Hindi Awards International Indian Film Academy Awards 2023 - Cast & Crew

Kavita Seth is a Hindi playback singer born in Uttar Pradesh. She was born on September 14, 1970. The singer even lends her voice in Ghazals and Sufi music. She was a disciple of Ustad Ahmed Ali Khan. She started her career by performing on All India Radio and Doordarshan. Kavitha Seth drew inspiration from works of Sufi poets and singer. Also, she has rendered many compositions and her voice often blends in the Sufi culture of the Indian subcontinent. In popular film songs, she won acclaim for the song of Iktara, which is from the movie Wake Up Sid and Tum Hi Bandhu from the film Cocktail.

Jonita Gandhi is an exceptionally talented singer from Canada. This Indo-Canadian singer is born in Delhi, brought up in Canada. Like many other singers, Jonita too comes with a family background that supported music from the beginning. Her father is a Musician by his own interest in music and by profession he is an electronics Engineer. Her first performance was much recognized when she performed along with her father in Toranto at an event organized for Christmas. Her music career has come a way long way already. She had sung in Bengali, Malayalam and Hindi film Industry.

Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in Bollywood today, was born on March 12th, 1984, in Berhampore, West Bengal. Her father Biswajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and mother Sharmistha Ghoshal is a postgraduate in literature. She started singing since the age of 4 when her mother taught her. She started her formal training in Hindustani classical Gharana of music when she was only six years old. She was trained for 18 months after which she continued her training in Mumbai with Late Mukta Bhideji. She completed her graduation in Arts with majors in English. Her first on-stage performance was at their club’s annual function. Her first studio album was in Bengali in 19998 and was named Bendhechhi Beena, and her first onscreen performance was in Awaz Nayi Andaaz Wohi. In 1995, she became the winner of All India Light Vocal Music Competition. Her fame and career began with her winning a television singing reality show named Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.

Sheeba Chaddha was born in Delhi in the year 1973 and is a graduate in English from the renowned Hans Raj College in Delhi University. While in college, she developed a liking for acting and theatre and discovered that this field interested her. Pursuing this interest, she went on to become a television, stage and movie actress. Sheeba Chaddha has been known to play characters that are impactful and pivotal in the story of the film. She made her debut in the Bollywood industry with the movie Dil Se in which is a love story set in the backdrop of an insurgent north-east India. She then appeared in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam as Aishwarya Rai’s sister.

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.

Radhika Apte, an Indian actress was born on Sept 7, 1985. Radhika has acted in films in many languages ranging in Hindi, Marathi and many southern languages as well. She has also worked in a theatre group Aasakta. She was nominated for SIIMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her Tamil film Dhoni. Her father Dr. Charudutt Apte is Pune’s leading neurosurgeon. She got married to musician Benedict Taylor in 2012. She had done her graduation in economics and mathematics from Fergusson College, Pune. She has learnt contemporary dance at London's Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

She started work in Hindi movies from her first small role in “Vaah Life Ho To Aisi” in 2005. In 2009 she did her debut in Marathi Industry from Gho Mala Asla Hava, she played the character of a village girl named Savitri and worked in some more films that year. She had worked in Vakratunda Swaha, which was filmed by Ashish Avikunthak over a period of 12 years. Also she played one of the lead roles in Anurag Kashyap's short film on eve teasing, That Day After Everyday which was released on YouTube in 2012. The main roles she played were in Rakht Charitra and in its second part. This year she did remarkable work in Badlapur and Hunterrr and got a lot of appreciation for that as well from Bollywood critics and her audiences. She is a very bold and fearless person as shown in her choice of films. She is working in multiple movies this year that are either being filmed or in post production phase.

Apart from movies she is also actively involved in theatre and has done many plays in Aasakta group and also in some other plays like Purnaviram, Matra Ratra . As stated by her she believes in experimental theatre and has plans to do an English play in London as well.

