Hindi Awards 25th Star Screen Awards - Cast & Crew

Shabana Azmi is a film actress of Indian origin and social activist. Shabana was born on 18, September 1950 in Hyderabad. Her father, Kaifi Azmi was an Indian poet while her mother Shaukat Azmi was a stage actress for the Indian People’s Theatre Asociation.

Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and model. She was born on 5th January 1986. Deepika is one of the most famous celebrities. She is working in Bollywood films and won two film fare awards. She is the daughter of the badminton trouper Prakash Padukone. Copenhagen was the birth place of Deepika. She was raised in Bangalore. She frolicked badminton in national level championship in her teenage but later on she switched her career from spots and became a model. In 2006 she did receive some offers for Indian films and did her film debut. In 2007 she did double role in her first Indian bestseller film Om Shanti Om. In the same year she won the film fare award for best female debut. In 2009 she performed in an Indian film Love Aaj Kal and in 2010 she acted in a drama Lafangey Parindey. Her performance in Bachna Ae Haseeno in 2008 and Housefull in 2010 got negative reviews.

In 2012 her performance in the super hit movie Cocktail was turning point of her career and she won many awards in different ceremonies and she was nominated as the best actress. After that she acted in many super hit films of Bollywood such as Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani in 2013, Chennai Express which is also released in 2013 and Happy New Year in 2014. She won film fare in 2013 for the performance and lovely acting in Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. Deepika Padukone also did many stage shows as well. She has also inscribed posts for Indian newspapers. She is a prominent celebrity and brand ambassador for many brands and products.

Singh Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Pooja LadhaSurti is an editor and screenwriter by profession. She is currently working in Bollywood for the past few years. Pooja was born in Jamnagar, Gujarat, and grew up in Mumbai after her family shifted because her grandfather's health was not good. She has studied in St. Xavier's, where she read a lot of books related to movies. She was quite interested in dramas from her childhood, leading her to become an Associate director, editor, and screenwriter.

Maxima Basu is a well-known costume designer from Delhi. Maxima is also an Earth lover and a scuba driver. She has worked for various films and has created a wardrobe ranging from majestic clothes to ragged clothes. Her wardrobe selection has intensified the films she was involved in. She has worked simultaneously on three different films at a time. They were: ‘Padmavati’ (Bhansali production), ‘Raabta’ (Maddock production) and ‘Dangal’ (Aamir Khan production).

Harveen Kaur, known by her professional name Rimple Narula, is a renowned figure in the fashion industry. Based in Delhi, Rimple runs the brand Rimple and Harpreet Couture, which is a popular choice for bridal outfits and occasion wear, catering to clients worldwide. Aside from running her brand, Rimple is also actively involved in Bollywood projects, having done costume designing for movies like Padmavat and Housefull 4. She is also set to work on upcoming films such as Bhool Bhuliya 2, Hiramandi, and Made in Heaven 2. Rimple's expertise in fashion design has earned her the opportunity to design and style outfits for a plethora of celebrities, including Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Shilpa Shetty, Huma Qureshi, Kangana Ranaut, Kiara Advani, Aditi Rao Hydari, Ananya Panday, and many others. Furthermore, Rimple is also a member of the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), a non-profit organization that aims to promote and support the Indian fashion industry.

Kruti Mahesh is an Indian Dancer and is known for her fame through Dance India Dance. She gained immense popularity after working in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavat. She is the girl behind the magical choreography of the ‘Ghoomar’ song in the film.

Jyoti D Tommar is a choreographer. She was from Gharwal but was born and raised in Mumbai. Jyoti belongs to a large family, including herself; they are nine sisters and one brother. Jyoti mentions in an interview that her first mentor was her eldest sister. Her sister taught Kathak to her when she was about four years old. Her sister was learning Kathak at that time, so she watched her and learned the moves. While in school and college, Jyoti participated in various dance events and other cultural activities. In 1987 in a college fest, she met with Vasundhra Mehta, a Gujarati dance teacher, who came to teach them Gujarati folk dance for the fest. Vasundhra Mehta saw Jyoti's real talent and genuine potential. She asked her to join her academy and learn dance. Jyoti agreed, but her parents asked her to go after graduation.

