Hindi Awards The Global Indian Film & TV Honours 2011 - Cast & Crew

Pearl Grey is a famous Indian producer who has produced many Indian television series. Her most notable work was in the famous Star TV show Mann Ki Awaz. Pratigya and Rishton Se Badi Pratha. Pearl owns a production house named Spellbound Production. She also worked as a creative head in Zee Telefilms. Pearl was born and raised in Mumbai, Maharastra. She completed her schooling at Girl High School and then went to Allahabad Agricultural Institute. Pearl has been married twice. Pearl’s second marriage was to the producer Rajan Shahi. Recently she was dating the actor Yuvraj Malhotra, who is much younger than her, but the relationship ended within a year. She stepped into the Indian Television Industry by working as a Creative Head at Zee Telefilms Limited. She worked there from January 2005 to January 2009. She was involved as a group head for Handling various Zee TV shows like Dulhan, Saath Phere, Sindoor, and many more. In the year 2009, she started her production house named Spellbound Productions.

Tulsi Kumar is a playback singer from the family of T Series founder Gulshan Kumar. Gulshan Kumar had taken the music industry by storm when he used to re-make the old melodious songs of Lata Mangeshkar. Gulshan Kumar and Anuradha Paudwal had become the popular re-mix face in Mumbai. After Gulshan Kumar’s death, T series is now run by his son Bhushan Kumar. His daughter Tulsi Kumar is a playback singer. She has taken a keen interest in playback since her childhood and her dream became true when she was introduced by Himesh Reshammiya. Himesh had a soft corner for this singer as he had also grown up a music director due to T Series backing. Even Tulsi’s debut was under Reshammiya’s baton in ‘Humko Deewana Kar Gaye’ some time back. But she came to the spotlight with her soulful numbers in ‘Dabangg’ that was picturized on Sonakshi Sinha and Salman Khan. Some of her hit songs include: ‘Tum Jo Aaye’ from the movie ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbai’, which she sang along with Raha Fateh Ali Khan; another hit song of her was the song ‘Mujhe Teri’ from the film ‘Paathshaala’. She had sung for all T Series banner production like Aashiqui 2 (2013). She was heard in Singham (Kuch To Hota Hai). 

Rekha Bhardwaj is a dynamic and versatile Indian playback singer who can perform in different genres like Bollywood, Sufi, Folk and Classical. She married the Indian Director, Producer and Music Director Vishal Bharadwaj. Her unique style of singing makes her stand out of the crowd. Born in a middle-class household in New Delhi, Rekha studied music at Hindu College, Delhi. She always desired to become a singer but was discouraged due to her husky voice. Rekha and her husband Vishal Bharadwaj studied in the same college. They met each other in their college annual day program. Music was common in both which created a bond between them and later they got married.

Kareena Kapoor is a super hit actress working in Indian cinema with a lots and lots of fan following. She was born in the year 1980 in Mumbai. She is one of the proud members of the legendary Kapoor family. Her parents are Randhir Kapoor and Babita. Her elder sister Karishma Kapoor is also an actress. Kareena did her schooling in Mumbai and later in Dehradun. Mithibai College in Mumbai was her Alma Mater. She has also gone to Harvard University in America to learn about Micro Computers.

Farah Khan is an Indian film actress, producer, director and a choreographer. She was born on January 9, 1965 in Mumbai, India. She is the daughter of Menaka, sister of screenwriter and actress, Honey Irani and Daisy Irani. She is also the sister of film actor and comedian Sajid Khan and the cousin of film personalities Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar. Farah was married to Shirish Kunder, a film writer, producer, director, composer and the editor of her directorial film Main Hoon Na in 2004. The two have worked together in films like Jaan-E-Mann, Tees Maar Khan and Om Shanti Om. She gave birth to triplets, composing of one boy and two girls in year 2008. 

