Hindi Awards 64th National Film Awards - Cast & Crew

Priya Arun Berde is an Indian cinema actress who has appeared in several Marathi films. She is the widow of Laxmikant Berde, a well-known Marathi and Hindi film actor, and the daughter of actress Lata Arun. Abhinay Berde is her son, and Swanandi is her daughter. She began her acting career in 1988 and appeared in several Marathi movies, including Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi, Rangat Sangat, Bandivan Me Hya Sansari, Nashbwan, Eeja Beeja Teeja, Dharla Tar Chavtay, Dhamaal Bablya Ganpyachi, Dokyala Taap Nahi, Lapwa Chhapwi, Natarang, Ek Maratha Lakh Maratha, Kuthe Kuthe Shodhu Mi Tela, and many others.

She made her Bollywood debut as Sheela in Deedar (1992) and went on to act in several Hindi movies, including Sone Ki Zanjeer, Beta, Ek Hota Vidushak, and Anari. Padosan (1995) (DD Metro), Ajunahi Chandraat Aahe, Nana O Nana, Bhagya Lakshmi,...

Lipika Darai or Lipika Singh Darai is an Indian film director and filmmaker. She is from Odisha. She learned Sound Recording and Design at the Film and Television Institute of India. Before becoming a director and filmmaker, she worked as a sound recordist in the Odisha film industry. During childhood, she was very attached to a bird and a rose plant. These connections help her to develop new thoughts on making films. Lipika also made a documentary 'Some Stories around Witches' that is about a witch hunt. Her short film 'The waterfall' discusses the correlation between human beings and nature. She also made the film Kankee O Saapo.

Nina Sabnani is an artist and storyteller who tells her stories through video, artwork, and writing. She graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Vadodara with a bachelor's degree in painting and a master's degree in film from Syracuse University in New York. At the IDC, she did her Ph.D. Nina has made Mumbai her home after teaching for two decades at Ahmedabad's National Institute of Design. Her video and illustrated bookwork aim to combine animation and ethnography. Nina Sabnani is a Professor at IIT Bombay's Industrial Design Centre. She taught at NID, Ahmedabad,  and oversaw the Animation and New Media disciplines for several years. Mukund and Riaz received critical acclaim worldwide, both as an animated film and an illustrated book published by Tulika.

Nina has illustrated and created several bo...

Soumya Sadanandan was born on 22nd July; 1985 in Sooranad Kollam, a District in Kerala, India. She is a director and an actor in the Malayalam film industry. She was brought up at Thiruvananthapuram, who has completed her schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya. After that, she earned a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. After getting a degree, she worked with Aditya Birla Minacs, Bengaluru for four years before joining Film Industry. In 2010, she joined the film industry. She had shot a one-minute-long short film named "Rooh" from her mobile phone, which tells about an individual embracing a new identity.

One of her friends, Rappamma, came up with the idea of the movie, which was based on “Women Empowerment”. She directed many films. Jaw...

Cannes prize-winning filmmaker Shirley Abraham is an Indian filmmaker and a judge at the Oscars. Shirley Abraham hails from a non-filmy background in Bhopal, India. She did her schooling at St. Joseph’s Convent School in Bhopal. Being a bright student, she always topped the class. Films were never a topic of discussion in her household, and so she had to sneak under her blankets to watch movies. Growing up, Shirley Abraham aspired to become a journalist and so opted to do her under graduation in journalism in Delhi. And then, she pursued her post-graduation in Mass Communication at AJK Mass Communication Centre in Jamia Millia Islamia.

Once she graduated, Shirley Abraham realized filmmaking was her true calling. Shirley Abraham, along with her JMI batch mate Amit Mahadesiya, direc...

Sarvnik Kaur – A National Award-winning director and a distinguished writer. Sarvnik Kaur was born and brought up in Delhi. She grew up with her sisters, Ramneec Ahuja and Amandeep Kaur, a leading celebrity fashion stylist. After completing her schooling, she joined Delhi College of Arts and commerce in 2001. Later, Sarvnik Kaur did her MA in Mass Communication in films from AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi from 2007 to 2009. During her time in JMU, Sarvnik Kaur has directed several films. The film Beej Daan is about creating awareness on sperm donation, and Labyrinth is a movie about time. Her other film Moonlighting explores the duality of human character. Sarvnik Kaur moved to Mumbai after her graduation.

She aspired to become a w...

A pediatrician by profession, a distinguished director, an actress, and a radio host – Santawana Bardoloi is a woman of many talents. She, being a two-film old, has already bagged two National Film Awards. Santawana Bardoloi was born on 10th September 1978 and brought up in Uzab Bazar, Guwahati, Assam, along with her five siblings. Growing up, she enjoyed reading books, watching plays and has also learned the basics of music. Once, she attended a music audition at Akash Vani in Guwahati. Though she didn’t get selected, it paved the way to become a performing artist in radio. She has worked on some of the great plays with many notable personalities at that time. Being good at studies, Santawana Bardoloi enrolled in a medical college.

She was famous for her storytelling skills...

Iman Chakraborty is an Indian playback singer who is one of the few singers to have received a National Award for her debut song. Iman Chakraborty was born on 13th September 1989 in a town called Liluah in Howrah district of West Bengal to Shankar Chakraborty and Krishna Chakraborty. She has always been surrounded by music, as her father was a Tabla player, and her mother was a singer. Since young, she learned music from her mother and also got fascinated by Rabindranath Tagore’s works. So, she wanted to become a singer and couldn’t think of any other profession as her future. An ardent fan of folk music and Rabindra Sangeet, Iman Chakraborty is a trained Hindustani Classical singer.

Iman Chakraborty did her Ph.D. on ...

Zaira is an Indian Television and Movie Actress. She was born on the 23rd of October in the year 2000. She belongs to the controversial state of Jammu and Kashmir and is a Kashmiri by birth. She turned 16 in 2016 and is currently studying in 10th standard in a missionary school in Kashmir. She has been in front of the cameras even as a child and can be seen in numerous television ad campaigns. She can be seen in an Indian satellite TV provider commercial of Tata Sky and an advertisement for Nokia smartphone commercial, Nokia Lumia. She rose to fame with her performance in ‘Dangal’.

