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Arpita Mukherjee is a talented Bengali film actress and model. She studied at Sarada Mission School and graduated from Scottish Church College, Kolkata. She entered the glamor world by accident. Similar to the kids, who grew up in several Bengali families, she has learned singing and dancing at an early age. Since she completed her studies in a residential school, she became an active member of the school’s cultural program such as stage acting, singing, dancing and recitals. When she entered college, acting opportunities have started for Arpita. She first appeared in Shankar Ray’s Bengali film, Partner, in 2008.

Anu Singh Choudhary is a well-known writer from India. She is also a translator and a great filmmaker. She has written for various radio, TV, films, and new media. She has also written and directed award-winning series and numerous documentaries. She is also known for writing and directing “The Good Girl Show.” This was adapted as the award-winning play Antardward: The conflict Within. The conflict within is now being reported into a novel. She has translated numerous novels from English to Hindi. She is the author of books like Neela Scarf, memoir Mamma Ki Diary. She is also a producer and a screenwriter. She has worked in many industries like Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam language web series.

Alokananda Dasgupta is a Mumbai-based Indian classical pianist  and music composer,  who is  recognized for her work in Hindi, Marathi and Bengali cinema. She was born in Kolkata, India to a famous poet and movie-maker, Buddhadeb Dasgupta.

Meenal Agrawal is a famous Production Designer and Art director. She got married in 1996. Ankhon Dekhi, Pari, Qala, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, and more are some of the Bollywood films she has worked on. She creates impressive sets which reflect the themes and characters of the stories. She has received nominations for three awards for Ankhon Dekhi and Pari. She began her career as a photojournalist and worked during the day. She learned how to shoot in different situations and with different lenses. She switched to production design in 2003. She draws inspiration from Art Nouveau, a nineteenth-century artistic movement that influenced the costumes of Qala.

Jasmeet K Reen is an Bollywood famous movie Director and Writer. She is popular for being a Hindi writer and enjoys creating dialogues. Previously, she graduated from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics and, later in the year 2000, completed her film studies at the University of FTII Pune. She started her career at McCann Erickson in 2000 and continued it for two years. She later worked as a client services representative at Ogilvy and Mather. In 2004, she joined White Feather Films and wrote scripts for feature films, ad films, short films, and music videos. Simultaneously, she directed those movies and became an assistant and associate director on six feature films.

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.

Shruti Kapoor is a costume designer working predominantly in the Hindi film industry. Shruti was the costume designer for the film Masaan (2015),  by actors Vicky Kaushal, Richa Chadda, and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015) starring Sushant Singh Rajput and Ak vs AK (2020) by Anurag Kashyap.

Aarti Bajaj is a prominent Indian film editor, popular for working in films like Jab We Met, in 2007, and the psychological thriller film, ‘Aamir’, in 2008, from where she earned her second nomination at the Star Screen Awards. She was also notable for her work in the blockbuster musical romantic drama film, ‘Rockstar’, in 2011, and ‘Highway’, in 2014. She got married to film actor, producer and director, Anurag Kashyap, in the year 2003, but they got a divorce in 2009. They have one daughter named Aliyah. She edited almost all the films of Kashyap, except for Bombay Velvet. 

Aparna Sud is a Production Designer and art director in the Indian film industry who has been working in the films for years. She hails from Shimla and has done a course in Interior Designing alongside her graduation in Chandigarh, after graduation, she moved to Mumbai with the help of her cousin who is well settled in the city.

Mrunmayee Lagoo is a Marathi actress. She is the daughter of famous Reema Lagoo who is known for her roles in movies like ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun’ and ‘Hum Saath Saath Hai’.

Sanya Malhotra is an actress and choreographer and is new to the Bollywood industry. She is a professional ballet dancer. She is well-known for the recent blockbuster movie named “Dangal” which was released in the year 2016 starring Aamir Khan in the lead role. Sanya got popular for this movie only. She has played the role of Aamir Khan’s daughter in the movie. She has got this role after a lot of struggle. She has given many auditions. Now, she wants to work with Ranbir Kapoor. Sanya Malhotra was born in Delhi, India on 27th of February. Her height is 5’5 inches.