Mamta Sharma is a very renowned playback singer of Bollywood. She was born on September 7, 1980, in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Right from the beginning she had the urged to sing and had formed her bands. She used to sing at parties, weddings, reception, cultural fests and all. Her singing lifestyle provided her a strong base in singing career.

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

TV actress Neetu Singh is a popular face on Indian television. Apart from being an actress, she is also a famous model and has done a large number of TV commercials for many big brands. These include Fair & Lovely, Tanishq, Dettol, Rasna, Fiat, Colgate, Big Bazaar, Spice Mobile, Kinder Joy, Dabur and Johnson n Johnson among several others.

Zarina Wahab is a veteran and well-experienced Indian actress. She was born into a Muslim household in Vizakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Zarina is a fluent in Urdu, Hindi, English and her mother tongue, Telugu. She left her home when she was just studying. Zarina saw an ad about the acting course that the Film and Television Institute of India was offering. She applied and she is now a trained actress at the FTII in Pune. She was married to Hindi actor, Aditya Pancholi from which she met while shooting the Kalank Ka Tika. They got married in year 1986 with two daughters namely, Sana and Sooraj. There are rumors about their unstable married life and Aditya’s temper and issues of unfaithfulness are also in the gossip pages. Her daughter Sana is also an actress.

Vidya Balan is an award winning Bollywood actress who was born in Poothamkurussy, Puthur of Kerala. Her birthday is 1st of January in 1978. Her parents are Saraswathy and P. R Balan. Her elder sister is Priya Balan and her second cousin is Indian actress Priyamani. She studied at a High School in Mumbai and in 1995, at the age of sixteen, she played the role of Radhika in the first season of Ekta Kapoor's TV series named “Hum Paanch”. In her teenage, she was inspired by Indian actress Shabana Azmi and Madhuri Dixit. She studied Sociology in St. Xavier's College and completed Master's in Mumbai University. She has appeared in several TV commercials and also she has starred in music videos. Vidya has briefly studied Carnatic music, Bharatnatyam and Kathak. She was listed as the "India's hottest vegetarian" in polls conducted by PETA in 2011 and 2012. In 2003, she commenced her career in feature film industry with the Bengali movie “Bhalo Theko”. “Parineeta” (2005) was her foremost Hindi movie. There she played the role of Lalita. Parineeta was a box-office hit and Vidya received the Filmfare best actress award in 2006, for her performances in Parineeta. Later, she appeared in “Lage Raho Munna Bhai” (2006) co starred with Sanjay Dutt. In 2007, she appeared in romantic comedy film “Heyy Babyy”. Heyy Babyy is a remake of Hollywood film “Three Men and a Baby”. Vidya played the role of Isha Sahni and the movie became an overnight hit. She got the opportunity of working with director Aziz Mirza, in 2008. Aziz selected Vidya for the role of Priya, in “Kismat Konnection”. The victorious period of her career as a Hindi actress began in the year 2009. She appeared in five different successive films, including “Paa” (2009), “Ishqiya” (2010), “The Dirty Picture” (2011), Kahaani (2012). Her prominent acting skills in those roles recognized her in Hindi cinema. She has won the National Film Award for best actress (Dirty picture), five Filmfare Awards for Parineeta (2005), Paa (2009), The Dirty Picture (2011), and Kahaani (2012) and Ishqiya (2010), five Screen Awards and Padma Shri Award in 2014. Vidya Balan got married to Siddharth Roy Kapoor, the CEO of UTV Motion Pictures on 14th of December 2012 in Bandra, Mumbai.

 Surekha Sikri is known for her character as Kalyani Devi in Balika Vadhu, aired on Star Plus, a top-rated TV show, especially among homemakers; even though she played a negative role and was one of those characters who made the life of the lead character miserable, she is loved by almost everyone who watch the show; the reason was her acting which gave a new life to the character. Art is what ran through her veins. Surekha Sikri studied in Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, and after that she graduated from National School of Drama (1968),she worked with the NSD Repertory Company for over a decade until she figured out that she needed to pursue her dream and moved to Mumbai.