The highest grossing flick of India brought her international attention. She is also the female protagonist in Aamir Khan’s 2017 production – ‘Secret Superstar’. Her career in Bollywood started in ...

Sonam Kapoor, Daughter of Anil Kapoor and model Sunita Kapoor, is a Bollywood actress who was born in the suburb of Chembur, Mumbai on 9 June, 1985. The Kapoor family then moved to Juhu where Sonam Kapoor did her schooling and was raised. She is the eldest of her three siblings. Belonging to the oldest family in the industry "kapoors", she got her first break in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie- Saawariya . This was not new to her that she was offered such a movie, because she was offered Saawariya when she was just 17 but due to her weight she had to wait and after losing some she was finally ready to take up the movie.

Before she came into the Bollywood industry she was a waitress just to increase her pocket money. But this only lasted for a week. When she was young she did not have this perfect figure. Before...

Neha Sharma is born in Bihar. But she migrated to New Delhi and Mumbai to pursue her career in modeling and films. She was born on November 21, 1987. She begged her famous role in Ekta Kapoor’s film ‘Kyaa Super Kool Hai Hum’ which established her as an actress in Bollywood. The film is a sequel of Kya Kool Hain Hum.

This film released in 2012 and The film was a super hit at the box office and it was a full-fledged role to gain her super stardom in cinema. Before making her move to Bollywood, she was a student in National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi. The flamboyant actress scored over the newcomers for her effervescent looks in ‘Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum.

’Her first break in teh movie came ...

Surabhi Lakshmi hails from the town of Narikunni in Kozhikode, Kerala. Having passed her BA in Bharathanatyam, with a first rank from the Kaladii Sree Sankaracharya College; she has also completed her MA in Theatre Arts, with a passion for the theatre. She was part of Suvarna Theatre’s award winning play “Yakshikathakalum Naattuvarthamanangalum” which won her the Kerala Sahitya Nataka Academy’s Best Actress Award.

Surabhi caught the attention of the mainstream movie directors after her win in the reality show “Best Actor” in Amritha TV in 2008. Following this, she has performed in several films including the following: Thirakkatha, Gulmohar, Katha Thudarunnu, Pakal Nakshatrangal, Kancheepurathe Kalyanam, Housefull, Ezhu Sundara Rathrikal, Njanum Ente ...

Vishal Sangwai is a cinematographer from India who has worked on several films. He's been in the industry for almost ten years. He began his career as a camera assistant on "Kismat Konnection" (2008). He's done a lot of work behind the camera and has done a great job in every film he's worked on. He was in charge of settling on the camera, film stock, lenses, filters, and other equipment, as well as making creative and technical decisions concerning the image. He has worked in both Bollywood and South Indian films, including as an assistant camera in “Komaram Puli”. “Heroes” (2008), “Delhi 6” (2009), “Vada Raha” (2009), “London Has Fallen” (2016), and “Aprhan” are among his other films and...

Nur Islam is an Indian child artist predominantly known for the 2017 Bengali film Sahaj Pather Gappo featuring Samiul Alam and Sneha Biswas. He has also been a part of the movie Colors Of Innocence as Chhotu. This movie portrays two brothers, Chhotu and Gopal, from an underprivileged family in a Bengal village. 

Ajith has 25 years of expertise in the field of audio engineering and has worked as a mix engineer or sound designer on several films in a variety of languages. In addition to serving as a consultant at SJCC College of Communication, the first multimedia institute in Kerala, he played a virtual role in the establishment of the KR Narayanan National Film Institute in Kottayam, Kerala, the third National Film Institute in India. His fields of study include sound engineering, sound mixing, and sound design. He has held the position of Technical and Operational Head at Trivandrum's Vismayas Max Studio Complex. This was Kerala's first fully functional post-production facility. He played a crucial role in creating the Cochin studio division and making the studio the finest in Kerala.

Additionally, serving as Consultant Techni...

Rajiv Shinde is a teacher who has followed his dream to gain dignity. He is a professor of the Arts College and the head of the department of Applied Arts. He has explained that he loves to teach, so he chose to teach. However, now he is on his way to pursue his passion as a director and a writer. He was born on July 19, 1959. Rajiv Shinde has introduced to the industry how to make quality movies. Rajiv Shinde came up with dramas like Gela Madhav Kunikade, Thodasa Logic, Thodasa Magic. Both have set a different mark for the upcoming movie makers and writers. However, he has also made Konkani movies like Dekhani Durai. This movie has gained a lot of awards and appreciation. Apart from all these masterpieces, Rajiv Shinde got recognition after the film K Sera Sera in 2016.

Jaicheng Dohutia is an Indian writer, producer, and director. He was born and raised in Assam, India. He studied film at Jyoti Chitraban Film and television institute, Guwahati. His debut movie is Haanduk (the hidden corner). Haanduk is centred on authentic news incidences and stories. This beautiful movie got a lot of love from the audience and won multiple awards like The Jury Grand Prize at 18th MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2016, Best Director at Pickur Flick Indie Film Festival, NETPAC Award for Best Asian film at All Light International Film Festival, Best Film at 7th Assam State Awards 2018 and Best Regional Film at 64th National Film Awards 2016.

Nirmal Chander is an Indian documentary filmmaker and editor. The three-time National Award winner has also been credited for directing India’s official entry for the Oscars 2020. A native of Rajasthan, Nirmal Chander Dandriyal was born in Chennai and grew up in different cities as his father worked in the Air force. He completed his schooling in Delhi and pursued his Bachelor’s in Science from Rajasthan. Later, he moved back to Delhi and worked in a studio as an apprentice. Gradually, he learned video editing and joined Ten Sports channel to work as an editor and program producer. Besides, he also performed as an editor for several documentaries and short films. Nirmal Chander is happily married to Reena Mohan, who is also an acclaimed documentary filmmaker.

