Hindi Awards Star Guild Awards 2014 - Cast & Crew

Tanuja is a famous Telugu television actress. She also works in Kannada serials. Mudha Mandharam serial made her popular. The serial was aired on Zee Telugu. Her character name in Mudha Mandharam is Parvathi.

Maxima Basu is a well-known costume designer from Delhi. Maxima is also an Earth lover and a scuba driver. She has worked for various films and has created a wardrobe ranging from majestic clothes to ragged clothes. Her wardrobe selection has intensified the films she was involved in. She has worked simultaneously on three different films at a time. They were: ‘Padmavati’ (Bhansali production), ‘Raabta’ (Maddock production) and ‘Dangal’ (Aamir Khan production).

'Anju Modi' is a critically-acclaimed Indian fashion and costume designer. She started her career in the year 1990 after doing a collection based on embroidery and weaving. She is now one of the founders of the Fashion Design Council of India. Unlike her competitors, Anju has made a fascinating identity in the fashion world by doing ramp shows instead of designing costumes for Bollywood flicks. She is running her flagship now from DLF Emporium Delhi and accredits her own labels called “Anju Modi” and “AM: PM.”

Manisha Rajpal is a writer who works in the Hindi TV serial industry. She was born on 18th August 1973 in Pathankot, Punjab. Manisha has been credited for writing dialogues, stories, and screenplay on numerous TV shows and she won a Starguild Award alongside Bhavna Vyas for her writing on Ye Rishta Kya Kehelata Hai.

Bhavna Vyas Bhavna Vyas is a writer who has written scripts and dialogues for the Hindi TV industry. She was born on 23rd July 1983 in Bhopal, MP. Bhavna completed all her education in Bhopal itself. After completing her graduation, Bhavna started working in an event management company in Bhopal, but she soon realized that her career lies elsewhere as she would often find herself bored on the job.

Supriya Pathak is an Indian actress who has been reigning the screens of Hindi Cinema with her roles as supporting actress for a long time. She was born in January, 1961 in Mumbai. Supriya Pathak’s mom is the famous actress Dina Pathak . Her father, Baldev Pathak, had a tailoring shop named ‘Shriman’ near Gateway of India. The shop was very famous as it made clothes for the legendary actors Dilip Kumar and Rajesh Khanna. Supriya’s sister, Ratna Pathak Shah, is the wife of veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah. She did not have a good childhood. Her mom worked day and night, leaving her to stay at her uncle’s place. She did PhD in Competitive Dance. Supriya got married to actor and director Pankaj Kapur. Supriya is very introvert, simple and spiritual in nature. She is the follower of Radha Soami. Her husband is the center of her life. She first started acting in theatres before working in movies. She made debut with the film ‘Kalyug’ in 1981 and won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film. She received much praise for her performance in ‘Bazaar’ in 1982. Her role in the recent movie ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram-Leela’ created an unforgettable image on the audience’s mind. She again won the Filmfare Award for this film as Best Supporting Actress. Supriya is a prominent face in TV Series as well. She is still remembered for her outstanding performance as ‘Hansa Parekh’ in the comedy series ‘Khichdi’ which was aired during 2002 to 2004. She even received Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Comic Role for this series. She was also seen in the TV series Chhanchhan telecasted on Sony TV. Supriya also appeared in a French film named ‘The Bengali Night’.

Shraddha Kapoor, born on March 3rd, 1989, is a young emerging actress of Hindi Film Industry. She is the daughter of veteran actor Shakti Kapoor and niece of famous actress Padmini Kolhapure. Shraddha started her acting career in the year 2010 with a film called Teen Patti which had Amitabh Bachchan, Ben Kingsley and R. Madhavan in it. Though the film did not do well at the box office, her performance got some attention. Her second film was Luv Ka the End (a teen comedy), opposite Taaha Shah, which failed to perform at the box office but Shraddha’s performance in the movie was very well appreciated by the film critics. Even after giving two consecutive flops, Shraddha went on to take a major risk and cancelled her three-film contract with Yash Raj Films, signing a Mohit Suri directorial flick Aashiqui 2 which was a sequel to a 1990 cult film Aashiqui.

Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and model. She was born on 5th January 1986. Deepika is one of the most famous celebrities. She is working in Bollywood films and won two film fare awards. She is the daughter of the badminton trouper Prakash Padukone. Copenhagen was the birth place of Deepika. She was raised in Bangalore. She frolicked badminton in national level championship in her teenage but later on she switched her career from spots and became a model. In 2006 she did receive some offers for Indian films and did her film debut. In 2007 she did double role in her first Indian bestseller film Om Shanti Om. In the same year she won the film fare award for best female debut. In 2009 she performed in an Indian film Love Aaj Kal and in 2010 she acted in a drama Lafangey Parindey. Her performance in Bachna Ae Haseeno in 2008 and Housefull in 2010 got negative reviews.

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.

Drashti Dhami is a Bollywood model and television actress who acts in many television serials. She was born on January 10, 1985, and brought up in an orthodox Gujarati household in Bombay. She is widely known for her energy on the screen and the liveliness she brings to the shows she plays. She finished her studies at Mary Immaculate Girl’s High School in Mumbai and went on to complete an Arts Degree Major in Sociology at Mithibai College.

Salman Khan is a very famous Indian actor and a producer. He was born as Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan on December 27, 1965 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Salman is referred to as one of the most successful actors in Bollywood. His father is Salim Khan who is also an actor and a screenwriter while his mother is Sushila Charak (Salma Khan). He graduated from St. Stanislaus High School in Mumbai. Prior to this, he went to Scindia School, Gwalior together with his brother, Arbaaz Khan. He also studied at Elphinstone College.

Amol Gupte was born in 1962 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is a prominent screenplay writer, actor and a director as well. He is particularly regarded for his work in the Bollywood movie 'Taare Zameen Par', which got released in the year 2007. He did as a creative director and a screenplay writer. He did acquire the movie and its concept along with his wife Deepa Bhatia. He had also been the chairperson for the Children's film society right from 2012 till now. As right now, he has directed three movies and worked as a screenplay writer for three movies.

Prasoon Joshi is an Indian poet, writer, lyricist and also an advertising guru. He is also the President of the McCann Worldgroup in South Asia and the CEO of McCann Wordgroup in India. He won the Best Lyricist award at the Filmfare for two consecutive times from 2007 to 2008. In year 2014, he received the same award for the biographical sports drama film, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. He also won the Best Lyricist award at the National Film Award twice; one for Aamir Khan’s drama film, Taare Zameen Par and another one for the historical war drama film, Chittagong.

Neeraj Pandey is an Indian movie producer, director and screenplay writer. He is known for the picture named A Wednesday which got released in 2008. He received acceptance for his work from the critics as well as the audience. He went on to win Indira Gandhi Award under the category Best First Film of a Director (debut). He also received Star Screen Award for the best story as well as film for A Wednesday. His second movie named Special 26, starring Akshay Kumar, received the same reaction from both the audience as well as the critics.

Chandrashekhar Prajapati is a film editor and is known for his works in Indian film industry. Famous for Madras Cafe, Jolly LLB 2 and Piku, he was also awarded for his editing skills. His first film where he started as a film editor was Yahaan that released in 2005.

Binod Pradhan was born in Darjeeling, West Bengal. He is a Cinematographer by profession and has worked in both Indian and Nepali movies. He has the citizenship of both the countries. His father H.K. Pradhan owned a photo studio. He gave Binod his first box camera and he was fascinated with it. Binod used to capture black and white pictures and used to color them later using water colors. Soon, his father caught him and was amazed at his work. He displayed his work outside the studio. Seeing his interest, he soon rolled up working in the studio and later he started managing his father’s studio. Binod wanted to sharpen his talent, but this could never be possible in Darjeeling since there is no proper institute to train him.

Rashid khan is a classical vocalist known for his mastery in classical music. He was born in Badayun on 1st July 1966. He is a stage performer are rarely sang for movies. His most notable movie song was in “Jab We met” named “AogeJub tum”. Rashid khan is the great grandson of the legendary UstadInayat Hussain Khan who is also the founder of the Rampur-SahaswanGharana. Since his early years, Rashid has been trained in the classic genre. Under the supervision of his grand uncle, UstadNissar Khan, Rashid was proclaimed by PanditBhimsen as the “assurance for the future of Indian vocal music”.

