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Hindi Awards 51st National Film Awards - Cast & Crew

1. Trisha Das


10-10-2020/trisha-das.jpg Trisha Das is an Indian Filmmaker and author. In 2005, she received the National Award from former Indian president Dr. Abdul Kalam for her documentary “Fiddlers on the Thatch,” which was about the children of Gandhi Ashram School, Kalimpong. During her childhood, Trisha Das spent her summer vacation with her maternal grandparents in Patna, Bihar. Every night her grandfather told her stories about the Ramayana...
Date of Birth: 17-04-2000
Age: 24
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 17-04-2000
Age: 24
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

2. Biyot Projna Tripathy


10-10-2020/biyot-projna-tripathy.jpg Biyot Projna Tripathy is an Indian director, producer, and writer. She writes short stories, poems, and articles for Odia magazines and columns for the Odia newspaper. She is a recognized Odia author who writes novels, poems and short stories, and has six books in her kitty. She has produced and directed more than 40 documentaries and promotional films. Her films...
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:

3. Usha Albuquerque


10-10-2020/usha-albuquerque.jpg Usha Albuquerque is a Film Director. She has prominently worked in Hollywood. She is a multi talented professional. Usha is passionate about writing and public speaking. Usha is a gold medallist in English Literature. She completed her education at Madras University. Usha’s first career steps led to teaching English, history, education, and drama to high school students. She is a...
Gender: Female
Language: English
Skills:
Gender: Female
Language: English
Skills: Director

4. Tarali Sarma


10-10-2020/tarali-sarma.jpg   Tarali Sarma is an Indian singer who worked for the Hindi film industry. She was born on 4th August 1975 in Assam and shared his precious contribution to Hindi films. She is the daughter of Prabhat Sharma, who was a folk exponent, flutist, and music director....
Date of Birth: 04-08-1975
Age: 49
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 04-08-1975
Age: 49
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer

5. Sharmishta Roy


s/h/a/r/m/i/sharmishta-roy.png An Indian film art director and production designer Sharmishta Roy was born on in Kolkata, West Bengal to Krishna and Sudhendu Roy. Her father Sudhendu Roy was also an art director. He had worked with great film makers like Vimal Roy in movies like "Bandini,"Sujata,"Madhumati." He has also worked with Yash Chopra in movies like "Silsila" and "Chandni." Sharmishta is...
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi

6. Sharmila Tagore


14-05-2017/sharmila-tagore.png Sharmila Tagore is a Bengali actress, who later shifted to the Hindi film industry, who was born on 8th December, 1944. Apart from being an actress, she stood as a member of Indian Film Censor Board for seven years. She was also chosen as UNICEF Goodwill ambassador from India. On the other hand, she was one of the jury members...
Date of Birth: 08-12-1944
Age: 79
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Female
Language: Bengali
Skills:
Date of Birth: 08-12-1944
Age: 79
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Female
Language: Bengali
Skills: Movie Actress

7. Farah Khan


29-07-2017/farah-khan.jpg Farah Khan is an Indian film actress, producer, director and a choreographer. She was born on January 9, 1965 in Mumbai, India. She is the daughter of Menaka, sister of screenwriter and actress, Honey Irani and Daisy Irani. She is also the sister of film actor and comedian Sajid Khan and the cousin of film personalities Zoya Akhtar and Farhan...
Date of Birth: 09-01-1965
Age: 59
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 09-01-1965
Age: 59
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi

8. Saroj Khan


Saroj-Khan.jpg Born with an inborn talent, Saroj Khan is one of the most well-known and eminent choreography in the Indian film Industry. She has produced many pieces of good work for around 2000 films. Talking about her earlier days, she along with her family migrated to India right after the partition. Her family was one among the orthodox one, but she...
Date of Birth: 22-11-1948
Date of Death: 03-07-2020
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 22-11-1948
Date of Death: 03-07-2020
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Choreographer