Nirmal Chander ...

Tushar Madhav is an Indian documentary filmmaker from Mumbai. He learned filmmaking at the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre (2007-09). He graduated in Arts, Economics from Hindu College University, Delhi (2003- 2006). Tushar's first movie Soz- A Ballad of Maladies, won India's 64th National film awards for The Best Debut Film. Other mentions include Ram Bahadur Trophy for the Best Film and the Best Documentary at 10th IDSFF Kerala. These awards helped him start the investigation for making a film on the heritage of popular Gond Pradhan artist Jangarh Singh Shyam.

Tushar studies very thoroughly on the topic on which he has to make a documentary. Currently, he is studying the artistic development that took place in the 1980s at Bharat Bhawan. His other projects constitute Homespun, and This is My Hood.

Shibu Prusty was born in 1980. He's one of the national award-winning film directors. The director won the National award in the 64th National Film award 2017. In the art culture film category, he won a National award for his Odia documentary feature film, The Lord of the Universe. He pursued his diploma in cinematography, master in journalism and mass communication first-class, and is presently working as a cinematographer in Hindi films and TV Shows.

While he was doing Marine engineering,he developed an interest in film creating and opt for cinematography as his career. He did it in Biju Patnaik Film and TV Institute in Cuttack.  SK Sahu is his Guru. After three years of learning, he began his career in the Mumbai film industry with Rajlaxmi Film production; then, he worked in numerous production homes like...

Krishnendu Bose is a versatile Indian filmmaker who doesn’t restrict himself to a particular genre. He has produced and directed documentaries on Ecology and Conservation, Community Struggles, Gender Politics, Reality shows, and more. Krishnendu Bose is from Delhi. After completing his schooling at St. Xavier’s Senior Secondary School in Delhi, he joined Hindu College University of Delhi and pursued his Bachelor’s degree in Economics in 1980. Krishnendu Bose always aspired to become a filmmaker, but Krishnendu Bose felt he needed some time to gather his thoughts. So, in 1983, he did his Master’s in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. Krishnendu Bose is married to Madhurima Sen Bose, and they have two children. In 1990, Krishnendu Bose founded Earthcare Producti...

Naveen Paul is the Co-founder and the Creative Head of NY VFXWAALA and is the recipient of the Star Screen Award, and Zee Cine Award, 2017, and the 64th National Award for Best Visual Effects for Hindi motion picture - Shivaay He was featured in hot topic 100 by Digital Studio magazine for three consecutive years - 2015, 2016, and 2017. He got nominated for the Best Visual Effects for Dilwale 2015 – Filmfare, Zee Cine, and Star Screen Awards; the Best Visual Effects in Singham Returns, 2015 for the Zee Cine and Star Screen Awards. Naveen has seventeen plus years of experience with high-end film-based VFX Pipelines as a VFX Supervisor / Creative Director and has extensive experience as a senior, lead, and supervising artist and has proved his aptitude for management. He has done his high school ...

Anupam Roy is an Indian lyricist who worked for the Bengali film industry. He was born on 29th March 1982 in Kolkata, West Bengal, and a multi-talented singer, lyricist, composer, and playback singer. Amake Amar Moto Thakte Dao and Benche Thakar Gaan was his first debut and was appeared on the soundtrack of the 2010 Bengali movie Autograph. He also worked for the Bollywood film Piku in 2015 and was his first Bollywood debut. Anupam released his fourth studio album Ebar Morle Gachh Hawbo on 14th February 2017 and consists of songs like Amar Shohor, Oestrogen, Rock n Roll, Choiter Kafon, and Byatha Lage.

As a singer and songwriter he worked in movies like Second Sex in 2013, Bela BoyeJaay in 2020, Ocean Calls My Name in 2021, Bhalo Theko 19 in 2020, Manush BhaloNei in 2021, and many other...

Sunil Sukthankar was born on May 31, 1966, in Karad, India, and has been a part of the filmmaking team with female filmmaker Sumitra Bhave since 1985, winning honors for their work on social issues and feminism. Sunil Sukthankar is a Marathi filmmaker who primarily works in the Marathi cinema and theatre. Sukthankar and Bhave have collaborated in fourteen feature films, over fifty short films, and four television series written by Bhave.

He earned his bachelor's degree in commerce from Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce in Pune. He went on to study film direction at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. Anuttar was the title of his first film. Sukthankar authored and directed various plays and street plays. Sukthankar was introduced to Bhave by her daughter while making her maiden short film Bai after...

Deep Choudhury is a well-known Indian director for his work in Bengali cinema. He made his directorial debut with the 2018 movie Alifa, which took home the National Film Award for Best First Feature Film of a Director. Choudhary's second film Asha Jaoar Majhe was released in 2019, starring Tota Roy Chowdhury and Konkona Sen Sharma, and it was a great hit with a good critic. The story was on tackling the topic of mental illness so delicately, and the movie was accoladed. Later on, he directed two other films which were of success, including Dwitiyo Purush in 2020 and Anuranan in 2022. Deep Choudhary was born in West Bengal.

He had an interest in filmmaking since childhood and went on and pursued filmmaking at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, Maharashtra. After earning his degree from the FTII, he wo...

Deepak SV is the creative director at Accel Media Ventures Limited, who hails from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is working in the entertainment industry for a long time and is a strong media and communication professional skilled in film direction. He graduated from the University of Kerala. He is the founder of Dreamergo Sequential Imageries Pvt Lmt. It focuses on creating world-class, premium media content for conventional media as well as OTT platforms. Apart from that, it is the first Previz Design firm based in India. It provides exclusive and creative visual development facilities such as Concept art, Pre-Visualization, and Storyboard-Animatics to Theatrical features, advertising, television games, graphic novels, and other neo media. The company has acclaimed National Film Awardee Creative Director. He received the 64th National Film...