Salim Khan was born in 1935 and he is considered as a popular Indian actor as well as a talented Screenwriter in the Indian film industry. He is an individual who hails from Indore, in the Madhya Pradesh of India. His father was a member of the ‘Police force’. The Salim-Javed screenwriting has been a reason why he has been able to achieve most of his popularity in the industry. He is married to Helen, who is also an actress in India.

Santram Verma was born in 1970. He is a male director of Hindi television shows from Mumbai. He directed many hit shows of some leading channels such as Sony, Zee TV, Star Plus, Star One, NDTV Imagine and much more. His notable work includes Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kahin Kisi Roz, Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Tere Liye, Kusum, Kutumb and much more. He has also directed 2004 Bollywood horror film Krishna Cottage featuring Sohail Khan, Anita Hassanandani and Isha Koppikar in leading roles and was produced by the mother-daughter team of Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor, better known for producing Indian television soap operas.

Mithoon Sharma is a singer and music director in Bollywood movies. He is the son of veteran background music composer Naresh Sharma, who has provided background musical score for over 200 films.  
Mithoon was born on born January 11, 1985. At a young age, he got a break to compose with Anu Malik for film ‘Zeher’ for one song ‘"Woh Lamhe Woh Baatein"’. The song was a hit, and entry in Bollywood became easier for him. IN 2006, he got the opportunity to compose along with Pritam for ‘Bas Ek Pal’. The song "Tere Bin" which had music by Mithoon was voted as one of the best songs during 2006. 

Bhoomi Trivedi is a female playback singer in Gujarati and Hindi movies. She was a participant in a reality show, ‘Indian Idol 3’. Bhoomi hails from Gujarat. She gave audition for ‘Indian Idol 3’ but left the show in the middle on account of her illness. She was suffering from jaundice and had no other option but to quit the show. Next year, she again had auditioned for’ Indian Idol 4’ and this time also she could not take part in the full telecast as her aunt had passed away when she was in the show.  However, she attempted again to participate next year in the ‘Indian Idol 5’ and ended the competition as a runner-up. The fifth season was judged by Anu Malik, along with two new judges: Salim Merchant and Sunidhi Chauhan. The contestants at the grand finale were Sreeramchandra, Bhoomi, and Rakesh. In this show, she had sung ‘Wannabe’, a pop song by the Spice Girls.  Having made her voice popular in the reality show, she got a break to sing a solo song titled’ Bahne Dey’ in the film ‘Prem Mayee’ which released in 2012. In this film songs were not so special to be noted at all. However, she shot to fame and popularity with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's  film ‘’Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram-Leela’’, that released in 2013. In this film, she got a chance to render an item song on Priyanka Chopra and it reflected positively on her career. The choreography of the dance was unison of Gujarati folk and western music. The vocal of the song is given by Indian Idol fame Bhumika Trivedi, who had to strike a perfect chord with its fast paced beats and other musical arrangements. 

Varun  Sharma is the well-known as Choocha in the movie Fukrey, a debutant of Farhan Akhtar's 2013 production. The talent of making people laugh and entertain is like a god gift. In Indian film Industry, comedians are growing day by day.

One of the most recognized young director of Indian cinema. In fact, he is the most versatile person in the industry as of now. He is Farhan Akhtar, a film director, actor, singer, writer, producer, screenwriter everything you name it, he has it. Son of the famous writer Javed Akhtar & actress Honey Irani was born on 09 Jan, 1974 in Mumbai. 

Hussain Dalal is known as one of the most cherished and successful dialogue writers and has also worked in several films as an actor too. He came into the industry to become an actor and has appeared in various movies like Pizza, which is a horror movie, Margarita with a Straw among others. He is so talented that he hasn't just worked in films but also appeared in TV series like Being on the Night and Greater Elephant. Although his major focus when he came into the industry was acting, he ended up writing dialogues for various famous movies. An assignment for writing dialogues for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani fell on his lap when Ayan Mukherjee made an impromptu decision in giving him a chance to write a few scenes. He finally loved his work and decided on hiring him as the dialogue writer for the movie.