Rajshri Deshpande is an Indian actress. She was a media planner before starting her acting career. She is trained in Sword Fighting, Kathakali, and Kalari Payattu. Rajshri has acted in the 2015 year film ‘Angry Indian Goddesses’ for which she was praised, and the film also was acclaimed on the international level; it won the first runner-up award at the People Choice Awards in TIFF and People Choice Award in Rome film festival.

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.

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 of Cannes Film Festival, 2009. She was recognized by the Government of India with the third highest civilian award of India, Padma Bhushan. She was familiar with her screen name Begum Ayesha Sultana. She is related to Rabindranath Tagore from her parental ancestors. She debuted her film career with under the direction of Satyajit Ray in the movie Apur Sansar, which was released in 1959. After the release, she took five more years to appear in her second movie. She was married to Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi on 27th December, 1969. Mansur Ali Khan was the Nawab of Pataudi and the former captain of Indian Cricket team. With marriage, she converted to Islam and rechristened herself as Ayesha Sultana. She had three children with Masur Ali, who are the actors Saif Ali Khan, Saba Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan. Mansur Ali Khan is one of the co-founders of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and worked as the administrator in the early days of BCCI. After the demise of her husband, in November 2012, Ayesha requested BCCI to recognize the upcoming cricket series between England and India to name after her husband. Thought she is from Bengal, she appeared mostly in Hindi movies. On the other hand, she has also appeared in a Marathi movie called Samaantar. She was active as an actor from 1595 till 1984 and from 1990 till 2010. She was the first Indian actress to appear in Bikini in 1967, for her English movie An Evening in Paris. She appeared in Aradhana, Amar Prem, Maalik, Gulzar etc. She acted opposite to Rajesh Khanna and they stood as a hit pair, counting six box office hits. She was awarded and honored with several awards in state, national and international levels. Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters of France in 2004 and Outstanding Achievement in Indian cinema — Floriana IIFA Awards, Toronto in 2011 were her honors in the international reputation. She won two National Film Awards in 1976 and 2004. She won two Filmfare awards in 1969 and 1997 and the list continues.

Sonakshi Sinha is a well-known Indian Actress. She is the daughter of veteran actors Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam Sinha. Her father is now a politician from Bharitya Janta Party. She was born on 2 June 1987 in Mumbai. She has two brothers Luv and Kush. She did her schooling from Arya Vidya Mandir, Mumbai and graduation from Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University, Mumbai in Fashion Designing.

Sinha first worked as a costume designer and designed costumes for movie ‘Mera Dil Leke Dekho’. She did Modeling before moving to the big screen and walked the ramp in Lakme Fashion Week, 2008 and 2009.

She made her acting debut in the Salman Khan co-starred Dabangg, which turned out to be a huge success. For this role she had to lose almost 30 kilos. She followed a strict diet and workout regime. She donated the signing amount for the film to Salman Khan’s charitable organization Being Human. After her initial release she worked in many big films such as Rowdy Rathore, Son of Sardaar, Dabangg 2 and many others making unconventional beauty an established name in Bollywood.

She made her kollywood debut in Lingaa opposite to Rajnikanth. Currently she is working on an action-drama Akira which is set to be launched in near future.

She has won numerous awards for her work and received positive comments.

She is an animal lover and active member and face of PETA. She starred in a video asking people to adopt animals and have them sterilized. Sonakshi likes sketching, listening to music, hanging out with friends and watching movies.

Sonakshi has also been in the limelight in past years surrounding various controversies.

She has been romantically linked to her co-star Arjun Kapoor. Both of them were spotted together on many occasions however there is no confirmation from the two.

