Hindi Awards Critics Choice Awards 2023 - Cast & Crew

The woman who lit up every man’s heart during the movie Premam (2015), they were heart beats that batted in sync with the batting of her eyelashes, her smile that plastered smiles on every viewer’s face, the dance moves that surprised everybody, her husky voice, every single aspect about her during the movie made everyone, be it man or woman, sit glued to their seats. This Tamilnadu ponnu, born and brought up in Coimbatore, who played a mallu in the film ‘Premam’, who courageously appeared on screen with her pink pimples since Alphonse felt that it would be natural and also give the rest of the girls confidence about themselves, took Pallavi by surprise since she overcame her inferiority complex about her pimples as well.

Madhu Bhojwani is an Indian Producer who predominantly works in the Bollywood film industry. She was born and raised in the city of Mumbai in Maharashtra. Madhu Bhojwani graduated in 1992 and has a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce, which she received from Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics. After that, she did a course in Inspirational Leadership at The International Institute for Management Development (IMD). Madhu Bhojwani began her career at Emmay Consultants as a part of Academic Counseling & Consulting. In 1996, Madhu Bhojwani co-founded Emmay HR and sold it to the Randstad company in 2004. She spent thirteen years working as a Chief Operating Officer for Emmay HR and steered the company into becoming one of the leading HR and recruitment companies in the country. 

Monisha Advani is an Indian Producer who has produced several blockbuster movies like Airlift, Satyameva Jayate, Batla House, and more under her production house Emmay Entertainment and Motion Pictures. Monisha Advani was born to Suresh Advani and Rekha Advani on May 5, 1970. She also has two brothers, namely Nikkhil Advani, Producer and Director, and Kunal Advani. For her graduation, she flew to United States but eventually dropped out of college. While growing up, Monisha Advani always yearned to start a business. So, it wasn’t surprising when she ventured into the world of business when she was only nineteen. Monisha Advani began her career in 1989 with a student counseling segment called Emmay Consultants.

Kausar Munir is a prominent Bollywood screen writer and lyricist. She was born and raised up in Bandra, Mumbai in India. Music and songs has always been her passion. She studied at Xavier’s College in Mumbai, where she took an English Literature course.

Sakshi Tanwar is a leading Indian television and film actress, best known for her roles as Parvati in Star Plus’s 'Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii' and Priya in Sony Entertainment’s 'Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'.

Vaishali Naik is a renowned name in Bollywood. Being a scriptwriter for movies and serials, she has been active in the industry for the last decade. She was born and brought up In Mumbai, Maharashtra. Since childhood, she has inclined towards film. Her first work as a writer was in a popular daily soap, Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai, which aired from 2017 to 2019. In 2020, she got projects such as Barrister Babu (2020-21) and Shubharambh (2021).

Tillotama Shome is an Indian actress who is known for her performance in the movie Monsoon Wedding directed by Mira Nair. Shome was born in Kolkata. Since her father was in Indian Air Force, Shome was raised in different states. After completing her high school education, Shome went to Lady Shri Ram College ion Delhi. There she joined the Arvind Gaur’s theater group. She went to the United States for pursuing her post-graduation in educational theater from New York University. After completing her post-graduation, she worked as a teaching artist at the University of New York. She taught theater in a US Prison to third-degree convicts. She stayed in New York for four years. In 2008, she returned to India and took up a residence in Mumbai. She was approached by Mira Nair to feature in her film Monsoon Wedding. She portrayed the role of Alice in the movie. After that, she was offered the role of Deepa in the movie Shadows of Time directed by Florian Gallenberge. She also appeared in an Australian movie named The Waiting City directed by Claire McCarthy, in which she played the role of a nun. She also starred in a movie named Gangor directed by Italo Spinelli, which was based on Mahashweta Devi’s novel. She played the role a social worker in the movie. She also appeared in Tasher Desh directed by Qaushiq Mukherjee.

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Nishad Yusuf is an Indian film editor. He was born in Kerala, India. Nishad is married and also has a child. Soon after his graduation, Nishad started working as a freelance film editor. Most of his work has been released in the Mollywood film industry. Some of his best work includes Unda by Khalid Rahman in 2019, Thallumaala by Khalid Rahman in 2022, and Udal by Ratheesh Reghunandan in 2022. Apart from the film industry, he is also very popular on YouTube. He started his YouTube channel in 2008 and has been constantly posting his work there. Nishad still works as a freelancer in the industry.

Suman Sen is a Bengali Director, and he was born on May 15, 1992. He was born, and brought up in a Bengali middle-class family, and belonging to Rishra, Hooghly, West Bengal, India. He went to Rishra Brahmananda Keshab Chandra High School, to complete his junior high school education. For Vocational Senior Secondary education, he enrolled at Ramakrishna Mission Shilpayatana. Later, he joined Ramakrishna Mission Shilpamandira Computer Center, and completed a certified course in Multimedia. In the meantime, he designed a Superhero character named Electronaut. After, creating the character, he wanted to write a story about it.

Gautham Ramachandran is an Indian film director, writer, and screenwriter. He was born and brought up in Kerala, India. So far, Gautham Ramachandran has worked in the Mollywood entertainment industry, and his artwork has been released in Tamil and Malayalam language movies. Gautham has worked in popular movies like Gargi, a Tamil drama film starring Sai Pallavi and Kaali Venkat, which will be released in the year 2023; and Richie, an action and crime film released in the year 2017. He also worked as a second unit director on Mugamoodi, a drama and superhero film that was released in 2012. It was nominated for the SIIMA-Tamil award, Best Actor in a Negative Role award, and Best Female Debutant.