Harshdeep Kaur is an Indian playback singer who has been singing for Bollywood movies since 2003 and also a well known name in Sufi genre of songs. She rose to fame by appearing in reality musical programmed and even bagged the title ‘Sufi Ki Sultana’ form legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan for a program ‘ Lux Junoon – Kuch Kar Dikhaane Ka’ that was aired on NDTV Imagine in September 2008. She has also participated in ‘Home World Tour’ program organized by music maestro A R Rahman in 2010 and had toured all over USA, Canada, UK, South Africa. In 2014, she accompanied the maestro Rahman again for ‘Infinite Love Concerts’ in Singapore and Malaysia.

Alia Bhatt is a trendsetting actress from Mumbai, India. Her date of birth was 15th March, 1993 and her parents are Mahesh Bhatt, who is a popular director and actress Soni Razdan. She is an actress cum singer wherein she had sung songs in her movies itself. Her debut film was as a kid artist in a thriller movie of Sangharsh in the year 1999. Her first movie as an adult happened out to be Student of the year (2012), a romantic drama. In the year 2014, she acted three blockbuster movies that were welcomed by a good opening record. 

Alia Bhatt has an elder sister namely, Shaheen. She had also been quite active in stage shows and she launched her own line of clothing for women. Alia Bhatt had studied at Jamnabai Narsee School IBDP and passed out in May 2011. Alia Bhatt had performed in prestigious award ceremonies so far like Maybelline, Garnier, and Coca Cola. 

In the year 2014, she had her association with the online fashion portal Jabong.com. She had also become the celebrity endorser for many products. In the year 2013, she was ranked 19 by the Times of India's Most Desirable Woman of 2012. In the same year, she was also ranked 1 for the Most Promising Female Newcomer by Times of India's Hotlist. Alia Bhatt had acted in 5 movies and 1 short film namely Going Home. Her future projects are Shaandar (2015), Udta Punjab (2016), Kapoor and Sons (2016). Alia Bhatt gave her splendid dance shows at various film award fests, which also includes the overseas function. It is very evident that she is also a part of the playback singing in Bollywood films. 

Alia Bhatt had won 5 awards and nominated for a couple of times for the movie Student of the year (2013). As a whole, she had won 12 awards for her acting. The awards include Big Star Entertainment, Lions Gold, Filmfare , Screen, Zee Cine, Satr Dust, and Star Guild. She had been nominated for the Best Actress award by IIFA Awards for the movie “2 States”.

Family Tree Of Complete Kapoor's Family

 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.

 The new TV show. “Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi” demands Radhika to play the role of a Gujarati, happy go lucky girl. Apart from having to remould her life to the new and busy routine that onscreen acting demands, Radhika is coping well, as her character has well set ideologies, some of which match her own. Her relationship with her co-stars has also been very complementary as they are very open to helping her around the sets and showing her little tips and tricks. 

 Although the series is yet to air, Ekta Kapoor's confidence in the new talent has already garnered much excitement and the audience has already given a positive response and await the new chemistry between Shakti Arora and herself. Her sudden career change hasn’t stopped her from continuing her education, and she has decided to pursue her degree via correspondence. And although acting seems exciting, according to Radhika Madan, dance will always be her passion. It is after all, what makes her happy.

Gajraj Rao is an Indian actor and filmmaker. He made his first appearance in the film industry in the early 90s through the acclaimed biographical drama Bandit Queen portraying the character of Ashok Chand. Since then Gajraj Rao has been playing various supporting roles in different movies.

Deepak Mukut, the film producer, was born on 18th October 1971 in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Deepak Mukut's father is Kamal Mukut. He is a film producer and distributor who works in Hindi cinema. Deepak Mukut is the owner of SohamRockstar Entertainment and JhoomJhoom Media. Deepak Mukut founded SohamRockstar Entertainment in 2016. In 2016, Deepak Mukut produced his first movie, Sanam Teri Kasam.

Anubhav Sinha was born on 22nd June 1956 in Jamalpur of Bihar state, India. He is a very experienced and prominent Bollywood movie director who had given many successful movies in the industry. He completed his school in the place of Kalagarh of Garhwal. He did his class eleven and twelve in the place of Varanasi. As far as his graduation is concerned, he pursued an Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from a popular University of Aligarh. 

After the completion of his graduation, he was very keen and enthusiastic to turn out to be a film director of Hindi cinema. This was considered to be a wild decision as in he got to switch over from an entirely different field to that of having become a Bollywood actor. This drift is a big deal and he made it up quite successfully by having accomplished many hit movies in the box office collection. 