9. Meera Jasmine


06-01-2020/meera-jasmine.jpg Born on 15th February 1982, Meera Jasmine belongs to Kerala. She did B.sc. In zoology from Assumption College, Changanassery. She is a bright name in the Malayalam film industry, very well known for her role in ‘Soothradharan’ released in the year 2001. Later she worked in films like ‘Gramaphone’, directed by Kamal and commercial hits and critically acclaimed projects like...
Date of Birth: 15-02-1982
Age: 42
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Female
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 15-02-1982
Age: 42
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Female
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Movie Actress

10. Mrinal Sen


15-10-2020/mrinal-sen.jpg Mrinal Sen was a renowned and highly skilled Indian film director. Mrinal was born on 14 May 1923 in Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India (currently in Bangladesh). Sen has directed various famous films like Raat Bhore, Neel Akasher Neechey, Baishey Shravana, Maitra Manisha, Ek Adhuri Kahani, Calcutta 71, Chorus, Mrigayaa, Kharij, Genesis, Antares, and the list continues. His core focus was...
Date of Birth: 14-05-1923
Date of Death: 30-12-2018
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills:
Date of Birth: 14-05-1923
Date of Death: 30-12-2018
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills: Director

11. Anup Mukhopadhyay


10-10-2020/anup-mukhopadhyay.jpg   Anup Mukhopadhyay is an Indian sound mixer who worked for the Hindi film industry. He also worked as an actor in Thana Theke Aschi in 2010 and Mondo Meyer Upakhyan in 2002. Anup worked in more than a hundred Plus movies as a sound mixer and his work much appreciated by the audience....
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Sound Mixer

12. Abhik Mukhopadhyay


10-10-2020/abhik-mukhopadhyay.jpg   Abhik Mukhopadhyay is an Indian cinematographer who worked for the Hindi film industry. He worked with one of the most well-known directors like Aparna Sen, Srijit Mukherjee,Anik Dutta, Sujoy Ghosh,etc. As a cinematographer he worked in in Amar Bhuvan in 2002,The Last Lear in 2008,...

13. Rajiv Vijay Raghavan


10-10-2020/rajiv-vijay-raghavan.jpg Rajive Vijay Raghvan was born on 29 May, 1958 in Kottayam, Kerala, Southwestern India. His mother's name is Mrs. Remani Nair and, his father's name is Mr. K. Ramarajan Nair is well known as a well-skilled and talented Mollywood Director. His Debut film was Margam which gained a lot of global recognition and praise. Apart from, filmmaking he also works...
Date of Birth: 29-05-1958
Age: 66
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 29-05-1958
Age: 66
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Director

14. Anand Patwardhan


17-09-2020/anand-patwardhan.jpg Anand Patwardhan, a generous, humane documentary filmmaker also known as the father of Indian documentaries, was born on 18th February 1950 in Mumbai to a family of a businessman. Graduating from Mumbai University in 1970, upholding an English Literature degree, and further went to America and studied sociology through the Scholarship. The Ongoing Vietnam war influenced him to show concern...
Date of Birth: 18-02-1950
Age: 74
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 18-02-1950
Age: 74
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

15. Supriyo Sen


27-08-2020/supriyo-sen.jpg Supriyo Sen is an Indian film director. He lives in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Honestly, he worked as a journalist; then he became an independent filmmaker. He directed the short documentary Wagah has been screened at over 200 film festivals and was voted the third most well-liked short film within the world in 2009 by the German short film magazine. Also,...
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

16. Vinu Abraham


14-05-2020/vinu-abraham.jpg Vinu Abraham is a young talented actor who is from Cochin. Besides being an actor, Vinu produced the films too. Vinu made his debut as an actor in the Malayalam movie “Ravu” that released in 2013. He co-produced the film with Jebitha Ajit and Ajit Ravi Pegasus and the film is directed by Ajit Ravi Pegasus....
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Producer, Actor