Bollywood actress Nimrat Kaur was born on 13th March 1982 in Pilani, Rajasthan, as the daughter of an Indian Army officer. She spent her early childhood hopping from cities to cities due to her father’s job until she lost her father to a terrorist attack in Kashmir in 1994. Her family moved to Delhi after her father’s death and she completed her schooling and college in Delhi itself. 

She moved to Mumbai after completing her college education to find an opportunity in the acting career. She started off with local theatre works and was also a model for print media advertisements then. Her famous plays include ‘Baghdad Wedding’ and ‘All About Women And Red Sparrow’. Even though she had done a role in the 2006 English film ‘One Night With The King’, her Bollywood break came only six years later with the Anurag Kahsyap movie ‘Peddlers’ in 2012. The movie was critically acclaimed and was staged at the prestigious Cannes festival, and Nimrat Kaur’s acting got good appreciation. 

Her next Bollywood film ‘Lunchbox’, which was released in 2013, was a huge success both critically and commercially and she got international recognition for her portrayal of the lonely wife character in the movie. This movie, which told the story of a lonely Indian wife’s friendship with a stranger over letters, was staged in Cannes film festival. Besides movies, she has also endorsed with a few brands and she is the famous ‘Cadbury’ girl from the super hit Cadbury Diary Milk ad. She is presently working with Akshay Kumar on the movie ‘Airlift’, which is scheduled to be released on early 2016.

Mouni was born on 28th September 1985 in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. Her father Anil Roy was the office Superintendent and her mother teaches in school. Her acting talent got from her grandfather Shekhar Chandra Roy, a well known theatre Artist. She completed her schooling from “Kendriya Vidyalaya” in Baburhat, Cooch Behar and graduated from the college “Miranda House” in Delhi. She also studied Mass Communication at “Jamia Millia Islamia University”. During her college days being a Kathak Dancer, she turns into a choreographer. She is an excellent dancer.

She put her legs in the small screen with the famous television drama “Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi” aired on Star Plus. Her character was Krishna Tulsi. She then signed another famous serial named “Devo Ke Dev …Maha Dev” where is played the role of Sati. The story of most a powerful God “Lord Shiva”. She gets recognition by the show. Later she worked in many dances and television dramas like Kasturi, Dance Pe Chance Reality show Tolly vs Bolly, Tyohaar Dhamaaka, aired on 9x Channel and also Pati Patni aur Woh with Gaurav Chopra. She also worked in a Punjabi movie named “Hero Hitler in Love” as a Sahiban. She was participated in most celebrated show “Jhalak Dikhla Jaa” Season 7. She was last seen in television drama “Junoon –aisi Nafrat to Kaisa Ishq” a different kind of love story aired on Life OK.
 

Jasmeet K. Reen is a renowned Indian writer cum director. She studied Commerce from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai, Maharashtra. While doing C A, she realized it was not her calling and explored advertising, working with Ogilvy and McCann Erickson. Then she went on to assist in ad films and feature films. Without any industry connections, she pursued her passion for writing and forged her path into the film industry. Before entering the Hindi film industry, she completed a summer course at FTI, Pune. Here, her education was, primarily theoretical, with practical skills developed through on-the-job experience. She claims herself to be self-taught which involves watching numerous films, reading scripts, understanding editing, and honing her writing skills.

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”.

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Yami Gautam is a Hindi television and movie actress, who is best known for her roles in the Hindi movies such as ‘Vicky Donor’ (2012), ‘Total Siyapaa’ (2014) & ‘Action Jackson’ (2014). Her role of ‘Ashima Roy’ in the film ‘Vicky Donor’ was described as an excellent debut by a newcomer by the critics all over. The film was a low budget project, but it turned out to be a major success for the production house of the film, which belonged to John Abraham. Most recently she was seen doing lead roles in the movies such as ‘Total Siyapaa’ & ‘Action Jackson’, in which her performance was widely acclaimed.