Rohit Vaid is an actor and film director in the Hindi Entertainment Industry. He currently lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is best known for his movie Mahayoddha Rama as a debut director. Rohit has also won an award at the 64th National Film Awards as the Best Animation Film for Mahayoddha Rama. The film Mahayoddha Rama is an animated one that Vaid has created in a different way to serve the story of Ramayana to the Youth. He has portrayed the character Raavana as a villain of the coming age with the involvement of the VFX effects.

Mahayoddha Rama got released in 2016, having voiceovers of eminent artists like Kunal Kapur, Gulshan Grover, and Mukesh Rishi. Rohit Vaid has revealed that it was a dream come a real moment for him to win an award at the first short. Apart from being a director and actor, Rohit is also a s...

Samiul Alam is an Indian Child Actor. He is best known for Bengali movies. Samiul Alam’s latest movies include Sahaj Pather Gappo starring Nur Islam and Sneha Biwas. His 2019 movie release includes Parineeta, directed by Raj Chakraborty. He is also a part of Tangra Blues which was released in 2021, Adventure of Jojo in 2018, Dracula Sir in 2020 and Parineeta in 2019. He received the National Award in 2016 for the Best Child Artist for his performance in the film Sahaj Pather Golpo. He has done many Bengali films.

Kaushik Ganguly is an Indian director who worked for the Bengali film industry. He was born on 4th August 1968 in Kolkata, West Bengal. Kaushik worked as a director, actor, and screenwriter who worked in many Bollywood movies and TV series. He completed his school at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur, and completed his graduation from Jadavpur University.

As a director, he worked in movies like Shunyo E Buke in 2005, Rang Milanti in 2011, Bastu Shaap in 2016, Kishore Kumar Junior in 2018, Manohar Pandey in 2021, Chaya O Chobi in 2017, Brake Fail in 2009, and many others.

Mohan Kanda is an Indian civil servant who was born on September 4, 1945. He is a 1968 batch Indian Administrative Service officer. In 2005, he stepped down as Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh. He is a member of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Mr. Bheema Shankaram Kanda, a High Court judge, and Mrs. Papayamma, a notable social reformer, raised him in a Telugu Brahmin household. He attended All Saints High School in Hyderabad and received his bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from Osmania University's Nizam College. His thesis earned him a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Osmania University. Sitaram Yechury, a politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), is his nephew. As a child actor, he appeared in a few Telugu films under the stage name "Master Mohan.” “Pelli Ches...

Jayadevan Chakkadath, a sound editor and recordist from Thrissur, is well recognized for his Malayalam films. He was born in Thrissur, Kerala, India, on January 13, 1981. K Aravindakshan and Vijayalakshmi are his parents, and he's a sound editor, sound designer, dialogue editor, foley editor, and remixer. In 2017, he received the National Film Award for Best Audiography for Kaadu Pookkunna Neram. Dr. Biju directed, which received two Kerala State Film Awards for Best Sound Recordist in 2017. In 2007, he graduated from the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata with a post-graduate diploma in sound recording and engineering. From 2015 to 2017, he worked at the Srishti School of Arts, Design, and Technology in Bangalore. He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Cochin University of Science and Technology (1998-200...

Sumitra Bhave – a remarkable director, renowned producer, and a phenomenal scriptwriter with multiple National Awards in her kitty. No words could do justice to what she did for the film industry for over four decades. Born on 12th January 1943 in Pune, Sumitra Bhave grew up in Pune and completed her schooling. She did her Bachelor’s degree from Fergusson College in Pune. Sumitra Bhave is a double Master’s degree holder. She earned her first Master’s degree in Political and Science Sociology from Pune University and did her second Master’s at Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

Following her education, Sumitra Bhave worked at All India Radio as a Marathi News Reader. She associated herself with many organizations and also worked at Karve Institute of Social ...

Alpesh Nagar is an actor and cinematographer from India. He was born in India. So far, Alpesh Nagar has worked predominantly in the Indian entertainment industry and his artwork has been released in Telugu language web series and movies. Alpesh Nagar is well known for Kalpvriksha, a drama and fantasy film released in the year 2016, Shikara, a romance and drama film released in the year 2020, and Hichki, a drama and comedy film released in the year 2018. In addition to that, he also worked on Humorously Yours, a drama and comedy series in the year 2016. Alpesh Nagar won the 64th National Film Awards.

Six times National Film Awards winner, Syed Sultan Ahmed is a Film Producer, Educator, and an entrepreneur. Syed Sultan Ahmed proved versatility at its best by being the best in every field he entered. Syed Sultan Ahmed was born on October 2 and grew up in Bangalore. He attended St. Germain High School in Bangalore from 1982 to 1990. Sultan Ahmed pursued his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Dayananda Sagar Institutions in 1993. He gained the yearning to become an entrepreneur during his college days. After graduating from college in 1999, Syed Sultan taught the school children the art of debating.

In 2015, Sultan Ahmed graduated his Entrepreneurs Masters Program from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States. He worked as a Master Trainer in Dale Carnegie Institute, USA. He is happily marrie...

Nikhil Manjoo Lingiah is an Indian actor turned director, who is known for his work in the Kannada industry. He has acted in a few films, and one of the known films is White Boldu, which released in 2017. Nikhil then took the path to become a director and has directed quite a few films. ‘Ammana Mane’ is one of the films which has been directed by him. This movie was released in 2019 and starred famous actors like Manasi Sudhir, Suchendra Prasad, Raghavendra Rajkumar, and Pranaya Murthy. This movie was based on a mother’s love and its purity. It highlighted how important it is to love someone and reciprocate the love back.

Shubhashish Bhutiani is an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter and, scriptwriter. He was born on 21 July 1991. The film entitled, MuktiBhawan marked his directorial debut. The film is based on family and relationships. He has won National Film Award- Special Mention for directing “MuktiBhawan” at 64th National Film Awards. Mumbai lad, Bhutiani was merely 21 when he scribed and directed Kush, his film for his undergraduate course at the School of Visual Arts, New York.

It is set against the background of the 1984 awful riot. His UG film betrayed his sensitivity and his proficiency as well. It also fetched him many awards or laurels. Venice International Film Festival, the National Award for Best Production Film and near 25 International awards. Kush was selected for the 2014 Academy Award for Best Live Action S...