An Ahmedavadi by birth, Gemini being her zodiac sign, Pooja Gaur was born on June 1st, 1991. She studied at AG School, Ahmedabad.

Geeta Kapoor is a renowned choreographer who is judging various dancing competition shows on Indian television.

Vikramaditya Motwane is a film producer, writer, and director. He was born on 6th December 1976. He married Ishika Mohan, the photographer. He started his career as an assistant to the director Sanjay Leela Bhansali; he worked with him for the films ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ (1999) and ‘Devdas’ (2002). He was the choreographer for the songs of the film ‘Paanch’ (2003). He made his directional debut with the film ‘Udaan’ (2010) under Anurag Kashyap Films; the film was acclaimed on all platforms, among the seven awards it received in Filmfare awards included ‘Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie’; it was also selected at 2010 Cannes Film Festival in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ to compete.. He also bagged the Best Director Award at Star Screen Awards. His second directional film was ‘Lootera’ (2013).

Nitin Desai is a notable art director and production designer in Bollywood; he is also a TV and Film producer. He was born in Mulund, Mumbai, Maharashtra. He did his schooling from Wamanrao Muranjan High School, Mulund. He learned photography from L S Raheja School of Arts and J J School of Arts. After which he made his entry into films. Nitin started his career by assisting art director Nitish Roy for the TV serial, Tamas (1987); he was the fourth assistant to Roy.

The famous brothers of the Indian film industry well known for their music composition and direction, ‘Sajid Ali’ and ‘Wajid Ali’, are collectively known as Sajid Wajid. They are the sons of Famous Tabla player, ‘Ustad Sharafat Khan’. Music was inherited in their blood and they had much more to give to this industry. Sohail Khan’s “Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya” was the first movie in which Sajid Wajid gave their music in 1998. 

Kailash Kher was born on 7 July, 1973 in New Delhi. He is an Indian pop Singer, Music Director and his music style is influenced by, Indian Sufi and folk music. His family belongs to Kashmiri roots. His father named Pandir Mehar Singh Kher was a famous Folk Musician and Singer. Kailash was very interested in singing and music from his childhood. He left his home at the age of 14, for learning music and took proper lessons from his guru.

Dharmendra Singh Deol was born on 8th December 1935 in Punjab, India. He is considered to be an asset of the Indian film industry. He is an icon of the Bollywood film industry, and he has acted in movies that are indeed blockbusters. Currently, he resides in Phagwara, Punjab. He is a very popular actor as well as producer of films. He got into politics as well, and he is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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.

Rajat Barmecha emerged to the Bollywood circuit with his role in the Hindi movie ‘Udaan,’ released in 2010. The movie showcased the struggle of a small town boy and how he battles his dreams from his father. The movie was highly acclaimed both by the audience and the critics, which was directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. Rajat also won a nomination for Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer for the movie.

Born on 10th September 1972, Anurag Kashyap has established himself in Bollywood as a prominent director, producer, and screenwriter while even giving acting a try.  A born and raised Uttar Pradeshi, Kashyap had keen interest in science and aimed to become a scientist. In an interview Anurag said that he had no dreams of going into the film industry and had all hopes of pursuing Zoology. He went on to say, this all changed in 1993 after he watched Bicycle Thieves, an Italian film directed by Vittorio De Sica. The film inspired him enough to give us becoming a scientist and move to Dehli to become a filmmaker.    

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.

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.

Ranveer Singh Bhavnani is an Indian movie actor who had no filmy links to make a Bollywood career. This handsome hunk is a carbon copy of Disney's Tangled Flynn Rider (Hollywood actor). Ranveer Singh is one of our brightest stars who rose to his heights through dedication, hard work, and perseverance. He always had an inclination for performing arts, But this actor needed the luck to launch his film career. Yash Raj films invited the struggling actor to audition for their next film, and Ranveer won the part of lead hero in the surprise 2010 hit ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’.

