Hindi Awards 15th Indian Telly Awards - Cast & Crew

Shubhangi Atre Poorey is a well-known face in the Hindi Television Industry. She first came under limelight with the role of Palchin in ‘Kasauti Zindagi Kay’. Here, she played the role of an understanding woman who gave much needed support to her heart-broken husband, Prem.  Shubhangi made her acting debut with this role and enjoyed overnight fame and popularity with her stupendous performance.

Shubhangi was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh and wanted to pursue career in the corporate world. She even has an MBA degree from the popular IMS College. However, with the quirk of fate, she ended up in the glamour world and enjoyed high success and popularity here.

In 2007, Shubhangi was roped for the TV serial Kasturi, where she played the female lead. Her cute and mature acting was praised by the critics and the audience. This role also fetched her; the ‘Favorite Patni’ and ‘Most Promising Talent Of Tomorrow’ awards. In 2010, she was seen in the TV serial ‘Do Hanson Ka Joda’ alongside Shaleen Bhanot. Here she played the role of Preeti, a cute and bubbly girl who lives in the world of her dreams.

2011 was a turning point in Shubhangi’s career as she portrayed a negative role for the first time, in the renowned TV serial ‘Havan’. This serial explored various religious possibilities and her role of Trushna, was widely popular here. Right after that, she was seen the Sab Tv’s popular serial ‘Chidiya Ghar’, where she worked till May 2014.

A few years back, Shubhangi got married to Piyush Poorey. Right now, she has a daughter called Aashi. Shubhangi was last seen in SAB TV’s serial and she’s presently spending some quality time with her daughter.

Bharti Singh is a well known comedian and actress in Hindi and Punjabi Industries. She was born in Amristar. Along with Kapil Sharma  she has become synonymous with Comedy in Indian TV scene. She first hogged the limelight when she secured the runner up position in “The Great Indian Laughter Challenge (Season 4)” on STAR One.   Heralter ego “Lalli” still lingers in the mind of viewers. It opened the gate for Bharti and after that there was no stopping for her. She is the Undisputed Comedy Queen of Indian TV. Movie awards are incomplete if there is no item of Bharti Singh is incorporated. She is always there to entertain the crowd in any award function. She has become the much sought out lady of Indian TV industry.

This Amritsar born comedian has appeared as a participant in Comedy Circus's 2010 series. In fact she has appeared in all the versions of Comedy Circus. Her pairing with Sidhartha Jadhav in comedy circus series was hilarious. People use to laugh a lot seeing them on stage. She played a comic role in STAR Plus sitcom “Pyaar Mein Twist” and later participated as a contestant on the celebrity dance reality show, “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (Season 5)”. Though she looks bulky but she danced very well in the competition.

She has also acted in Punjabi and Hindi movies like “Ek Noor” (2011), “Khiladi 786” (2012), “Jatt and Juliet 2” (2013)-Punjabi. She has re-established the position of comedians in the Indian TV industry and became the source of inspiration for many comedians in India. It is always said that to make people laugh is the toughest task in world but Bharti is doing this job with great ease. We wish all the best for his upcoming projects and future.

Erica Fernandes, an Indian actress who moved from the modeling world to movies after finishing in the top ten in Miss India 2012. She has acted in many Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil language films. Born to Ralph and Lavina Fernandes in a Christian family in Mangalore, she was brought up in Mumbai. She finished her schooling at Holy Cross High School and finished her college from SIES. For further studies she opted Bachelors of Arts in St. Andrew’s College but later dropped out to pursue her modeling career. She kickstarted her career in modeling at the age of seventeen with a B-Blunt saloon. As a progressive step, she took to participate in Femina Miss Maharashtra 2011 and won that which lead her to Miss India contest where she finished in the Top ten rank. She was working in many films but due to delay in release, Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu became her debut film in Tamil film industry. In 2014, she began her career in Kannada films with ‘Ninnindale’. Her first Hindi movie was ‘Love is not Mathematics’ which was renamed after as ‘Babloo Happy Hai.’