Satish Vegesna is a Telugu film screenwriter and director, known for his contributions in the Telugu film industry. Satish was born in Tanuku town of the West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh, India. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Arts. Vegesna is known for his popular Telugu film Sathamanam Bhavati, which gained him immense popularity and earned him multitudes of awards and credits. He has gained the Golden Lotus Award for best popular movie providing wholesome entertainment, at the 64th Annual National Film Awards. The team garnered immense appreciation for establishing a mood of jubilation in an unexplored and unique manner while respecting family values. The movie also garnered accolades like the state Nandi Awards, in the category of Best Direction, as well as Best Home Viewing Feature Movie.

Satish was also employ...

Mikhil Musale is a director who works in the Bolywood and Gujarati film industry. Mikhil was born on 3^rd November 1982 in a Maharashtrian family living in Gujarat. Mikhil was brought up in Ahmedabad, where he completed his schooling and graduation. Mikhil is an engineer who graduated in 2010. During his college days itself, Mikhil had shown huge interest in moving into the cinema line and becoming a director.

During the 2010s, Gujarati films that were being made were not getting as much attention from the people, the movies that were being released didn’t have the attraction for the Gujarati audience to go and watch. Upon completing his graduation, Mikhil moved to Mumbai, in hopes of becoming a director, but things didn’t go as he planned. Hence, Mikhil moved back to Ahmedabad and decided to rather put al...

National Award-winning Director (Film Kanche), and co-director Krish is known as one of the creative Filmmakers in the industry. He is famous for his movies in different genres. He showcased his talent by achieving Film fare award for a 1st movie in his carrier, Gyanam a Telugu movie, it broke all the records, and its remake came into three different languages (Tamil, Bengali, and Kannada).

This Movie makes him famous as a director in Tollywood. In his ten years of the carrier, he directed ten movies & Special things about those film are, each of them belongs to very different category. He amazed everyone with the first multi starrer Telugu film-Vedam, which was the blockbuster hit of 2010.

He directed many award-winning films in his carrier like Vaanam, Kanche, Gautamiputra satkarani etc. He made his debut in hindi...

Showcasing talents at a young age, Adhish Praveen is an Indian child actor who is astonishing the Malayalam Movie industry with acting skills. Born in Kerala, Adhish started his career young on the silver screen with Ben, a Malayalam movie of the year 2015. This movie focused on a boy named Ben and how his life moves around with a change in surroundings. Here, Adhish played the role of Chaami. This movie was hailed as one of the best Malayalam movies of all time. And because of his brilliant acting skills, Adhish quickly gained a favorable image in the Malayalam movie industry.

Next, Adhish continued his acting career with Oru Muthassi Gadha, a comedy family movie, which released in the year 2016. The movie, too, was critically praised. As his journey in the movie industry continued, so did his acting career. The actor had a bu...

Manohara K is the teen actor of the movie ‘Railway Children’ who won accolades for the whole team in a National Film Festival and even at the various International Film Festivals. He is the discovery of the director Prithvi Konanur who also wrote the screenplay of the movie. This film fetched Manohara K National and State awards for Best Child Artist.  It’s such a singular performance in a movie full of great ones.

The director Prithvi was on the lookout for an actor who could resemble the look, style, and even body languages for the character of Jillu. But now, he wants to complete his studies first, earn a degree and they would think twice about acting.

It is said that actually, director Prithvi Konanur had to convince him to play the role. The director even promised him that he would prepare hi...

Sundarayyar is an Indian singer born in 1976 in the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu. He completed his education from Government music college, Chennai. Apart from being a singer, he is a school teacher and street play performer as well. During his early days, he worked as a school teacher and performed street plays. He auditioned for the film “Joker” and appointed for recording soundtrack. His first film gained him popularity and recognition. The year 2017 seemed to be a game-changer for him.

Not only his film made him a singing star in the industry but also he was awarded India’s most prestigious award for singers, “National Film Award for best male playback singer”. Talking about his love life, he is married to Kavitha. The singing star is popularly known as a playback singer for his folk songs...

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.

Centrality and fun are reliably on a degree if one is made strategies to push toward finding the opportunity to be showbiz impact in the showbiz. In like way, it is magnificent not to get incredibly worried in work as it will impact the presentation on set. A serene and incorporated entertainer appeared to stimulate during the major...

Tanuj Tiku is a successful composer and musician from Mumbai, where he creates a great deal of work for movie soundtracks. He finished his primary education from The Scindia School at Gwalior in 2001. He graduated from De Montfort University in Leicester, UK with the degree of BA in Music Technology and Innovation.

Tanuj got his MA degree in Post Production and Film Music Composition from Bournemouth University. He studied under well-known musician Stephen Deutsch. He worked on several commercials, more than 50 highlight films and numerous tunes for a portion of the best movie producers, arrangers, and brands in India.

He has likewise been a piece of honor winning motion picture scores such as Parched by Leena Yadav, Kai Po Che! By Abhishek Kapoor and Madras Café by Shoojit Sircar. His music has likewise been hig...

T Sivakumar is an indian actor and a visual artist who has played a vast range of roles, both leading and supporting, in the tamil cinema. His first appearance was in the movie kakkum karangal in 1965. Syam pushkaran is a scriptwriter well known for his work in malayalam cinema. He began his journey in the industry with salt n pepper co-written with dileesh nair.

Syam wrote screenplays for famous films like 22 female kottayam, da thadiya, idukki gold, rani padmini and the recent one mayaanadhi. He got married to architect ms. Unnimaya prasad in 2012.

He was born as a second child to ms. Geetha devi and mr. N. Pushkaran on 6th september 1984. His birthplace was thuravoor town in alappuzha district, kerala.

He did his schooling from government u.p. school and t.d. higher secondary school, thuravoor. He has done gr...