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. 

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.

Sanjay Mishra is an Indian comedian, most famous for his role as Apple Singh, featured in the ESPN Star Sports during the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Apart from that, he has acted in countless other Bollywood films, his most famous roles being Dil Se (1998), Ankhon Dekhi (2013) and Jolly LLB (2013) to name a few.

Ronit Roy (Ronit Bose Roy) was born on 11th October 1965, in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. He became a popular in the industry after his character “Rishabh Bajaj” in Ekta Kapoor’s Kasautii Zindagii Kay. He is a Bollywood actor and popular Indian Television actor, best known for his portrayal of Rishabh Bajaj, Mihir Virani and Aparajit Deb. He currently acting in the Hindi TV serial Adaalat as KD Pathak. Ronit Roy has been referred to as the Amitabh Bachchan of the TV screen and popularly known as “Big B” of small screen. He also owns a security business, providing security to Bollywood stars and production houses. Ronit has played the prestigious role of the legendary warrior Bhishma Pitamah in Balaji Telefilms' production Kahaani Humaaray Mahabharat Ki. Ronit judged a reality show, "Aajaa Mahi Vay". Ronit Roy also appeared in many Bollywood movies. Some of his popular movies are Two States, Boss, Shootout at Wadala, Ugly, Student of the Year, Luck by Chance, etc.

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.

Dilip Joshi, who is a film cum television actor was born on 26th May, 1965 in Porbandar. Dilip is a stern believer of Swaminarayan BAPS. He is well-known to make his appearances in lead comedy roles. He has appeared in a number of Gujarati dramas. Most famous among them is ‘Shubh Mangal Savadhan’. He has made his appearances in many other Gujarati plays like ‘Bapu Tamey Kamal Kari’ in which he acted with his serial co-artists and ‘Jalsa Karo Jayantilal’, which is a serial about estate agent.

Amit Rampal is an Indian Actor, Host, Producer and a model who played his role in various Cinema movies and Television shows. He was born on 26th November 1972 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India in the family of Amarjit Rampal and Gwen Rampal. Amit did his schooling from St. Patrick School in Maharashtra where his mother was also a Teacher. He is very intelligent and talented boy from his childhood and he is very naughty guy. He is very hard worker, spiritual, self-confident, smart, team spirit, patient, serious, self-motivated guy. And these are the life skill reasons behind his success in his career as an Actor. He started dreaming as his career as Cinema Actor when he was just 10 years old. He was also a good anchor and stager performer in his school time. He did his graduation from Amity School of Drama, India. He is married to Mehr Jesia in the year of 1998. She is also Television Actress and Model. They have two daughters Mahika and Myra. Amit Rampal is very popular for his Television serials like Pyar Ishqq Aur Mohabatien, Dil Ka Rishta, Asaabhav, Yakin and other Bollywood movies like Om Shanti Om, Rock on, Houseful, Ra-one. He is known for his role as Suraj Saxena in the movie Dewanapan, Jai Mehra in the movie Dil Kaa Rishta, Rohit Babbu in the movie Humko Tumse Pyar Hai, Jasjeet in the superhit movie Don, Arjun Singh Chauhan in the movie Ajaab Gajaab Love. He also played his role in Television serials like he participated in the shows of Nach Baliye 4, Love to Hate you, Apsra Awards. He also nominated for 18 awards in his career as Actor and out of which he was awarded by 12 awards.

Shashank Vyas is a popular Bollywood film and serial actor. He was born on November 30, 1986 at Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. He was debuted in the renowned drama series, Balika Vadhu on Colors TV. He played the role of Jagdish/Jagya and because of his good looks and charm he became an overnight sensation at that time. 

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’.

Rajan Shahi is a well-known director and producer of Indian TV industry.  Born in the “Kayastha” family of Delhi he is an alumnus of Hindu College. From an early age, he wanted to be the part of the entertainment industry and started working in this direction.