Mallika Singh is a young Indian TV Actress well known among households for her character of Radha in the 2018 TV Hindi Mythological show RadhaKrishn, which airs on the Star Bharat channel of the Star Networks. Singh was born in Jammu city of Jammu and Kashmir, India, on 15 September, 2000. She claimed to have the turning point of her life when she went to visit her maternal aunt in Mumbai, Maharashtra where she got selected for a television role instead as Radha in a mythological drama RadhaKrishn.

Aakriti Sharma is a name that is very familiar amongst the Parents who want their children to shine on the big screen Right from childhood. I facet this name is the inspiration for Their children. Aakriti Sharma is a child artist and an Extremely talented and well picked up and nurtured star. She has performed alongside humongous Punjabi singers And actors. Star plus featured her in one of their serials Which was a remake of a show which aired on Zee bangla. She has won many hearts through her cite performance and The adorable appearance that she makes on screen.

Hina Khan is a gorgeous Indian Model and Television Actress who belongs to a Hindu-Muslim household in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. She was born on October 2, 1987. She is also known for her nicknames Hina and Akshara. Her mother is from Srinagar and her father was a native of Mumbai. Her younger brother is Aamir Khan and Hina is the only daughter in their family. She moved to Delhi and studied at CCA School of Management in the city of Gurgaon. Then she took up her Masters Degree in Business Administration at Gargi College in New Delhi. She was a pretty average student in her studies but has a high passion for Singing and Painting. She also has a huge desire to become an actress.

Jennifer Singh Grover, a popular Indian actress and anchor, was born as Jennifer Winget on 30th May 1985 in Mumbai. She’s the daughter of a Marathi Christian father and a Punjabi mother and she has an elder brother. She studied in St. Xavier’s High school and K J Somaiya College in Mumbai. She married her co-star, Karan Singh Grover, in April 2012. She bought a yacht for his 32rd birthday and can’t imagine her life without him. She enjoys shopping and accessorizing and believes that being herself is being fashionable.

She began her acting career at the young age of 12 and played minor roles in Hindi films like Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995), Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1997), Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya (2000), and Kuch Naa Kaho (2003). Her television career began with the role of Piya in Shaka Laka Boom Boom. She also played Sneha Bajaj in Kasautii Zindagi Kay, Natasha in Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa, Dr. Riddhima Gupta Malik in Dill Mill Gayye, and important roles in Kkusum, Sangam and Kahiin To Hoga. She’s currently famous as the female lead character of Kumud in the Star Plus serial, Saraswatichandra. 

Besides TV serials, she’s also hosted many shows including Dekh India Dekh, Laughter Ke Phatke, Zara Nach Ke Dikha 2, Comedy Ka Maha Muqabala, Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan and Star Holi Masti Gulal Ki and has participated as a contestant in shows like Comedy Circus 3 and Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout. 

Her achievements include numerous awards including Best Beti, Comic Role (Female), Best Villan (Female), Best Child Actress, Fresh Face of the Year, Best Patni, Best Jodi, Supporting Role (Female) and Best Actress awards.

Hiba Nawab is an Indian film and TV actress. She was born on 13 May 1991. She appeared in the serials like Saath Phere- Saloni Ka Safar, Lo Ho Gai Pooja Iss Ghar Ki and Shhh Phir Koi Hai.

In 2005, she appeared in Saath Phere as Manno. The character Manno is the best friend of the leading actress of the show Saloni Singh.

Manno is always there to help her best friend in all possible ways she can have. The role of Saloni Singh was done by the actress Rajshree Thakur. The show was telecast on Zee TV from 2005 to 2009. It was created by Sphere Creations and directed by Rakesh Sarang. Theme song of Saath Phere was sung by Shreya Ghoshal. The main story of the show is about a dark complexion girl. How she proves her identity? The dubbed version of the show is now telecast in Sri Lanka, UAE and other African and European countries. Saath Phere received several awards at Sansui Awards, Indian Telly Awards and Zee Utsav TV Awards.

Hiba Nawab also a part of Shhh Koi Hai. It was a horror and thriller show aired on Star Plus. Hiba played different roles in more than 25 episodes of the serial. In one of the role she can be seen in the costume of a Ghost. She also was a part of Season 2 and Season 3 for first few episodes. The producer of the show was Abhimanyu Singh and directed by Kaushik Ghantak. Season 2 and Season 3 was telecast on Star One channel.