The Sinha Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Shernaz Patel is an Indian theater and film actor born on January 1, 1970, in Mumbai. Burjor Patel and Ruby Patel are her parents. Her parents are veteran Gujarati stage artists, and thus, Patel grew up in a theater environment. She completed her schooling in Fort Convent School. She actively participated in plays during her school days. She was also the part of a play directed by Pearl Padmasree. She completed her studies at Elphinstone College, University of Mumbai. Later she got acting training from Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Patel mainly works in Hindi and English films. She rose to fame from the movie Black and appreciated for her role in Guzaarish. Patel portrayed the role of Rani Mukherjee’s Mother in Black.

Maanvi Gagroo is a Bollywood actress, a Theatre artist, and a Television artist as well. She was born in Delhi, India, on September 5, 1985. Her star sign is Virgo. She is famous for her role as ‘Mitu’ in the recent hit,Aamir Khan’s PK (2014), which is a comedy sci-fi movie that was directed by Rajkumar Hirani, and produced by Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra. She was a student of The Mother’s International School, Sri Aurobindo Marg, and got her graduation in 2003 from that New Delhi school. Then she went to Gargi College to pursue her higher studies in Psychology. Her first TV appearance was reportedly in “DhoomMachaaoDhoom”, a school-allied subject, as Ambika“Bikki” Gill, the Punjabi girl, on Disney Channel from January 2007 to January 2008. This TV serial was about an all-girl Rock band, and it was well received among the teenage audience.

The beautiful Shefali Shah is an actress of Indian origin. Born on July 1972, she belongs to Agra. However, she was born and brought up in Mumbai, where, her dream of being an actress came up. She belonged to a non-film background, her father working in RBI and mother being a homeopathy doctor. The actress found her way into Bollywood through daily soaps and her stupendous acting skills. She has worked in loads of Hindi movies. She made her debut in the drama Rangeela in 1995, sharing the silver screen with Urmila Matondkar and the perfectionist Aami Khan. The actress was seen in a crime movie Satya, where she played a supporting role. Some other movies, in which her acting skills were prevalent are Gandhi-My Father, Kuchh Luvv Jaisa.

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

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

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

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

Family Tree Of Complete Kapoor's Family

Karishma Tanna is an Indian Television actress born on December 21st 1983 in Mumbai. She did many commercial ads for Nirma, LifeBuoy, Stayfree and many others. She graduated from Sydenham college. From the beginning she had interest in acting. After completing her studies she started her acting career from Ekta Kapoor’s most popular drama of Indian Television Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi in which she played the role of Indu Virani. Her character of Indu received much appreciation because of its innocence and naughtiness.

After Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, she did many TV serials also like Sahara TV’s Kahin to Milenge, Star Plus’s Shararat, Sony TV’s Kkusum, Zee TV’s Paalkhi, Sony TV’s koi Dil Mein Hai, Star one’s Virasat and Star plus’s Pyar Ke Do Naam ek Radha ek Shyam.

She also took a part in Sony TV’s popular show Kaante ki Takkar/ Comedy circus with her Co-partner Khayali. After that she again did many TV serials like Mansha, Jaane pehchane Se Ye Ajnabee, Ek Ladki Anjani Si and Adalat. She participated in Imagine TV’s show Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout as a contestant. She flaunted her dancing skills in Star Plus’s popular dancing show Nach Baliye with her partner Yartharth Agnihotri.

She started her Bollywood career in 2005 with Dosti: Friends Forever. She also did a Kannada movie I am sorry Mathe Banni Preethson in 2011. In 2013 she starred in Indra Kumar’s comedy movie Grand Masti which was a major hit. The movie was a sequel of Masti. It is rumoured that she is dating Hanif Hilal who is a dancer and model. Her upcoming movie is Tina and Lolo directed by Devang Dholakia which also stars Sunny Leone.

Mrunal Thakur is a television and film actress who is popular for bagging the role of Sakshi in the action crime television series, Har Yug Mein Ayega Ek Arjun on STAR Plus. She was born on August 1, 1992 at Nagpur, India. Mrunal was brought up in Mumbai. She studied at KC College in South Mumbai and took up journalism before landing into the field of acting. She came from an orthodox family so she had a hard time convincing her parents and uncles to enter the television industry. She started when she was just 15 years old through a Marathi documentary drama.