Ajayan Adat was born on December 31, 1987 in Thrissur, Kerala. K Aravindakshan and T Padmavathy are his parents. He is married to Parvathy and is the father of Ammini. He is from Cochin. He works in the movie industry as a recordist and synchronized sound recordist, primarily in Malayalam films. He graduated from Sree Kerala Varma College with a Bachelor's degree in Physics.

Jaideep Ahlawat is an Indian film actor. He was born on 8th February in Jat Family of village Kharkara, Rohtak in Haryana. He completed his graduation from Film and TV Institute of India (FTII), Pune in 2008. After completing his education, he headed Mumbai, to pursue his dreams to become an actor. He started his career in Bollywood with a small role in a short film called ‘Narmeen’ in 2008. Later, he got a role in ‘Aakrosh’ (2010) and the same year, he also starred in a satire comedy film called ‘Khatta Meetha’ wherein his negative role of a politician got appreciated in the film circles. He also did a small role in ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha’ (2010).

Sudeep Chatterjee is a well-known cinematographer in Bollywood. He was the man behind the camera for movies such as ‘Chak De! India’, ‘Iqbal’, ‘Dhoom 3’ and ‘Bajirao Mastani’. Sudeep was born in the city of Kolkata in West Bengal. In his childhood, Sudeep always wanted to express and visualize art. His desire to visualize made him try a hand at painting but it didn’t work out for him. Later when he was in the 10th grade, Sudeep’s father gave him a camera as a gift.

Siddharth Roy Kapur is an Indian businessman, film producer and managing director of Disney India. He hails from a film background; his mother was a film choreographer and his brothers being well known film actors. His father was a Punjabi and mother, Salome Roy Kapur, was a Jew and former Miss India. He is a two time divorcee and is currently married to actress Vidya Balan. He finished his Bachelors in Commerce from the Sydenham College in Mumbai and got his MBA from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), where he was a part of the hallowed Placement Committee.

Nikhil Advani is an Indian movie director, producer and also a screenwriter. He has worked with one of the most famous ecologists Bittu Sehgal and he also works for the noble cause and foundation of Save The Tigers. Emmway Entertainment, a motion picture production company has one of its co-founders as him. Nikkhil was born in the heart of Bollywood, the city of Bombay(now called Mumbai).

Abhay Pannu is a renowned Indian personality who belongs to Jaipur, Rajasthan. He is an actor (he worked in a supporting role), director, second unit assistant director, and writer. Abhay Pannu has completed his higher educational degree from Maharashtra Institute of Technology. He portrayed the role of “Laxy” for the TV series Yeh Meri Family (2018). Abhay Pannu has majorly worked as an assistant director or second unit director for films or TV series like Naam Shabana (2017), Time Out (TV Minis Series; 2017), Kaushiki (2018; TV series), Marjaavaan (2019), Mumbai Diaries (TV Series; 2021). He also wrote dialogues for the TV Series Rocket Boys (2022).

Faisal Malik is an Indian producer working for the Hindi film industry. He is a well-known producer and produced some of the biggest hits of Bollywood. Faisal is a multi-talented producer and actor who worked in many films like Gangs of Wasseypur, Revolver Rani, Main Aur Charles, and Smoke. He played the role of Inspector Gopal Singh in Gangs of Wasseypur, which was an action, crime, drama film, and hit the theatres on 22nd June 2012. It was one of the most loved movies by the Indian public and got so much popular among the young generation of India. Anurag Kashyap was the director and writer of the films with Akhilesh Jaiswal was the co-writer.

Rony David Raj is a professional Indian film actor and a doctor. He preferably works in Malayalam Cinema. Rony has been acted mostly as a supporting role in the industry. He did his primary and secondary studies in his hometown. Rony completed his education in MBBS and worked as a physician in KIMS Hospital before foraying into acting. He started off with his career in 2008. His first acting debut was in the year 2008, with the movie Kurukshetra. Then in the year 2009, he did three movies Chattambinadu, Duplicate, and Daddy Cool. Then in the year 2001, Rony made his debut in five movies named Bodyguard, Aagathan, Best Actor, Sakudumbam Shyamala, and Apoorvaragam. In the year 2011, Traffic was filmed to come up.

Jim Sarbh is an India Theater actor, and also a director. He was born on 27th August, 1987. He did one commercial film in the year 2016 called 'Neerja' which was directed by Ram Madhvani and starring famous actress Sonam Kapoor in the major role. He also received a title of Forbes India 30 under 30 in 2015.. Jim Sarbh is a Mumbaikar and born in a Parsi Family. His mother was a renowned physiotherapist, and his father was a master mariner, who later became a Regional Director of P&O of Ports South and Middle East Asia. He then moved to Australia along with his family when he was three, then later came back to Mumbai at the age of eight. He went to school at the American School of Bombay, after which he did his graduation from Emory University in Atlanta in Psychology.

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.

Babil Khan is an Indian actor who is mainly associated with the Bollywood film industry. He was born in Mumbai. He went to Tridha school, Mumbai. He did BA in film at the University of Westminster, London, England. His father is Irrfan Khan, and his mother is Sutapa Sikdar. He has a younger brother, Ayaan Khan. His father was a great actor in the Bollywood industry who died in April 2020.

Rishab Shetty is a Kannada film actor and director. He was born on July 7 in Keradi Village, Kundapur, Karnataka. He studied film direction at the Government Film and TV Institute in Bangalore and started his career as an Assistant Director to A.M.R. Ramesh in the 2006 bilingual drama film, Cyanide. Afterward, he assisted Arvind Kaushik in a television series before he made his acting debut in the Kannada film, Tuglak (2012), which Kaushik also directed. In 2013, Shetty did a small stint as a police officer in Pawan Kumar’s romantic psychological thriller film, Lucia.