Hindi Awards Indian Television Academy Awards 2023 - Cast & Crew

Sarita Joshi, the proud recipient of the Sangeet Natak Academy Award for acting in Gujarati, is a popular theater and television actress. She is most popular for her role as Godavari Thakkar in the Star Plus show Baa Bahoo Aur Baby.

Born in 1941 in Pune, Maharashtra Sarita Joshi developed an interest in acting at an early age and by the age of seven she was a member of the New Laxmikant Company of Baroda. A famous member of various theatres across Maharashtra, she went on to act in the Indian National Theater. She has acted in over 150 plays in Marathi and Gujarati, several of them phenomenal successes, such as Balwant Ni Baby, which ran up to 500 shows. She made her television debut in 1980’s in the TV show Titliyan directed by Nadira Babbar, followed by Hasratein, Kuch Kook Hota Hai, the most popular being the show Baa Bahoo Aur Baby. Her Bollywood roles include Guru, as Abhishek Bachchan’s mother, Dasvidaniya, Gangoobai and Bollywood Beats.

Currently she is acting in the Star Plus show Chand Chupa Badal Mein, where she plays the role of a caring grandmother. Though she appears in many tele serials and films, her major love remains theater. Nothing exceeds the joy of acting in a theater, she says and she still remains an active participant in many theaters.

She is married to director Praveen Joshi, whom she met in the Indian National theater. She has two daughters Ketki Devi and Purbi Joshi, both of whom are renowned actresses in the television industry.

Kamna Nirula Menezes is probably one of the most underrated TV producers of all time. She has been involved with the production business for almost 20 years as a professional. Her list of productions ranges from Koffee With Karan to Nach Baliye. Her simplicity and dynamic personality have allowed her to grow in the world of production. She is one of the most successful producers of TV serials, with her partner being Fazila Allana.

Business is that occupation that is occupied by male dominance. In such circumstances, Fazila Allana emerged as one of the most successful Indian businesswomen. Fazila was born in 1970, in South Mumbai. She went to Queen Mary School and did her primary education. Later, she graduated from Sydenham College in 1991. Fazila spent some time in Finland but finally decided to come back to her birthland, Mumbai.

Shubhangi Atre Poorey is a well-known face in the Hindi Television Industry. She first came under limelight with the role of Palchin in ‘Kasauti Zindagi Kay’. Here, she played the role of an understanding woman who gave much needed support to her heart-broken husband, Prem.  Shubhangi made her acting debut with this role and enjoyed overnight fame and popularity with her stupendous performance.

Shubhangi was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh and wanted to pursue career in the corporate world. She even has an MBA degree from the popular IMS College. However, with the quirk of fate, she ended up in the glamour world and enjoyed high success and popularity here.

In 2007, Shubhangi was roped for the TV serial Kasturi, where she played the female lead. Her cute and mature acting was praised by the critics and the audience. This role also fetched her; the ‘Favorite Patni’ and ‘Most Promising Talent Of Tomorrow’ awards. In 2010, she was seen in the TV serial ‘Do Hanson Ka Joda’ alongside Shaleen Bhanot. Here she played the role of Preeti, a cute and bubbly girl who lives in the world of her dreams.

2011 was a turning point in Shubhangi’s career as she portrayed a negative role for the first time, in the renowned TV serial ‘Havan’. This serial explored various religious possibilities and her role of Trushna, was widely popular here. Right after that, she was seen the Sab Tv’s popular serial ‘Chidiya Ghar’, where she worked till May 2014.

A few years back, Shubhangi got married to Piyush Poorey. Right now, she has a daughter called Aashi. Shubhangi was last seen in SAB TV’s serial and she’s presently spending some quality time with her daughter.

Disha Parmar is an Indian actress who works on Indian television. She was born on 11 November 1992. She is well known for her notable role of Pankhuri in a soap opera of Star Plus ‘Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara.’

Disha Parmar has started her career by modeling for several commercial ads and print ads. She has the privilege to visit many countries for her modeling before starting acting as Pankhuri in Pyaar Ka Dard hai. She gave a break to her studies as, during her studies, she has received the super offer by Rajshree productions for the show. It was her debut role in this serial. She had no plans to leave her studies in between and work for Pyaar ka Dard hai. She just gave an audition and was selected for the lead role in the serial. It is her famous pairing with Nakuul Mehta, which is being liked and praised by all. She also has the honor to win the Indian Telly Awards for the Fresh New Face (Female), and in 2013 she also won the Naya Sadasya category in Star Parivaar Awards. Besides, in 2013 at Big Star Entertainment, she also received the Entertainer of the Year award.

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’. 

Raveena Tandon is an Indian film actress who is known for doing some commercial cinema and then migrating to serious roles that gave her recognition as a serious actress. She made her superstar debut in film Mohra, which was supposed to be done by Divya Bharti. As Divya died, Raveena was the ultimate choice to play the role of the sexy girl, who did first item song’ Tu Cheez BariHai Mast Mast’. She was often paired with Akshay Kumar, and the duo became the most successful pair in Bollywood. She also made a hit pair with Govinda and did some blockbuster movies with the actor. Raveena made a sabbatical from films and did reject offers such as Dil To Pagal Hai, Gupt, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Virasat, which went to other successful heroines of Bollywood.