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A.M. Turaz is a renowned lyricist in the Indian Film Industry. He is also a scriptwriter of movies and television, director and poet. He has given numerous hits to Bollywood. His work captures a unique blend of Hindi and Urdu languages. He also pens down ghazals and mushaira. The lyricist most acknowledged works include lyrics for 'Ghoomar-Ghoomar’, ‘Kabhi Jo Badal Barse', 'Udi', 'Aayat', 'Aaj Ibaadat'.

Vishal Shelke is a Bollywood Music Composer. He is the son of Mr.Babanrao Shelke, the Chairman and Managing Director of Shelke Construction Private Limited. Vishal graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from The University of Pune. He is also the Managing Director and CEO of his father’s company. He has an experience of over 18 years in the industry. Vishal, with no prior experience and background started learning music after his engineering course. He decided that he wanted to pursue his passion and started studying Hindustani Classical Music.

Aditya Rao is an Indian Film Actor and Playback Singer. He worked in the Telugu and Tamil Film Industries. Aditya made his debut in the Film Industry as a Playback Singer with the Tamil Film I (2015). He sang the song Aila Aila in this film. Aditya later sang the songs such as Ginga in the film Pele: Birth of a Legend (2016), Shokilla from Sahasam Swaasaga Saagipo (2016), and Showkali & Idhu Naal from the film Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (2016). Aditya made his debut as an actor in the film NSFW (2019). The story of this film revolves around four co-workers. They challenge each other about who can sleep with a good-looking new hire. They flirt the new girls and backstabbing happens. The friends become enemies. Their reputation is destroyed, and one of them lands in jail. Peter Miriani is the director of this film.

Mohit Chauhan is a Bollywood playback singer. He was born on March 11, 1966 at Nahan, Himachal Pradesh, India. He was also a previous front-man of the band, Silk Route. Mohit is fluent in Pahari, Hindi and English languages. He went to St. Xavier’s School in Delhi and then he came to Himachal Pradesh to finish his studies. He graduated college with a Master of Science in Geology at Dharamsala College. 

Most famous for his songs in Aashiqui 2, Arijit Singh has established himself as a prominent playback singer and music programmer. He was the runner-up in Fame Gurukul, a singing competition, in 2005. He then went on to win another singing reality show, 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil.

Born in 1987 in West Bengal, Arjit was trained in classical music by his aunt and mother. He had a passion for music from an early age and his parents decided to get him a professional trainer, Rajendra Prasad Hazari for classical music and Dhirendra Prasad Hazari to train him at tabla.  His teachers encouraged Arijit to try out for Fame Gurukul in 2005 and chose to promote the Indian classical music genre.

Pritam Chakraborty gave Arjit a chance and signed him for three films; Crook, Golmaal 3, and Action Replayy. He made his debut singing “Phir Mohabbat” for Murder 2 in 2011. This kickstarted his career as a playback singer and led to him singing songs such as; “Raabta", “ Duaa", and “Phir Le Aya Dil", earning nominations for the latter two in Mirchi Music Award With the release of the hit song “Tum Hi Ho” Singh became a common household name. The song helped him win nine awards from various award shows. He has since sung.

Arjit is known as a down to earth, hardworking singer. His hobbies include badminton and writing.

Varun Grover is a comedian, screenwriter, and even lyricist. The actor was born on 26 January 1980. Basically, he was a software engineer in a software firm in Mumbai, but he afforded to step down from the post and got connected with the film industry.

Raj Shekar is a famous Indian Lyricist who works in the Bollywood industry. He wrote the lyrics for the Bollywood film Tanu weds Manu and its sequel Tanu weds Manu Returns, directed by Anand L Rai. Raj has also written numerous children’s stories. He was born on 22 September 1980 in a small village, Medhapura, Bihar. At first, he wanted to become a film director, and his parents supported his decision. He has completed his graduation in Hindi Literature from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University, while also completing his master’s from Delhi University. Raj has been active in the theatre as an actor, playwright and also director. He has written several popular children’s stories, like Roo Roo Raat, Five Little Monkeys, Being Wise etc.