Born as Natasha on the 14th of April, 1981, Anita Hassanandani hails from Mumbai. She is known particularly for her modeling, film and television roles. Her debut in Indian Cinema was with the film, “Kucch To Hai” which was a horror movie and also casted Tusshar Kapoor and Esha Deol. She has also acted in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movies, such as ‘Nenu Pelliki Ready’, 'Thotti gang', and 'Nuyvu Nenu' which were big hits. 

Manish Paul is an Indian television actor, host and a stand-up comedian. Manish was born and brought up in Delhi, did his schooling from Apeejay School and B.A. from College of Vocational Studies. After he shifted to Mumbai, he landed his first show as a host in Sunday Tango.

He was also a VJ with Zee Music and radio jockey with Radio city. He landed his acting debut as a ghost in Ghost Bana Dost. Manish also acted in several television serials like Radhaa Ki Betiyaan Kuch Kar Dikhayengi, Ssshhhh... Phir Koi Hai, Zindadil, Wheel Ghar Ghar Mein and Kahani Shuru with Love Guru and Kuchh Cook Hota Hai.

Manish Paul got noticed as a television host after hosting the popular show Saa Ree Gaa Maa Paa Chhote Ustaad and his appearance on the show Comedy Circus. He was the host of Dance India Dance Li'l Masters. He was a participant in celebrity singing show Star a Rockstar. He is currently co-hosting Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa's seventh instalment with Ranvir Shorey.

He was awarded Best Anchor award for Dance India Dance Li'l Masters in 2011. He had appeared in guest role in Tees Maar Khan but he made his big screen debut with Mickey Virus.

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. 

The name, Yogesh Tripathi, is in itself an epitome of extraordinary talent who has reserved his place in the hearts of his audience with his phenomenal acting skills. He came into limelight for his role playing in an Indian television sitcom 'F.I.R.' which was aired on SabTV. Later on, he came into prominence with his effective role in 'Chidiya Ghar'. He belongs to a Hindu family. He has worked in some TV advertisements.

Kunal Jaisingh is an Indian television actor. He was born on July 29, 1989, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is Hindu by religion. He graduated from H. R. College of Commerce in Economics. His Nickname is Kunz. His Zodiac Sign is Leo, and his Birth name was Kunal Kulbhushan Jaisingh.

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.

Dilip Joshi, who is a film cum television actor was born on 26th May, 1965 in Porbandar. Dilip is a stern believer of Swaminarayan BAPS. He is well-known to make his appearances in lead comedy roles. He has appeared in a number of Gujarati dramas. Most famous among them is ‘Shubh Mangal Savadhan’. He has made his appearances in many other Gujarati plays like ‘Bapu Tamey Kamal Kari’ in which he acted with his serial co-artists and ‘Jalsa Karo Jayantilal’, which is a serial about estate agent.

Adnan Khan is an Indian TV and Film actor who was born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He spent his formative years in Dubai. At present, he lives with his aunt and mother in Mumbai, India. He has attended ‘Our Own English High School,' Dubai and graduated from Manipal University in Dubai afterwards, in 2009. Adnan became popular with his Zee TV soap opera Ishq Subhanallah. He played Mawlawi Kabeer Ahmed, for his outstanding performance in this show, he got nominated for Zee TVs show Ishq Subhanallah. Adnan earlier used to work as a Human Resource Manager in his brother’s firm before pursuing his career in acting.

Parth Samthaan was born on 11th March 1991 is Pune, Maharashtra. He did his graduation from Mumbai’s L. S. Raheja College of Architecture. Parth was inclined towards acting from the very beginning. Even at college level, he took part in several plays essaying different characters.  “The Bet”, a small documentary, was his first break to showcase his acting talent. This documentary served as a stepping stone for his acting career in the Indian Television Industry. Currently, he is known for playing a well-liked lead character of Manik Malhotra in ‘Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan’ telecasted on MTV. The MTV ‘Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan’ is an Indian television series that took off on 21st July 2014 on MTV India. The show is an altered copy of the super hit Korean show, ‘Boys Over Flowers’. The show has earned a lot of popularity amongst the young audience, and massive recognition. This has made him a craze among youth and getting him enormous appreciation. The Indian television actor has appeared in many episodic series as well as got popularity from his essaying of the character Prithvi Sanyal in Best Friends Forever?, a show telecasted on Channel V.