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The name, Yogesh Tripathi, is in itself an epitome of extraordinary talent who has reserved his place in the hearts of his audience with his phenomenal acting skills. He came into limelight for his role playing in an Indian television sitcom 'F.I.R.' which was aired on SabTV. Later on, he came into prominence with his effective role in 'Chidiya Ghar'. He belongs to a Hindu family. He has worked in some TV advertisements.

Famous for his role as Nikhil Samarth in the drama series Ek Ladki Anjaani Si (November 21, 2005 – September 12, 2007), aired on Sony entertainment television. Shakti Anand belonged to a Punjabi family and was born and raised in New Delhi. His mother was a Marathi filmmaker, and his father was a cameraman. He studied from Tamil Education Association and majored in Science Stream. He received his masters degree in pharmaceutical engineering, and soon after that started working as a medical examiner.

Arvind Vaidya is an Indian Television and Theatre actor. He was born in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India. He did his schooling from Ahmadabad only. He did Diploma in Drama from Gujarat University. His daughter’s name is Vandana Pathak who was married to writer-director Neeraj Pathak. He has made films like, Apne, Gumnaam and Right Yaaa Wrong. Arvind has his interest in acting since his childhood days. He uses to take part in dramas in his school days. He joined theatre when he was quite young. He has acted and directed near about 150 full length Marathi and Gujarati plays and also acted and directed in over 200 one-act plays.

He made his debut in the film “Maya Memsaab” in 1993. This movie was directed by Ketan Mehta starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepa Sahi, Raj Babbar and Paresh Rawal. He also acted in other movies like Luck By Chance, Right Yaaa Wrong and Gumnaam- the Mystery. He also acted in few Gujarati movies like Kashi No Dikro, Hun-Hunsilal, etc. He has also directed two Gujarati films also.

Arvind has acted in over a 100 Hindi Television serials. He acted in the serial “Baa Bahu Aur Baby” as Labhshankar Thakkar who is the husband of Godavari Thakkar. He also acted in the serial “Burey Bhi Hum Bhale Bhi Hum” as Pranlal Kaka who is Ambalal’s best friend. After that he also worked in the show “Saas Bina Sasural” as Dada Ji. He also appeared as a comic role in show “Sarabhai V/s Sarabhai”. He did the role of Madhusudan, Indravadan’s brother-in-law. He won many awards in his life for his work. He was awarded by “Gaurav Puraskar” given by the Gujarat state.

Akhilesh Anand is a prominent journalist and anchor in the Indian media industry. He was born on the 18th of April. He completed his graduation in 2003 from Hindu College, University of Delhi and his post graduation in Master of Arts in Mass Communication and Media Studies in 2004. Akhilesh is from the Mokama district in Patna, Bihar, India. He got married to Meenakshi Joshi and had a daughter, Aaradhya Anand.

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.

Rohit Shetty is a famous Director in Bollywood who has given the Blockbuster film Chennai Express (2013) following a hat trick with his three movies Bol Bachan, Golmaal 3 and Singham. His Chennai Express movie is the fourth largest box office collection in Bollywood till date. This talent director was born on 14 March, 1974. He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His father is a legend in the Bollywood Industry. He is one of famous Stunt master in India. His father’s name is Shetty and he is fondly called as ‘Fighter Shetty’.

His mother’s name is Ratna Shetty. His debut feature film was ‘Zameen’ in 2003 with Devgan, while doing this film he had been in Industry for more than ten years as Assistant Director. He was 29 while his first film released. Then he did Golmaal, Sunday, Golmaal Returns, Singham, Singham Returns, Bol Bachan, All the Best; Fun Begins and Chennai Express. He got married to Maya Rohit Shetty on 27 May, 2005. He produced his latest release Singham Returns under his production banner Rohit Shetty Productions. He was one of the Judges in Television show Comedy Circus in 2011 - 2013. He was Godfather in Big Switch which was telecasted in 2012.

He also Hosted Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi (Season 5).

The Shettys’ Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Sameer Kulkarni is an actor and director by profession. He is mostly known for his performance in the flick Nana Mama which was released in 2006, Bure Bhi Hum Bhale Bhi Hum in 2009, Hostel in 2011. Some of his notable works as a director include Shakalaka Boom Boom, Hip Hip Hurray, Family No. 1, and All The Best.

Suhail Tatari is a film and TV director who predominantly works for Hindi movies. In the year 2009, he directed a feature film 'Summer 2007' which was produced by Atul Pandey.  The story was based on farmers' suicides. The film was realistic and the film had some new actors.

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.

Harshvardhan Kapoor is the youngest son of famous Bollywood celebrity Anil Kapoor and Sunita Kapoor as well as the younger brother of Rhea Kapoor and dazzling Sonam Kapoor. He was born on 9th November 1990 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Harshvardhan Kapoor is now all set to make his debut in Bollywood industry. He will be going to start his acting career with his upcoming film Mirziya. He was an assistant director in the movie 'Bombay Velvet' which was Anurag Kashyap's film. Previously Harshvardhan was a Mama's boy but now he has become a cool dude. He is very close to his sisters Rhea Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor; even he got a Tattoo of his sisters on his shoulder which signifies his 'deep love'.

Anil Kapoor was born on 24th December 1956 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is a very popular Bollywood actor cum producer. He is active in the films right from the year 1979 until the present. He got married with Sunita Kapoor in the year 1984. He has three children, namely Sonam Kapoor, who is a Bollywood actress, Rhea Kapoor, who is a Bollywood producer and Harshvarshan Kapoor. Anil Kapoor is the son of Surinder Kapoor and Nirmal. 

His father was a very prominent Indian film producer. Anil Kapoor had a profession as a Bollywood actor for about twenty five successful years. As right now, he is quite busy working in the international movies. He is best known for producing the film Gandhi, My Father. Hamare Tumhare is his first movie, which got released in the year 1979 and he had done a supporting character. He gained his name as an actor with the movie Vamsa Vruksham (1970), a Telugu movie. 

After that part of time, he got a big opportunity to work with a legendary director of Indian Cinema who took the level of Indian film industry to International level and even beyond imagination. Maniratnam is such an icon and every actor has a lifetime dream of working in a single movie with him. But Anil Kapoor is so deserving and fortunate to get an occasion to work with this huge legend. The name of the movie is Pallavi Anu Pallavi which is a Kannada movie and this is the debut movie in Kannada for the actor. 

He acted in multiple film industries in many movies and at the mean time he won many Filmfare Awards subsequently. His debut International movie was such a global hit and it is a great breakthrough for him too. He won an Award for the National Award winning movie namely, Slumdog Millionaire. He established himself as a singer as well and his recent release is a Hindi movie namely, Welcome Back that got released in 2015.

Varun Dhawan, a new comer entered Bollywood with his professional acting and dancing skills withmovie ‘Student of the year’. His father David Dhawan is a well-known movie director. He was born on 24 April 1987 in Mumbai. He has done his degree in business management from Nottingham University, UK. He has worked as assistant director with Karan Johar in ‘My Name Is Khan’. ‘Student Of The Year’ with Siddharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt. , Varun got the Best Debut Award for Male in 2014. In this movie he played a rich guy to play the role of ‘Rohan Nanda’. Film critics praised him as a talented, hardworking guy. His charming, fun loving guy image make him Prince Charming.He played leading role in ‘Main Tera Hero’ a Telugu remake and showed his genetic comedy talent to critics. In his next film ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’ co starred with Alia Bhatt was a big hit of the year. While playing some comedy roles in these movies Varun came back with crime thriller Badlapur and gave a message to become a stable actor who can justify every role given to him. In this movie he took revenge after 15 years.

Recently his movie ABCD 2 released with co- starrer Shraddha Kapoor showcasing complete dance talent of him.

Dhawan Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

Nakuul Mehta is an Indian Model, Anchor and an Actor who became popular for his performance as the main lead character in Rajshri Productions television serial, “Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyara Pyara” on STAR Plus channel. He played as Aditya Harish Kumar opposite Disha Parmar who played as Pankhuri Aditya Kumar. Nakuul has done some music videos and been working on theatre for a long time. He was part of the award winning and critically acclaimed stage play, Cock by Michael Barlett in 2013.

He is a TV and film actor. He was born in Mumbai, on 22 April, 1971. His father is Tamil and mother is a Kannadiga. He got education from Mumbai. He started his career as an actor from a Marathi serial which was popular among kids. Then he worked in Marathi serials and films for 15 years. He worked in Hindi serials also. He obtained Telly Jury Award for best actor in comic role and ITA Award for best anchor in a talk show ‘Jay Hind’.

He has performed in Hindi serial ‘Hudd Kar Di’ and ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai.’ ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai’ was produced by Hats Off Production. The story was about Gujarati family that belongs to upper class. He has essayed the role of elder son Sahil who was living in an apartment on hallway with his wife. In ‘Hudd Kar Di’ he has essayed the role of Raju. It is a light comedy in which a family is living in city and their parent came from a village to city, to live with them. Then there are many comical situations that enhance the flow of show.

He also has performed some movies also. He has worked with Shah Rukh Khan in ‘My Name Is Khan.’ The movie was about wrong vision of terrorism about Muslims. That’s why Shah Rukh Khan who has performed main role said “My name is Khan and I am not terrorist.” Sumeet has performed a supporting role in this movie. He is a well-known voice actor also and has used his voice for dubbing in several movies and commercial ads. He has worked in more 200 commercial ads of different brands.

Other than this he has learnt music also and sang few songs for some Marathi Movies. He got married to Chinmayee Surve who is a theater artist. Over all he is a versatile personality in showbiz.