Kanish Sen is a famous Indian music composer, producer, visual artist, and singer. He is notable for Aseem (Without Boundaries), Jug Jugg Jeeyo (2022), and Double XL (2022). He was born into a musical family in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His mother is Kavita Seth, a famous playback singer and performer of Ghazal and Sufi music.

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.

Vijay Raaz (Born: 5th June 1963) is an Indian film actor. His breakthrough came with the role he played as Dubeyji in the movie ‘Monsoon Wedding’ and achieved his fame for the performance in the film ‘Run’. His “Kauwa Biryani” act became highly praised worldwide. Since then, Raaz has been cast in small and comic roles in many Hindi movies. His specialty lies in depicting a common man in today’s Hindi movies.

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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Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent Indian film actor, television personality and producer. He was born on November 2, 1965 in New Delhi, India. He is often called as the ‘Baadshah of Bollywood’, ‘King Khan’ and ‘King of Bollywood’. The actor has done more than 80 films in Bollywood. He was cited as ‘The World’s Biggest Movie Star’ by the Los Angeles Times. Khan is also one of the wealthiest actors in the world, with over $400–600 million net worth. He also won several accolades including the 14 Filmfare Awards.

Khan went to St. Columba’s School in Delhi where he topped in studies and sports like football and hockey, where he got the Sword of Honour Award, a school’s highest award. He acted in several stage plays and gained praises for mimicking Bollywood actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Mumtaz. He studied at Hansraj College from 1985 to 1988 to get a degree in Economics but the actor spent much of his time in attending the Theatre Action Group (TAG) in Delhi. He studies acting through his mentor, Director Barry John. Later, Khan studied at Jamia Millia Islamia and took up a degree in Mass Communications, but he left it to enter the showbiz industry. He attended Delhi’s National School of Drama on his early years in Bollywood.

He started his career during the late 80’s with some appearances in many television series. He was debuted in Bollywood in the blockbuster hit film, Deewana in 1992. He was also recognized for doing villain roles in movies like Darr, Baazigar and Anjaam. He rose to fame after he was starred in various romantic films like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Dil To Pagal Hai, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. In year 2002, Khan gained critical acclaimed for his role as an alcoholic in the romantic drama film, Devdas; as a scientist of NASA in Swades; a coach in Chak De! India and My Name is Khan in 2010 where he played the role of a man with Asperger Disorder. For his outstanding contributions to the film industry, he received the Padma Shri Award by the Government of India and the Legion d’honneur and Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France.

This year, he became the co-chairman of Red Chillies Entertainment and all its subsidiaries. Khan became one of the owners of the cricket team, Kolkata Knight Riders of the Indian Premier League. He is also a regular host and stage show performer. The media called him as Brand SRK due to his many endorsements and business ventures. He is also a philanthropy who has given health care and reliefs to the disaster victims. He gained the UNESCO’s Pyramide con Marni Award in year 2011 for supporting the education of many children.

Khan got married to Gauri Chibber on October 25, 1991 and they have been blessed with a son named Aryan and a daughter named Suhana. In year 2013, through a surrogate mother, the couple had another baby named Abram.

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.

Abhishek Banerjee is a writer and actor in Indian cinema. He has worked even in Bengali movies. It was for a movie 'Ashbo Aar Ekdin', a Bengali film went on the floors from December 2011, he began his writing journey.  He was the co-writer of the story along with Dr. Kalyan Bose who was a producer and Abhijit Das Gupta who was the director.

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.