His prominent works include Dus, Tum Bin, and most likely acquired success was Ra One which was a revolutionary movie indeed. He got into the Engineering arena for about a couple of years in New Delhi. Later, he switched over to Mumbai wherein which he began his directorial debut. Before functioning as a prominent director, he worked as an assistant director for Pankar Parashar. 

After the wholesome experience, he drifted to direct the Zee Television channel. A couple of his shows, namely Shikasht and Sea Hawks were a huge hit and this brought about his fame. His recent film that got released in the year 2011 was Ra One and it saw an exquisite collection at the Box Office collection. Finally, he landed up as a proprietor of the production house namely Benaras Media Works. His company sign up for producing the movies and Television shows that are quite popular.

Mohammad Samad is an Indian actor, who started his acting career at the age of twelve years old. He played as an orphaned street kid who dreams of beating a huge black kite named Kali in Rajan Khosa’s 2012 children’s film, Gattu.

Madhu Apsara is a renowned sound designer who has worked endlessly to deliver the best of his work throughout his life. Madhu has completed his education at GHS Payambra and Silver Hills English High School, Calicut, Kerala. Further, he continued to study the workings of Cinema with a specialization in sound from FTII, Cinema. His work predominantly includes Bollywood movies along with other films from South cinema. Madhu has received Filmfare Award for Best Sound Design and Screen Award for Best Sound Design. His talent can be reflected in the famous movie “Andhadhun” (2018), “Love Story 2050” (2008), and “Dhoom 2” (2006). Madhu is also known for his work in “Evening Shadows” (2019).

Hemanth Rao works mainly in the Kannada cinema as film director and screenwriter. His directorial debut Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu (2016) brought him fame and success. In 2015, he stepped into films after completing his graduation in engineering and a brief stint with journalism.

Arijit Biswas a director, a story writer, screenwriter, and producer, is nationally renowned for his works, namely, Andhadhun, Badlapur, Agent Vinod, Surjo Prithibir Charidike Ghore, and more. Born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Arijit hasn't always aspired to work for the entertainment industry of the nation. Before his debut as an independent filmmaker five years ago, Arijit was the Head of HR Digitization in Tata Consultancy Services. Arijit's passion for arts took root in the mid '90s when he was studied engineering in Kolkata. During his undergrad, he was an active member of an amateur drama group. Though the theatre club ended after college, Arijit, fuelled by his relentless determination, continued to pursue writing. He was introduced to a Bengali TV production house by one of his theatre friends, for which he went on to write numerous scripts.

Cinematographers are one of the most important parts of filmmaking, but their work is often ignored because they work from behind the cameras. However, Pankaj's work was not neglected as it was capable enough to reach everyone. Pankaj Kumar is a renowned and hardworking cinematographer who predominantly works in the Indian film industry.

Amit Ray is an Indian Hindi motion picture craftsmanship chief which includes a sample of contemporary culture in every one of his works. Experienced Art Director with a showed history of working in the compelling artwork industry. He is gifted in Film Production, Art Direction, Logo Design, Feature Films, and Illustration. Solid expressions and plan proficient with an unhitched male of expressive arts centered in the lone ranger of expressive arts from Indian workmanship school and designers sheep.

Amar Kaushik is a Mumbai-based director who hails from Arunachal Pradesh. His father was a forest officer and mother was a school teacher. Amar has lived in Mumbai over a decade and was involved in the role of an associate director on films such as No One Killed Jessica (2007) and Go Goa Alone (2013). Kaushik although began his career in art movies, but the director had of late, pushed some serious buttons, for good reasons.

Raj Nidimoru is a US based director. He is of Indian origin and an Engineering graduate. He directs and produces movies along with his partner Krishna D.K. The duo has fabricated some of the excellent critically acclaimed pictures which includes films like ‘Flavors’, ‘Shor’, ‘99’, etc.

Krishna DK is an Indian filmmaker who has collaborated with Raj Nidimoru to deliver quirky films in the Bollywood industry. His full name is Krishna Dasarakothapalli. He was born on December 13, 1972. Krishna hails from Chittoor where he completed his schooling as well. Then, he opted for computer science engineering at Tirupati-based Sri Venkateswara University. But Krishna did not know that he would meet his future associate Raj Nidimoru at the same college. They became good friends and laid the foundation of their partnership. The duo represented themselves at several cultural meets and secured podium positions as well. Later, Krishna would go on to work as a software engineer and stayed in the United States as a part of his job. Although he was getting a lucrative salary, Krishna felt that his ordinary life hampered his creativity. Luckily for him, he met his best friend Raj again. After some conversations, the duo decided to make films. However, they knew the road would not be smooth for them.