Born on 7th July 1963, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is a screenwriter and filmmaker. Rang De Basanti and Baag Mika Baag are two of his acclaimed films. He has penned the script as well as directed the films Aks and Delhi 6. The issues surrounding the Mandal Commission of VP Singh inspired Mehra to direct Rang De Basanti. 

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.

Arshad Warsi is most popular for his role as Circuit in the super hit Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Born in to a Muslim family; he attended a boarding school and at the age of 14, this led to many struggles in his early life. 

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.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui was born in Budhana in Muzaffarpur district of Western UP on May 19, 1974. He grew up with seven brothers and two sisters in his native village. He is a science graduate from Gurukul Kangri University Haridwar and after completion of his graduation, he worked as a chemist in a factory for a short while. He did not like the job and hence leaving it proceeded to Delhi to find some other job which might interest him. As he could not find a suitable job in Delhi, he even worked as a watchman for his survival. Within a short while, he watched theatres and felt interested in it. He joined a theatre group and started studying the art of acting. He graduated in acting from National School of Drama in 1996 and relocated to Mumbai to pursue his career in acting.

Rajat Tokas is a prominent Indian television actor. He was born on July 19, 1991 in Munirka, Delhi, India. His parents, Ramvir and Pramila Tokas supported him in pursuing his career as an actor. He attended Hope Fall Foundation School in RK Puram district, New Delhi but due to his heavy schedules, he later studied through correspondence. He moved to Mumbai at the age of 15 to auditioned for Sai Baba and luckily, he was selected so he went to Baroda.

Remo D’Souza, who is primarily an Indian dancer cum choreographer, is also an actor and film director. He was born on 2nd of April, 1972 in Jamnagar, Gujarat and was named as ‘Ramesh Gopi’. He changed his name, when he moved himself into Christianity religion. His wife’s name is Lizelle D’Souza. It is a very true fact that he struggled hard in his life to reach the celebrity place. He is primarily involved in choreography and choreographed several numbers of films as of now.

Irrfan Khan is a noted Bollywood actor who started his career with various Indian television series. His noted Bollywood movies include The Warrior, Maqbool, Haasil, Paan Singh Tomar, Gunday, Rog and The Lunchbox. At the very early stage of his acting career, he acted in various television serials like Barat Ek Khoj, Chanakya, Sara Jahan Hamara, Chandrakanta, Banegi Apni Baat, Star bestsellers, Anoo Goonj and Sparsh.
His early film credits include Ek Doctor Ki Maut and Such a Long Journey. Although these movies were critically appreciated, it did not propel him to success.

Sushant Singh Rajput is one of the famous Indian television and film actors. He was born on 21st January, 1986 in Patna. His father use to work in a government office. In early 2000s, his family moved to Delhi. Rajput is the younger brother to his four sisters. He has completed his schooling from St. Karen's High School located in Patna and Kulachi Hansraj Model School located in New Delhi. After that, he joined in DCE (Delhi College of Engineering), but after 3 years he has decided to drop out for his acting career.

He has chosen to perform in 2006 Commonwealth Games and the background dancer group at the 51st Film fare Awards. After shifting to Mumbai also he started to involve in theater plays and also became a member of Nadira Babbar's Ekjute theater group.

He began his career as a backup dancer and based on his performance, Balaji Films given him a TV role. His acting career consists of several Television serials, Films etc., He acted in TV serials like Kis Desh Mein Hai Mere Dil, Pavitra Rishta, Zara Nachke Dikha and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4. He also acted in films like Kai PO Che, Shuddh Desi Romance, etc., He got several awards like Indian Telly Awards, Zee Gold Awards, Star Build Awards and IIFA Awards and many more.

He is going to play a confirmed role in the next upcoming venture named "P.K." and a film called "Detective Byomkesh Bakshi" and going to be acting as a star role in film "Pani". He is one of the young and inspiring actors in India.

Serial Acted: Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil as Preet Lalit Juneja in 2008–2009, Pavitra Rishta as Manav Damodar Deshmukh in 2009–2011, Zara Nachke Dikha (season 2) in 2010–2010 and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4 in 2010–2011

DOB: 21st January 1986

Movies acted: Kai Po Che as Ishaan Bhatt in 2013, Shuddh Desi Romance as Raghu Ram in 2013, P.K. in 2014 and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy as Byomkesh Bakshy in 2015.