17. Goutam Halder


g/o/u/t/a/m/goutam-halder.png Goutam Halder was associated with Nandikar theater group that had its base in Kolkata. The theater group started its first show in the 1960s and found a strong commitment from young theater personalities. In the beginning, there were plays based on English literature and later on, they carried out plays of Rabindranath Tagore too. ...
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills:
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills: Theatre Artist

18. SP Jananathan


s/p/0/j/a/n/sp-jananathan.jpg S.P. Jananathan is a prominent Tamil film director and a well-known producer.Iyarkaihis first film came out in 2003.In 2004, this film made him achieve the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.Purampokku Engira Podhuvadamai was produced by his production house, Binary production house. Hewas also a part of the Tamil Film Directors' Union. S.P. Jananathan was the last...
Date of Birth: 07-05-1959
Age: 65
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 07-05-1959
Age: 65
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil

19. Ashwin Chitale


a/s/h/w/i/n/ashwin-chitale.png Ashwin Chitale is an Indian actor who predominantly worked in the Marathi and Hindi films. He is also known as Master Ashwin Chitale. He was born in 1996, in Pune, Maharashtra in India. He has portrayed different characters in Marathi and Bollywood films. He has done some short films.He grabbed National award in best child actor category for his role...
Date of Birth: 1996
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 1996
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Actor

20. Suddala Ashok Teja


s/u/d/d/a/l/suddala-ashok-teja.jpg Suddala Ashok Teja, the National Award Winner for the best lyricist, for the song "Nenu Saitam" from the film Tagore (2003) was born in the village Suddala, in the Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh on 16 May 1954. He was born to a well-known Telugu poet, Suddala Hanmanthu and Janakamma. Hanmanthu was a Padmashali poet of Telangana Saayudha Porata Yodhudu...
Date of Birth: 16-05-1954
Age: 70
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 16-05-1954
Age: 70
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu

21. Aarif Sheikh


a/a/r/i/f/0/aarif-sheikh.png Film editors are an essential part of the filmmaking process, but they're often overlooked since they work behind the scenes. Editing is one of the other things that we understand from the cinema. Editor Aarif Sheikh is a national award-winning editor associated with movies like ‘Drishyam’, ‘Noor’, ‘Baadshaho’. ‘D-Day’, ‘Haider’, ‘Phanthom’ etc....
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Editor

22. Rajiv Mehrotra


r/a/j/i/v/0/rajiv-mehrotra.png Rajiv Mehrotra is an Indian writer, documentary filmmaker, and television producer-director. He is best known as the acclaimed host of the talk show "In Conversation", that was aired on Doordarshan News Channel on Saturdays at 9:30 pm. He has directed over 650 documentary films and has won over 170 international and 40 national awards for them. A student of The...
Date of Birth: 04-03-1953
Age: 71
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 04-03-1953
Age: 71
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Producer

23. Kalidas Jayaram


16-12-2019/kalidas-jayaram.jpg Kalidas Jayaram was born on December 16th, 1993. He was born in Kerala, India. Kalidas began his acting career when he was just seven years old, and he took a break from the acting since 2003 till 2014 to focus on his studies. Kalidas is the son of the eminent Malayalam film actor Jayaram and an equally popular Parvathy....
Date of Birth: 16-12-1993
Age: 30
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 16-12-1993
Age: 30
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Movie Actor, Dubbing

24. Nedumudi Venu


n/e/d/u/m/u/nedumudi-venu.png Nedumudi Venu was born on 22nd May 1948. He is commonly known as Kesavan Venu Gopal. His parents are PK Kesavan Nair and Kunjikkuttiyamma in Nedumudi Alappuzha in Kerala. He had four siblings, all brothers. His father was a schoolmaster. Nedumudi completed his primary education at NSS Higher Secondary School and St Mary's Higher Secondary School, Champakulam. During school days,...
Date of Birth: 22-05-1948
Date of Death: 11-10-2021
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 22-05-1948
Date of Death: 11-10-2021
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Actor

25. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi


chandra-prakash-dwivedi.jpg Chandra Prakash Dwivedi is an Indian film script writer and director with films like “Pinjar”, “ Zed Plus” and “ Mohalla Assi” to his credit. In spite of venturing both into cinema and television, he is best known for directing the famous TV serial “ Chanakya” which was an epic success. Dwivedi also essayed the title role of Chanakya, one...
Date of Birth: 1960
Gender: Male
Language: English
Skills:
Date of Birth: 1960
Gender: Male
Language: English
Skills: Director

26. Sandeep Sawant


sandeep-sawant.jpg Sandeep Sawant is an Indian writer, director and producer; he mainly works in the Marathi Film Industry. He lives in Vile Parle, Mumbai. He has taken graduation in psychology. His wife is Neeraja Patwardhan. He has done the work in theatre, films and television too....
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:

27. Gangaraju Gunnam


gangaraju-gunnam.jpg Gangaraju Gunnam is a producer, director and writer in Telugu industry (Tollywood). He was born and brought up in Kakinada, which is a city located in Andhra Pradesh. He is wedded to Urmila and is blessed with two children Sandeep and Vihang. He encountered a lot of difficulties to get where he is right now....
Date of Birth: 19-10-1955
Age: 69
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 19-10-1955
Age: 69
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Producer

28. Rakesh Roshan


24-03-2017/rakesh-roshan.png Rakesh Roshan Lal Nagrath is the original name of Rakesh Roshan. Born on September 6, 1949, he tried his luck in production, direction and acting. The 70s to 90s were heydays in his career.  Rakesh is reputed for directing flicks starting with K. He launched his son Hrithik Roshan with the 2000 flick Kaho Na Pyar Hai which was the blockbuster...
Date of Birth: 06-09-1949
Age: 75
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 06-09-1949
Age: 75
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actor

29. Goutam Ghose


goutam-ghose.jpg Gautam Ghose is a special man. He has won numerous awards, and his work has been appreciated across cultures and boundaries. He is the most celebrated Bengali Film Director. He is known for his films, and has won numerous National and International Awards for his performance. To say the least, he has won 16 National Awards and many Filmfare Awards....
Date of Birth: 24-07-1950
Age: 74
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills:
Date of Birth: 24-07-1950
Age: 74
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills: Director

30. H G Dattatreya


h-g-dattatreya.jpg The two times national award winning actor for supporting roles Dattanna alias HG Dattatreya was working in Air Force, but was interested in acting. He is one of the actors, who are highly qualified and also held a position as a principal in the management academy of HAL. Acting was his passion and so, he continued to do films regardless...
Date of Birth: 08-01-1942
Age: 82
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada
Skills:
Date of Birth: 08-01-1942
Age: 82
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada
Skills: Movie Actor

31. Vidhu Vinod Chopra


16-01-2019/vidhu-vinod-chopra.jpg Vidhu Vinod Chopra is a classic filmmaker, who has given Indian audiences films like Parineeta, Munnabhai MBBS, 3-Idiots, PK and 1942-A Love Story. What distinguished him from other film maker was that, he always wanted to experiment cinema. Both in terms of his script and in terms of mise-en-scene, character development and pace of the film, we believe that most...
Date of Birth: 05-09-1952
Age: 72
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 05-09-1952
Age: 72
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Writer

32. T V Chandran


T-V-Chandran.jpg T. V. Chandran is a Malayalam film director whose films belonged to art-house audiences in the large Indian cities or even to film buffs on the international circuit. Most of his films in which he had acted had only achieved fair amount of success at the box-office. Sometimes he appeared in other regional cinemas too which balanced elements of art...
Date of Birth: 23-11-1950
Age: 73
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 23-11-1950
Age: 73
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam

33. Prakash Jha


14-03-2017/prakash-jha.png Prakash Jha, a director, film producer and screenwriter, was born on 27th of February 1952. ‘Prakash Jha Productions’ is his production venture. Hailing from Bihar, Prakash Jha went on to study B.Sc Honors in Ramjas College. Eventually he stopped studies and came to Mumbai, wanting to be a painter. As he was preparing for entrance exam for a course in...
Date of Birth: 27-02-1952
Age: 72
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 27-02-1952
Age: 72
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