When she was studying in college, a friend adviced her to audition and she got the lead character role as Gauri Bhonsle Gaikwad in Hemant Devdhar soap, Mujhse Kuchh Kehti… Yeh Khamoshiyaan, opposite with Siddharth Kapoor (played by Mohit Sehgal). Gauri was raised in London and she went missing after returning to India. This serial ended after few months but she said that her experiences were really amazing and she learned so much from her co-stars like the proper intonation, how to deal with people and how to become professional and some life lessons too.

Besides acting, she also did the Hindi play Do Fool Chaar Mali together with Barun Sobti under the direction of Manoj Verma. Recently, she played the role of Bulbul Arora, sister of Pragya Abhishek Prem Mehra (played by Sriti Jha) in the drama serial, Kumkum Bhagya on Zee TV which was directed by Ekta Kapoor. 

She also appeared in the silver screen through the film Rangkami in year 2013. She was also given a spot in the romantic comedy film, Jab We Met in 2007 by Shahid and Kareena Kapoor. Mrunal was also roped in to do a role in a Marathi film, Hello Nandan by Shashi-Sumeet Mittal. She played the role of Ruby, Nandan’s another love interest. Later, she did a pivotal role as Sandhya in the Marathi film, Viti Dandu which was directed by Ganesh Kadam. This year, in another Marathi film, she bagged the role of Dr. Swapna Bhosale in Surajya under the direction of Santosh Manjrekar

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Mrunal likes to enter the Bigg Boss house when given a chance. She was known for her beauty and her beguiling smile that can melt a stone. She is also waiting for a better opportunity to come her way either in television or films.

Mrunal also acted in various films such as “Super 30,” “Batla House,” “Ghost Stories,” “Toofan,” “Dhamaka,” “Jersey,” “Sita Ramam,” “Jahaan,” “Selfiee,” “Gumraah,” “Lust Stories,” Season 2, “Aankh Micholi,” “Pippa.” She was also appeared in a Web series “Made in Heaven,” Season 2. She also appeared in music videos such as “Gallan Goriya,” and “Aise Na Chhoro.” Mrunal also received many awards, such as “Rising Star From Indian Television to Films,” “Most Promising Newcomer- Female,” “Most Stylish Rising Star (Female),” “Most Stylish Game Changer,” “Diversity in Cinema Award,” “Best Actress Critics- Telugu,” “Best Female Debut- Telugu,” “Best Actress in a Short Film.” 

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Swapnil Sonawane is an Indian cinematographer recognized for his work on India's first Netflix original, Sacred Games. He's also worked on Angry Indian Goddesses, Newton, and Zubaan, among other projects. He has worked on the films ABCD: Anybody Can Dance (2013) and Chashme Baddoor as a digital compositor (2012). He began his career by assisting the late Bobby Singh, a well-known Indian cinematographer who worked on films such as Gangster (2006), Life in a Metro (2007), The Dirty Picture (2011), and Queen (2014). Swapnil went on to work on notable series such as Dewarists - Season One and MTV Sound Trippin, a feature documentary directed by Pan Nalin, which was his first film. Dhappa, a Marathi feature film, was his most recent release. He recently completed filming for Pan Nalin's upcoming feature film Last Film Show and is currently working on his next feature with a prominent Hindi film director.

Rahul V. Chittella is an Indian Short Filmmaker critically acclaimed for directing a short film, Azaad, in Shor Se Shuruaat. In 2009, he was the chief and official maker for the Global Lives Project, India. He wrote and directed a few short films. In 2010, Rahul's short film, Muted, chosen at global film celebrations. He worked with the Filmmaker, Mira Nair, as her innovative partner and producing assistant in India on films like The Reluctant Fundamentalist, God Room (segment in Words with Gods), and Nafas. Later, he wrote and directed a short film, Azaad, the first Indian film to be screened at UNESCO Worlds Press Freedom Day. The film stars National Award winner, Atul Kulkarni in the lead role along with Sakshi Tanwar and Siddharth Menon. In 2016, HumaraMovie creations thought of an assortment of 7 short motion pictures to an Anthology film named Shor Se Shuruaat. In that, Rahul made a film, Azaad. He was granted the Media Citizen Karmaveer Puraskaar in India for his commitment to ventures that have utilized media for social change.

Mirat Trivedi is an Indian screenwriter and also worked as a supporting actor. Mirat is mainly credited as a co-writer of the Hindi drama film Bhonsle, directed by Devashish Makhija. Bhonsle was released on 26 June 2020, and both the cast and crew for this film received immense love from the audience. Mirat Trivedi first was noted by his exemplary work when he co-produced the film Crumpled Paper Titled Gandhi. Shahzeb Kohari directed this movie, and the film was released on 1 January 2011. Later, Mirat Trivedi worked as a supporting actor for the Hindi film, And Then They Came for Me. This film, too, was directed by Devashish Makhija. Mirat portrayed the role of a cop in this crime/thriller film. Also, Mirat Trivedi worked as an actor in the movie Agli Baar, featuring the talented actor Manoj Bajpayee. This crime/thriller film was released on 12 August 2015. Mirat again concentrated on his scriptwriting after this film.

Producer, Composer, and musician Achint Thakkar is a graduate of Mithibai College in Mumbai. The Scam 1992 theme song famed Achint started his musical journey with a three-piece psychedelic band Rosemary. Known for consistently experimenting with music, he continued his musical journey after Rosemary de-banded in 2011. Anchit’s music continued to be a hybrid of sorts- a heavenly amalgamation of composition and production from Indian culture and the aesthetics of the western world. In 2015, Anchit introduced his solo abilities with his debut album Shalimar, a ten-track musical project, which was a blend of electronic grooves with poems by the 17th century poet Bulleh Shah.

Parveez Sheikh, also known as Parveez Shaikh, was born in the Indian city of Hubli. Parveez Sheikh is known for his work in the Bollywood entertainment sector. He lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Parveez Sheikh began his career in 2013 with the Vidya Balan and Emraan Hashmi-starring film Ghanchakkar. Parveez, who is primarily known for his contributed to films like Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015), Phantom (2015), Force 2 (2016), Tubelight (2017), Blackmail (2018), and Baazaar (2018), among others. His other significant creations (2022) are Mission Majnu and Bell Bottom (2021). Blackmail 2018, Bell Bottom 2018, Baazaar (For Women Only), Tubelight 2017, Phantom 2015, Darlings, released in 2022, directed by Jasmeet K. Reen.

Nitin Baid is a Bollywood film editor who made his debut as a feature film editor with Masaan (2015), which was directed by Neeraj Ghaywan. The film was screened at Cannes Film Festival and won even FIPRESCI prize. Nitin was born in Kolkata but had education at College in Bangalore.

The actor and writer, Deepak Kingrani, has mostly worked in Hindi films and television series. He pursued his schooling from St. Pauls, Raipur, and a bachelor's in the Electrical and Electronics field from MITS Gwalior. As soon as his bachelor's degree got over, he got placed in one of the renowned tech companies, Cognizant Technology Solutions, where he worked for around six years. He had a great passion for writing since his childhood, so to pursue his dream career, he left his job and became a freelance writer. Thus, soon, he came up with his first creation in the entertainment industry, ‘War Chod Na Yaar,’ which released in 2013.

Mukund Gupta is a production designer and art director. Mukund was born in New Delhi, but now he lives in Mumbai, India. Mukund Gupta has primarily worked in Hindi and has worked in languages like Hindi. He did his graduation in 2004. He received a degree in Mass Communication from MBICEM, Indraprasth University, New Delhi. His experience in techniques of filmmaking sparked his affection for films. Mukund got an opportunity in the French-German film Valley of Flowers in 2005. This opportunity motivated his interest in Production Designing, and soon, he showed his talent in the film industry by making his first independent film, Do Dooni Chaar. He has also won Filmfare and Screen Awards for his movie Do Dooni Chaar. He is also been working on different feature films, web series, and commercial shows. He also received chances to work with acclaimed directors, which helped him to improve his skills and experience in production designer.  

Pratik Shah is an American Cinematographer, Writer, and Gaffer who predominantly works in the English and Hindi film industry. He was born on 27 December 1988 and grew up in the town of Dallas, Texas. Pratik Shah’s father’s name is Vijay Shah, and his mother is Mugadha Shah. As his mother was also an actress, she played a pivotal role in nurturing his creative aspirations. When Pratik Shah expressed his desire to pursue a career in the film industry, both his parents wholeheartedly endorsed his decision.

Karan Vyas is a famous Indian associate director, screenplay writer, and script supervisor primarily working in Hindi movies and web series. He debuted as a script supervisor with an English film, Halfway To Hell, directed by Richard Friedman. The crime-drama film has released on 9 November 2016 and starred Vince Lozano, Erik Aude, and Lombardo Boyar. Karan Vyas worked in other short films as a script supervisor, Blood Brothers in 2013 and The Accusation in 2015. Karan Vyas debuted in the film industry as an assistant director and co-writer with Mikhil Musale in a Gujarati thriller drama, Wrong Side Raju starring Pratik Gandhi, Kimberley Louisa McBeath, and Asif Basra, released on 16 September 2016. In 2019, Karan Vyas co-directed and wrote a movie, Made In China, with Mikhil Musale and Niren Bhatt.

Sudip Sharma, a 2002 IIM-Ahmedabad pass out who has worked with some of the biggest giants of the FMCG sector had a career so high on laying golden eggs that a normal person would not even think of having an alternate career which might become an experiment turned disastrous and ruin the financials too! But then there are men like Mr Sharma who have the guts and take the risks head on. Luckily for him, even though his first project as a screenplay-writer, Abhishek Bachchan starrer- Players turned into a debacle, yet NH-10 and Udta Punjab gave him the golden opportunity to prove his mettle; something that he so brilliantly achieved.

Diggi Sisodia (also known as Digvijay) is an Indian Filmmaker who worked as an Assistant Director in commercials, TV Shows, and films. He has done his schooling at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. He then moved to the US to pursue the Professional Program in Producing at UCLA. Diggi then started directing and producing a weekly News and lifestyle TV show, which was broadcast nationally to the US South Asian community. In 2001, Kundalini Pictures/On the Road had Diggi’s first Drama named Maya. Maya was awarded the 1st Runner-up People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Diggi was also awarded the Remy Martin Emerging Director of the Year at the Asian International Film Festival from the New York Asia Society. After that, Diggi created a web series named Brown, which was based on a book City of Death. Diggi also worked with Netflix on a web series. He has also written shows for different Bollywood actors. He has also been developing several original series of his own.

Gunjit Chopra is an Indian-born screenwriter and assistant director. One of Gunjit Chopra's notable achievements is co-creating the critically acclaimed Netflix murder mystery series ‘Kohrra’. Collaborating with the talented showrunner Sudip Sharma, he brought this gripping tale to life under the banner of Clean Slate Filmz.

Vijay Verma is a Haryanvi model, actor, director, choreographer, and singer who has stepped into the Music Industry all through his own hard work. About his personal life, Vijay is from Villae Badli, Jhajjar, Haryana, India. Academically, he has a degree in Bachelor of Commerce. He had participated in many dancing and singing competitions in school and college, which is how he got a passion for stepping into the field of acting and music.

Apoorv Singh Karki is an Indian Film Industry director. He was born on 1st November 1988. He spent his childhood in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. He did his high school from ST. Joseph College, Nainital, and did his Senior Secondary from Ryan International School, Noida. For graduation, he did B.sc Animation and Multimedia Direction, Production Pipeline Autodesk. He also did a certificate course in Advanced Animation, Direction, and Script to Screen Process and Production Pipeline.