Born on 1st November 1995 in Bombay, Ishaan Khattar stepped foot into the film industry at the early age of 10. His first role being opposite the handsome Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor in the movie “Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!” Ishaan Khattar was born to Indian television/film actress Neelima Azeem and her second husband Rajesh Khattar, an actor, making him a half-brother to Shahid Kapoor, who is the son of Neelima Azeem and Pankaj Kapur.

Vicky Kaushal is a famous Indian movie actor. He was born in Mumbai and has been raised in Mumbai since then. He was born to Shyam Kaushal, who is an action director and stunt coordinator in various films. He has worked in films like Slumdog Millionaire, 3 Idiots and Bajrangi Bhaijaan. He also has a brother in Sunny Kaushal who is linked to the film industry and has assisted in directing in movies like Gunday. He did his early education in Mumbai and later graduated with Electronics and Telecommunication engineering degree. He had various job options but decided to follow his father’s footsteps and entered the film industry. He started doing theatre and joined an acting workshop under Kishore Kapoor. He is born and brought up as a total Punjabi and lives his life the same way. He did various theatre plays with the group of Manav Kaul andNaseeruddin Shah. He continued to grow in stature and gained much more experience working in theatre. He did various small stints in movies like Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana and Bombay Velvet. He also did a short film named Geek Out, where he played the role of a Geek. In 2010, he assisted Anurag Kashyap in Gangs of Wasseypur. The movie with its violent and direct approach was an instant hit.

Dinesh Vijan is known for his production company Illuminati Films, that was found by Saif Ali Khan and Dinesh himself in 2009 and the duo partnerships had given multiple block busters hits. Both have been involved in making spy thrillers Agent Vinod, double role flick of Saif; prestigious Love Aaaj Kal, or even Go Goa Gone where Saif played a comedian with Russian outlook. Over the course of 10 years of film producing, Dinesh has done some high-budget Bollywood films and still working on some of the biggest blockbusters ever made. Known for his high-end production, he is a finance MBA graduate, who went to make his debut as a film producer with his pet project “Being Cyrus” starring Saif Ali Khan in 2006. “Being Cyrus” was an English Language Indian film, which was directed by Homi Adajania which gave critical acclaim to Saif Ali Khan and even established Dinesh as a film maker. 

Besides Illuminati Films where only Saif Ali Khan acts and Dinesh produces, the film celebrity has another feather in his cap too. He is founder of Helming Maddock films which made films like Badalpur and The Fault In Our Stars Remake with Varum Dewan. Earlier, he also made Finding Fanny which had Arjun Kapoor and Deepika Padukone in the lead and was released in 2014. Dinesh Vijan has seen more ups and down in his career, but interestingly, the performance of Badalpur in box office has established him as more powerful and successful film producer of the country. Although people loved his Cocktail and Go Goa Gone, his success for Badalpur will remain a milestone. Now we hear that, Vijan has got a script ready which he might even direct also. He has approached Parineeti Chopra and Saif Ali Khan to play lead roles for a love story script. Dinesh Vijan has chosen to become film producer, although his father and grandfather had been in the truck running business. 

Starting a film production company is not for the weak or faint of heart, you need to research first, lots of it. Dinesh does his magic on the script, music, editing and even story concept too.

Sriram Raghavan is an estimable film director and screenplay writer in Indian film industry. He came into fame from his latest thriller movie ‘Badlapur’ starring Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi, Yami Gautam. This movie was both critically acclaimed and accepted by the audience. It made the director marked the first success of his career. His birth place is Chennai, and he comes from a simple family. His father was botanist and mother being the movie lover. Later on, his family moved to Pune. His cliché and pull toward film industry led him to join FTII, Pune. Before joining FTII, he worked with stardust and left the position soon Rajkumar Hirani, a famous director, known for his films like ‘3idiots’ and ‘Munna Bhai’ series is said to be the directors classmate during his FTII course.