Vicky Kaushal is a famous Indian movie actor. He was born in Mumbai and has been raised in Mumbai since then. He was born to Shyam Kaushal, who is an action director and stunt coordinator in various films. He has worked in films like Slumdog Millionaire, 3 Idiots and Bajrangi Bhaijaan. He also has a brother in Sunny Kaushal who is linked to the film industry and has assisted in directing in movies like Gunday. He did his early education in Mumbai and later graduated with Electronics and Telecommunication engineering degree. He had various job options but decided to follow his father’s footsteps and entered the film industry. He started doing theatre and joined an acting workshop under Kishore Kapoor. He is born and brought up as a total Punjabi and lives his life the same way. He did various theatre plays with the group of Manav Kaul andNaseeruddin Shah. He continued to grow in stature and gained much more experience working in theatre. He did various small stints in movies like Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana and Bombay Velvet. He also did a short film named Geek Out, where he played the role of a Geek. In 2010, he assisted Anurag Kashyap in Gangs of Wasseypur. The movie with its violent and direct approach was an instant hit.

His name is Karthik Tiwari, and he was born in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. He is 26-year-old and about 5’9” tall. He studied at D.Y.Patil College, Mumbai. He is a Scorpio and not married. His hometown is Madya Pradesh. He is an actor and a model. He is a Hindu and an Indian. Karthik Aaryan is also Karthik Tiwari. He is an actor, who is now popular in Bollywood. He is popular due to his performance in ‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama.’ The most viewed performance on youtube and popular among youngster mostly. The four-minute long speech in ‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama.’ In which he talked about women behavior in the movie. It is the longest take in the Hindi-film. Karthik Aaryan has stolen many hearts not just by his acting skills, but also by his personality. He made his debut in ‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama.’ And he was recently seen in ‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2’

Ajay Devgn is an Indian film actor. He is perhaps Hindi cinema’s one of the most talented actor today. He has received two national awards and two Filmfare awards so far. But this talented actor was shamed by critics in the entertainment industry because of his looks. But Ajay has proved all of them wrong. Today, he adds weight to his status as an actor or even as a star but back in the day when he made his debut with film ‘ Phool Aur Kaante’ (1991) many industry people dared to say that he would not make it in the industry due to his looks.

Ayan Mukherjee is the son of actor Deb Mukherjee and the grandson of Sashadhar Mukherjee, who established Filmalaya Studios in Mumbai and rolled out super hit films such as Love in Simla (debut film of Sadhana), Ek Musafir Ek Hasina, Dil Deke Dekho, etc. from Filmalaya. Ayan acted in Hindi and Bengali movies. Ayan is also the nephew of yesteryear actor Joy Mukherjee, who acted in many hit movies, especially Sadhana and Love in Simla. He is the cousin of Kajol and Rani Mukherjee. 

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.

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 24th February 1963, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is an acclaimed Indian multi-faceted personality; he is a producer, director, screenwriter, and music director. He studied at the Film and Television Institution of India. The middle name Leela is from the name of Bhansali’s mother, Leela.

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.

Hrithik Roshan with his unimaginable dance moves is praised as the Dance God of Bollywood, is the only son of Bollywood Director/Actor/Producer Rakesh Roshan. He is considered the most hard working personality when comes to the profession. As a kid he had stammering problem and it doesn’t stop him from moving ahead to this position. Hrithik who is fondly called as duggu by his family also worked in few bollywood movies as a child artist and the notable one was with Superstar RajiniKanth where he played the role of Our Thalaivar’s Son.

Abhishek Bachchan, or Abhishek Srivastava, is a very well known famous celebrity in the Indian film industry. He is the son of Bollywood’s biggest iconic stars, Amitabh Bachchan, who made more than 100 films in his acting career and won over 30 awards. Abhishek is also known by the name Junior B. He was born on February 5th, 1976, in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Shantanu Maheshwari was born on 7th March 1991 in Kolkata. He completed his high school in the St Joseph’s College and moved to Mumbai to complete his higher education. Since childhood Shantanu Maheshwari liked to dance, and after encouragement from his parents learned different styles of dance, such as popping and (liquid) waving. Since his college years, he has been part of Street Soul Dance Crew. He also learned traditional Indian dance and hip-hop, and because of him dancing skills, he was cast as a lead in a dance based tv show Dil Dosti Dance, aired on Channel V.