34. Manoj Bajpayee


30-04-2017/manoj-bajpayee.jpg Born on 23 April 1969, Manoj Bajpai is first a Bollywood actor, though he has acted in a couple of southern films. He has been appreciated by several critics for his good performances. His noteworthy performances were in the films Bandit Queen, Pinjar, Aks, Satya and Gangs of Wasseypur. He has got various Filmfare awards and also many National awards. ...
Date of Birth: 23-04-1969
Age: 55
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 23-04-1969
Age: 55
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Actor

35. Chiyaan Vikram


c/h/i/y/a/a/chiyaan-vikram.png Vikram is from the Tamil family. His father is Christian and his mother is Hindu who lives in madras, Tamil Nadu. He was born on 17th April 1966. His father also ran from his home in the hope of becoming an actor but he does not get succeed so he trained his son and make him learn classically and cinema...
Date of Birth: 17-04-1966
Age: 58
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 17-04-1966
Age: 58
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Actor

36. Jahnu Barua


Jahnu-Barua.jpg Jahnu Barua, an Assamese Filmmaker, born on 17 October in Guwahati, Assam. He is known as the pioneer of Assamese Artistic Cinema. He pursued Bachelor in Science from B. Barooah College of Guwahati and took Diploma in Film Direction from FTII (Film & TV Institute of India) in Pune. He got married to Gayatri, (a filmmaker) who inspired him to...
Date of Birth: 17-10-1952
Age: 72
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 17-10-1952
Age: 72
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

37. Sonu Nigam


s/o/n/u/0/n/sonu-nigam.jpg Sonu Nigam is a renowned Bollywood singer and composer. He was born on July 30, 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana. Hailing from a musical background, both his parents are singers. He is the son of singer Agam Kumar Nigam. The first performance he gave was at the tender age of 3 when he performed the song Kya Hua Tera Wada by...
Date of Birth: 30-07-1973
Age: 51
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 30-07-1973
Age: 51
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer

38. Basu Chatterjee


Basu-Chatterjee.jpg Basu Chatterjee is an Indian screenplay writer and director. He was born on 10th January 1930 in Ajmer, Rajasthan. Chatterjee kicked-off his career in Mumbai, then Bombay, by joining the weekly magazine, Blitz. He worked there for 18 years as a cartoonist and an analyst. He changed his career preferences when he joined Basu Bhattacharya as an assistant director for...
Date of Birth: 10-01-1927
Date of Death: 04-06-2020
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 10-01-1927
Date of Death: 04-06-2020
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

39. Rajkumar Hirani


Rajkumar-Hirani.jpg Rajkumar Hirani is one of the ace director, screenwriter, producer in the contemporary Bollywood. He is one of the directors who distinctively portrays the reality of the society with a touch of sarcasm and humor. He was born and brought up in Nagpur, Maharashtra and did his graduation in Commerce since because his dad wanted him to be a charted...
Date of Birth: 20-11-1962
Age: 61
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 20-11-1962
Age: 61
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

40. Pankaj Kapur


Pankaj-Kapur.jpg Pankaj Kapur is a prominent Indian actor and director who has shown his talent through various mediums such as theatre, television and film actor from Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He is a screenwriter, director as well as an actor, a multi-talented personality. Pankaj has appeared in several acclaimed television serials and films. Some of his film roles that are remembered till...
Date of Birth: 29-05-1954
Age: 70
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 29-05-1954
Age: 70
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

41. Arun Nalawade


Arun-Nalawade.jpg Arun Nalawade is an Indian Marathi film and theatre actor, producer and director, who earned fame and success after he acted and co-produced the Marathi film, Shwaas which was released in year 2004. The film is the official entry of India to the Oscar Awards 2004 and it received the 6th place position in the 77th Academy Award for being...
Date of Birth: 16-08-1963
Age: 61
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 16-08-1963
Age: 61
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi