Hindi Awards Iconic Gold Awards 2023 - Cast & Crew

Richa Chadda is a new and sultry Indian actress. She came into public’s view through her film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! starring as Dolly in a supportive actress role. But before this stardom, Richa started out as a model. After modeling, she changed her course to the theater. She toured in India as well as Pakistan for her plays. She gained more insight on the theater from the Founder-Director of ‘Theatre Action Group’, Barry John.

Gauhar Khan or Gauahar Khan or Gauahar Zafar Khan is known for her career as Bollywood actress and a model. She was born in Pune, Maharashtra, India and was born on 23rd August 1983 in a Muslim family, where she is one of the five siblings. She is the sister of famous television actress Nigaar Khan and the youngest of five sisters. She completed her schooling from Mount Carmel Convent High School, Lullanagar, Pune. 

Gauhar Khan has been doing modeling for Payal Jain, Neeta Lulla, Ritu Kumar, Manish Malhotra. She appeared in a number of advertisements for Bajaj Auto, Tanishq jewelry, Opel Car and Ford Ikon. In 2002, she was a contestant in Femina Miss India. She stood fourth and was honored with the title of Miss India Talented. She also appeared in the contest of Miss International in 2004. She made an appearance in music videos of Bombay Vikings, Hawa Mein Udti Jaye. In the year of 2009 she too was a contestant in the India’s famous celebrity show of Dance, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa in season 3 and she was the finalist on the show. She represented herself in the Television show The Khan Sisters in which her sister Nigaar Khan also participated. In 2013, she participated and won the famous Indian celebrity show Bigg Boss Season 7. She was a part of another reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi. She is currently hosting a singing talent show India’s Raw Star with Yo Yo Honey Singh.

Khan made her debut as an Actress in Bollywood in 2009 with the Yash Raj in Rocket Singh and her co-star was Ranbir Kapoor. She did small roles in various films such as Game (2011), and Ishaqzaade (2012). She did item number Naa Pere Kanchan Mala in Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. (2004), Nasha Nasha in Aan: Men at Work (2004), Parda Parda in Once Upon a Time in Mumbai (2010) and Jhalla Walla and Chakra Jawaan in Ishaqzaade (2012).

Earlier, she was involved with Nihar Pandya. She is currently dating Kushal Tandon, a co-contestant in Bigg Boss 7. They were also together in Song Zaroori Tha by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.

Tina Dutta is an Indian actress, who is best-known for her roles as Ichcha and Meethi in ‘Uttaran’, the soap opera that aired on Colors TV. She was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, on 27th November 1991, and began her career in acting at the young age of 5. When she was 16, she played a role in the Bengali movie, ‘Chokher Bali’, which also featured Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. She also starred in the Bollywood movie, ‘Parineeta’ (2005), where she portrayed the teenager, Lolita.

Priyanka was born on 13 August 1996 in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Since her childhood, Priyanka has always dreamt of being an actress. In the year 2016, she started to model music videos. So far, she has been a part of more than 20 plus YouTube music videos. In the year 2018, Priyanka Started her TV acting journey with the show Gathbandhan. She played the role of the sister of the female lead of the show. After her impactful acting in that show, she also offered to work in the Star Plus show Yeh Hai Chahatein. Priyanka got her first remarkable gig from colors TV show Udaariyaan alongside Ankit Gupta. She is portrayed as an independent girl in this show who wants to create her successful identity.

Sunita Rajwar was born on 6th November 1969, in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. She studied at the Nirmala Convent School, and later pursued her post-graduation from D.B.S Kumaun University in Nanital, later Sunita graduated from the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi, in 1997.

Hina Khan is a gorgeous Indian Model and Television Actress who belongs to a Hindu-Muslim household in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. She was born on October 2, 1987. She is also known for her nicknames Hina and Akshara. Her mother is from Srinagar and her father was a native of Mumbai. Her younger brother is Aamir Khan and Hina is the only daughter in their family. She moved to Delhi and studied at CCA School of Management in the city of Gurgaon. Then she took up her Masters Degree in Business Administration at Gargi College in New Delhi. She was a pretty average student in her studies but has a high passion for Singing and Painting. She also has a huge desire to become an actress.

Nikita Dutta got immensely celebrated for her role in the popular television series Dream Girl: Ek Ladki Deewani Si. The viewers adore Nikita for her pleasant face and her delightful smile. She made her debut in the Indian film industry through her role in the enjoyable movie titled Lekar Hum Deewana Dil (2014). She is presently employed in the making of the television series Ek Duje ke Vaaste. Nikita was born in Delhi, and she grew up in a protective atmosphere. She shifted to Mumbai due to her parents’ transfer. She received her undergraduate degree from the esteemed St Xavier’s University in Mumbai. She is gifted with a well-formed body, and she has a natural affinity for modeling. She had participated in a beauty pageant and secured the position of the first runner-up. She performs exercise on a regular basis, and she is conscious about her food habits. She believes that meditation and yoga are responsible for her healthy and fit body.

Huma Qureshi is a model-turned-actress in Bollywood. Before making her debut in films, she has appeared in some commercial advertisements that had featured two B-town superstars Amir Khan and Shahrukh Khan. While she was shooting for an advertisement, director Anurag Kashyap offered her a role in ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’. 

Khushali Kumar is the daughter of veteran Bollywood producer and the founder of T-Series music label Gulshan Kumar. She has a sister Tulsi Kumar who is also a veteran playback singer associated with video albums and ghazals. Khushali, however, chose to follow a different route in her life. Khushali is a model-cum-fashion designer in Mumbai and has found a place in hearts of viewers and even a renowned celebrity in tinsel town. Her brother Bhushan Kumar is currently chairman and managing director of T. Series (known as Super Cassettes Industries Limited). Having born in a Punjabi family, Khushali leads a typically Hindu life and has immense faith in God and her parents. She always chooses to follow the advice of her mother before taking a decision in her life.

Dia Mirza’s original name is Dia Handrich. Dia Mirza is an actress from India, and also a Model and Director cum Producer (recently). She was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (Telangana). Her father Frank Handrich, a German interior designer and mother Deepa, a Bengali Hindu interior designer. She completed her schooling from Vidyaranya High School for Boys and Girls (based on the teachings of philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti) and Nasr School. Both the schools have located in Hyderabad. She also attended Stanley Junior College, Hyderabad, and got the bachelor’s degree in arts from Andhra Pradesh Open University. At the age of nine, her father died. Then, her mother got married to Ahmed Mirza. Later, she adopted her last step-father name as her last name.

Palak Muchhal's birth date is on 30th March 1992 into a Maheshwari Marwari family in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. She comes from middle-class family. She started singing since the age of four. In 1999, she spent a week singing door-to-door to collect funds for Kargil war soldiers. She has been performing shows since March 2000 and donated the amount for the hospitalization expense of children suffering from heart diseases.

Sanjana Sanghi was born on 2nd September 1996 in a financially sound family. She studied in Modern School, Delhi and was quite active in her extra-curricular. She even participated in a lot of events and won prizes. Sanjana started her career at a very young age that is 14 years in Imtiyaz Ali’s Blockbuster Bollywood movie Rockstar which was released in 2011, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri in the lead role. She played the character of Nargis Fakhri’s sister, Mandi.

Ritu Gupta is a social media dancer. She is a mother of two boys. Gupta hails from Surat, Gujarat. She was always interested in dance and choreographed family functions and weddings. She started her dance career in 2009 when SONY selected her for Boogie Woogie Mummy’s Championship. Gupta was among the four runner-ups in the competition. A turning point in her life came when she established a dance studio. 

Ankita Lokhande was born on 19 December, 1984, in Indore to a Maharashtrian family. She has finished her schooling and college from Indore itself. Her father is a businessman and her mother is a housewife. Before working on Pavitra Rishta, she struggled a lot to get a decent break. Ankita got an opportunity to show her talent on Zee Cine superstar Ki Khoj in the year 2006, where she was chosen as one of the participants from Indore. Ankita Lokhande was supposed to have started her acting career with the show Bali Umar Ko Salaam in 2008 along with Jay Soni, but due to some unknown reason the show was dropped off. Ankita came into limelight when she took up the leading role of Archana in the daily soap Pavitra Rishta on Zee T.V. This show is one year old now, but still gaining popularity and Ankita is definitely main reason for that.  Besides television, Ankita Lokhande is a good stage performer. Ankita Lokhande has performed in the dancing show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.