Sachin Lovalekar, has worked in Marathi and Hindi films as the costume designer. He made his debut in the Marathi film Dombivli Fast (2005) and has, from that point forward, took a shot at a few undertakings. He got the National Film Award for Best Costume Design for his work in the Marathi movie Cycle (2016). He had also worked in Paan Singh Tomar (2012), Court (2015), Killa (2015), Nil Battey Sannatta (2016), Madaari (2016), Newton (2017), (2017) and Lagi Toh Chhagi in 2018.

Bapu Padmanabha is an Indian Musician. He performs Hindustani Classical Music on a Bamboo Flute. He also worked as a composer for a Kannada film. Bapu was born on the 18th of November in the year 1978. He was born in Harihar, Karnataka. He love’s experimenting with Mantra sounds. His soft and restrained music is used in many meditative albums.

Therapy by Bapu Padmanabha, a musical C. D. Was released by External Affairs Government of India to acquaint foreign delegates with Indian Classical Music. Bapu composed music for the Kannada film named Allama Prabhu (2017). He won the National Award for Best Music Direction.

Rameshwar S Bhagat is an award-winning film editor, who is a master of his work. Over the decade, he has led the editorial department for many blockbuster films like Dhoom (2004), Tamil drama thriller Unnaipol Oruvan (2009).

He has worked with the top Bollywood stars like Salman Khan in Ek Tha Tiger (2012), Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) and Sultan (2016). He also worked with Akshay Kumar in Housefull (2010), its sequel Housefull 2 (2012), and the Marathi comedy-drama Ventilator (2016).

He won the Best Editor Award in Film fare for Dhoom. For Ventilator, he won two awards, i.e., one film fare and one national award. In 2019, he worked on the historical drama Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi and the period drama Bharat starring Salman Khan.

Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam was born on 5th November, 1988 in Hanamkonda, Warangal district of Telangana, India. He is a writer and director by profession who majorly works for Telugu Film Industry. He is 28 years old. He started his career in the year 2012. His genre for writing is mainly romantic comedy. He was brought up in Marredpally situated in Hyderabad.

He completed his schooling from Hyderabad Public School and became its alumnus. He also did graduation in Mechanical Engineering from Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology. After his graduation, he found his passion in film industry and to continue with it, he went to study at New York Film Academy and did graduation in film making from there. After the completion of his course, he came back to India and started...

Nila Madhab Panda, born on 18th October 1973 has zodiac sign Libra. He is a director and producer and has also worked as a cinematographer as well. He has been a part of over 70 films and documentaries included, usually which are based on social issues like child labor, education, water scarcity and other issues in the developing India. He has made his way from an unknown village Sonepur, Orissa, India to the Bollywood and has proved that films are a good way to make a change in the society and he received an Award from British Council for Longest Journey, Creative Futures of India in the year 2006.

In the year 1998, Nila Madhab Panda started a multi-media production house called Eleeanora Images. He is married to Barnali Rath Panda. His first film released in 2011. It was written by him; ‘I Am Kalam&rsqu...

One of the toughest works in the world is to work hard and not get that much credit for the work as much as you deserve. Cinematographers are those who do this exactly, and the same goes for Sandeep Patil who has been a cinematographer for a few movies and has also produced one. Sandeep Patil’ s Bollywood debut came from the movie known as ‘Soch Lo’ released in 2010. This movie was a Hindi mystery film produced by Sun Entertainment where a person is betrayed and left to die in a desert, but he manages to survive and then becomes a thug. He meets three youngsters there who promise to help him get back their identity if he manages to bring back the papers of their property from a brute and this is how the movie progresses.

To be a cinematographer of this film was a big deal and with his sheer de...

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.

His short film ‘Aaba’ is the latest film to join that proud lineage. Kaushik started to discuss the film 'Aaba' in more detail on the record at the Berlin International Film Festival. In his interviews with journalists and at public Q&As and queries he stated that the movie was inspired by a general discussion and topic which Kaushik’s mother narrated...

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 Dalai Lama, he likes to call himself "a most unworthy chela" of his. 

Apart from The Dalai Lama, Rajiv Mehrotra was also the student of eminent gurus including Swami Ranganathananda, and yoga icon B.K.S. Iyengar. 

Rajiv Mehrotra was born on 4th March 1953 in Kolkata.  He did most of his early schooling from La Martiniere Calcutta. Later, he joined St. Stephen's college in Delhi, where he did his graduation. He received a Mas...

Ram Madhvani is an Indian Director. He has worked in the Film Industry as well as Television Advertising. He is one of the most prominent directors of ad campaigns on Indian Television. In the year 2004 – 2005, he was given the honor of the Teachers Achievement Award for his impeccable contribution to the advertising world of Hindi Television. He also won a silver and bronze lion in the year 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival for his Happy Dent White Commercial. The short ad film has also won him other prestigious awards like Best Production Design, Best Director and Best Film at the Asia Pacific Awards. By a popular Gunn report, Happy Dent was ranked 11 in the Top 20 commercials of this millennium. It was the only Indian commercial in the list. An ad that Ram directed for Hippo Baked Munchies won a silver acclaim ...

Dileesh Pothan is a prominent Malayalam film actor-turned-director. He was born as Dileesh Philip on February 19, 1981, in Manjoor, District of Kottayam in Kerala, India. He studied at Emmanuel’s High School in Kothanalloor and later pursued a pre-degree at KE College in Mannanam. Later, he took Bachelor of Science at St. Philomena’s College in Mysore. He showed deep interest in cinema and drama, and so he decided to take a Master of Arts (MA) in Theatre Arts and attended the Sree Sankaracharya University of Kerala and a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Theatre Arts at the MG University in Kottayam. Initially, he has worked as an actor and associate director in several films including director Aashiq Babu’s Salt N’ Pepper (2011), 22 Female Kottayam (2012), Da Thadiya (2012), 5 Sundarika...