Raj Kumar Yadav, also known as Rajkummar Rao, started his Hindi film career from the movie, Love Sex aur Dhokha, in the year 2010, but the movie that got him critical and public acclaim was Kai Po Che, for which he received the Filmfare Award for the Best Supporting Actor, in the year 2013. He has not looked back since then, and has received Filmfare Best Critics Award for Best Actor and National Film Award for the depiction of the lawyer, Shahid Azmi, in the movie, ‘Shahid’, that released in the year 2013. Since then he has starred in numerous Hindi films, and has established a unique style of acting and an intense position in the industry.

Salman Khan is a very famous Indian actor and a producer. He was born as Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan on December 27, 1965 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Salman is referred to as one of the most successful actors in Bollywood. His father is Salim Khan who is also an actor and a screenwriter while his mother is Sushila Charak (Salma Khan). He graduated from St. Stanislaus High School in Mumbai. Prior to this, he went to Scindia School, Gwalior together with his brother, Arbaaz Khan. He also studied at Elphinstone College.

Ranveer Singh Bhavnani is an Indian movie actor who had no filmy links to make a Bollywood career. This handsome hunk is a carbon copy of Disney's Tangled Flynn Rider (Hollywood actor). Ranveer Singh is one of our brightest stars who rose to his heights through dedication, hard work, and perseverance. He always had an inclination for performing arts, But this actor needed the luck to launch his film career. Yash Raj films invited the struggling actor to audition for their next film, and Ranveer won the part of lead hero in the surprise 2010 hit ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’.

Most famous for his songs in Aashiqui 2, Arijit Singh has established himself as a prominent playback singer and music programmer. He was the runner-up in Fame Gurukul, a singing competition, in 2005. He then went on to win another singing reality show, 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil.

Born in 1987 in West Bengal, Arjit was trained in classical music by his aunt and mother. He had a passion for music from an early age and his parents decided to get him a professional trainer, Rajendra Prasad Hazari for classical music and Dhirendra Prasad Hazari to train him at tabla.  His teachers encouraged Arijit to try out for Fame Gurukul in 2005 and chose to promote the Indian classical music genre.

Pritam Chakraborty gave Arjit a chance and signed him for three films; Crook, Golmaal 3, and Action Replayy. He made his debut singing “Phir Mohabbat” for Murder 2 in 2011. This kickstarted his career as a playback singer and led to him singing songs such as; “Raabta", “ Duaa", and “Phir Le Aya Dil", earning nominations for the latter two in Mirchi Music Award With the release of the hit song “Tum Hi Ho” Singh became a common household name. The song helped him win nine awards from various award shows. He has since sung.

Arjit is known as a down to earth, hardworking singer. His hobbies include badminton and writing.

Pankaj Tripathi is an acclaimed Indian film actor who has appeared in some of Bollywood's movies including Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1, Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2, Agneepath. He was born in a Bihari Brahmin kin in a small village of Belsan near town Gopalganj in the state of Bihar. Pankaj’s parents were farmers and didn’t have accessibility to modern means of communication. The village that he belongs to until today does not have access to television. In fact, it is surprising that the nearest theatre too is about 25 kilometers away from the village. His parents are farmers. He did theatre in his college days in Patna for close to 4 years before joining National School Drama. A produce of National School of Drama, Tripathi also appeared in a small role in Agneepath. He is one of the most underrated actors of Bollywood. He has done excellent work in the directorial guidance of Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur. In fact, He is considered as one of jewels of Indian cinema. Some of the other films accredited to caliber include Run as Cameo appearance, Apaharan as Gaya Singh's Crony,  Omkara as Kichlu,  Mithya as Tipnis,  Valmiki Ki Bandook (short) as BDO Tripathi, Dharm as  Suryaprakash, Raavan, Aakrosh, Chillar Party as Secretary Dubey, Agneepath as Surya, Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 and Part 2 as Sultan Qureshi,  Dabangg 2 as filawar, ABCD – Any Body Can Dance as Vardha Bhai(Minister), Fukrey as Pandit, Maazii as Rathiji, Gunday as Lateef, Doosukeltha as Dilleeswara Rao, Singham Returns as Altaf and Isshaq Mallang as Chuttan Shukla. He was also seen in TV series Powder as Naved Ansari.

This Vicky donor worked as radio jockey, Video jockey, television anchor, host, actor, lyricist, singer, theatre actor anything left… huhh ya reality show contestant in Roadies too is Ayushmann the multi talented.

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