He is a young Indian actor who is popular as hit contestant of ‘Dance India Dance.’ He was named “Beat King” by the judges because he danced with beat in excellent way. He was the only contestant in ‘Dance India Dance’ history for whom Dada demanded to repeat act.

Other than this he also has performed in another dance show Dance Maharashtra Dance. He was a runner up in this show. Other than this he has also performed in ‘Dil Dosti Dance’ on V channel. It is a dance based drama serial. The story of the serial revolves around the young college students who are passionate for dance. During the journey towards their destination they face different emotional situations like friendship, love and affection.

Sumedh is a good addition in young male actors. He is energetic, hardworking and punctual guy. In his spare time he likes to spend his time with friends and family. He is fond of dance parties and other gatherings also. He loves to enjoy music whenever he is alone. He claims in an interview that although he is popular as ‘Beat king’ but he enjoys the classic and light music also. But during the driving he always enjoys extensive pop music. He good looking and charming that’s why he has larger girls fan group.

Kartikey Malviya is a very famous and popular face in the television industry who is currently working in the popular TV series, Karmaphaldata Shani, which airs on Colors. He was born on November 3, 2004, in Itarsi, Madhya Pradesh, India. Kartikey Malviya was just 9 when he started his debut in the television industry. His first appearance on TV was from a popular reality show India's Best Dramebaaz, season 1, in 2013 which airs on Zee TV, unfortunately, he got evicted very soon but he managed his eviction in a positive way to improve his skills in acting. After that, he improved himself, his skills and then he joined again in India's Best Dramebaaz, season 2, 2016 and came as the first runner-up. In April 2016, he got selected for the role of Shani Dev in Karmaphaldata Shani. Within a very short span of time, Kartikeya Malviya has tasted the taste of fame and success.

Mukul Dev was born in Khatri Punjabi family. His father was a formal police commissioner of Delhi. He is a brother of a famous mode and actor “Rahul Dev” he completed his schooling from “St. Columba’s School, Delhi in 1998. Mukul is trained Pilot from “Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi”. He started his career from small screen television serial named “Mumkin”.

Mohit Raina is an Indian television actor, famous for his portrayal of Lord Shiva in Life OK’s 'Devon Ke Dev…Mahadev'. Born on 14th August 1982 in the UK, he was brought up in Jammu and Kashmir. Having graduated in commerce, he was planning to pursue a career as a Chartered Accountant, when he moved to Mumbai to take up modeling and acting. He came in the top 5 of all contestants in the Grasim Mister India 2005 contest.

He had his television debut as Vikrant in Antariksh – Ek Amar Katha, and appeared as Shubham in Star Plus’s Bhabhi, before debuting on the big screen as Jai Kishan in Don Muthu Swami, which starred Mithun Chakraborty. He then played roles of Garv Rai in Chehra, Rishabh Mahiyavanshi in Bandini, and Agantuk in Ganga Kii Dheej, before rising in popularity for his role as Lord Shiva in Devon Ke Dev…Mahadev, for which he won the Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role. He also appeared as Mahadev in Mahabharat and Katha Mahadev Putra Bal Ganesh Ki.

Mohit Raina would like to work behind the camera, if he wasn’t an actor. He goes to the gym very regularly, but can’t resist a samosa. He’s very close to his mother and loves Rajma chawal that she prepares for him. He is rumored to be one of the most highly paid actors in the industry, and was rated 9th on a list of the 50 sexiest Asian men in the world, by Eastern Eye newspaper.

Nakuul Mehta is an Indian Model, Anchor and an Actor who became popular for his performance as the main lead character in Rajshri Productions television serial, “Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyara Pyara” on STAR Plus channel. He played as Aditya Harish Kumar opposite Disha Parmar who played as Pankhuri Aditya Kumar. Nakuul has done some music videos and been working on theatre for a long time. He was part of the award winning and critically acclaimed stage play, Cock by Michael Barlett in 2013.