Raju Murugan was a writer, journalist, and screenwriter. He then turned to become a film director. He started his directing work in the year 2014, with the movie Cuckoo. In the year 2016, Thozha was the film, in which he didn’t direct but was the writer. Then in the same year, he did another movie named Joker, which was both directed and scripted by Raju.In the year 2019, he got two films named Gypsy and Mehandi Circus, which was written by Raju, but only the Gypsy has been directed by him. The cinema named Joker has honored by the Filmfare award for the best film. It also got the national film award for the best feature film in Tamil.

Madhur Bhandarkar is an Indian film director, writer, and producer. He is known for his realistic filmmaking and has received critical acclaim for his work. He was born on 26 August 1968 in Mumbai. He got a job in a video cassette library in Khar, a Mumbai suburb, where he supplied video cassettes on a bicycle. It was here that he found out a treasure trove of movies and made the most of the opportunity to study film-making. He initially worked as an assistant with some filmmakers and eventually got the chance to work as an associate director to Ram Gopal Varma for the film Rangeela (1995). He also played a cameo in this movie. After some years, he made his directorial debut with the movie Trishakti, which was released in 1999. The movie went relatively unnoticed at the box office. Two years later, he direc...

Vairamuthu is a very famous Tamil writer, poet, and lyricist. His full name is Vairamuthu Ramasamy. He was born on 13th July 1953. He was born in a middle-class family to Ramasamythevar and Angammal in Mettur. His family moved to Vadugapatti, Theni in Tamil Nadu when he was four years old. He is famous by the pen name Kaviyarasu or Kaviperarasu. He got married to Ponmani Vairamuthu and had two children, Madhan Karky Vairamuthu, and Kabilan Vairamuthu. He got inspiration from the Tamil and Rationalist movements in the 1960s that enthused him to pursue a career as a writer. He graduated from Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai. As a speaker and a poet, he was highly praised as the best in his college.

His first publication was an initial anthology Vaigara...

A Chennai boy born in Karaikal to the immigrants of Vietnam is famous for his stunt sequences and action director and choreography. He was born and brought up in Chennai itself. He belongs to Tamil Chettiar community. He started off as an extra stunt fighter in many regional films. His first venture as a full-time action director is Murari. Earlier he has worked with pioneers like Kanal Kannan, Ram Gopal Verma, Vijayan, etc. he has done quite a plenty of films in Telegu, Tamil, and Malayalam. He earned critical appreciation and fame through his work in films such as Varsham, Anniyan, Athadu, etc. Ram Gopal Verma, impressed by Hein offered him to work for James and thus it was his ticket to Bollywood. His next Bollywood venture was Mani Ratnam’s Raavan.

He had also ...

Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury is a film director in the Bengali film industry. He has directed and produced several Bengali movies. Aniruddha is involved in this film industry since 1987 and has directed and designed television software and then later produced and directed for many television commercials and advertisements. The brands for which he has produced includes, Philips, Coke, Nestle, Hero Honda, Britannia, Hindustan Levers and more.

Anuranan is the first movie shot by Aniruddha's in the year 2006. It was also the first Bengali film that had been shot in London. Anuranan also got premiered in the 2006's International Film Festival of India. Also, it was given screening at Cannes International Film Festival, Independent South Asian Film Festival...

Subrata Chakraborty is the Managing Director at (BCPL) Brand curry Private Limited. We might see him often in the newspaper making headlines. He is known for his astonishing skill of managing his advertising enterprise. He passionately narrates that advertising was always his first love and he couldn’t have done anything else but advertising. Although his start with political advertising began 3 years after his venture was established, he had clients from reputed Indian companies already.

He says political advertising is like brand advertising for him, as both involves attention of people. Back in 2012 he was a major part of the election campaign in Punjab. He trusts his ability to try different and unique methods to gauge the attention of the mass...

Raju Sundaram is an Indian choreographer, actor, and director. Raju was born on 7th March 1968. His father Mugur Sundar is a prominent choreographer. Raju is the eldest among the three brothers; all the three brothers are choreographers. One is the famous Prabhu Deva and other is Nagendra Prasad. He is married and his wife name is Vasanthi. In his youth he was forcefully taken to film sets by his father to assist him. Raju invented interest in films and choreography after that. Raju started his career being a dancer in films like ‘Roja’, ‘Aasai’ and playing cameo appearances in songs with his brother Prabhu Deva in the films ‘Gentleman’, ‘Kadhalan’.

Then he went on to do a few Kannada films as a lead choreographer. Then he ...

Mohan Agashe is a theater based actor who predominantly takes an interest in stage and plays. He was introduced to films by Shyam Benegal, who made the only art-house film. The actor got a chance to play roles in movies like Bhumika, Manthan, Nishant and went to act in Govind Nihalini’s’ Aakrosh’ and Goutam Ghose’s film ‘Paar’ and Satyajit Ray’s film ‘Sadgati’ too. He acted in many films that were produced by National Film Development Corporation. In 1982 epic biographical film ‘Gandhi’ directed by Richard Attenborough, Mohan Agashe got a chance to play Tyeb Mohammed’s (Alok Nath) friend. After a series of art-house films, he chose commercial cinema too. His first commercial cinema was Yash Chopra’s ‘Mashal’ and then h...

Rajesh Mapuskar is an Indian writer, director, and film-writer. He was born and raised in Shrivardhan, a village in Maharashtra, to father Anant Mahadev Mapuskar and mother, Sindhu Anant Mahapuskar. He completed his schooling from Shrivardhan Public School till grade 10, and later he went to Kirti College, Dadar to pursue a degree in Bachelor of Commerce. He had a joint family, and they owned a cinema hall in the village. He used to clean the hall, distribute tickets, and start the movie as a kid and thus, he developed an interest in the world of Cinema. He was formally introduced to the world of media by a television producer-director, Dr. Satish Rajmachikar. Later on, in 1991, he secured a job in production along with ad film-maker Dilip Ghosh at Z Films where he worked for four years. He then left this job to freelance producing ad ...

Raj Kumar Gupta, a sensational director, made a sound in the Bollywood cinema industry with his different way of telling stories. He comes from a small town Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. Raj Kumar Gupta was born in the year 1976. Raj did his schooling in St. Xavier’s School, Delhi Public School in Jharkhand and went to Ramjas College, Delhi University.

