door Se Aaye Hai’. In this serial, he es a character who commits a lot of mistakes in his life but bails out family’s problems very easily. First of all, when he was called for an audition, he wanted to bag the role of a negative character in TV serial. But when he was finalized for a comedy character, he was fine with the decision of TV show makers. The serial is still running on SAB TV and Punit Talreja is creating waves although he has been cast along with veteran TV artistes such as Sumeet Raghvan and Rupali Bhosale.
31. Shaad Randhawa
Shaad Randhawa is an actor in Indian movies. He was born in Mumbai to Malika and Randhawa. He is the nephew of the iconic actress Mumtaz (his mother’s sister) and is also the nephew of Dara Singh (his father’s brother). He made his Bollywood debut in the 2006 film Who Lamhe where he played the role of Nikhil Rai. This movie was directed by Mohit Suri and had Shiney Ahuja and Kangana Ranaut as the leads.
...32. Nikhil Arya
Nikhil Arya is one of the popular faces of Indian television and has been part of a number of well known shows. He began his career in the TV industry in the year 2004 when he essayed a negative character named Rudra in Ekta Kapoor’s Kesar. His portrayal was appreciated by the audience and Nikhil became a known face. Since then, he has acted in many other Indian TV serials including Kasturi that aired on Star Plus and was a love fable about Robbie and Kasturi. Rabba Ishq Na Hove also featured him. The story was based on a love triangle. Tere Liye and Chhoona Hai Aasman are also among his good works. The former is a story based on the sacrifices in love and the later is a story revolving around six Indian air force officers. His role has been appreciated in both these serials as well.
In the 2013 version of mythological TV series Mahabharat, Arya essayed the role of Hindu god Lord Indra. Most recently, he was roped in for a negative role by director Ekta Kapoor for her new show Yeh Dil Sun Raha Hai. The show is currently running on new television channel Sony Pal.
Nikhil Arya has also made guest appearances in shows like Uttaran and Encounter. In the former, he was seen as a no nonsense cop while in the latter, he played the role of real life cop and encounter specialist Vijay Salaskar in one of the episodes. Nikhil is one of the finest actors in Indian television and has been proving it time and again by pulling off difficult roles with ease.
...33. Vishal Aditya Singh
Vishal Aditya Singh is a well-known TV actor. He is popular for the role of Tevar in the TV show ‘Kufi Kumar Bajewala' which is airing on Star Plus. He has acted in show Begusarai as Lakhan Thakur and in the show Chandrakanta as Veerendra Pratap Singh.
...34. Sadiq Saman
35. Shankar Mishra