Randeep Kumar Jha is an actor and assistant director, who has worked on multiple films and has garnered attention from most of the film industry. He has worked as an actor in minor roles such as Anurag Kashyap’s segment in Lust Stories and Nikkhil Advani’s Hero (2015). He has also worked as an assistant director for several films such as Ugly (2013), Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016).

Suvinder Vicky is Punjabi film actor, who played the main lead role as Joginder, in Gurvinder Singh’s 2015 Punjabi film, Chauthi Koot (The Fourth Direction). He had done a good job in this film which is set in the backdrop of the 80s. It revolves around the happenings in rural Punjab prior to and after Operation Blue Star. The movie dealt with the plight of the ordinary individuals under such circumstances.

Arunabh Kumar,’a well-known personality who is none other than the founder and CEO of ‘TVF media labs private limited.’ He was born and bought up in Muzaffarpur which lies in the state of Bihar. He studied in Bihar till he reached sixth grade. In one of his interviews,he mentioned that he had to change around 7-8 schools until he finished his schooling from Jaipur Vidyashram. When they asked him the reason behind it, he explained that it was neither because of transfers, nor his father was an army personnel. Rather it was because his father was not satisfied with the schools he had studied in and thus made him change around 8 schools. His student life was not quite fruitful.

Vasan Bala, born and brought up in Mumbai, India is a filmmaker and screenwriter. Movie making and script writing seem to be in his blood since both his father and grandfather were movie buffs. They introduced Vasan to movies like ‘Django,’ Mackenna’s Gold,’ ‘Ben Hur,’ ‘Enter the Dragon.’ His finished his graduation in commerce and took up law. However, he dropped out of law college and worked in various corporate jobs. He grew tired of this too, and finally quit in 2006. All this shuffling between jobs had made his passion take a backseat. After quitting, he had the chance to meet the famous director Anurag Kashyap. This meeting left him motivated, and throttled his ambition to become a filmmaker. He made his directorial debut with a Hindi crime thriller film called ‘Peddlers.’ It had Gulshan Devaiah, Nimrat Kaur, Kriti Malhotra in lead roles.

Suraj Sharma is an Indian actor. Suraj made his first appearance on the screen with the famous 'Life of Pi' movie in 2012. He played the main role in the film. Ang Lee had given the direction for 'Life of Pi' and the movie was based on the reference of a novel of the identical name. Later he appeared in 'Million Dollar Arm,' 'Umrika' and is now to appear in 'Burn Your Maps' which is in the stage of post-production. He has even been a part of the television series Homeland.

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.

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.

Manoj Bajpai is a graduate in history. Before entering into acting Manoj was a teacher. He tried his luck in theater, but was rejected four times. Later, he worked in a theater Barry’s Drama School. His acting career started with a serial in Doordarshan. Later he performed in a minute role in Dastak . He was the male lead in the film Dil Pe Mat Le Yar and went on to act in small roles in Bandit Queen, Droh and Kaal. Then it was Satya that helped him reach stardom. His acting skills gained wide recognition; he was credited with several awards for this role. In this film he acted as a gangster. He also received various awards for Aks. Shool, Daud, Zubeidaa, Pinjar, Road etc. were some the films he acted. His Telugu film Happy was also a film in which he gained recognition.

Manoj has often portrayed offbeat roles and he was widely appreciated for that. His character in the film Rajneeti also received praise and actress Katrina Kaif who also acted in the film explicitly expressed her respect for him by touching his feet. Gangs of Wasseypur is another important film in his career wherein he received accolades for his performance.

Manoj Bajpai is motivated by a couple of Marathi films and he frankly admitted that.

On the personal front, Bajpai is wedded to Shabana Raza, better known as Neha in Bollywood. If one remembers she had acted in the films Fiza and Kareeb.

Bajpai Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Barun Sobti is a Commercial Model, Film and TV actor. He was born on August 21, 1984 in New Delhi, India.

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