Raj Kumar Gupta is notable not only as a director, but also as a scriptwriter. His debutante movie was ‘Aamir’ which was released in the year 2008 on June 6th. The movie was written and directed by him and it received positive feedback from critics. The movie was shot on a very low budget. It starred Rajeev Khandelwal, and the story revolved around the Muslim guy ‘Aamir Ali’ who has came to Mumbai from the United Kingdom and faced many prob...

Mohan Lal is the Super Star of the Malayalam film industry. He is the Son in Law of a famous producer cum veteran actor Balaji. Mohan Lal is married to Suchithra, the elder daughter of Balaji. Mohan Lal was born in the year 1960 in Elanthoor in Kerala. He is very popular for his natural acting and simplicity. The first movie, he committed was Thiranottam, but the first to release was Manjil Virinja Pookal. This movie had Poornima Jayaram as his pair and that is the debut movie in Malayalam for her too. Rajavinte Makan was the movie that made him to reach super heights. Mohan Lal is not choosey in particular character; but he acts in all types of film that give him a good performance scope.

Till now he did not show him as a Super Star. His humbleness is r...

Tirru is a famous Indian Cinematographer, who has won many awards for his work. He is especially known for his work in the Krrish 3. Tirru was born on 28th March 1968 in Thirunavukarasu district of Tamil Nadu. Apart from being a cinematographer, Tirru is also a screenplay writer. He has worked mainly on Hindi and Tamil movies. He started his career as an assistant to a veteran cinematographer. He worked under P. C. Sriram. He completed his Bachelor in Science when he was twenty-one years old. After completing his graduation, he got interested in photography. He also helped his brother who was a dentist. He worked as an assistant to his brother. He started his job in the field of cinematography with a Tamil movie named Magalirmattum in 1994. The movie didn’t give Tirru any recognition. Though for his e...

Jisshu Sengupta is an artist who is known for his versatile performance in Bengal Film and Television sectors. Originally named as Biswaroop Sengupta, he is fondly called as Jisshu by his friends and family. His father Ujjwal Sengupta too belonged to Bengali film industry whereas Jisshu's mother Mukta Sengupta is from wedding planning industry. On personal front Jisshu is married to Nilanjana Sharma, since 2004. She is daughter of another veteran Bengali Actress, Anjana Bhowmick. Jisshu's fame began in cricket, then strongly routed in Bengali television and film industry. He played for sub-junior level cricket representing Bengal. However, he always wanted to enter silver or movie screen. He got his first break with a television mega serial by name Mahaprabhu. This is a turning point in Jisshu's acting career. He played lea...

Adil Hussain is a prominent Indian television, film and stage actor who predominantly works in the Hindi and art house cinema. He was born on October 5, 1963 in Goalpara, Assam in India, where he was also brought up by his father, who works as a teacher. He used to join school plays and left home when he was eighteen years old to take philosophy course at B. Borooah College in Guwahati. Adil started acting in plays as a stand-up comedian. He used to mimic well-known Bollywood actors in between the Bhaya Mama Group’s (a local stand-up comedian group) performances. He has been a stand-up comedian for six years until he participated in a mobile theatre and worked in some local cinemas. After that, he moved to Delhi and studied at the National School of Dra...

Nagesh Kukunoor was born in Hyderabad to Kusuma Sudarshan and KS Naidu. He completed his high school education at Montfort School, Yercaud. He has a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad and a master’s degree in the same field from Georgia Institute of Technology. After this, he started working at Trinity Consultants in Texas and then Atlanta as an Environmental Consultant. During this period, he attended various workshops in the film. Later, at Warehouse Actor’s Theater in Atlanta he studied acting and direction. He stepped into the film industry in the year 1995, with a short film, One Culture At a Time of which he was the director, producer, and screenwriter. His next movie, Hyderabad Blues in the year 1998 saw him stepping into the shoes of an act...

Akshay Kumar was born on 9th September 1967 and his birth name is ‘Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia’. He is a great Bollywood actor who has acted in more than 100 movies. He is also a producer and martial artist. He has won The Filmfare awards a couple of times. He started off his career as an actor in 1990s, where he had stricken with action based movies initially. He has been greatly appreciated for his drama, romance and comic roles. He is considered to be the only Bollywood actor whose net box office collection is 20 million rupees. He has done a lot of dangerous stunts in movies without a body double. This did gain a name for him as 'Indian Jackie Chan'.

In the year 2008, Akshay Kumar was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of law by the University of Windsor for his contribution in acting. This was a huge pride f...

Manoj Joshi is an Indian television, theatre and film actor. He is better known for his roles in movies than in series. He is well known for his comic roles, and has been praised for his good comedy acting. His birthday is September third. The actor was born in a village called ‘Adapodara’ which is in the northern part of Gujarat. His family is versed in the acting profession, and even his brother Rajesh Joshi was an actor. Rajesh Joshi passed away in the year 1998.

One of his first roles was in the television serial Chanakya which he played before the turn of the millennium. He is also an actor in the Gujarati play of the same name, as well as its director. He won a best actor award for his portrayal of Chanakya in the series. He also acted in soap opera ‘Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka’ on S...

Kasinadhuni Viswanath is a famous south Indian film actor, writer, director. He is from Repalle, Andhra Pradesh. Kasinathuni Viswanath’s father’s name was Subrahmanyam and mother’s name was saraswathamma. He married Jaya lakshmi and he has 3 children and their names are Ravindhranath, Nagendhranath and Padhmavathi. And he has 4 grand children: pranav, hema, swarna, and naren. His mother tongue is Telugu and he can speak Telugu, Tamil, and English. He is having 57 years of working experience in film industry. He got many awards like Nandi awards, National-film awards, Filmfare awards, etc. He did many hit films like shankara baranam, sagara sangamam, etc. He had done many bollywood films like sargam, sanjog, eeshwar, sangeet, etc. He started his career as a technician at Chennai. After that he worked a...

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