Rupali Ganguly is a popular Indian television actress mostly seen in Hindi Tele serials and who is mostly known for her vibrant acting and screen presence. She is best remembered by the audience’s for her role of the girl next door, the bubbly and vivacious housewife Monisha Sarabhai. Rupali Ganguly belongs to a culturally affluent Bengali family and is the daughter of ace film director Anil Ganguly who gifted the audience’s some beautiful and critically acclaimed Hindi movies like Kora Kagaz and Tapasya. Rupali Ganguly was born on 5th of April, 1977 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.  Rupali made her acting debut at a very tender age of 7 in the film Saheb and continued it with her tremendous critically acclaimed and award winning performance in his father’s movie Balidaan. She started her television career with Sukanya. It was followed with many hit tele serials which made Rupali Ganguly a popular television actress and a household name. But it was two particular tele serials that shot her to instant stardom and popularity, Star Plus’s Sanjivani where she played the role of Dr. Simran for which she was nominated for best telly actress award and start one’s hilarious and cult comedy show Sarabhai V/S Sarabhai where she played the role of a bubbly homemaker Monisha Sarabhai. Some of the other popular tele serials in which Rupali featured in pivotal roles are- Kahani Ghar Ghar ki, Kavvyanjali, Adaalat, Parrvarrishh, Baa, bahoo aur baby , Aap ki antara, Dil hai ki manta nahin, etc. Rupali Ganguly married her long term beau businessman Ashwin K Verma in the year 2013 and this wonderful couple was blessed with a baby boy in the same year. Rupali Ganguly was also seen on some of the most successful and famous Hindi reality television shows like- Bigg Boss season 1, Khatron ke Khiladi, etc. Rupali Ganguly owns an advertisement agency and is currently seen anchoring a film related show Bioscope on National television channel Doordarshan.

Sikandar Kher is an Indian Actor born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India on 31 October 1981. He is the son of Kirron Kher and Anupam Kher (step son). He started off by assisting Mr. Sanjay Leela Bhansali in 2002 for his Film Devdas. He was also an assistant director in the movie Dil To Pagal Hai.

His debut film as an actor was Woodstock Villa in 2008, which was a musical thriller directed by Hansal Mehta. The film did not do well on the box office but Sikandar was overall praised and got positive reviews by film critics and was considered to have potential.

He also acted in a film of a debutant director Suhail Tatari, name summer 2007. Later he played Nirmal Sen in 2010 movie Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey, Bilal in Players (2012), Dev in Aurangzeb (2013), He was offered the role of Sameer in Dil Chahta Hai in 2001. He rejected the role for unknown reasons. However being introduced by a prominent production house in the film industry would be great for his career the actor decided to try himself. He then liked the story of Woodstock Villa and decided to act in it.

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Anees Bazmee was born in the place of Modasa, Gujarat. He is also called as Bazmee Sahab and he is a very popular movie director, movie writer and a screenplay writer as well. He has been active in the Bollywood industry from the year 1988 until the present. He is also a producer of movies and he is quite active in the Hindi film industry. He is the director of many successful movies like Singh is Kinng, No Entry, and Welcome, which were all based on comedy. 

His debut work as an artist in the industry was as a dialogue writer for the movie Hum Farishte Nahin. He was then taking a small gap of 1 year and then he again started his career as a writer for the film Swarg. This movie was directed by David Dhawan and later Anees Bazmee joined hands with David Dhawan in his future projects. In the year 1995, he finally switched over to the directing department. The movie that he directed for the first time was Aankhen. 

Before which he has been a film writer for 10 movies, after which he made a transition to directing films. He made his debut for the movie Hulchul upon which he casted Kajol and Ajay Devgn. He also had casted the same people for his second movie Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, which was a huge success. It made it to an accomplished box office collection of the year and ot received huge felicitation from the critics. 

He took a gap of five years, after which he directed a movie known as Deewangee. His movie Singh is Kinng is a magical movie that had won the hearts of most of the Bollywood audiences. It had brought a huge impact to the Bollywood cinema and of-course he deserved it. His current project is to work on the remake of the Hollywood film The Hangover. It is expected to trend set upon his directorial experiments.

Nikhil Siddharth is an Indian actor. He is known for many films in Telugu film Industry. He was born on 1 June 1985 in Hyderabad in Telangana. Earlier he played many minor roles before he rose to great name and fame as a hero. His first film that brought him name and fame was Happy Days.

Bhav Dhulia is an Indian director and assistant director. He hails from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His best works include Drishyam (2015), Tomar (2012), and Madaari (2016). He majorly works in “Bollywood (Hindi Film Industry).”

Shiv Thakare is an Indian contestant who is popular for appearing in several TV shows. Shiv was born on 9 September 1989 in Amaravati. In the year 2017, he participated in the show MTV Roadies Rising. He went till the semi-finals in the show. Then in 2019, he won the show The Anti-Social Network.

Bhushan Kumar was born on 27 November in 1977 in Delhi in India. He is a film and music producer for many films in Indian Film Industry. He is mainly known for Hindi films. He is also the MD of the T-Series Music Production. His parents are Sudesh Kumari and Gulshan Kumar, who is the founder of T-Series. He was married to Divya Kumar in Katra. They were married in 2005. They are blessed with a boy whom they named Ruhaan.

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.

The only way one can fulfill their passion for something is just by going for it. Until you get involved, you have to try, and finally, you have to achieve. Here is a guy who got acceptance from the family but couldn't find means of gaining it. But he went ahead and won. He is the actor and director Jameel Khan.

Vikash Jain is an Indian celebrity who has worked as an actor and model for films and television shows in the Bollywood film industry. Vikash Jain lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Vikash Jain has worked in several popular television series like crime patrol, released in 2003 and crime patrol dial 100, released in 2015, where he has worked as a super cop. Vikash Jain is also known for acting in several bollywood films like Madaari, released in 2016, directed by Nishikant Kamat and distributed by Reliance Entertainment, where Vikash Jain showed his talent on the big screen.

Rohit Saraf is a budding Indian small screen actor, who belongs to Dhanbad, a Disrtict of Jharkhand. The actor, who is in his late teens, is very famous among youth for his charisma.

Avinash Tiwary is an Indian actor who was born on 15 August 1985 in Gopalganj, Bihar, India. After a few years, his family relocated to Mumbai. He went to school in Mumbai and started going to engineering college, but he quit the engineering studies in the fourth semester to pursue acting. He joined Barry John’s acting studio and also went to the New York film academy. He has predominantly worked in Hindi Films and started his career with acting in Short Films.

Karan Tacker is an Indian Television actor born on 11th of May 1986 in Mumbai . His father is Kuku Tacker and mother Veena Tacker. He has one sibling Sasha Tacker. He got Business management degree and comes from a business family. He started his career as a model and he had a passion of acting and modelling from his college days.He has done ad for Nivea Men’s cream. He came as a host in Star Sansar. He is a very popular household name and the most stylish Television actor.

He debuted as an actor in 2009 from the show Love Ne Mila Di Jodi which aired on Star One. After that he appeared in Rang Badalti Odhni which was also a Star One’s show. In 2011 he starred in Ek Hazaaro Mein Meri Behna Hai which was a turning point of his acting career. The show was very popular among the Indian audience and his character Viren Singh Vadhera was praised by the audience and got him limelight.

In 2014, he again hosted a show Halla Bol which telecasted on Bindas. The show was based on some real life incidents. Currently, he is showing his dancing skills in Colors’s popular TV show Jhalak Dikhla Ja. He is one of the most loved contestants of the show.

Karan Tacker has achieved many awards. He got New Talent Awards for Style Icon of The Year for Love Ne Mila Di Jodi, Lions Gold Awards for Most Promising Actor for Rang Badalti Odhani and Favorite Pati Star Parivaar Awards for Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai.

Indian choreographer Vijay Ganguly, who was born in 1980, is best known for his work on the films Jagga Jasoos (2017), Andhadhun (2018), Stree (2018), and Love Aaj Kal (2018). (2020). For the song "Galti Se Mistake" in Jagga Jasoos, he also won the 2018 Zee Cine Awards for Best Choreography and the 2017 International Indian Film Academy Award for Best Choreography, he received the 2018 Filmfare Award for Best Choreography. His father, director Anil Ganguly, gave birth to Vijay Ganguly in 1980. He is Rupali Ganguly, an actress,' younger brother. As a young actor, Vijay Ganguly appeared in a few movies like Saaheb (1985), Sadak Chhap (1987), and Dushman Devta (1991). As an assistant choreographer, he began his career in 2005 with the movie Bunty Aur Babli. Subsequently, he worked as an assistant choreographer on movies like Taare Zameen Par (2007), Yuvvraaj (2008), and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011).

Aparshakti Khurana was born in Chandigarh to a very prosperous family of politicians and Bollywood actors. He is an actor by profession. Apart from being an actor, he is also a Radio Jockey and a television anchor. We all have heard the name of his younger brother Ayushman Khurana, who is a very popular actor and a singer in Bollywood.

Mahat Raghavendra is a Tamil actor born on 18 February 1987. He completed his degree from Hindustan College of Arts and Science. Mahat was born in Chennai. He started his career with a minor role under actor-director Silambarasan for the film, Vallavan. He debuted with this in the year 2006. Initially, he was making his debut with a Tamil movie, but the venture never took off.

Mukesh Chhabra was born on 27th May 1980 in Mumbai of Maharashtra state. He is a very popular actor as well as a director, and he is the director of acting workshop too. He is active in the Bollywood film industry right from the year 2000 until the present. He also works in casting the actors for the movies and came up with successful casts as a whole. He did casting for prominent movies like Chillar Party, Kai Po Che, Gangs of Wasseypur, and D-Day. They were commercially successful movies, and the casting is quite apt and perfect.

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

Anupam Kher is a very popular actor, director, and producer of the Bollywood film industry. His place of birth was Shimla of Punjab and currently, he is living in Himachal Pradesh. His date of birth was 7th March 1955, and he hails from Kashmir. He got married to Kirron Kher in the year 1985. His brother Raju Kher is also a very famous actor cum director. The best part of Anupam Kher is that he got cast in more than hundred movies, and he is known to make this immense record.

Lakshay Kapoor is a passionate singer and composer in the Bollywood music industry. He was born on 13th April 1994. He finished his schooling at Guru Nanak Public School in Udaipur, Rajasthan. He further went on to study for his Bachelor’s at Delhi University, but unfortunately had to drop out due to family financial reasons. Lakshay Kapoor’s talent was appreciated when he began uploading music covers on various social media platforms.

Dheeraj Dhoopar is a model and Indian television actor who is well-known in northern parts of India, especially for his acting in "Sasural Simar Ka". Sasural Simar Ka is a popular series which is airing on Colors TV from April 25, 2011 till present. This series is produced under the banner of Rashmi Sharma and it is directed by Pawan Kumar. Dheeraj Dhoopar plays the main protagonist as "Prem Rajendra Bharadwaj", Simar's husband and a loving father of Anjali. "Sasural Simar Ka" has been dubbed in Tamil and Telugu languages for the convenience of the audience of the respective languages. Actually Dheeraj Dhoopar has started his career with advertisements, and later he got opportunities to commit himself in the TV series. He did his debut in the television series industry during 2009 in a series called "Maat Pitaah Ke Charnon Mein Swarg" as Ansh. This series was aired on Colors TV. After making his debut in this series, he went on doing series, including "Behenein", "Mrs Tendulkar", "Zindagi Kahe – Smile Please", " Kuch Toh Log Kahenge", and " Sasural Simar Ka". The latest project of his is "Sasural Simar Ka" which has gained him more recognition as a series artist and has driven greatest attention from the audience. Dheeraj Dhoopar is residing in Mumbai. This young, charming, simple, and fun loving person is single right at the moment, but has a girlfriend with whom he is in love. We are waiting for the auspicious moment of him getting married to his beloved person.

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Dheeraj Dhoopar was born on 20th December 1984 in Delhi and currently resides in Mumbai. He started his professional acting career with modeling and performed in advertisements together with Soha Ali Khan, Vidya Balan, and Kainaaz Motiwala. In 2009, he made his debut in the Indian television series Maat Pitaah Ke Charnon Mein Swarg in which he performed the role of as Ansh. His next appearance on the TV screens was in the Indian television soap opera Behenein in which he played Bhavesh Patil, and after that he took part in the comedy series Mrs. Tendulkar playing the role of Sushant. He also gave a cameo appearance in the Hindi television serial Kuch Toh Log Kahenge. Currently Dheeraj acts in the Indian soap opera Sasural Simar Ka where he plays the lead role of Prem Bharadwaj. It is interesting to mention that Dheeraj didn't take any acting lessons, and he learned all about acting on the set. After his fantastic performances in the TV series, the actor is prepared to start making films and appear on the big screen as well, and he has already been approached by famous filmmakers from Bollywood. Regarding his personal life, Dheeraj loves to travel and uses every opportunity to drive and relax in the hills around Mumbai. His hobbies are bowling, shopping and watching films.

Harshad Chopra is an Indian Bollywood actor and model who has acted in several serials and appeared in several reality shows. He is from the Gondia district in Maharashtra. Due to pressure from his parents, Harshad was forced to study engineering after moving to Pune after his schooling. He has reportedly said that he always wanted to become an actor and acting was a passion since his childhood. After his engineering, he went out to Mumbai to audition for Zee TV’s serial Mamta and landed the role of Karan Shrivastav.

Karan Kundra is a dashing, handsome, sexy, stylish and versatile Indian Television actor. He was born on October 11, 1984, at Jalandhar, Punjab, India. This Punjabi boy has been ruling the small screen ever since his debut in 2009. Born in a rich Punjabi family, this Punjabi Munda belongs to Jalandhar and is a perfect mix of desi and western if we talk about his personality and looks. He has the attitude and also the potential of becoming a star. He is very popular for his debut serial as Arjun Punj in the romantic drama serial, Kitani Mohabbat Hai in 2009.